okay NOW i'm done with this thread again.


kill it with fire


peace and love to all of you, even the bad tippers

1/27/2010 1:03:36 PM

p.s. i love the autograt button

1/27/2010 1:04:31 PM

I dont think theyre being cheap asses

and no, i tip well, i also give bums on the street a few dollars when i got it

thats not relevant, whats relevant is that leaving the minimum standard tip on a bill is considered cheap. Its bare minimum, yea, but its not cheap.

why dont you do the classy thing and put a sign on the door saying that the bar minimum is 20% and if they aint ballin they can fuck off and go to sammys

or maybe make you waitstaff do a better job?? its not like they left a dollar on the bill

Quote :

"Ok. So what's the solution? Start giving a 20% tip just to hear complaints about how we should be tipping 25%. Then tip 25% just to have servers complain about not getting 30% tips. Seems like the typical response to work related complaints in this economy is a snarky "at least you have a job". I guess that applies in this scenario as well."

thats basically whats been happening



ha i like that your done with the thread, like your word is fuckin bond or something

[Edited on January 27, 2010 at 1:05 PM. Reason : f]

1/27/2010 1:04:43 PM

I would posit that the bad tippers have never worked a day in their life and/or believe themselves to be entitled.

1/27/2010 1:04:45 PM

I've worked in the service industry, so I feel for ya, but really, if someone leave's 15%, you better be fucking ecstatic. But I agree, 15% is the bare minimum.

"if you can't afford an appropriate tip, you can't afford to go out"

15% is appropriate. Especially at a bar. It's not like you did that much, really. ESPECIALLY at a place like The Bar, where you walk all of 3 steps to get from the patron to the tap and then back. Don't act like you're really providing that much of a service. Ok, MAYBE when you mix a drink, but even then...

[Edited on January 27, 2010 at 1:08 PM. Reason : .]

1/27/2010 1:04:58 PM

the bad waiters have never worked a real job in their lives and believe themselves to be entitled to more money than they oft deserve

its not my problem, i tip well, but im not gonna look over another nigga bill and judge him because he leaves less money than I did

thats bullshit

[Edited on January 27, 2010 at 1:07 PM. Reason : f]

1/27/2010 1:06:37 PM

I got no problem telling my friend he's cheap. and because he's my friend, he'd probably say "yeah, I know", and we'd laugh it off.

meanwhile you're in here rationalizing how cheap you are

1/27/2010 1:13:30 PM

t

Quote :

"that we were there at the table and ordering something other than the cheap wings made it ok for her to bogart off our presence. we were subsidizing the cost of being served at a restaurant"

or she wanted to hang w/ friends and not spend alot of money or didn't want to drink, or wasn't that hungry.

How many people go out to eat by themselves anyways? Of course she wasn't going to show up alone. And you weren't subsidizing anything. Now it'd be a different story if you went to a mexican restaurant, she came and ate all your chips and then left.

1/27/2010 1:13:48 PM

well I'm sure she's glad we were there so she could come in and spend $2.50 to feed herself

1/27/2010 1:17:58 PM

i go out to eat at buffets alone

in fact i go to the wing bar at wild wings during lunch and pound wings all by myself in a booth

1/27/2010 1:18:48 PM

that does sound kind of nice

1/27/2010 1:20:15 PM

I think the amount you tip is a direct correlation to how good of a person you are...with rare exceptions (and with monetary limitations as well).

1/27/2010 1:32:38 PM

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"This is something I wish more people understood. I'm not chastising you or calling you an asshole, it's something you just don't know and I'm about to drop some knowledge. "

I understand how the fucking system works and why it is like it is. What you don't seem to understand is that I don't agree with the system. I don't agree that tips are something that's expected.

Do I leave tips? Yes. I do. If the service was as I expect, they get the 15%. If the service was shit, the're lucky if they get anything.

Go ahead and think that 15% is being cheap. Some of us don't think that a waiter deserves 25% of a bill for bringing drinks, taking our order and bringing the food to us.

