Tipping

[Wave_Rider]

Re: Another thing..

Have a plan with your tipping and stick to it.

Don't tip emotionally. I'm serious.

I disagree, as the basis for the "tip" is to reward "service". Your suggestion takes away that freedom. If that were the case then what is the impetous for waiters/waitresses etc to give that "extra?"

I doubt 'pride' would be enough

 

[dreamer]

20% base. Up from there is they're overly pleasant or just good. I've actually gotten free meals due to bad staffing, a lousy kitchen, etc...and still tipped well. I guess I just like it when people wait on me and bring me food

As for other tipping, doormen, cabbies, whatever...that's just a play it by ear kinda thing and I hope I'm not being rude in my guess. It can get confusing at times, but I've found they appreciate a pleasant attitide as much as I do from them.

 

[vylette]

i happen to tip big

i always leave a big tip...but then again i was a waitress in college so i know how hard it can be...but i have heard people say as a general rule of thumb...take the bill and see how many times 7 goes into it...and leave that amount...ok...lol...an example....the bill is $21...so you leave $3.00 ...obviously it doesnt always work out perfectly...at that point please round up...waiter and waitresses work really hard...trust me...

 

[JazzManJim]

My own food tipping policy is to tip no less than 15 percent, or two dollars, whichever is more.

This goes especially for food delivery drivers. I held this belief before I became one.

I'm not going to go into a diatribe about it, because I've done that before. All I'm going to say is that you better tip your pizza person when they show up at your door. They do remember who does and doesn't tip, and it does affect your service. Beyond that, they're driving in often hazardous traffic, in all kinds of weather, putting miles on their car that most companies expect tips to cover and they're paid below minimum wage to do it.

I have lots of stories. Lots and lots of stories. Many of them are my own.

 

[AusTess]

Bummer.



I thought this was a footy tipping thread.



Aussies dont tip.
We are tight arses.

 

[DannyBoyUK]

I certainly tip waitresses but cannot stand the tradition in England about tipping cab drivers.

EG - I work as a public defence lawyer - I was called out on an emergency hearing and caught a cab for the 2 mile journey. The cab fare for the 10 -15 min ride was half my fee for a one and a half hour court hearing - yet the cabbie looked disgruntled when I didn't tip him !

THAT pisses me off !

 

[Cibo]

I usually do either 2 or 3 dollars when I'm out by myself, since I don't eat a huge freaking lot. I never take a cab so I can't say that, and I usually tip the pizza guy 2 bucks or 2 and change, depending on the bill, and I usually get the same ones coming back and being nice and having nice hot pizza.

 

[hatara]

Weevil the $2 and change that waiters and waitresses get paid is not the minimum wage. By law they and bartenders do not have to be paid minimum wage since the law says their tips will make up the difference. I know this from having myself, mother and sister work in a restaurant for years. It is one of the few jobs where they can legal be paid less than minimum wage.

I don't say tip for service you don't get. But keep in mind that these are the only people that can legally be underpaid when you do leave the tip.

 

[tigerjen]

If I go out to a restaurant with wait staff.......I generally
tip 15% if its good...but if they were exceptionally
good, a few more bucks up to 20%....

If they were really crappy.....they get nothing.

simple as that.

tigerjen

 

[Rambling Rose]

In most cases, I just double the tax to detrmine the tip. In extreme cases of poor service I don't hesitate to speak with management.

 

[perks]

I never tip less than 20% and usually it's much more. If my entire bill is$10 or less, I usually leave about 50% sometimes 100%.

I go to alot of places where my bill is taken care of...
I always leave about half the money I would have paid... so if my bill is 80 dollars I leave about 40 to 50. It's entirely less than I would have paid to begin with, but it made someone's day, right?

I've been in the industry for awhile. It's better business to tip well.

 

[bored1]

I will tip a minimum of 15% if the service is average, I have at times left less if the service was really poor. I will also leave up to 20%or more if the service is above the norm. The service industry is demanding, with little reward or respect for the people who are constantly dealing with a public who many times assume a superior attitude. If I in a busy restaurant and can see that they are swamped I cut them some slack

 

[WhiteRose]

*drags this thread up from history*

My main question, since the situation came up tonight:
If you place an order from a restaurant and go to pick it up rather than having it delivered, do you tip? And if so, how much?

