My inspiration came from the 15 women fellows who are heavy hitters from the business, academic and nonprofit communities women who have earned a seat at the board table after many years of distinguished service and hard work.
The imposition of the service charge on that receipt makes it clear that the server could be paid minimum wage (depending on his or her other customers), and not issued the service charge at all, despite serving atable of ten.
He brings a lot of experience to the table both as an academic and through his service in the Treasury Department of this administration, the Labor Department of the Clinton administration.
The OpenTable online reservation service is free for diners, but restaurants are charged a reservation fee for each diner who reserves atable using the OpenTable system.
When a professional service firm refuses to have any conversation off the clock or a company never leaves any money on the table in a negotiation, I always become concerned that they really do not understand that they are in the relationship business where referrals and word of mouth mean a lot.