When you go out to eat, do you tip well?

[quote name='Friedle']It depends. There's this local pizza place called Sicily's that makes the best pizza around. I always order the same stuff and they've gotten to know me by that, so I always dump whatever loose change I get back in to that cup. I guess for little places like that I do, but big chains? Nope.[/QUOTE]

Uh...why? That makes no sense; some 17 year old doesn't really have much say in how big the place he works for is going to become.
 
I used to work at a Baskin Robbins and we werent allowed to keep a tip cup out cuz my boss deemed it as "unprofessional," at the same time, it wouldve been nice cuz you are preparing their food as well as serving it to them, so i think a tip cup is alright, now should u tip a place like that the same way as a sit down restaurant? def not, but i thnk the loose change like someone said before is fair, although not required

as for ziv, i dont even know what to say anymore to his wonderful commentary, so im just gunna leave that alone, seems like u guys handed it to him...
 
[quote name='Mr Unoriginal']Since this topic has been beaten to death, an offshoot: What is everyone's feelings on the little tip cups at Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Ice Cream places and sometimes even fast food joints? I personally never tip them and really don't see the reason to tip this type of service, but the cup always seem to be full. Do any of you tip these people as well?[/QUOTE]

If I get a little change back I usually dump it in the cup, but not always.
 
[quote name='Ziv_Zulander']You're scooping Ice Cream into a cup, how in the hell is that tip worthy?[/QUOTE]

Thats what you think, you also make special drinks and write/decorate your cakes...

the little figurines and scenes dont make their way on top by themselves u know
 
[quote name='lionheart4life']I really don't understand the whole "tipping a percentage of your bill" thing. I mean just because you order a $20 steak doesn't mean that the waitress should get more of a tip than if you ordered a $2 basket of onion rings, they still only had to carry one item to the table. I think people should tip what they think is a fair amount based on how many items they ordered.[/QUOTE]

Well said.
 
[quote name='Ziv_Zulander']Should I tip the man at the drive thru window whenever he puts ketchup in the bag?[/QUOTE]

for the record, where have you worked before?

have you even worked before?
 
[quote name='Friedle']A little off topic, but when someone comes to your house to install a cable outlet, fix your washer, etc. do you offer them a drink?[/QUOTE]

Definately. About two weeks ago on a Sunday, a Sears crew came and delivered my new fridge. I offered them all beers but they declined and took some water instead. It was 10:00am, scorching hot, and I was only number 3 of about 20 deliveries they needed to made that day.
 
[quote name='Ziv_Zulander']Mostly factory work. I've never worked directly with customers.[/QUOTE]

makes sense why you lack people skills than, you sad sad little boy.
 
I usually tip 15% at minimum at sit-down restaurants. I never tip for pizza delivery at my dorm and I could care less what look I get from the delivery guy. Free delivery means just what it says, in my book.
 
[quote name='BasketCase1080']makes sense why you lack people skills than, you sad sad little boy.[/QUOTE]

No, he has people skills im sure, its just that you need a different set of people skills to deal with customers. usually people skills go both ways, but when youre serving someone, its a one way street. customers can be nice, but they can also be pieces of crap. youre job if you serve customers is to be efficient and friendly, regardless of how they act towards you. maintaining a standard of friendliness and respect is essential. when you serve a customer and do a good job, you should be compensated(of course if you do a bad job, then screw u haha) there are two ways to compensate an employee, either you can inform the manager or boss on how good of a job theyre doing, and after enough of those, your boss gives you a raise for doing a good job. or you can leave a monetary reward. i think its alot easier for most to leave money, i just hope you realize that serving customers is more than just putting a scoop of ice cream in a cup, especially when it comes to regulars, you develop a relationship with him, and trust me, i could point out in a crowd every customer that ive ever liked and ever customer i didnt like, even if i saw them once in my life
 
[quote name='JimmieMac']If you can't afford to tip, then you can't afford to eat out.[/QUOTE]

While this succinctly explains my perspective, I also have this to add: If you're worried about how much to tip, you aren't dining. You're eating.

I tip 20% on all accounts, 10-15% for poor service, and 25% for friends or outstanding service.

For the most part, the class of the restaraunt and the class of the waitron go hand in hand. You aren't going to find a sommolier (sp?) at Denny's, and you aren't going to find "Flo" hacking up three packs of Benson and Hedges menthol 100's at "Le Fantastique" (or some similarly pretentious named establishment).

