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me and my friends always tip 25-30%. that way the waiters always remember us and they don't sit in our food.
we always go to this diner, so yeah. and 25/30% split with 6 people isn't too bad at all How ya doing, buddy? |
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
I delight in turning kids away though. Bar staff don't get tipped over here (We just get proper wages), you just get bought drinks but it's rare for kids to buy you one so chucking them out is always entertaining, especially when you know for a fact that they're over 18 but haven't got ID on them. I was speaking idiomatically. |
I use a pretty ornate system. California usually floats around 7.25%~8.25% depending on the area I'm in, so I usually double the tax and round up to the nearest dollar if service was up to par, but not extravagantly good (meaning they did nothing wrong but wasn't fantastic).
If I'm not satisfied, I round down to the nearest dollar. If I'm really unsatisfied beyond that, I state my problem on the credit card receipt the store keeps (that way the manager has it on file and sees it) and leave a crappy tip confirming what the problems was. If the service is good I default to 20% tip. Once I went to Applebee's with a party of 20+ people, and we just had to be split up to 3 parties just because of the sheer size. Everyone at our table was just sharing large appetizers (we're all college students). Our server even made sure our subtotals were divided up per person on the check! I've never seen that done before. I wanted to make sure our server's efforts were well rewarded since he didn't make one stint about the party being so large (composed of broke college kids might I add), with us having 3 separate people needing to pay by card separately, and yet he still was making absolute sure everyone's needs at the table were fulfilled and came back more than enough times to refill our drinks and make sure everything went smoothly. I knew for sure 15% on 6 appetizers wasn't satisfactory when our server was going back and forth for 11 people at the table, so I left a $40 tip for my $8 cup of chili. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
Tipping is not mandatory where I live. So being the cheapskate that I am, I don't give any most of the time. Especially if the restaurant has a 10% service charge.
FELIPE NO
Last edited by Zergrinch; Oct 24, 2008 at 11:18 AM.
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For everyone bitching about being broke college kids. If you're broke, don't go out for food where you get served. Either get take away, eat somewhere cheaper, or learn to cook your own goddamned food.
I've heard there's a practice in some countries of leaving a poor waitress/waiter an overly large tip as a sign of, "You're going to be needing that extra cash soon..." I generally tip around 18% or so, though it does go up a lot with some meals. There's one place I go to where my school's students can get a cheeseburger, fries, and unlimited refills on soda for $2.25. I'll usually go with a friend or two, and the tip is generally at around 100% since the meal's so absurdly cheap and the guy there knows us. I actually took my parents there because they have really good normal food, too. While we were leaving my dad wound up talking to the one of the managers or the owner or something and found out my dad was :jew:. Turns out the guy used to live in Israel and when we went back there the next week they gave us a free appetizer and 25% off of our bill. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
How ya doing, buddy? |
If there's a party of 20 and you're the only server then, yes, you SHOULD be given an extra tip. I realize it's their job but when you're waiting on 20 people single-handed that's a little out of the ordinary.
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But the customer is always right motto only holds true for so much. Getting mad over a business obeying the law is pointless. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
It's the law that's the problem. Why should tips be considered as part of minimum wage? That makes no sense. Where I come from, you are expected to a good job for the salary that you get, not force me to give you cash just so you don't spit in my soup, and not stand and glare at me if I give you less than 15%.
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?
Last edited by Zergrinch; Oct 24, 2008 at 11:25 AM.
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I was speaking idiomatically. |
My co-worker wrote this yesturday. I can only assume he had a shitty day.
