curious about tipping

[Meatwad]

The last time I had ordered a pizza (no sausage!) it came to around $13 so I paid with a $20. When the driver asked if I wanted my change back , that PO'd me right off which I said yes and didnt leave a penny.

Ever since then I will get it myself. That just burned me the wrong way so bad that day

[Killer91]

I usually tip around $5 plus whatever the rest of my group leaves. There was once when a group of us went to the local restaurant and had like a $85 bill and left the waitress a little over $60 plus a couple bracelets for a tip lol.


But I work in the food business, granted I work at a fast food place, so I know what it's like to deal with the general public. Anytime I go out and eat I try to be as nice and courteous to the employees at the place unless of course they're rude to me.

I think everyone shold have to work in some kind of food place at least once in their life and I think it would stop allot of the rude customers you get in food places.

[whopper2]

It is always at best to be handling situations such as this with class.  It is a public representation of yourself as well.

Good Service    15%
Great Service    20% or more and always cash in hand while shaking hands at the end of the meal.  Always.

Bad Service      10% and have the class to tell the server why.  There are some things beyond their personal control.  If you do not communicate directly the reason for your tip it is you who have erred.  Take horrible service to a manager, not the server.  Tip your 10% and seek the manager out to explain in detail what has been wrong.  If you do not do this you help no one to improve or advance.

Leaving nothing means you have no class. Servers and hosts remember these details.

[CAP1]

the only problem with trying to tell them why their tip was poor, is the fact that most people these days can't take any sort of criticism.

[Shamus]

The girls at the drive thru window don't really expect tips around here.

shamus

[DREDIOCK]

I used to be like alot and wouldnt tip at all if either the food or the service was bad till my son worked at a restaurant when he was in college.

Something to keep in mind if you dont leave a tip at all.
In alot of restaurants there is a policy that I think is BS where the cook and some of the other help get a mandatory percentage of the bill "tip" from the waiter no matter if the customer leaves a tip or not. This can actually work out where the waiter actually looses money as your meal particularly if its a larger party can actually cost the waiter more then he made in the night. This happened to my son once where a large party came in and according to him at least they had no complaints about either the food or service and still left no tip at all. That night not only did it work out that he worked for free cause he didnt make anything. But because he still had to give the cook his cut (I forget the term) It ended up actually costing him money to work that night.

He later found out that this group came in fairly regularly and never left a tip when they came in. So from that point on he and the other waiters refused to wait on them.

Now if the food is good and there is bad service. Well you can almost justify it. But still. considering how little they make in base pay the loss of a tip is bad enough but my mean shouldn't cost the waiter more then that loss IMO

Likewise. if the food is bad and you leave no tip. The waiter is the one that gets undeservedly punished cause the cook get his tip one way or the other.

If you have a problem with either the food or the service. The best thing to do is ask to see the manager as he can make adjustments in how the gratuity on that meal is split up so that the right person suffers the loss.

Course if neither the food nor the service is any good then by all means. Have at it. what I do if both are bad. I'll leave either some change or only like a dollar so they know I didnt just forget to tip

As for the policy of waiters being forced to give the cooks a cut. I think its BS. While I dont think that the tips should be split evenly among the waiter/servers.  Between the servers and cooks You should either thrive or die as a team.

[MaSonZ]

my grand parents did it, my parents did it, so i do my damndest to try for 15% average, 20% above and beyond. if it its bad service ill simply leave a buck for them. my brothers ex grtilfriend worked in resturants as a waitress for a few years. i saw soem of the customers she had to deal with, so i always try to remember that the waiter/waitress has probably had a PITA Customer who thought they were better then the world.

[Karnak]

In some states serving personnel can legally be paid far below minimum wage on the expectation that they will make up the difference in tips.  Those of you who say you don't tip if the server just does a basic, competent but not outstanding job and basing that on they are paid to do a basic, competent job already, understand that "paid" can mean $2 to $4 an hour without tips.

[ToeTag]

Tipping isn't always a monetary reward.  If they stink at their job give them a tip and tell them to get another one. 

[Sonicblu]

Wife worked in food service, we leave 20% or better depending on service. She will leave lousy tip if service is really bad. And we always tip the busser in cash. They get screwed most of the time on tips.

Her big pet peeve is when the automatically charge a gratuity. She will never give more even if service was awesome. Hey they just screwed themselves she says. We have three Kids and take my brothers four, so that makes nine and most will assume you will leave small tip if you have kids.

[SmokinLoon]

Wife worked in food service, we leave 20% or better depending on service. She will leave lousy tip if service is really bad. And we always tip the busser in cash. They get screwed most of the time on tips.

Her big pet peeve is when the automatically charge a gratuity. She will never give more even if service was awesome. Hey they just screwed themselves she says. We have three Kids and take my brothers four, so that makes nine and most will assume you will leave small tip if you have kids.

That is the thing: if people have never been a server before they certainly do not know how difficult it can be.  I am far more tolerant and observant than many people and in many cases I will give the server some slack because sometimes it is not their fault.

[mechanic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-qV9wVGb38

Watch and learn...

the full version, to see the conclusion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=GyR4RK0LA_E

[kilo2]

the full version, to see the conclusion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=GyR4RK0LA_E

Now you got that song stuck in my head you bastage.

[B4Buster]

If the service is real bad, I'll leave a penny for a tip. I think that sends a stronger statement than no tip at all.

[Nilsen]

I dont give anything unless the service is perfect or better but then we dont tip over here as the staff are payed well. Keep that in mind if you ever come here as a tourist. Ive seen many of them (tourists) pulling their hair feeling they need to tip 10-20% in addition to the already high cost of... anything here. When i travel abroad i usually check the travel guides for what the norm is in the country i visit and follow that advice.