I'm (not) surprised that many of you seem to be more prone to leaving shitty tips than telling the waitron what they can do to make things better for you. I wouldn't be surprised if you were still appalled when you went back to the same restaraunt (face it, you sheep want your "Bloomin Onions") and found the same server still sucked. Amazing, that.

It's truly a self-fulfilling prophecy on both accounts; servers pigeonhole every table from the moment you sit down. If I think you're a baptist, you'd get shittier service from me than if you were facing a judge for a murder conviction. The same goes for Europeans, every fuckin' last one of 'em. I'm not going to be polite or prompt for people who do any of the following:

1) Order "well done"
2) Say "gimmie a..." "I want..." "Hey you!"
3) Whistle or snap fingers
4) Drink like camels (this is strictly nonalcoholic beverages; the more booze you buy, the bigger your bill, but if I'm dragging your fat ass another cherry coke every 45 seconds, you're gonna wait, porky)
5) Can't fathom requesting things at the same time (the tables that request one thing, and upon presentation of that, request another, and another, and they can't seem to hold more than one demand at the same time)
6) Order a cornucopia of the least healthy things on the menu, and then drink a "diet" beverage. You're a subject of ridicule.

There are others, I'm sure. Here's the overall score: tuck your shirt in, stand up straight, ask for things using some semblance of English and/or manners "Excuse me, could I have...?", know your wines (types at the least, bebe), pick up your jaw off the ground and wipe that drool off your chin, mouthbreather. Follow my advice, behave like a human fucking being, and god only knows that you'll end your dining experience getting some mad fornication on, instead of guffawing over whatever dick-joke comedy you tivo'ed when you get home with your date.

Before I forget, "chateaubriand" is French for "she's totally gonna blow you for ordering something so expensive." Make a note of it.

I love the motherfuckers who hand you towels in the bathroom; drop them $3-5, enjoy a cigarette (and occasional pleasure since I quit), and pay the motherfucker respect: he made a willing decision to work in a motherfuckin' bathroom. Share some good pussy jokes or something, make fun of the guy balls deep in chivas at the bar. Bathroom dudes rule, even if more often than not the only black employee allowed on the floor is the bathroom dude.

myke.
...8 months out of the industry.
 
I tip minimum $5 or 20% whichever is more. I do tip less though if the service sucked. I've only once left $0.25 to a total douche to show the guy I didn't forget the tip - he just sucked that bad.

Oh, and as usual, Jimmie hit the nail on the head.
 
I try to avoid involving myself in anything that requires "tipping". When I do rarely go out to eat I will tip depending on the service, not by a % of the meal cost. It's usually just my girlfriend and I, so I doubt I've ever left a tip of more than $3.
 
Well I work in the food business, we have a fine dinning resturant as well as a pub. Both resturants the waitstaff only make $2.65 an hour. That is usually not even enough to cover their taxes. Their paychecks are usually VOID or a couple bucks at most and they put in 60 hours a week easily.

If you're eating out and get decent service and don't tip at least 15% then you're an ass and if you go there often the waitstaff will remember you and give you the amount of service you deserve.


One might think in a fine dinning establishment that since the bills are in the $200 to $500 price range that you don't have to tip 15% because that would equal a $25 to $50 tip. One thing you have to realize though that since the tables are wined and dined they don't wait on a lot of people.

In the pub that average server on a busy night will wait on around 40 to 70 people and if they are a good server at the end of the night they'll end up with $150 to $220 in tips.

In the fine dinning resturant on a busy night the average server will wait on about 15 to 20 people at most, and if they had decent tips they'll make around $125 to $200, not counting that every once in a while they'll get a table that throws money left and right and buys all the expenisive wines and cocktails, they usually tip 30% or more.


In both resturants when they close for the night the servers just don't go home....they stay making only $2.65 an hour to clean up, sweep, vaccum, move tables set up placements for breakfast, roll silverware, ect.... They work long days and only wait on tables for half of it,


I guess what I'm getting at is, most servers are completely dependant on a 15% tip . They don't make minimum wage, and they do a lot more than just serve people.



With that said I usually tip 20%, if the serivce is poor I tip 5% less if its great 5% more.
 
20 - 25% if they were really bad, not late with drink refills, never really coming over to check on us or anything I will give worse...
 
[quote name='Mr Unoriginal']Since this topic has been beaten to death, an offshoot: What is everyone's feelings on the little tip cups at Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Ice Cream places and sometimes even fast food joints? I personally never tip them and really don't see the reason to tip this type of service, but the cup always seem to be full. Do any of you tip these people as well?[/QUOTE]

Well, bars should be included in this list, too. I will tip friends who are bartenders, even if all they do is open/pour a beer.