Rules of Service 1. IF you can afford to go out to eat, but you can't afford to tip, hey guess what you can't afford to go out to eat. 2. This is 2008 people. 10% is not acceptable anymore. Standard tipping for GOOD service is 20%. If your server has given you GREAT service then tip a minimum of 20%. 3. Now, I understand that 10% is good enough for God. That's fine. But this isn't church, and you're not tithing. 4. Ordering a well done steak will constitute a longer ticket time you will be okay. If you wanted fast food, you should have gone through a drive-thru. 5. It is really not necessary to snap at me or wave your hand in the air like your having a spasm or get up and follow me. I saw you, I acknowledged you, and you saw me. hold the fuck on, and sit the fuck down. I am coming. 6. When I take the time to be courteous and introduce myself please don't be rude and cut me off. Sometimes the place I work at requires me to tell you about the specials and offer you an appetizer. When I ask you how you are doing please don't reply with what you want to drink, its called manners. 7. I follow a strict rule that you should never reward bad service with a good tip however; you should also never punish excellent service with a bad tip because you're a tight-wad. 8. Please don't take it out on me because you have had a bad day. I'm here to make it better. Relax. 9. When I deliver your food and ask if there is anything else, you can tell me. I asked didn't I? Don't get all bent out of shape because I'm not psychic and cannot read your mind. How the hell am I supposed to know you needed A-1? Also, please tell me the moment I ask if that's everything you need. If you have to think about it that's okay, I'll wait. I'd rather spend a few more moments at your table then running back and forth to the kitchen because you forgot you needed extra something or other. 10. I know sometimes you can't help it. But do you really have to ask for something every single time I walk past the table. I mean really. Jessica Simpson is not even that high-maintenance. 11. Hi, look around you. You are one of probably twenty people I am waiting on. Did you happen to notice that? So if you have to wait for a minute. Be patient. I promise I will take care of you. 12. Treating a server like a SLAVE because we are serving you is the quickest way to get the worst service you ever thought possible. We are people too and you are no better than me. I don't give a fuck what you do. 13. Just think about it like this. Your tip left on the table is how I pay my bills. I am making minimum (most of time $2 0r $3 dollars an hour.) So no, I don't get a paycheck. After taxes and claiming tips I'm lucky if I even see one. Remember that next time you decide to be cheap. Please also remember when using a To-go service, that the people that bring out your food don't always make 7 or 8 dollars an hour. Most of the time they work for tips too. 14. Don't assume that my job is easier then yours and I am some simpleton who can't get a better job. The restaurant business is a fast paced environment with a high stress level. You don't even see all the things we do behind the scene. So have some respect. I don't come to your office and treat you like shit for sitting on your ass all day do I? No. I don't. 15. Most people do not know that we pay taxes based upon what we claim to make. News flash, we have to claim at least about 10% (In most cases we claim 100% of our tips) of our sales. Often times we often must tip out other workers in the restaurant i.e. bussers, bartenders, and hosts. What this means is if you are one of the stingy people that can't tip, I just paid taxes on your meal that I worked to serve you. Thus, meaning that I just paid to serve you. Better yet, if you walk out on your tab, chances are I just paid for your meal! Karma people...Karma 16. You fuck with your server - your server will fuck with you. I know this may not be true in all cases, but there are times when servers come out on top! To all of you stingy people who don't tip or just treat servers like SLAVES in general - Remember this we will show you the same courtesy you show us. If there isn't a boss around to see something happen then I will surely pick up your well-done, charred steak that fell on the floor, wipe that rock off on my shirt and serve it to you. With a smile of course! 17. I also want to add...why do people think that it's okay to walk into a restaurant and eat when it's 15 minutes before closing???? FYI...there's a lot of stuff to be done after hours, i.e. cleaning up and Stuff like that! So if it is vacuuming and shit like that you don't want to hear when having a decent meal...then don't show up 15 minutes before closing time! Not only are you holding up your server from leaving the damn place, but you are also pissing off the individual who's cooking your damn meal...remember that! 18. People please teach your kids 'RESTAURANT MANNERS!' Restaurants aren't playgrounds! They will get hurt and it will not be our fault. Keep them seated! 19. Ranch is NOT the nectar of the Gods. It is however one of the main culprits of the obesity epidemic in this country! So yes I will get you ranch just tell me when you order. 20. Telling your server how wonderful they were, and how great they were DOES NOT pay the bills. Church pamphlets, monopoly money, or (my personal favorite) your number. Also DOES NOT pay the bills. 21. This is another one I would like to address; your server does not want your number. He or she is being nice because it is their job. They are not into you we usually date people in the industry. 22. We work double shifts, go to school or have multiple jobs, or all three, and sometimes our last day off was... well we don't remember. We do this because people don't follow these rules. Please help us out. Speaking of the God things, you've no idea how many people leave pamphlets about Jesus. Chad has about 20 in his book. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
I'm sorry, call me a cheap bitch, but this is where I draw the line. If my dinner is leaving the restaurant in styrofoam containers, and I have not used a table, I am not tipping. FELIPE NO |
From that list, Americans must be proper fucking rude when they eat out to illicit that kind of response. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Wait, there must be something I don't understand here. How is it legal for you people to be paid "$2-$3 an hour"? Isn't the minimum wage in the United States $6.55 per hour under federal law?
