Dave’s dining tips

When you tip your server at a restaurant, you’d expect the full tip to be given to the server, who works hard to ensure you have a good dining experience.

 
While most restaurants do give their servers their full tips, some chains, including Pizza Express, charge an admin fee on credit card tips.

 
Unite has argued through its fair tips campaign how this admin fee practice, which most restaurants have long ago scrapped, amounts to blatant theft. It’s especially galling when so many waiters are on the minimum wage and depend on tips to put food on the table for their own families.

 
Unite regional officer for the hospitality sector Dave Turnbull explained this morning (August 10) on BBC Radio 5 why Pizza Express’ excuses for pinching tips just aren’t cutting it.

 
Listen to the full interview by clicking the link below. The story begins at 27.18.

 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b064xckm

 
Help support our fair tips campaign by signing Unite’s petition here. And remember if you leave a tip at Pizza Express, tip in cash – and tell restaurant management why.