Depending on the difficulty level, I'll tip at coffee shops. If I order a cup of coffee from Starbucks, maybe I'll give my residual change. OTOH, if the barista can pour a perfect ristretto shot (if you don't know what it is, you have no fucking taste), then they'll get an extra $2 in the jar. Having experience here, too, I learned all about presentation; you won't see it in a Starbucks paper cup, but you deserve extra if you can layer (in a flavored latte, for example) the syrup, then the milk, then the espresso, and then the foam in a nice clear glass.

Also, nobody I have ever met can make a decent cappucino (except for me), but if they can (and know how it is nothing like a latte), then they deserve an extra ducat.

Same goes for bartenders; if I'm ordering, say, a long island (not that I ever would), and it turns out well, then I tip the person well. If they short me on my Jameson (on the rocks, water and a squeeze of lemon), then I'll ask them to pour a four count next time, like a good bartender should.

The only bar I tip poorly at is a local honky tonk kinda shithole; the nights that pretentious starving artists aren't playing with their hair gel and waxing the philosophical about Pavement albums, local rockabilly bands play up in their parlour. Since I'll damn skippy go see a good (free!) rockabilly quartet, I'm there; for $2.50 for a PBR fucking CAN, though, I'm not dropping more than $.50 a spot (again with the residual change).

I don't eat ice cream, but I doubt that I'd give some pimply-faced prat a tip for flopping schnozzberry sorbet into a paper cup, and then jamming those dumb fucking "spoons" that ice cream shoppes serve into it.
 
[quote name='Ziv_Zulander']You people are starting to sound like vegetarians.[/QUOTE]


Somebody gonna get a hurt in here.... somebody... not going to tell you who.... I think you know him very well....
 
[quote name='mykevermin']
It's truly a self-fulfilling prophecy on both accounts; servers pigeonhole every table from the moment you sit down. If I think you're a baptist, you'd get shittier service from me than if you were facing a judge for a murder conviction. The same goes for Europeans, every in' last one of 'em. I'm not going to be polite or prompt for people who do any of the following:

1) Order "well done"
2) Say "gimmie a..." "I want..." "Hey you!"
3) Whistle or snap fingers
4) Drink like camels (this is strictly nonalcoholic beverages; the more booze you buy, the bigger your bill, but if I'm dragging your fat ass another cherry coke every 45 seconds, you're gonna wait, porky)
5) Can't fathom requesting things at the same time (the tables that request one thing, and upon presentation of that, request another, and another, and they can't seem to hold more than one demand at the same time)
6) Order a cornucopia of the least healthy things on the menu, and then drink a "diet" beverage. You're a subject of ridicule.

There are others, I'm sure. Here's the overall score: tuck your shirt in, stand up straight, ask for things using some semblance of English and/or manners "Excuse me, could I have...?", know your wines (types at the least, bebe), pick up your jaw off the ground and wipe that drool off your chin, mouthbreather. Follow my advice, behave like a human ing being, and god only knows that you'll end your dining experience getting some mad fornication on, instead of guffawing over whatever dick-joke comedy you tivo'ed when you get home with your date.

...

Same goes for bartenders; if I'm ordering, say, a long island (not that I ever would), and it turns out well, then I tip the person well. If they short me on my Jameson (on the rocks, water and a squeeze of lemon), then I'll ask them to pour a four count next time, like a good bartender should.

...

I don't eat ice cream, but I doubt that I'd give some pimply-faced prat a tip for flopping schnozzberry sorbet into a paper cup, and then jamming those dumb fucking "spoons" that ice cream shoppes serve into it.[/QUOTE]

Pure poetry...

It's amazing how many people lack common courtesy or check it at the door when they enter a restaurant, expecting the server to be their bitch for the next hour and a half. And the asshole gauge seems to increase in proportion to the menu prices. All you people complaining that higher priced places don't deserve better tips becuase they're bringing the same amount of items have never eaten at a good restaurant and should never set foot in one.
 
I start at 20% and go up or down depending on service. I have, on a couple occasions left exact change for the bill, and not a penny tip. This is very rare though.

If I get exceptional service, and/or lots of buybacks, I'll tip very well. I've also left a 20% tip, then gone over and and give the bartender a little extra. The best thing you can do is palm a $20 to a bartender.

There was this one resturant I used to go to a few years back while I was in school. I'd go at least twice a week. I apparently had built up a reputation of being a good tipper among the bartenders and wait staff, because I was treated like a king there. The thing is everyone else gave crappy tips and I was giving 20% or higher. Man, they really used to take care of me there. We used to eat two meals, drink most of the night, and stumble out after paying a $12.00 bill.
 
