Cheap Tippers

[Ron 73]

I always thought i was fair at it, Sometimes my wife says i go over board with it, especially small places that im sure is min wage and they can really use it. I figure as we don't go out to restaurants that much what the heck... Its worth the smile sometimes you get.

 

[Deleted member 214]

This happens in your state of Florida? wtf? who runs that place bunch of liberals? lol j/k pab don't have a hear attack ;)

Why would you take a job for less than the minimum wage? that does not compute will robinson.

If this is true than these people need to join a union. :naka:


I give no less than 18% for standard service and 50% for great service, being a labor oriented person those who serve need to get paid well. Just for putting up with the likes of people like us here lmao

Wait staff getting sub-wages has been going on for years and all over the country. I worked in restaurants so know what it's like. Waiters get sub-minimum and make up the difference on tips. I knew a guy who worked his way through grad school waiting tables weekends at a fancy steak house. He worked his *** off but made it a point to share his tips with the bus boys and the cooks so his tables always got cleared fast and his orders got special attention. Besides being the right thing to do it helped him out in the long run. I personally like being able to pay somebody what they are worth instead of what they want to charge or what is in their contract.

I overheard a guy said he didn't leave a tip because he couldn't afford to. Dude, if you can't afford to tip, stay the hell home or go to Burger King.

 

[mark42202]

I enjoy tipping more than 15% as long as the service is good. My wife was a waitress many years ago and I appreciate the crap the servers have to go through. When the server introduces theirself to me, I ALWAYS introduce myself as well. When they bring the drinks back, I tell them if they can remember my name when they bring the check, I will give them $10 on top of whatever the tip is. I think it breaks up the tedium for them, as every single time they have been happy, smiling, and usually swing by my table more than normal making guesses at my name. All who have made at least a decent effort at remembering have gotten the $10 extra. I do this at every single place we eat where the server intros theirself. It's fun for me as well as giving them a little extra motivation to have fun in an otherwise repetitive job.

 

[Ron 73]

I used to hear that crap about tipping bartenders, I was one once,, as a fill in and thats what i told one who said he couldn't afford to tip! Price of a drink and you cant tip? give me a break, All of a sudden i used shot glasses measured the way they were supposed to be, not a drop more, can ya learn to tip now!!! Works both ways.

 

[YY1]

I definately agree- if you can't "afford" a tip, maybe you can't afford to be in a place where you are served your food and beverages.

I believe it's the size of the party that determines the "automatic" gratuity, at least in FL, and it is 5 or more.

I spent five years doing building maint in a 1000+ room high end resort complex with three restaurants.
That put me acutely in tune with the hospitality industry.
I tip great for great service, voice my appreciation loud enough for others to hear, and even have been lnown to call the manager over for a direct complement on an outsyanding employee.
On the other hand, if something sucks (including the service), or an order is wrong twice- something's coming off the bill.
The food is actually kind of an incedental cost, whereas the labor, even at sub-minimum, is the major expense for restaurants.

However, average service gets an average tip.

I also know people tip the person who empties their trash, but not the one who fixes their a/c. Even if it's 110* and there's only one chip bag in the trash

...and bet you didn't know the housekeepers make more than the maintenance men. At least once you get past entry level.

 

[djais1801]

I definately agree- if you can't "afford" a tip, maybe you can't afford to be in a place where you are served your food and beverages.

I believe it's the size of the party that determines the "automatic" gratuity, at least in FL, and it is 5 or more.

I spent five years doing building maint in a 1000+ room high end resort complex with three restaurants.
That put me acutely in tune with the hospitality industry.
I tip great for great service, voice my appreciation loud enough for others to hear, and even have been lnown to call the manager over for a direct complement on an outsyanding employee.
On the other hand, if something sucks (including the service), or an order is wrong twice- something's coming off the bill.
The food is actually kind of an incedental cost, whereas the labor, even at sub-minimum, is the major expense for restaurants.

However, average service gets an average tip.

I also know people tip the person who empties their trash, but not the one who fixes their a/c. Even if it's 110* and there's only one chip bag in the trash

...and bet you didn't know the housekeepers make more than the maintenance men. At least once you get past entry level.

Guilty...never thought of it that way..i also work in a school, so i make it a point to bring coffee in for secretaries, etc. And the computer guys I will go to lunch with 1x month and pick up the bill. It never occurred to me to throw something their way (maintenance).
Thank you for the eye opener!

 

[Stumper]

On my own dime I use 15% as the norm and adjust up for good service and down for poor service. When I was working and on an expense account I tended more towards 20%. I also do not blame the waiter for lousy food.

 

[YY1]

yep, there are some circumstances that are beyond the server's control.

I also tip the total, before anything comes off the bill, if that is the case...say one $8 item was lousy, and they took it off, I still tip on the new total plus that $8.

 

[djais1801]

yep, there are some circumstances that are beyond the server's control.

I also tip the total, before anything comes off the bill, if that is the case...say one $8 item was lousy, and they took it off, I still tip on the new total plus that $8.

x2

 

[Bruzilla]

This happens in your state of Florida? wtf? who runs that place bunch of liberals? lol j/k pab don't have a hear attack ;)

Why would you take a job for less than the minimum wage? that does not compute will robinson.

If this is true than these people need to join a union. :naka:


I give no less than 18% for standard service and 50% for great service, being a labor oriented person those who serve need to get paid well. Just for putting up with the likes of people like us here lmao

They're paid less than the minimum wage because they are supposed to also be getting tips. Here in FL, minimum wage is $7.67, but most jobs start higher than that. The minimum for tipped workers is $4.65, and talking to servers they all start right at that amount.

 

[kb67mopar]

I think the solution is obvious.....don't suck at your job and you will get a good to decent tip. Its the whole premise of why people get tips and if nobody was a bad tipper then service would always suck. So I applaud those that tip well and also those that screw the help when they screw you.