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

I used to work in a restaurant, so I tend to be a little generous with the tips. If the service was good, I'll go 15% and round up to the dollar, usually. If it sucks, I give 10% or less. The delivery guys from the Chinese place and the Papa John's nearby love me, because I give them decent tips, compared to what everyone else does.
 
around 20%, was a waiter for a good 6 years so I know what its like to be left shitty tips, especially from teenagers


OP tipping 2 bucks at the most makes you an ass
 
Depending on their manners, how often they would check up on me. Ill always leave a tip but i dont like when i dont have a refill for my drink and im almost through my meal. As for delivery guys, im a cheap tipper...unless its snowing outside or freezing cold, then ill tip more to show my gratitude
 
2$ tip on how much of a check? 10 bucks, that's generous. 20-30 bucks, you're a cheapass, and not in a good way.
For 'good' service, nothing exceptional, nothing lacking, I tip 17-20 percent.
For excellent/exceptional service, 20% and up, depending on the level of 'above and beyond.'
For poor service, I'll go down to 12-15%; for horrible service, a token amount of whatever change I have left. If the service is horrible, and most likely if it's poor, I'll also tell the manager either at the store or via email/snailmail/web submission about the issue. If it's excellent service, I'll also make sure to tell the manager that as well.
I do not blame the server for the quality of the food; I blame him/her if the order was taken wrong [especially if they don't write it down], or if they don't fix something I complain about.
Delivery guys--usually 2-3 bucks, rounded to make the check or cash payment an even amount.
 
The usual 15%, minus the fuckups, like everyone else. But if it was really good service, I'll tack on an extra $5.
 
I usually multiply the sales tax by 3 and round down if the service was decent (PA tax is 6%). Exceptional service usually gets rounded up a bit, and shitty service only gets 6-12% tip depending on how I felt it was.
 
I tip kind of low. I know waiters and waitresses make slightly below minimum wage, but I figure if even one other person tips them a couple bucks that hour they will still make over minimum which isn't bad. I will tip up to 15% if the service was really good, but if not they better not expect much if anything. I consider good service asking for refills before my glass is even empty, asking if everything is ok, clearing the table frequently if it is a buffet with others, etc.

For delivery guys, my theory is that I should pay to the exact dollar over whatever the charge was, say my cost was $16.50 I pay $17 and tell the guy to keep the change. That way the tips are always between 1 cent and 99 cents. Luckily for them a friend or someone is usually there to chip in more of a tip. One time I gave a delivery lady a good tip though b/c she went to the store to get the pop we ordered since they were all out.

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.
 
I normally just give $5, no matter what. I go to fancy restaurant sometimes, and I can't see how some people leave $20 tips and such. One shouldn't get more tips just for working in a better restaurant.

And, if the service isn't satisfactory, you get nothing.
 
I usually tip around 10%- mostly becuase I SUCK at math, and this is about the extent of what I can figure out at the table. If I can figure it out and the service was good, I'll go more.
 
20-30% from me most of the time unless the service is bad. If you suck you will get a quarter. More of a slap in the face than no tip at all.
 
15 or 2x tax. CA tax is 7.5% Rouned up usually. I'm a decent tipper. But if a drink costs me 8 bucks or more at a bar the changes of them getting a tip is pretty slim.

However I always tip the bathroom attendant a buck.
 
I usually give 15- 30%, though if it's a real cheap meal I may even give 50%. I've gone to a few small restaurants (a vegetarian one run by buddhist monks comes to mind), where I've only spent about 10 bucks but I tipped 5. Usually somewhere in the 20's though. I'm extremely erratic with takeout and things like sushi bars though, I could tip them normally, minimally or not at all (though anyplace where I sit down, like sushi bars, get at least something).


I have a friend who's a horrible tipper though. He's so cheap that we'll go out to lunch and spend 30 bucks, and I'll want to tip $7 and he wants to tip 4 or 5, so he starts arguing how he doesn't want to pay the extra buck or buck fifty his half would be.
 
Depends on the service, today I went too a bolders steak house for dinner. The waiters never came by to check if we needed anything, she forgot our appetizer, had an attitude when I brought the appetizer and lack of refills on drinks/bread to her attention. I paid my bill w/o tip (you leave the money in that leather booklet on the table) and wrote her a small note too go with the bill, it stated "Try harder next time too earn a tip". If you do good service you get a tip , if not then you dont, it all depends, if you do a great job then you get a better tip. Being a former waiter and a camp counselor I know how important tips are, but I also know that tips are too be earned and not just given.
 
Depends on the service I get. Me and my dad went out to eat and the waitress was reaching over us and never asked us if everything was okay or not. So we tipped her 2 bucks. our bill was 28 bucks

The next week we went out to eat somewhere different and our bill was 35 bucks and the server was great soon as our pop got low she was there with a new one. Asked us about the food what we like and what we disliked etc. We tipped her 8 bucks.