I'd like to make one quick note here. Some people may they tip well and they pay 5 bucks. Others may say the same thing and only pay 2-3 bucks. Just remember it doesn't make them cheapasses. You need to look at their geographical location, too. I noticed most people who said they did tip higher came from places like NY where the cost of living is higher. I live in WV, so a smaller tip here means just as much. Also, it's good to note that when we do go to a place where the cost of living is higher, we will tip accordingly.

Back on topic. My family and I tip well. We also treat the waiters and waitresses with respect, because we've saw some of the assclowns that come in. I've never worked in a service industry, but I do believe that being courteous and maybe even just talking to the waiter/waitress (when they're not busy) can mean a whole lot to the that server. My family is the kind of family that won't throw a fit if there was something wrong with the meal. We just tell them, and they're tip doesn't take a hit, either. OTOH, if the server is acting like a douche, and they forget something, we still won't throw a fit, but it will be reflected in their tip.

One last thing. Do any of you ever eat with grandparents? My grandmother basically takes Ziv_Zulander's stance on things and says that we already paid for the meal, and why should we tip. It's so embaressing taking her to eat. We go to a local Chinese Buffet occasionally, and we've laid down two or three dollars for a tip, and she gets mad and tries to make us leave one measly dollar lol. We finally get to her to leave, and then put the money on the table. I think maybe it's because of the time her generation grew up in. She recently went to a class reunion, and the meal ended up being $15.00. Almost no one at the reunion tipped, because they said the meal was too expensive. I felt bad for those servers that night. Anyone else have grandparents like that?
 
[quote name='help1']Somebody gonna get a hurt in here.... somebody... not going to tell you who.... I think you know him very well....[/QUOTE]

Someone's been watching Russell Peters. :lol::applause:
 
[quote name='help1']Gotta support brown people comedy.[/QUOTE]

Sadly, he's the only one I know of. :cry: If you wanna talk about non-Indian, Rex Navarette is a pretty good one as well.
 
I tip from 0% to 30%...I start at 15%, and then depending on the service, I will tip accordingly. It doesn't take much to make me happy. Lately I have been tipping a lot around 20 - 25%

I worked in the food service business for 6 years, doing everything..shortorder cook, bus boy, bar back, waiter, bartender, dishwasher and manager. I was always amazed that a waiter/waitress would come to work in a pissy mood, and take it out on the customers, and then bitch about the lack of tips they got. When I go to work now, I have to leave the baggage of my personal life out of the office.
 
[quote name='Ziv_Zulander']Question for some of the people here. Why do you even bother tipping if the service is bad?[/QUOTE]

In general waiters are TAXED a percentage of thier sales (usually around 8%). This is done by the government. So if you tip nothing then they actually end up paying for your cheap and ignorant ass to eat at thier resturant. That is shit.

So if you have a $200 check whether you tip the waiter or not they are paying taxes off of $16. Plus they still have to tip out the busser,bartender, hostess, kitchen staff on the tip you didn't leave. Did all of those people also give you shitty service too?! Or are you just being a cheap asshole because you think it's cool?
 
[quote name='loserkid']

We go to a local Chinese Buffet occasionally, and we've laid down two or three dollars for a tip, and she gets mad and tries to make us leave one measly dollar lol. We finally get to her to leave, and then put the money on the table. I think maybe it's because of the time her generation grew up in. She recently went to a class reunion, and the meal ended up being $15.00. Almost no one at the reunion tipped, because they said the meal was too expensive. I felt bad for those servers that night. Anyone else have grandparents like that?[/QUOTE]

I normally don't tip @ buffets. If the person gets rid of my plates quicklly I will leave a dollar or two but since you are serving yourself I don't tip.

Edit: Most of the time I go to a buffet I get a water they leave a pitcher and don't take my plate/plates untill I leave. Not worthy of a tip IMO. I tip very well eating out just not at buffets.
 
i tip 15 to 20% if the waiter provided great service. if they made too many mistakes, i'll tip 10 to 15%. if they were aholes, i talk to the manager and leave :D

EDIT: i'll tip $1 at a bar w/ every drink i receive. it adds up at the end of the night, but you'll get some free drinks and maybe a little more bang for your buck too hehe. i'll only tip $1 at a buffet b/c i'm getting my own food and only $1 at a vietnamese joint b/c that's the norm around here :lol:
 
I tip 10-15% typically unless the service or food is terrible.

