Today in social sciences, Ana Margarita, has been with us, first we have corrected the exercise about the comic of Calvin and Hobbes. Then we have been spoked about advertising, and Paqui has said that the advertising can transmit a lot of things, like: That we have the necesity of buy something... And we have saw some pictures of advertising. Finally we have speaked abaut the minumun salary in the European Union. Spain has one of the smallest minumun salary, and Germany one of the biggest. Paqui has said that in USA the waitress haven`t a salary, they live from the tips.
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Hello Isabel,
I´ve written a comment on your post an hour ago, but it hasn´t been published. I´m writing it again now. I love the picture you have included. I like old advertisement posters of a lot.
My comments will refer espcially to the contents:
- First, remember what we have learned about the purposes of advertising. You can write about the advertisements we have seen and the different purposes we have found in them.
- Afterwards, remember that we have started another point of the unit. Review the book and the new concepts we have learned today. This is the reason why we have talked about salaries.
And now, some corrections about puntuation marks, grammar and spelling. Remember that you have to read again what you have written before publishing your post:
- How do you write the present perfect continuous and the present perfect of the verb "to speak"?
The rest of the corrections will be for your classmates, if they decide to participate. They are a little inactive this week.
Don´t forget to check the mistakes before tomorrow. Bye!
In the USA waiters and waitresses, do earn a salary. However, their salary is below the minimum wage.
In my state of Connecticut, for example, the minimum wage for waiters and waitresses is: the current minimum wage minus 31% for tips.
Therefore, effective January 1, 2010 the minimum wage for waiters and waitresses is $5.69 per hour which is calculated in the following manner:
31% of $8.25 (standard minimum wage) is $2.56; $8.25 - $2.56 = $5.69 per hour.
The idea behind this is to improve customer service. If waiters and waitresses don't earn a minimum wage, they have an incentive to treat the customers better, so that the customers will leave them a bigger tip. Only by being polite, and providing good service will they "earn back" this 31%.
In the United States is it customary to leave a tip between 15 and 20% of the total bill (before taxes).
Hello Kelly,
I find that system very unfair for the waiters. In my opinion it would be better that the waiters had a fair wage, instead of depending on the will of the clients. I also thing that the clients should know how much they have to pay, including the food and the service. What happens to taxes? Are tips tax-free? Do waiters have to declare these incomes?
I´ve found this about tipping in the USA:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Tipping_Do_You_Have_To_Tip_the_Waiter_How_much
See you!
As no one has checked Isabel´s mistakes, I´m going to do it now:
- How do you write "necesidad", "sobre", "mínimo" and "camarero" in English?
Come on, you have to be more active with your comments!
Paqui,
I also agree that it's unfair. I'm only explaining the "theory" behind why we have this system.
Employers have to pay their employees' taxes at the rate before the reduction for tips. So in the case of Connecticut, they have to pay taxes based on $8.25.
The tips are tax free and so waiters and waitresses don't have to declare this on their income tax.
I knew you wouldn´t agree with that system;) Thanks for the explanation!
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