It all come downs to service. Now if the restaurant is packed and we don't get the greatest service I still tip well. Cause those people are busting there ass to serve all of those people.
 
[quote name='dental_regurgitation']I tip 20% or double tax and round up. I don't understand tipping, I don't receive tips at my job, and I do much more work.[/QUOTE]


Because in a lot of places most servers make 2 or 3 bucks an hour and most thrive on tips. Most places pay $2.35 and say that they will make it up on tips.
 
whoa going to restuarants and tips =/ im glad im not at taht age.. yet :whistle2:&:whistle2:$ although very interesting topic being an adult sure seems difficult :?
 
[quote name='Graystone']Because in a lot of places most servers make 2 or 3 bucks an hour and most thrive on tips. Most places pay $2.35 and say that they will make it up on tips.[/QUOTE]
They cant be paid less than minimum wage.

I never tip. fuck that. I never get tipped for the work I do so why should I tip them. Nobody has ever come out of their house and looked at the great job that I did and gave me a fucken quarter.
But I also rarely go to restaurants or get food dilivered. The most I have ever tipped was $5 to this older lady in a Waffle house in Phoenix. I was hella thuirsty that night and she was doing a great job refilling my cup. So that was like a 55% tip.
 
I'm a very generous tipper most of the time. If the service was average, then I usually just tip the minimum. A lot of these people depend on their tips.

DT778, as I steal a line from Reservoir Dogs..."I don't even know a Jew who has the balls to say that" ;)
 
[quote name='DT778']They cant be paid less than minimum wage.

I never tip. fuck that. I never get tipped for the work I do so why should I tip them. Nobody has ever come out of their house and looked at the great job that I did and gave me a fucken quarter.
But I also rarely go to restaurants or get food dilivered. The most I have ever tipped was $5 to this older lady in a Waffle house in Phoenix. I was hella thuirsty that night and she was doing a great job refilling my cup. So that was like a 55% tip.[/QUOTE]

They can, actually, if tips are to be included in the pay. There's a seperate minimum wage for jobs that receive tips.
 
[quote name='DT778']They cant be paid less than minimum wage.

I never tip. fuck that. I never get tipped for the work I do so why should I tip them. Nobody has ever come out of their house and looked at the great job that I did and gave me a fucken quarter.
But I also rarely go to restaurants or get food dilivered. The most I have ever tipped was $5 to this older lady in a Waffle house in Phoenix. I was hella thuirsty that night and she was doing a great job refilling my cup. So that was like a 55% tip.[/QUOTE]
Reservoir Dogs.
 
[quote name='fanskad']They can, actually, if tips are to be included in the pay. There's a seperate minimum wage for jobs that receive tips.[/QUOTE]

Yep. it's called gratuity pay wage or something like that I made up.
 
Oh, I didn't know about that seperate min wage they get.

Resevoir Dogs... I should watch that again, thats part of the reason I rarely if ever tip.
 
I always tip at least 20%, I used to be a waiter. I also think the difference between a good tip and a bad tip is usually a few bucks that doesnt make a big difference for me but for a waiter it adds up.
 
I usually tip $5.

Every time I dine out (especially at ethnic restaurants), I see nobody tip, even though they make the waiter / waitress run back and forth like they're King Hollywood Shit.
 
In certain situations, we tip. That's just the way American culture was set up (not every part of the world has tipping as a widely accepted custom). That means that the price of the food is lower than it would be if restaurants paid suitable wages. If you don't want to tip, then it's quite simple- don't eat where it's customary to tip. Don't screw over the wait staff, who rely on those tips for a living.

Plus, they remember the cheapskates. Why mess with people who have access to your food when you're not looking?
 
I usually do 15% and then round it up to the nearest dollar for the bill. Or I usually leave cash for the tip and 15% plus whatever dollar amount I have. Change is annoying =/
 
I tip mininally a dollar, no matter how little I order. I used to tip 10%, but my parents got mad at me when I tip less than $1. Otherwise, I tip in between 10%-15% (or depending on situations, maybe more because we got a big group and we were a hassle).

If the service is crap, I still tip 10%. Next time I just won't go there anymore. Why leave like a jerk? Maybe next time you have to come to eat (and they will remember you). They might take a lot longer, or treat you like crap, or even add a little "something" into your food.

On a side note, did anyone see that show they had on UPN a long time ago with the hidden cameras in the kitchen. When you see what goes on in those kitchen, you will want to tip well.
 
[quote name='mtxbass1']20-30% from me most of the time unless the service is bad. If you suck you will get a quarter. More of a slap in the face than no tip at all.[/QUOTE]

That's a good idea, I think I'll do that from now on.