I don't like waiters checking up on me constantly while I'm try to eat, but that's just me. I'm more concerned about getting seated and getting my food in a timely manner.
 
I let the spouse do all the tipping. She actually was a waitress at one point, and all of our spending money comes from a joint account anyway. She's more generous than me to begin with. :D
 
I tip 15% for normal service, and down to 5% for crappy service. For really good service, i'll tip up to 25% (only happened once, it was the best service I've ever had. It only needed a BJ to be perfect.)
 
I'll do the usual 15-20% if the service was average to good, but I definately would not hesitate to tip less if the service was bad.
 
i usually leave $2-3 and usually order around $7-15

i HATE eating with bad tippers though, depending on who im with ill sometimes even ask for a seperate bill so the server knows im not a jerk (trust me if you regular places, this matters)
 
[quote name='Mr Unoriginal']Since this topic has been beaten to death, an offshoot: What is everyone's feelings on the little tip cups at Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Ice Cream places and sometimes even fast food joints? I personally never tip them and really don't see the reason to tip this type of service, but the cup always seem to be full. Do any of you tip these people as well?[/QUOTE]
the cafe i work at has that. usually people dont tip, on a busy day both tip jars will total $20 which has to be split 2-4 ways.

we do bring people their food, and honestly have very good food, but the tips are more of a bonus than anything else, most people tip whatever their change is as jimmie said, if its a large order ($20-$30) sometimes we get a buck or two.
 
[quote name='punqsux']the cafe i work at has that. usually people dont tip, on a busy day both tip jars will total $20 which has to be split 2-4 ways.

we do bring people their food, and honestly have very good food, but the tips are more of a bonus than anything else, most people tip whatever their change is as jimmie said, if its a large order ($20-$30) sometimes we get a buck or two.[/QUOTE]

I worked at a bagelstore/cafe and the 7-3 morning shift would usually finish with about $120 in tips for the 3-4 of them.

Working in yuppyville has it's ups among its many downs(e.g. making a sammich with scallion tofu :drool:). :lol:
 
[quote name='Ziv_Zulander']I do it because i'm cheap, that is all.[/QUOTE]

to be cheap you actually have to tip something. youre just being a dick not tipping at all.
 
just a lil info for all you cheap asses out there and I hope this helps with your tipping

National (in the United States) Gratuity is 18%! not 10% minus 5% for an error made by the kitchen that was taken care of, but just made everything right, not better (ass).

Every person who goes out to eat should leave at least 2 bucks, there should be no question about it.

I have been serving for a lil over 3 years, and I couldn't tell you the ideas I have in correcting people who stiff me or whatever... mmm... you people would be afraid if you know how crazy the people were who serve you.

hope this helps you tip your waiters and waitresses,
 
[quote name='jennie25']just a lil info for all you cheap asses out there and I hope this helps with your tipping

National (in the United States) Gratuity is 18%! not 10% minus 5% for an error made by the kitchen that was taken care of, but just made everything right, not better (ass).

Every person who goes out to eat should leave at least 2 bucks, there should be no question about it.

I have been serving for a lil over 3 years, and I couldn't tell you the ideas I have in correcting people who stiff me or whatever... mmm... you people would be afraid if you know how crazy the people were who serve you.

hope this helps you tip your waiters and waitresses,[/QUOTE]
oh i totally know how crazy servers can be, and i VERY rarely leave no tip, if i leave no tip, its justified, you might be afraid of how crazy the people that stiff you are ^^
 
Usually, if it is just me, a flat $2.00 tip. Most places I go to have excellent waiters/waitresses. Hell, if my family takes me out, I add to their tip (mostly out of pity; working as an underappreciated fast food manager, I have something of an idea what it must be like at a real restaurant). Same for delivery.

It's not that I'm cheap; I'm just a poor college student. I give what I can afford, but if the service is good (regular refills, checkups, exceptional food, etc.), I try to add something on.
 
[quote name='Quillion']They can, actually, if tips are to be included in the pay. There's a seperate minimum wage for jobs that receive tips.[/QUOTE]

So why are you still such a cheap skate?? I've watched you tip
 
I try to do 3-5, depending on service. I recently went to Olive garden with my Girlfriend. The waitress was pretty crummy, did not ask for refills NOT even once, or if everything was alright with the meal, spent $34.88 for the meal, I put 35$ in the bill booklet, and left

But I got really mad when she said to the other waitress, what a bunch of cheap ass's

Good Service=TIPS
Bad Service= Pennies

she was only serving 2 tables total, and the other table was just one person drinking a alcoholic beverage, damn not old enuff yet :(
 
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