>> Tip usually is for the whole crew, including those not visible in the kitchen.
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>Having worked on the tip banking once, I can only say that YMMV. In some places the waiter takes it all, in some cases there's a predefined splitting scheme, so the cooks get their share, in some places there's even an owner's share.
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>Well I guess Naomi may know how it works nowadays - she probably inherited the maintenance of the form.

Bartenders sometimes an exception here, but even they often have to share tips paid via credit card. I guess taxi drivers the only ones with 1:1 relation to tips...