And more questions after re-reading all the posts in the thread, not to start a flame war, and I'm not on one side or the other, I'm just curious what everyone thinks:

Why do we tip certain service people and not others? Others are expected to do their jobs in a satisfactorily manner for their salaries, and if they fail to do their job, they get fired. Why don't the food industry, cab companies, etc. pay their workers a normal salary (meaning one that people can live on, similar to any retail business) along with regular benefits offered at any other corporation and stop the use of tips? What's so different between a waiter delivering your food to your table, someone working in a clothing shop who helps you pick out outfits and takes care of the clothes you decide you don't want, or someone who spends 40 minutes answering your questions on how to set up your cable box?

And how many waiters really remember every person who leaves them a tip? I don't see how leaving a big tip in a restaurant is going to get you better service the next time you go when you rarely have the same waiter, and if you do, they've waited on hundreds of people since the last time you were there and spent what, maybe five minutes total talking to you while they took your order the last time? If they're professionals who take pride in their work, why aren't they treating all customers with the same respect and politeness? And why leave larger tips when the bill is higher? Don't waiters in expensive restaurants do the same job as someone who works in a restaurant that doesn't charge as much? If you order a steak instead of a salad, is it that much harder to carry to the table?

I guess after spending quite a few years working in customer service and never receiving a tip for my work with them (or even contemplating that I should get one), I'm a little curious why this trend still exists in some industries. I'm not knocking anyone in the food industry at all, please don't misunderstand me. I'm just trying to understand why some businesses are run one way and others another way when they both deal face to face with customers. I'm not saying it's wrong, I'm just curious about it.

 

[Weevil]

*drags this thread up from history*

My main question, since the situation came up tonight:
If you place an order from a restaurant and go to pick it up rather than having it delivered, do you tip? And if so, how much?

And more questions after re-reading all the posts in the thread, not to start a flame war, and I'm not on one side or the other, I'm just curious what everyone thinks:

Why do we tip certain service people and not others? Others are expected to do their jobs in a satisfactorily manner for their salaries, and if they fail to do their job, they get fired. Why don't the food industry, cab companies, etc. pay their workers a normal salary (meaning one that people can live on, similar to any retail business) along with regular benefits offered at any other corporation and stop the use of tips? What's so different between a waiter delivering your food to your table, someone working in a clothing shop who helps you pick out outfits and takes care of the clothes you decide you don't want, or someone who spends 40 minutes answering your questions on how to set up your cable box?

The difference is this, the government has abused the generosity that is the custom of leaving tips(And it is generoisty not a requirement) and allowed club/restaurant owners to payv their employees less then minimum wage.

Now, when people say this to me when I discuss this I go all Steve Buscemi on them "That's the government's problem. Not mine."

But different strokes I suppose.

 

[AnnaB]

Having worked as waitress before I look at things a bit different and yes it plays a part in how I tip.

I base my judgment on how well the service was given while taking in situations around. I have never walked out without leaving some kind of tip but it all depends on the service. As a general rule 15% but if the service is excellent then yes I am going to leave more.

The least I ever left was a quarter and I let management know exactly what I thought. Well they went through all these different excuses, ect (bullshit). Of course they do all the usual stuff of giving you free certificates for food and all these good sounding apologies of how it will be taken care of. Two months later I walked into the same restaurant got the same service etc. Needless to say I gave management another piece of my mind and never walked into the place again. Must have not just been me the place was closed within six months.

As far as tipping others that depends on what they have done and if I feel they deserve a tip.

 

[WhiteRose]

I've never NOT left a tip at a restaurant, and I always tip the pizza guy/gal (and not because they know where I live *g*), and one time I tipped him $20 because I was in SUCH a good mood after getting an A on a tough midterm. It was more than the pizza (obviously), and he was very pleased. I do wacky things when I'm in a good mood.

I did forego a tip to a cab driver in San Jose who was complaining about Asian drivers...and wondered who the hell he thought he was complaining to since my birthmom has some Chinese blood, I was raised by a Japanese adoptive mother, and I don't exactly look Caucasian. He was an ass. Kept winking at me in the rearview mirror like I was supposed to agree with him.

I also didn't tip the valet driver at the Magic Castle in LA who thought it was WAY COOL to blast my stereo (after he changed my station! GRRRRRRR) and throw my brand new Honda Accord into reverse and tear up the hill to the entrance squealing my tires around the curve and coming to a screeching halt in front of me, grinning like a baboon when he got out like I was supposed to be impressed. He was lucky I didn't deck him. I was furious.

(edited to add sidenote: Why do restaurants give you coupons for free dinners at their restaurant if you find a bug in your food? It's not like I want to go back AGAIN.)