15-20 % for lunch 20-25% for dinner. If the food or help was great bump it up depending on how great it was. For me anyway that's how it is
Poll: Tipping Habits at Restaurants
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It is pretty weird, but I think $5 dollars is perfectly fine for a country were it isn't customary. The reasoning behind tipping is that the price on the menu pays for the food, and the act of being served is completely separate, therefore a waitstaff's pay is directly proportional to their performance, prompting them to work harder to make the dining experience better for you the customer so they will get rewarded.MissShortosity said:Many thanks for the infoEClaris said:For parties of 8 or more it is automatically added unless you talk to the manager (we had to do this once, the server was terrible and because we were a large party he automatically got his tip, the manager apologized took his tip away and we got free desserts)
however, if it's a party of 8 or below can choose the amount the tip by writing it on the receipt, or leaving the cash
I will reserve tips for exceptional service and exceptional staff where i see it's deserved, but it'd never be more than $5, because its not customary and because I'm a uni student.
Tipping in Australia is kind of restricted to the small change you have left over being placed in a glass or a jar at the counter...
Think of it similar to working on commission. Kind of
Generally I don't tip at all. I was raised in Singapore and we don't really tip there (at least I've never heard anybody tip there while I lived there). However I do feel exceptions if I think that the service has been really good or the waiter/waitress has been really friendly.
Nothing. Why should I tip them? Their job is to give good service and food to the customers. I'm already paying for that, why is it considered foul play if I don't pay extra?
15%. Mostly because it's fun to say. I round up because I'm awesome and hate change, always getting lost...
I tend to round up to a flat amount because I usually pay with a card, so I generally fall somewhere between 15-20%. If someone was particularly good or bad, I would tip more or less accordingly.
While some other cultures and people do no understand, practice or think tipping is just an attempt to take more of their money. I do think it is not without it's merits. It's a way to show your appreciation to a specific individual for a good job. If your experience was good, you are likely to return and begin to develop a good rapport with someone, making your return experiences that much better. A waiter who always knows what to bring you to drink or a barber that knows how to cut your hair just the way you like it. While it might be possible to develop such a relationship without someone without tipping, it is one possible means to that end.
While some other cultures and people do no understand, practice or think tipping is just an attempt to take more of their money. I do think it is not without it's merits. It's a way to show your appreciation to a specific individual for a good job. If your experience was good, you are likely to return and begin to develop a good rapport with someone, making your return experiences that much better. A waiter who always knows what to bring you to drink or a barber that knows how to cut your hair just the way you like it. While it might be possible to develop such a relationship without someone without tipping, it is one possible means to that end.
Hmm, I get your point, however, I believe 'commission' for waitstaff is an extremely logical concept, because customers walk into a restaurant with the intention of eating food, thus you don't have to convince them to buy anything. Additionally, whilst the delivery of the food is separate from its preparation, it is still a necessary process of the dining experience... that plate of food isn't going to walk to the table buy itself, and the chef probably doesn't have the time to find out what every person wants...EClaris said:
I don't know, maybe it's my crazy Australian logic, but it just seems reasonable to have an individual's dining bill fully cover the cost of the entire service they were provided. Which makes me wonder, are Australian (or other countries who don't practice tipping) meals more expensive than American ones because they include what is essentially a 'service fee'?
Just food for thought...
Hahah, what an appropriate metaphor >.< sorry
So many tightwads on this site.
I'm curious how many of the people who tip 10% or less delivered sandwiches or pizzas or worked in a restaurant at some point? God I hated it when I get shafted.
"There's a delivery charge!"
Yeah it covers my gas you tool.
"You get paid a wage!"
And you're paying to have a sandwich handed to you at your home, jerk. I got paid minimum wage to drive all over with a bunch of hot ass pizzas raising the temperature in my car, only to get potentially robbed at every house. Delivery usually ranks in the top ten most dangerous jobs [http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/13/pf/dangerousjobs/], and most companies forbid you to carry a weapon, mace, etc.
The least you can do is give the kid who risked death to bring you your pizza 15%.
ON THE OTHER HAND:
I don't tip when the person hasn't provide some sort of extra service. I do tip delivery drivers, I tip waiters, I tip cab drivers, I tip the hotel concierge, etc usually because in those examples one can recieve a gradient of service, and they're usually working much harder than what they're being paid (minimum wage or less). I do not tip the people at Cold Stone, Star Bucks, or any other place where I have to stand in line, pick up my shit from the counter, get my own fountain drinks, and the people aren't doing anything extra that they aren't already paid to do.
A note, I guess in some countries you guys don't tip. Maybe I should be less incensed when it is not a cultural expectation to tip at least 15%.
I'm curious how many of the people who tip 10% or less delivered sandwiches or pizzas or worked in a restaurant at some point? God I hated it when I get shafted.
"There's a delivery charge!"
Yeah it covers my gas you tool.
"You get paid a wage!"
And you're paying to have a sandwich handed to you at your home, jerk. I got paid minimum wage to drive all over with a bunch of hot ass pizzas raising the temperature in my car, only to get potentially robbed at every house. Delivery usually ranks in the top ten most dangerous jobs [http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/13/pf/dangerousjobs/], and most companies forbid you to carry a weapon, mace, etc.
The least you can do is give the kid who risked death to bring you your pizza 15%.
ON THE OTHER HAND:
I don't tip when the person hasn't provide some sort of extra service. I do tip delivery drivers, I tip waiters, I tip cab drivers, I tip the hotel concierge, etc usually because in those examples one can recieve a gradient of service, and they're usually working much harder than what they're being paid (minimum wage or less). I do not tip the people at Cold Stone, Star Bucks, or any other place where I have to stand in line, pick up my shit from the counter, get my own fountain drinks, and the people aren't doing anything extra that they aren't already paid to do.
A note, I guess in some countries you guys don't tip. Maybe I should be less incensed when it is not a cultural expectation to tip at least 15%.
I always tip around 18%.
Note for people not in the US/ Americans who don't tip: As has been mentioned before, waitstaff actually make less than minimum wage. Their salaries are set such that, with tips, they end up making minimum wage. In the United States, tipping (~15%) is expected unless the service is abhorrent.
Note for people not in the US/ Americans who don't tip: As has been mentioned before, waitstaff actually make less than minimum wage. Their salaries are set such that, with tips, they end up making minimum wage. In the United States, tipping (~15%) is expected unless the service is abhorrent.
Yeah, tipping always implies service to me. I'm not sure, logically, why to me a barber or waiter performs a service while a soda jerk doesn't, but I never tip the soda jerks.Uszi said:
Your barber, waiter, bartender all have to use some sort of skill. There is a measure of individual input on the part of that service person to make the job good.Regiment said:
The soda jerk, burrito roller, etc all follow a prescribed set of instructions that a robot could do, given enough money and engineering.