Don't be a bad tipper
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Depends upon many circumstances:
- Connecting with the customer.
- Being extremely friendly.
- Being polite and on time.
- Make me smile.
If you can't do that you don't deserve a tip. It's a very basic, down to earth idea in terms of relating to people. Everytime I get a coffee I tip the people who are generous. Reap the rewards if you follow the rules.
As a sidenote, never do a bare minimum job as well.
- Connecting with the customer.
- Being extremely friendly.
- Being polite and on time.
- Make me smile.
If you can't do that you don't deserve a tip. It's a very basic, down to earth idea in terms of relating to people. Everytime I get a coffee I tip the people who are generous. Reap the rewards if you follow the rules.
As a sidenote, never do a bare minimum job as well.
In the U.S., waiters tips are taxed automatically 8% off the total of the bill and then the tips are spread out to hosts, busboys, and bartenders. That doesn't leave much.
I usually tip 20.
I usually tip 20.
Problem is that some waiter(ess) jobs pay the bare minimum. People can survive off of one or two bad tips but I see your point.mjc0961 said:
If they are really that good at their job, they do deserve more. If not, they need to figure out what their own problem is.
Here in Sweden, everything's so damn expensive that if you were to tip 20%, no one would afford eating out.
Besides, no one gives or expects tips here anyway.
Doesn't really make sense.
Like when I worked at retail.
I helped customers all the time.
I spent many times the time and effort a waiter/waitress would spend on their customers.
I had to read and basically study each and every item in the store on a daily basis just to be able to do that.
And would anyone ever think to tip people in retail?
Of course not. So why are waiters/waitresses special?
Besides, no one gives or expects tips here anyway.
Doesn't really make sense.
Like when I worked at retail.
I helped customers all the time.
I spent many times the time and effort a waiter/waitress would spend on their customers.
I had to read and basically study each and every item in the store on a daily basis just to be able to do that.
And would anyone ever think to tip people in retail?
Of course not. So why are waiters/waitresses special?
I tip very well, mostly because I've starved before. It makes you generous when you have cash, and most restaurant workers don't. Plus, I go out to eat frequently at the same places, so I like to have a camaraderie with waiters.
Although, if service is VERY bad (as it was once - the waitress deliberately ignored us several times when we tried to flag her down as well as being outright rude) I like to leave a few pennies on the counter, so it's clear I do tip but her service was THAT bad.
Yeah, I'm passive aggressive.
Although, if service is VERY bad (as it was once - the waitress deliberately ignored us several times when we tried to flag her down as well as being outright rude) I like to leave a few pennies on the counter, so it's clear I do tip but her service was THAT bad.
Yeah, I'm passive aggressive.
I wonder how many of the anti-tipping people in this thread are from countries where a gratuity is generally included in the bill, instead of a place like the U.S., where the minimum wage is ridiculously low, and wait staff get paid even less before tips. I generally tip at least 15%, or 20% if the service is good. More often than not, a 15% tip from me is a sign that the service was bad, as opposed to a 20% tip being a sign of exceptional service. This probably has a lot to do with my average meal ticket being around $10, making a 20% tip add a negligible amount to the total cost. Insert foreveraloneguy.jpg here, because yes, this means that I rarely pay for anyone's meal but my own -- I eat out with my roommates a lot, but I haven't had a date in way too long.
I overtip like CRAZY because... well Ive worked in retail/food business before and its AWFUL, Just tonight I gave a waitress a $20 tip on a $45 check because she was pretty cool, My friend also got a date with her lol
She was waitressing at a restraunt, and it was closing time. A ten-top walks in (that's a group of ten people) and seats themselves. Now, it was passed closing time but they went ahead and let these guys stay and everything made to order, because of the time. So after all is said and done, these guys finish eating and leave, dropping a $2 tip on the table (for something like $150 check) and walking out. Mom loses it, grabs up the two dollars and storms out into the stree after them, and throws it back in one of the guy's face yelling: "Keep your two dollars asshole because you cearly fucking need it more than I do".
Here's the thing (imo) on tipping, if you're going to tip, tip at least a decent amount. When I eat out alone, which is most the time, a dinner sees me leave anywhere from 15-40% tip, depending on food and service quality and overall price of the meal. A meal for myself that costs say, $25 is probably going to see a lower percentage than one that only costs me $8.
If you're not going to tip, well you're a dick and should just go back to eating fast food or self-service salad bars and leave restraunts and waitstaff to those of us who appreciate them. Waiting tables is stressful, thankless work and many customers and employers take the slightest excuse to shit all over them. Non-tippers are just another fly on the midden.
those waitresses can give me all the big toothy smiles they want, i'm not giving them a tip. They just creep me out when they act like its the best day ever. In fact i'd rather tip a surly waitress, so i don't feel dumb when i'm wearing my scowling face when we look at each other. Yah, then its like were both saying life sucks. That'd be a way better restaurant experience.
I don't generally tip, because tipping is not practically part of the paycheck in Australia, and so our workers tend to get more money straight up than in America.
Someone serving me shouldn't require a tip for decent service, that's assumed. I'll consider a tip when I'm genuinely impressed with speed, etiquette and power level.
Someone serving me shouldn't require a tip for decent service, that's assumed. I'll consider a tip when I'm genuinely impressed with speed, etiquette and power level.
Everytime I;m out with friends or family, and they ask me to pitch it and if I don't. quote this scene of the movie. So my views OP, bad waiter/waitress no tip, no matter what.Flamezdudes said:
I used to Cater Private Paintball parties by making sure that everyone stayed safe, was having a good time, and provided and maintained the rental equipment. Hardly ever got any tips, except for the time we had Robin Williams who gave everyone that worked that day $200 tips for keeping our mouths shut that he was playing there that day, was hands down best tip I ever received.
If a waiters' pay, including wages and tips, does not equal or exceed what they would make if they were paid minimum wage, then US Federal law requires their employer to make up the difference (Department of Labor [http://www.dol.gov/elaws/faq/esa/flsa/002.htm]).TehCookie said:
I've yet to encounter an argument for why certain people deserve tips just for doing their job. Do your job really well, and of course I'll want to leave a tip. Do your job exceptionally well, and I may even want to tell you manager how much I appreciated the service. But a tip just for doing what I'm already paying you to do? Sorry, but I just don't see the point.
Hm, I usually go with 15% for average, 20% for good. Parents are cheap as hell though. 10 and 15% for them.