Being a college student who is out of a job and currently looking, I can say that I don't tip well or even at all.
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as a former waitress, i tip 15% MINIMUM, usually 20% or more.
i tip baristas and bartenders $1 per drink, at minimum.
and just fyi, i'm at least half motivated by fear. i used to work at a five star gourmet italian restaurant, and you wouldn't BELIEVE the disgusting things that happened to the food of people who didn't tip well - especially if those people had a good deal of money. seriously, some of that shit makes my stomach turn.
i tip baristas and bartenders $1 per drink, at minimum.
and just fyi, i'm at least half motivated by fear. i used to work at a five star gourmet italian restaurant, and you wouldn't BELIEVE the disgusting things that happened to the food of people who didn't tip well - especially if those people had a good deal of money. seriously, some of that shit makes my stomach turn.
if you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to go out.Kstreitenfeld said:
if you go to a good bar, where your bartender is a bartender for a living and not to put himself through college, this really shouldn't be the case. i've had bartenders that could talk my ear off about different kinds of scotch.ravensheart18 said:
Im like Steve Buscemi from Reservoir Dogs. I think it is complete BS that I have to tip someone for doing their job. If i feel they put in the extra effort, or if i was troubling them in a sort of way, then yeah, Ill throw in a couple more bucks. But i just dont see why certain jobs will receive tips, while a job just as helpful (like an assistant at best buy) cant get a tip.
wow people who don't tip are assholes, my friend is a waitress and gets like 3 bucks and hour because of tips (which they are allowed to pay under federal minimum wage if the person is most likely to get tips). She used to come home sometime with four bucks.....some people live off that and if you didn't want to tip you should have eaten at home, or gone out and bought a case of beer and a few bottles instead of going to the bar/club
I don't see the logic in this. Sure I could tip but I could use that money for say another night out.seidlet said:
This is a flaw in the labor laws of the US. Because a person can make tips, that means their boss can get away with paying them jack squat.elemenetal150 said:
When I lived in the US I usually tipped 20-30% but the flaw is not in the tippers, it's in the laws of the country. Yes, it does leave the option for good people to make more money than slack people, but more often than not its just a mechanism so a boss can get out of paying his staff a decent wage.
I disagree, it is a way in which everyone can gain:TyeDye75 said:
Employee: They get to make as much as they work. The harder they work the more they get (within a certain margin of error [curse you stingy tippers!]).
Employer: They don't have to pay as much, they can lower prices and compete more effectively against the other restaurants.
Customer (or guest as the industry calls you folks): You get better prices. You get to punish those who do a horrible job and you get to reward those who do a fantastic job. The industry is more responsive to your whims.
Edit: Let me say, to those who tip less than 10 % (on behalf of the servers all across America) "May you burn in the fiery depths of hell." oh and "Come again soon, we loved having you *teeth grinding together*"
You need to understand that different countries, even countries within the same continent, & even different areas within the same country have different ways of doing things. Increasingly some European countries will take it upon themselves to add a service charge to the bill as a matter of course. When reserving a restaurant table I have never once been told that a service charge will be included automatically, although menus do frequently inform their patrons when this is the practice. If I receive adequate or even good service I will only tip via the service charge included in the bill, which means that the waiter or waitress is missing out since not only would I have usually tipped more, but many of these restaurants do not pass on the entirety of the tip to the staff.Good morning blues said:
As I previously stated, if I'm met with poor service I will not tip, since I will not pay for what I have not received, & where the service charge has been assumed I will remove it from the bill as is my legal right (with the exception of Greece).
'If they've charged a grat and you just haven't paid, that's worse than not tipping, that's straight-up ripping the place off.'
Hardly. If I take someone to dinner in London & the bill comes to £150 then why should I tip £20 or more if I'm not happy with the service? If I receive a bill with the service included, usually about 10% in London but generally more on the continent, then by including it they have presumed to know the value of their service without relying on my discretion, & so have instantly lost any money I would have paid over that amount. In this instance the £20 tip is reduced by 25% (or more for very good service) to £15.
A gratuity is just that, a discretionary sum delivered by the patron to the staff as a form of gratitude for a job well done.
Depends on how hot the waitress it. Yeah, I'm shallow; what of it?
dudes do not get tips unless they are cutting my hair.
dudes do not get tips unless they are cutting my hair.
Garzo said:
No, employers can justify paying less because people will get tips. Tips have to be claimed for taxes, employers can say their employees are making a salary above minimum wage. The low hourly wages are the business saving money.TyeDye75 said:
A waiter is not piad to be socialable, a taxi driver is not paid to be fast, cooks are not paid to get you your food. The job description for a lot of jobs is to simply get something done. People usually put extra effort into it when they are reasonably sure that they can earn some extra money for doing so. If you took a cab somewhere and the driver meandered around and doubled the expected fare, what are you going to do? A lot of jobs only require that something is done and that the customer pays, not the quality of service. In a capitalist society you have businesses looking for ways to get more customers. Good customer service is one of the best ways to do this, but it's hard to keep workers happy if they get paid squat for dealing with the assholes of the world everyday. I used to work in tech support and got a pretty good starting wage, but you have to deal with people complaining and notknowing what to do all day, and it's hard to stay calm when this happens day in and day out. Tipping is a way of showing that you appreciate the service in a way that ensures future good service. Pretty much everyone I know who can earn tips will be nicer to someone who regularly tips than to those that don't. It's a possitive feedback loop.ultimatechance said:
As for who gets tipped, that's kind of wierd, but it tends to be the people who handle money directly, which is why tipouts and gratuity were introduced, giving the people behind the scenes a slice of the pie.
Not tipping because you can't is fine and I've been on both sides many times. People who have deppended on tips know how hard you have to work to be friendly while everything around you is going crazy. It's like spending and hour trying to get a lottery ticket and then not being upset that you wasted time and money for nothing.
The minimum wage here is good enough to live on. I don't see why I should pay the server more when they are already getting a paycheck, anyway, why should they get the money and not the cook?
Besides it's not really expected here and I hope it never will be.
Besides it's not really expected here and I hope it never will be.