Besides, I don't even think tipping is fair for the waiters. They don't know my expectations or my standards to earn a good tip. What they think is beyond what their job entails, I might see as simply them doing their job. Most other jobs, you figure out quickly what your employer expects of you and what you have to do. If you don't do it, you're out on your ass without a job. But at least it's clear and understood what you have to do.

And yes, I will leave 3 bucks on a 20 dollar bill. I'll also leave 30 bucks on a 300 dollar bill too. If the waiter don't like the 3 buck tip, they can work at a higher class restaurant where the menu items are expensive and the people are richer.

1/28/2010 12:31:55 AM

FUCK YAH BRO

1/28/2010 12:20:07 PM

the real question here is, do you tip at hibachi style restaurants?

the waiters/waitresses there only take your order and refill your drinks - is that deserving of a tip?

in the past I have left tips for the hibachi cooks and just a couple bucks for the waiters

1/28/2010 12:37:59 PM

the waitstaff never vouch for the cooks


give them minimum tip out and thats that

1/28/2010 12:44:31 PM

no longer going to tip anyone at all. This will help pay for health care.

3/24/2010 1:33:03 PM

3/24/2010 1:33:47 PM

to keep yourselves healthy, you probably shouldn't go out to eat at all. i've been in the restaurant industry for a while now, at a few different establishments, and even I'm amazed at the astronomical amount of salt cooks use...not to mention the pure butter, oil, lard, heavy cream, bacon grease in some recipes, lard & sugar in the desserts.

going to restaurants is not only stupid, financially speaking, but also on a health level

3/24/2010 1:37:44 PM

this is very true. i need to get back in the habit of cooking at home.

3/24/2010 1:42:43 PM

LOLZ WHAT ABOUT SWEET TOMATOES

3/24/2010 1:43:22 PM

lol Sweet Tomatoes is just a large scale Harris Teeter produce section

3/24/2010 1:45:39 PM

ya but no lardz


SIKE THEIR DESSERTS ARE STILL UNHEALTHY

3/24/2010 1:49:54 PM

so are their soups

3/24/2010 1:50:56 PM

I always give my waitress just the tip IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN LOL

3/24/2010 1:52:34 PM

I know it's old but

Quote :

"the dude next to him probably left 10 on 20 which more than makes up for it."

people really tip that much? damn

3/24/2010 1:54:07 PM

Quote :

"if u really suck and/or are rude, ill only tip 10-15%,"

Why would you do this?

3/24/2010 1:55:29 PM

When did the 15% standard become 20%?

What justifies this increase?

3/24/2010 2:22:09 PM

i grew up tippin 20% for basic good waiters/waitresses

10% at buffets

and more or less based on whether they were super awesome or mega fags

3/24/2010 2:29:00 PM

Definitely if i'm at some shitty restaurant and my bill is like $6.23 i sure as fuck will tip $1.77 especially since when i eat at shitty places with friends we usually don't spend more than like 25 minutes there after we get food. I'm not about to tip $4 on some cheap ass food. Thats like 28% and you can suck my dick if you want fat tips at some hole in the wall place. Get a real job.

One time a girl i was with bitched because i wrote some shit down like 1.77 and i was like "Lets just say i tipped 1.75 and everyone else did then she just made 7 bucks in like 40 minutes off just one table, not to count whatever 2 dollars she makes an hour plus whatever other table she's waiting."

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

[Edited on March 24, 2010 at 2:42 PM. Reason : ]

3/24/2010 2:40:18 PM

Quote :

"I think the amount you tip is a direct correlation to how good of a person you are...with rare exceptions "

I judge people on the same principle

3/24/2010 2:41:43 PM

One time a dude i was with at sammy's left a $20 tip with his number on it and got a date. She wasn't even that hot

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

3/24/2010 2:42:45 PM

paerabol i do not tip consistently but i hope i am not a bad tipper thx

3/24/2010 2:44:39 PM

I leave 20% in cash, unless it's really shitty service.

Also, I leave money in hotel rooms for the cleaning staff. Usually it's $10/day given it's a thankless job and they work harder than most wait staff.

