[iwontberude]

Let's be real. You are creating a conflict of interest. If I take "tips" from my customers, my employer would be pissed. The only reason we are considering this to not be corruption is because it's a system foisted on them by management to reduce their costs.

In more egregious instances in food service I saw employees trade goods for tips quid-pro-quo and cut the business entirely out of the transaction.