Poll: Poll: Waiter's Rant-Tipping
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I guess I'd tip about 15%, but if I had a good job, or the waiter stood out as a better waiter, I'd tip 20% or more.
I tend to tip about 10% rounded up or down to the nearest Euro (dollar, pound, whatever). However again as I'm not from the US, I only really tip if the service was adequate. And part of it also depends on what the total bill comes to (ie. a 63 euro bill will get 70, but so will a 67 euro bill, just bad luck for the waiter)
Me and my friend generally tip, about 15%. But whenever we go out with some other people of our age (16) they don't quite grasp the concept of rewarding good service. It wasn't because they were poor, it was just because they had no sense of etiquette.
Shit! That's really, really low. No wonder the OP's pissed off.Warrior Irme said:
I'm in the UK and unless the service was really good, I don't tip. At my local favourite family Italian restuarant, both of them in fact, the food is great, the atmosphere is lovely, the waiters know me and are prompt and often funny. I tip well there.
Anywhere else, I don't tip just because the waiters have been taught to expect tips. And if a "Service Charge" is included on my bill I will storm in the manager's office and inform him of how illegal it is to force me to tip an extra 15%, the bastard.
As for the US laws on tips, that's ludicrous. When I eat in America I will certainly tip you guys, as you are actually not getting the legal fucking minimum wage .
God everyone saything they don't tip because its not their job to pay the servers wages is completely and totally wrong. Most all waiters in America make around 2 dollars an hour and rely on tips to pay their wages. You are paying for a service that here in America requires a tip. If you don't like to tip then either don't eat out at an American restaurant or move to a different country. Its just the way our society is here in America that tipping really is not optional. If you are the type of person that just does not tip then you really need to stop eating out and probably realize that you are scum of the earth and probably have had someone spit in your food at one point.
Waiters remember who doesnt tip and treat them accordingly.
Waiters remember who doesnt tip and treat them accordingly.
I only tip if I plan on becoming a regular, and it's mainly just the change that I get back after removing any notes.
For what it's worth, I'm sorry that American waiters get shafted, but I didn't get extra money for being yelled at by a customer because the shop next to ours had a lingere display withing eyeshot of my counter when I worked at Sainsbury's, and that was minimum wage, too so, uhh, diddums, get another job.
For what it's worth, I'm sorry that American waiters get shafted, but I didn't get extra money for being yelled at by a customer because the shop next to ours had a lingere display withing eyeshot of my counter when I worked at Sainsbury's, and that was minimum wage, too so, uhh, diddums, get another job.
Usually tip 10-15% as a base even if service wasn't the best. If the service was better then i go higher than that.
My brother's a waiter and he doesn't complain about the 2-3 bucks an hour he get. He knows that being a waiter mean that you will live off of your tips.
My brother is also an excellent waiter and always makes what he needs.
My brother is also an excellent waiter and always makes what he needs.
Depends on my waiter/waitress.
Bad service, such as waiting a hour for drink refills, means no tip. Good service, such as never having to worry about our drinks being refilled, means a good tip.
I don't go by percentages, I give what I have available in terms of cash/change.
Bad service, such as waiting a hour for drink refills, means no tip. Good service, such as never having to worry about our drinks being refilled, means a good tip.
I don't go by percentages, I give what I have available in terms of cash/change.
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actualy when minimum wage laws are created restraunts get special exemptions that let them keep paying staff shit since its expected that they will be tipped, in some places they have started tacking on an additional 15% or so to bills to cover tips for ppl who dont tip but in most the staff is still dependent on a nice tip from a customer otherwise its possible to end a night in the red (its just unlikely)Ridonculous_Ninja said:
yes this is in the US, everywhere in the US, the only food places that you dont have to worry about tips at is the fast food joints
No, they can pay you far less than minimum wage because it is expected that you will make enough in tips to cover it. Again, this is in America.Ridonculous_Ninja said:
I used to be a waiter and every time someone stiffed me it really hurt my pocketbook for the night. My average tips were between 18-20%, but when you're making 2.13/hr every person that doesn't tip really hurts.
Also, where I worked you had to pay a % of your sales (3-5% depending on where I was working) to the buss boys and hosts, so if someone stiffed you, you literally lost money on that table because minimum wage sure as hell didn't cover the time invested.
I have never met a waiter or waitress that loved their job, and its mostly because of the whole tip wage thing. What some of you dont understand that at 2.18 an hour, your salary completely depends on tips and thats when things get rocky. Say you have a slow month, well then you run a risk of not being able to pay your rent, car payments, utilities bill, ect. Just think about that next time you dont feel like tipping (but if its a shitty waiter then to hell with them.)
I think you should get a different job instead of relying on people tipping you. I don't tip because I think taking food from the kitchen to my table is far too easy for me to give you another fiver ontop of your wages. I mean come on, it is a very easy job and your wages reflect that. The only times I would tip someone is if they did something extra, something they are not paid for. Such as run into a burning building to save a kid. But taking food from one place to a table about 20 metres away is not worth tipping...
Unless a waiter or waitress is utterly inattentive, has their fingers in my food, and forgets everything that I order, I tip 20%, no exceptions. You guys have to live off of something, and considering I never buy drinks and don't buy expensive meals, the least I can do is leave you a good tip.
I always leave at least five dollars plus whatever singles are left over from breaking bigger bills after paying the tab.
so usually around 7-8 dollars US.
so usually around 7-8 dollars US.