Jam it back in, in the dark. |
As I understand it there's some exemption for waiters that says that their average wage, including tips has to be minimum wage, hence everyone's expected to pay twice what the meal costs to make up the wage deficiency. Works out geat for the rest of the world when Yanks are on holiday though because they still leave monstrous tips, even though waiters here get the same minimum wage as everyone else.
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A good number of people just reply 'good, how are you' and wait patiently for me to specifically ask for their order, but the ones that just go right into "I'll take this this this and this to go"... drives me nuts. Normally I proceed to cut them off and say 'One moment please', and finish what I'm doing. I didnt ask you for your order, and you dont know if there's someone waiting ahead of you. Patience, you will be served. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
See, if I am paying full price for a meal during a restaurant's business hours, I expect to have an experience similar to experiences of earlier customers. I realize that sometimes, when I walk in at 15 minutes before closing time, it's a hassle to you. Consider I don't know your business hours. I also expect that the hours listed are the ones where you're actually doing business - just as you were doing earlier in the day. I don't like the notion that I have to sit through vacuuming when I want to have a conversation with the people I am with. Save your loud tasks until all your customers walk out the door. Find something to do that DOESN'T fuck with my full-priced meal experience if you need to. Just do me the fucking favor of NOT VACUUMING IN MY FACE when I am trying to enjoy a meal I am paying for. Maybe I am a bitch for thinking this. I don't know. I also agree with Midna re: take-out tips. If you're making less than minimum wage working take-out, bring it up with your boss and not me. You're not "waiting" on me, I am not holding up a table, and I am not asking you to fucking serve me. Take-out guys don't get tips unless they deliver to my goddamn door. Lastly, I was pretty sure that with a party over 8 (depending on where you go), gratuity is included in your bill as a separate line item. Sure, it's proper to tip over that, but you're not getting 20% in the check AND another 20% unlisted tip. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?
Last edited by I poked it and it made a sad sound; Oct 24, 2008 at 05:58 PM.
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How do I tip?
Well, if I like the service, I tip at least 20%. Otherwise, I punch her in the back of the head and hold her down while I carve a backwards 'B' in her face. I was speaking idiomatically.
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You're supposed to do that after you see her bumper sticker.
:INCONSISTENCY: >=\ You also need to take $60. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?
Hey, maybe you should try that thing Chie was talking about.
Last edited by Gechmir; Oct 24, 2008 at 06:20 PM.
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FELIPE NO |
On one hand, I understand this person's claims. On the other, I think of the simple fact: it is your job. I can't begin to tell how my frustrations I have had with past jobs regarding various issues. However, that's the point. You have to swallow hard, take it, and do your job.
One thing this person should keep in mind is that given the economy, they should be thankful people are still coming out to eat (and tip). Even if they tip 10 or 15 percent, that's better than not tipping at all. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Instead of quoting and responding to each of the points in Melo's little list, can we just agree that her friend is a whiny faggot and needs to get a different job?
Jam it back in, in the dark. |
I can't agree to that. He's a whiny faggot who can't and doesn't deserve to get a different job.
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Another thing...I just remembered some friends who are LOOKING for jobs LIKE his and HOPING to get one to HAVE a job...
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
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