The tipping thread (1 Viewer)

[LSSpam]

1. Good service for full service dinner

18 - 20+% depends on the quality of the restaurant (and how much of a pain in the *** myself and my company were). And how drunk I get. Nice restaurants always get 20%+, even 25% for good service. Great service at Waffle House is still only going to get you 18%. Sorry. You work at Waffle House.

2. Adequate service for full service dinner

15 - 18+% depends on the quality of the restaurant (and how much of a pain in the *** myself and my company were)

3. Poor service for full service dinner

0% if it was the servers fault. 15% if it wasn't the servers fault and they apologize genuinely for it, in which case I talk to the manager and try to get part of my meal comped.

4. Service at buffet restaurant

Spare change or around a dollar's worth so normally about 10%

5. Room service waiter, tip included on menu and spot to add more on bill

Don't ever really order. If I did probably the obligatory 15%

6. Cleaning people at hotel one night stay
7. Cleaning people at hotel five night stay

Nothing. What?

8. Barber/hairdresser

Like 30 - 40%. I tend to be a pain in the *** though in getting my haircut, so they earn it.

9. Christmas tips for mailmen or anyone else

$20-25 for the garbage men. I try to give them enough for a case of beer. My trash is rarely neatly organized into convenient properly tied bags, and usually full of stuff banned from the city dump. These guys always take it, and never make a fuss or mess. Honestly they deserve more.

 

[LSSpam]

I tip everyone. Having worked in the service industry I know all to well how many ******bags there are out there that don't leave enough. So I always tip. and tip well. You should too...unless you are a ******bag.

Having worked in the service industry I think people should pay for what they get. And given your attitude I'm guessing the reason you got so many ****** tips was you sucked.

 

[mb504]

Good list st dude, and some great responses. As it seems like every food/drink place now has a tip jar at the register, I'm curious about a few others that didn't make st dude's list. How much (if any) do you tip for:

- a cup of coffee at a place like CC's, Starbucks, PJ's, etc.

- carry-out food (where you call in the order and go pick it up yourself).

I usually tip whatever the coin change is at a coffee shop. If I buy a regular cup of coffee that required no real work and costs $2.10, I'll probably pull back two quarters.

And I usually tip around 10% on carry out orders, often to bartenders who have to include the orders on their total sales and are taxed accordingly.

 

[nickalbo]

Having worked in the service industry I think people should pay for what they get. And given your attitude I'm guessing the reason you got so many ****** tips was you sucked.

I agree with you. People should pay for what they get. However I worked at a chain restaurant, so I always gave good service but sometimes ******bags just don't know how to tip. ****head

 

[Charlie Brizzown]

I agree with you. People should pay for what they get. However I worked at a chain restaurant, so I always gave good service but sometimes ******bags just don't know how to tip. ****head

Some people just suck at tipping. If you want to make up for the bad tippers then I'm all for it. I'm not going to pay extra for someone else's bad behavior though.

There's something fundamentally flawed with the way tipping works in the USA anyway. Service people should be paid more hourly and tipping only be done for exceptional service.

 

[buzd]

Some people just suck at tipping. If you want to make up for the bad tippers then I'm all for it. I'm not going to pay extra for someone else's bad behavior though.

There's something fundamentally flawed with the way tipping works in the USA anyway. Service people should be paid more hourly and tipping only be done for exceptional service.

I think Europe has it right, actually, but the higher prices would never fly here.

 

[hrussell]

Ok this ought to get this thread kick started:


But do you tip when you are just picking up a to go order?

i had a job where all i did was take to-go orders for one of the busiest places on the northshore for to-go food. i started doing very well with tips because people got to know me. one saturday for lunch i raked in over $200!

I'll go ahead and start the argument....if you don't tip appropriately you're a cheap ***hole.

i agree to an extent. there are times when tipping poorly because the server was boring and no life, but there's other times when u should tip because the kitchen can mess up a lot of food orders and it's not always the server.

Sit down dinners and pick ups, I double the first number and that's the tip.

I don't eat buffets, so......I'll let you guys handle that one.

double the tax and round up, thats how i do it. unless i am at sesame inn. i always leave them really good tips.

I agree with you. People should pay for what they get. However I worked at a chain restaurant, so I always gave good service but sometimes ******bags just don't know how to tip. ****head

i have worked as a server for a while on the northshore and can pretty much guess who tips well and who wont.
lately the tips have sucked because we haven't had any business, but i also can't stand when people make comments about it and then tip really poorly. i have never been rude to a customer at this restaurant. i worked the lunch shift today for the first time in months and it was fairly busy. i thought i would make more than i did by how busy i was, but no ones bill was really over 25-30 bucks.
i wish some people would understand that waiting tables is not always an easy job and we only get $2.13 an hour. So on a slow day when you don't tip, it's almost not worth the time. waitresses have to pay bills too
i always give the lady that cuts my hair $5 because my cut is always $15. as for graduation money goes, i have gotten anywhere from $20-$100. it just depends on the person sending the card.

 

[Saint Sarah]

I usually don't tip on a take out order if I'm picking it up. No one did any thing but the kitchen and they are covered by the cost of the food.

 

[buzd]

I usually don't tip on a take out order if I'm picking it up. No one did any thing but the kitchen and they are covered by the cost of the food.

You are incorrect.

 

[Saint Sarah]

You are incorrect.

Please enlighten me then. I've watched my order walk straight out the kitchen and into my hands.

If the restaurant owner doesn't correctly price their food, that isn't my fault.

 

[buzd]

Someone took your order. Made sure that dressing was on the side and that you got your extra pine nuts. Someone went and got your order, made sure it was right (hopefully), bagged or boxed it, made sure you had any relevant condiments and flatware and napkins. Someone took the time to run that food from the kitchen and made sure it was waiting for you when you dropped by to pick it up.

Assuming that person is a tipped employee like a server or bartender (or we wouldn't be having this conversation), all of those things take away from time that person could be spending serving the customers that are tipping him or her. Not mention that very often those sales are rung up against that person's sales numbers which can be used to assume projected tips for tax purposes.

 

[antipop]

I usually don't tip on a take out order if I'm picking it up. No one did any thing but the kitchen and they are covered by the cost of the food.

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[Saint Sarah]

Someone took your order. Made sure that dressing was on the side and that you got your extra pine nuts. Someone went and got your order, made sure it was right (hopefully), bagged or boxed it, made sure you had any relevant condiments and flatware and napkins. Someone took the time to run that food from the kitchen and made sure it was waiting for you when you dropped by to pick it up.

Assuming that person is a tipped employee like a server or bartender (or we wouldn't be having this conversation), all of those things take away from time that person could be spending serving the customers that are tipping him or her. Not mention that very often those sales are rung up against that person's sales numbers which can be used to assume projected tips for tax purposes.

Every place I pick up from has people that answer phones and punch in the order that aren't waitstaff or bartenders. I don't pick up much.

 

[buzd]

Every place I pick up from has people that answer phones and punch in the order that aren't waitstaff or bartenders. I don't pick up much.

I don't tip at McDonald's either.

I fail to see why you would dig up a 7 month old thread to declare that you don't tip in a situation in which you don't find yourself often and where it's arguable whether it's appropriate anyway. Are you looking to be validated?