3/24/2010 2:44:50 PM

frosh you and yours are exempt from the requirement of tipping

3/24/2010 2:46:07 PM

I realize this thread is about tipping, which I have no knowledge. Hear me out,

3/24/2010 2:46:37 PM

Quote :

"JUST THE TIP"

3/24/2010 2:49:50 PM

paerabol, I like you but I have to say that its a % for a reason, not a minimum amount + % beyond that . I bussed then waited for awhile in HS and some of college so I have been on the waiter's side in this situation a lot too.

For me: 15% standard if they got the job done, 20%+ if they did an excellent job, <15% if they slacked off, especially at a time when its not really busy.

Only time I completely flat out didn't tip someone was when I went to get lunch somewhere at about 3 in the afternoon. The place was dead and I think the waitress we had only had us or 1 other table at the most. The hostess took our drink orders and brought them to us. The waitress came up and took our orders but she wasnt even the one to deliver the food, the manager did. Later, the girl was just leaning up against the wall flirting with another waiter and I actually had to wave at the waiter she was talking to get her attention to get drink refills and she acted like it was a pain to stop flirting and do her job. The only thing she did was write our order down and bring us the receipt.

[Edited on March 24, 2010 at 3:00 PM. Reason : ]

3/24/2010 2:52:54 PM

now that i am gainfully employed i can tip better

3/24/2010 2:59:43 PM

i tip on their willingness to get me large amounts of hookups

3/24/2010 3:03:36 PM

^^^ i'd say that's fair. I make my living off tips and I'm usually waaay too generous when I tip, but I stiffed a guy at Olive Garden few years back because he just sucked that bad. Not busy, not in training, just didn't care about the job. And I wasn't happy about being at the OG to begin with.

But like I've said in this thread multiple times, it really doesn't bother me. I make good money for the work, so I'm not worried about some bad tippers as far as my income's concerned. It's more just interesting to me from a social standpoint, I'm very much a people watcher.

Once in a while though I do get mad. And I love telling people they can have their next beer when they tip me on the last one. You really have to have been a needy douchebag for me to get to that point though, I usually let a lot of shit slide if I think you're cool otherwise.

[Edited on March 24, 2010 at 3:06 PM. Reason : sdfg]

3/24/2010 3:06:09 PM

Quote :

"$3 on $20 is not a good tip. "

I was a bartender and I would say this is MORE than a fair tip.


You are a bartender....not a scientist.

[Edited on March 24, 2010 at 3:08 PM. Reason : ]

3/24/2010 3:08:10 PM

for the most part, I'm there to spend a certain amount

so if you hook my friends and I up on the tab, I'm probably gonna give you the difference anyway

3/24/2010 3:08:18 PM

okay i should preface the 3 on 20 judgment


if you come up to the bar and order three $7 shots and you leave $3 on $21, yeah i'm absolutely cool with that.

If you spend 3 hours drinking ten $1.50 beers and ordering half-price food, no, $3 on $20 is definitely not a good tip.

[Edited on March 24, 2010 at 3:19 PM. Reason : and for the record, i'm a bartender AND a scientist]

3/24/2010 3:14:51 PM

3 bucks for anything up to 10 bucks

5 bucks for anything up to 20 bucks

20 percent thereafter

3/24/2010 3:26:12 PM

I round to the nearest full dollar amount between 15 and 20 percent.

And have never once felt bad about it when it was closer to 15.

3/24/2010 3:27:22 PM

usually 25 - 30%, rounded to the nearest $5 multiple, unless they don't pay attention to my group

3/24/2010 3:29:47 PM

I usually tip 20-30 percent even though I'm poor

3/24/2010 3:30:54 PM

To truly send a message that is understood nearly universally by waiters, leaving a small tip, such as a US penny, if in the United States, is a good way to express your displeasure with the service. This sends the unmistakable signal that, yes, you meant to tip. However, a tip of any substantial value was not warranted.

http://www.wisegeek.com/when-should-you-not-tip-your-waiter.htm

I am going to start leaving just a penny everywhere

5/4/2010 4:30:44 PM

i'm not talking about the penny/nickel tip here

but when someone just leaves the change, say 77 cents on a bill that's 9.23

i love it when the waiter gives it back, especially if they follow the person out the door to do so

LOVE IT

5/4/2010 4:36:48 PM