> Given your first statement, I wouldn't do anything until I had
> another job lined up. If you take it to management and they don't
> back him on taking your tips, but they don't fire him either, you
> will still need another job sooner or later.
Exactly. This guy is the only level of management for the establishment -
there are the employees, then him, then the owners. When I DO find another
gig and I quit, I'm going to bring this to the attention of the owners, but
just in case they take his side over mine, I'm waiting til I have something
else in the bag.
> In the old days, some of the older bartenders, would put razor blades
> in between the leather soles and the leather form of their shoes to
> deal with problems like tip thieves.
That seems a bit extreme, but after last weekend, I DEFINITELY understand the
sentiment.