Maybe a nickel instead of a quarter, though.
 
I usually do 15 - 20. If it is a cheaper place, I'm more likely to do 20-25. I feel that they do the same job as at a restaurant that charges twice as much, so why should they get so much smaller a tip.

I did once give a 115% tip, but that's because we were in a very authentic Chinese restaurant, they didn't charge us for 4 of the items we bought, and didn't understand us when we tried to correct them.
 
[quote name='Tromack']I usually do 15 - 20. If it is a cheaper place, I'm more likely to do 20-25. I feel that they do the same job as at a restaurant that charges twice as much, so why should they get so much smaller a tip.

I did once give a 115% tip, but that's because we were in a very authentic Chinese restaurant, they didn't charge us for 4 of the items we bought, and didn't understand us when we tried to correct them.[/QUOTE]
Same here, I used to eat at a diner for breakfast and my bill would always be like $1.50 and I would usually leave $3.00, because it wasn't any less work for them to bring out my food than if I had ordered the $8.00 breakfast.
Typically I'll tip 20% on dinner unless the service was bad or the bill is very expensive (i.e. you don't get a $10 tip for serving me 1 $50 dinner).
 
[quote name='Ziv_Zulander']Not a single damn dime. Its not my job to pay the salaries.[/QUOTE]

Some restaurants only pay their employees about 2 or 3 bucks an hour, they get their money from tips... so thats pretty messed up

i usually tip 20% or more, my gf is a waitress so i got it from her
 
If you EVER plan to come back to a dining establishment, you will want to leave a decent tip. Trust me. Don't be a cheapass here. It's easy to figure, and I will give an example:
Take your final bill (after tax) - let's say $12.47.
Move the decimal back one place and drop the last digit: $1.24
Multiply by two and round up to the next dollar: $3.00

Easy! And an extra buck or so isn't gonna set you back too much. You don't want to be a cheapass with someone who handles your food.
 
[quote name='DT778']They cant be paid less than minimum wage.

I never tip. fuck that. I never get tipped for the work I do so why should I tip them. Nobody has ever come out of their house and looked at the great job that I did and gave me a fucken quarter.
But I also rarely go to restaurants or get food dilivered. The most I have ever tipped was $5 to this older lady in a Waffle house in Phoenix. I was hella thuirsty that night and she was doing a great job refilling my cup. So that was like a 55% tip.[/QUOTE]

Actually, yes they can. I don't know the legislation on it, but most waiters get something like 2.35 + tips.

And way to be a fucking prick.
 
[quote name='Tromack']Actually, yes they can. I don't know the legislation on it, but most waiters get something like 2.35 + tips.

And way to be a fucking prick.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I had a friend who waitressed and some days she'd work a 12-hour shift and have like $20 to show for it after taxes. Waiters and waitresses live on tips, and anyone who makes a habit of not tipping them is an outright asshole.
 
[quote name='evilmregg']Yeah, I had a friend who waitressed and some days she'd work a 12-hour shift and have like $20 to show for it after taxes. Waiters and waitresses live on tips, and anyone who makes a habit of not tipping them is an outright asshole.[/QUOTE]
That's funny.. around here, a lot of my friends are making a good salary of at least minimum wage ($6.75) to as much as $8.00 PLUS tips, so they're coming home everyday with a shitload of cash from just tips, plus they get their paychecks.
 
When I waited tables the 'pay' was 2.13 an hour. If we were training someone, we got minimum wage [because your tips were generally lower or you weren't able to handle as many tables]. If your 'wage' plus claimed tips was less than min. wage, the restaurant had to add enough to make it min wage. You had to claim at least 8% of your sales, I think, as tip, so most people did make a little 'tax free'.
In my experience, the more well off people were the cheap bastards, and the teachers or mechanics tipped well. They knew what it was like to have to 'work' for a living.
And while waiting tables maybe isn't brain surgery, it's not necessarily an 'easy' job, especially when your income is so varied. At my current job, I know what i make; if I do a good job, I get a raise, if I do poorly, I don't get a raise, or I get fired. Waiting tables means my income is based purely on the whims of the people i'm serving. If I do well, I *should* make more--but if I bust my butt for the customer, and he's a cheap bastard who 'never tips' or tips 10%, then my income is neither steady nor related to my performance.
I don't know if tipping is the best way to pay these folks, but I do know that's what we're doing now, so I play by the rules and tip accordingly.

Some nights I would leave with 50-100 bucks in cash, plus my big 80 dollar paycheck at the end of two weeks; some nights I'd leave with 20 bucks. One night I left with like 1.50. I had the smoking section, which was freezing, and no one sat there. After two hours I said, Okay, boss, this is a waste, can I leave? That way I at least had my Sunday evening free.
 
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