Mortimer452

They're not deducting it from your check, but if you report it to your manager (which, legally, you are supposed to do) they are obliged to track it and make sure you pay taxes on it because it is considered income. The taxes for the tips are deducted from your check.

Source: I work at a restaurant payroll processing company which does payroll for about 60 different restaurant chains including Dominoes.

How much automation is there? What do you have to do manually, and what do the machines take care of?

I hope I'm not too late to this AMA. My mother has had severe Rheumatoid Arthritis for nearly 60 years. Symptoms started when she was in 7th grade or so, she is about to turn 69.

She hardly has any original joints left. Ankles, wrists, toes, knees, fingers, elbows have all been replaced in her 20s, 30s and 40s. She had a lot of problems with some of the replacements and eventually had her wrists, one elbow and a couple fingers fused. I think the only original joints she has now are shoulders, hips and knees.

Her biggest problem now is, all these artificial joints she had installed in the 1970's and 1980's are starting to wear out and fail, and due to her age and other complications she's not always a good candidate for surgery. She recently had all the joints in her left hand replaced (every joint in every finger and thumb) which, after a lot of physical therapy, worked pretty well to gain some mobility back.

She started to develop Rheumatoid Lung Disease about 15-20 years ago. It's a slow killer but she's hanging in there. She's moving to an Assisted Living facility soon. She's currently taking Prednisone daily (I think), Methotrexate weekly, Lortab and Ibuprofin as needed for pain. Tessalon Pearls also daily to help with her coughing.

Any advice you can give, or medications to recommend, for someone this late-stage?

Why the 3.4oz limit on most liquids? That seems oddly specific.