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CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, July 21, 1977

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One Man's 0 One Man's Opinion

Thoughts o on Tips

By FRED MERRIMAN

To tip or not to tip... that is the question,
I know a 60-year-old cocktail waitress in Las Vegas who makes $50,000 a year in tips.
She is very capable at the job and most importantly has a superior memory for names and
faces. She had to buy the opportunity to work in the tip factory.
She is not pald a salary by the club operators,
My mother worked for years in a small sin;
chose to eat. A big day may come to 75 cen
~ 1am against tipping. Here are my reasons:
Most waitresses are hired at minimum wage and told ina whisper that “you should be
able to make $60 a week in tips—all tax free.”
Tips are taxable but I am yet to complete a tax return for a waitress who claimed she
made anything in tips. Most of us don't blame her, either.
honest in every other respect dishonest,
It also means that the waitress cannot ki
for the month. J also think that it is just an

understand the word “tip” is an abbreviation of To Increase Promptness. If that is so
and if such a custom is continued then we should tip before we are served. If, as most of us
feel, the tip is a reward for services above the beyond the call of duty it should be called
RFS—Reward For Service.
But the most important reason I am against tipping is this: it has turned into.a
substitute for the most rewarding phrase in the English language: thank you.
* How many of us can actually be moved to say “thank you” or “you have been very

How many employers say that all-important word to their employees? How many
payroll officers or foremen or supervisors hand over the paycheque and add “by the way,
Dick, you are a good man and it's good to have you on the team"?

Imeta man recently who is underpaid while working for a non-t union shop and I asked
him why he doesn’t quit and work el

gle counter coffee shop where non- tippers
its. Now you see two sides of the coin,

So tipping makes people who are

now for sure what her take-home wages will be
other way for, the paying customer to subsidize

answer? “I

couldn't let old Pete down. He is a good guy to work for. He appreciates what I do for him.”

If I worked for a company for 20 years and all they ever handed me was a paycheque
with no thanks, I would probably go on strike for higher wages myself, I would have to be
Teassured that my services are valuable. Translated, that means that I am valuable.

Money is now a complete substitute for the word “thanks.”

Tam not trying to pick on the underpaid waitress, waiters and other front-line soldiers
because these are the people to whom we have to start saying thank you. |

But if we can stop tipping and say thank you instead, maybe appreciation will replace
money, I know the waitress may have a tougher time making ends meet if we discontinue
tipping, but this much I know: she will enjoy going to work each day if she knows that at
least the customers appreciate how hard she works.

for a bigger p

“‘Controversial’’ Legislation
To Boost Student Workforce

Education Minister Pat
McGeer said last week he is
Preparing some “oxtremely
controversial” legislation “de-
signed to improve. students’
chances of landing jobs.

But he refused to explain
why the legislation will be con-

+ troversial,

McGeer said he plans “ra-
dical changes‘in the educational
system soas to give more of the
students who're leaving
(school) the kind of skills thet
will get them ‘employment in
today’s job market."

He said youth unemptoy-
ment “is a major problem which
we hope to redress by legisla-
tion, to be introduced in the
near future, and I think it's

bound to be’ extremely con-
troversial.”

Asked later in an interview
for clarification, McGeer . said
only: “Some people get upset
whenever you change the sta-
tus quo,

“I would hope it would not
be controversial."

McGeer refused to give
any details of the proposed
legislation, but said the inten-
tion will be to increase ‘the
number of students in the
workforce,

The program accompany-
ing the legislation will increase
the number of vocational-
training courses in post-second-

- ary institutions, he said.

“In British Columbia some-
where between 40 per cent and

Castlegar Socials

Mra. H. Johnson 365-8294

Mrs, Eunice Ball of Na-
kusp, formerly of Castlegar, is
visiting relatives and. friends
here and in Trail for a few
weeks,

* *.

Mrs. Margaret Ostrowski
and John Gellard, both of
Vancouver, and formerly of
Castlegar, are visiting in the
Castlegar district until the end
of July.

es 8 8

Mr, and Mrs, E. Rourke

spent the yrockend in-Vancou-

ver Visiting their son Darrell, a
patient in the Vancouver Gen-
eral Hospital. Also visiting
Darrell was his brother-in-law
and ‘sister, Mr..and’ Mrs. B.
Nelson and family of Ei

- To Vehicles

Accident Causes
$1,100 Damage .

Damage in a aie

45 per. cent of our u

are under the age of 26," he

said,

able skills,” McGeer said,
"When such youths ‘cannot
find work their energy is chan-
nelled into crime. “It must
explode in frustration. “There
are currently 65,000 full-time
students in our universities,
colleges and provincial | insti:
tutes,” he said. “There are a

>, further 165,000 students in our
high schools.

“All 210,000 are potential
members of our summer work
force and 40,000 enter the work
force pernianently each year.

“Those who leave school
today with occupational skills
have little difficulty finding
work. The others‘ have'an ex-
tremely hard time.”

An $80 million payment:
from the federal government '

last Tuesday will pay for
courses that will teach post-
secondary students “market-
able skills," he said,

The provincial government
will il da

who have been visiting Mra,
Nelsen’s parents for. the past
two weeks and are now enroute
home.

* * s.

The senior citizens bowling
is still going strong. Action
takes place on the greens every
Tuesday, Wednesday or Thurs-
day evenings.

money to the program, he said,

“The ‘province is quite
prepared to pour economic re-
sources” into the program,

". McGeer said.

He’ said during the ‘inter-
view that part of the program
will attempt to teach students
“how to be employers and put
others to work,” he said.

“week has been estimated at:

$11
“The terrible problem is ©
. that too many have no market-.

aceident on

00. |
Police said the Incident oc-
curred in the noon hour when a
1968 Mustang, driven by. *
Harold Lee Moll of Castlegar,
leaving the Safeway parking lot

was intending to. turn ‘left...

Another vehicle, a 1977. Vega

get
Engine Parts, etc. New and
sed attachments, track
Corder '

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thuraday, July 21, 1977.

stationwagon, driven by Phyllis .
Kate Phipps of Castlegar, was
coming from the Credit Union
lot intending to enter the Safe-
way parking lot when the two
were in collision. ‘
No charges have been laid.

No injuries were reported.

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Fred Sproul and deputy minis-
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‘Wednesday that charging fares

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The commiites's terms of

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: in the latter part of May by
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other aspects of operation on
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, Well as other ferries operated

{ by\ the Department of Highs; .

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of the overall study to de-
termine the efficiency of ser-
vice, Miard said.

Both District Superintend-
ent George Kent and regional.
engineer Merrill Sproul: were
contacted at. the Nelson offices
last week. Kent was unaware of
the committee appointment ¢ and
Sproul said the committ@owas

“struck.by cabinet and didn’t es

involve us too much.”

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ways:will advertise (the hear-
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commerce and others inter-
ested so anyone can present
briefs.”

Miard said the study had
no idea of cutting services but
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the situation up.”

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