curious about tipping

[guncrasher]

found this on yahoo about celebrities who hardly leave a tip.

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201108/tiger-woods-regains-no-1-ranking-tightwad-tippers?page=1#sT

which brings up to the point I always argue with my girlfriend.  I will leave a  15% tip for good service, more than 20% if it's great service, but if I get crappy service I leave nothing. and when I say crappy i dont mean when the waitress/waiter is busy with lots of customers. my gf believe we should always leave a tip.

what do you guys do?  please separate the service from the food, if the food is bad, I'll send it back and complain to the manager, but if the waiter/waitress was nice I'll leave the tip.

semp

[crazierthanu]

Bad attitude/unfriendly = no tip.

Getting tipped isn't part of the job, its a tip, intended to be left for good service IMO.

[kilo2]

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

Watch and learn...

[Jayhawk]

Completely relative to the service provided.  I have no problem leaving little or no tip and am willing to leave a 20-25% tip if I think they deserve it.  Having working in food service (not as a waiter though) and retail, sometimes people deserve a tip for just managing to crack a smile and say "hi" after 8 hours of PITA customers who feel the world revolves around them.

[rpm]

 I will leave a  15% tip for good service, more than 20% if it's great service, but if I get crappy service I leave nothing. and when I say crappy i dont mean when the waitress/waiter is busy with lots of customers. my gf believe we should always leave a tip.

Leaving no tip sends no message about the service. The waitress just thinks you're a tightwad. Leave a token tip of 1 or 2%. That sends a clear message that you thought the service was bad. In a restaurant that pools or reports tips it's embarassing. The management and other waitstaff will make sure it gets fixed or the slacker is outa there.

[CAP1]

found this on yahoo about celebrities who hardly leave a tip.

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201108/tiger-woods-regains-no-1-ranking-tightwad-tippers?page=1#sT

which brings up to the point I always argue with my girlfriend.  I will leave a  15% tip for good service, more than 20% if it's great service, but if I get crappy service I leave nothing. and when I say crappy i dont mean when the waitress/waiter is busy with lots of customers. my gf believe we should always leave a tip.

what do you guys do?  please separate the service from the food, if the food is bad, I'll send it back and complain to the manager, but if the waiter/waitress was nice I'll leave the tip.

semp

i don't go by any percentage. i go by the service rendered. you treat me and mind well, then i tip like no one you've ever dealt with. treat us poorly, and you'll be lucky to get a penny from me.
it's not meant to be mean.....but tips aren't mandatory. they are a show of appreciation for good service.

 what pisses me off, is places that make you pool your tips with the rest of the tipped staff, then ya all divy it up. uh unh. that don't cut it. that's like a union....the crappy guy will get the same as the good guy. when i tip YOU, i expect that tip to go in YOUR pocket.

[PFactorDave]

Leaving no tip sends no message about the service. The waitress just thinks you're a tightwad. Leave a token tip of 1 or 2%. That sends a clear message that you thought the service was bad. In a restaurant that pools or reports tips it's embarassing. The management and other waitstaff will make sure it gets fixed or the slacker is outa there.

^ this

[Rich52]

I tip to much, I admit it. I guess its more an empathy thing, the exception being a bad attitude.

[icepac]

I tip very big when I am a regular.

I still tip over 35 to 80% elsewhere if the service is good but default to 15% when the service is bad.

They get nothing if they are rude.

[Tac]

I honestly only tip when the waiter does provide a service above and beyond what is expected of their job. If the waiter is just rude I simply do not return to the restaurant and e-mail the manager the day after.

Today it seems they expect a tip for merely taking your order,bringing you food and asking if you want refills every 30 minutes. I mean, really? Thats what you were hired to do!

Two weeks ago I went to a sushi place that had opened recently with a friend of mine who had very limited knowledge of sushi. To him, sushi was california roll that you can buy in supermarkets (awful!).

The waitress was awesome. Seeing my friend was confused and undecided as to what he should get she went up to the sushi chef, talked to him, and returned with a small plate with 1 piece of 5 different sushi rolls for him to TRY OUT.  

Let me tell you that girl got herself a big tip and the chef got his too. When we got home we emailed the manager praising her and the chef for the deed. That is excellent service!

[Dichotomy]

15% for average
20+ for good
1 to 2% for bad

[Golfer]

I start at 20% on the actual food and beverage (not tax) since it's easy math. I've left a penny when someone was a real PITA (why would a server lie about something that isn't even her fault I'll never know) and I've left a C note as a tip on as little as a $200 tab.

[Mickey1992]

For those that leave no tip when the service is bad or average, remember that the server is most likely making $2.13 an hour.  Leaving a small tip (5%) with a note on the signed receipt is more likely to get management's attention than no tip.

Many golf clubs have instituted a no tipping policy.  Members are accessed a gratuity fee at the end of the year and this money is divided up amongst the staff.  This was done because members complained about constantly having to get their wallet out and tip various people (valet, locker room, server, bag boy, caddie, etc).  There has been some pushback against this policy because as you can imagine the level of service has declined.  Plus, the mega-rich members hate it because they are now treated like every other member because they can not express their self-importance by tipping.

[JOACH1M]

If the girl hot, i leave a good tip. If it's a guy he gets 4 dollars... But if it's a dbag, he nothing 

[Soulyss]

Most of the places I eat at are local here and there's a pretty good chance I'll be there again, which brings me to a personal policy of mine "always be nice to people who handle your food".

So I tend to tip fairly well.