Tipping

[Saw11_2000]

How much do you tip service people? Do you even tip?

I try to do about 20%, lousy service gets 15%.

Have you ever had a waiter/waitress ask for a higher tip?

 

[Ori]

If people can't accept your genorosity, you shouldn't accept their service.

 

[Saw11_2000]

^lol agreed.

 

[Riven]

Lousy service gets 10%, great service gets 20%. If I have to ask for a drink refill, that will immediately take the tip down to 10%.

Me, my wife, my brother-in-law, and his girlfriend all went out to this Japanese restaurant once. Very nice place, cooked everything right there at the table, broke the eggs on the cieling, all that stuff. My brother-in-law left a 20% tip, and as we were leaving, they actually chased us down and complained that we didn't leave a big enough tip.

 

[BUDDY]

I usually go 15% if the waiter/waitress has done their job. I will go much higher though if they go above and beyond the call of duty for me, or if they are busy and I see them working too many tables at once, and yet are still able to give me the same amount of service. That always gets some extra money. Otherwise, I just give the 15%. I try not to reward mediocrity, but give great tips for hard work.

 

[kreeden]

Why tip bad service ? I don't have a set rate that I tip , but it usuaully runs fron 10 to 20% . Sometimes more . But I never tip for poor service . And if someone were to ask for more , I would ask them why they feel that they were worth it . If they had a good answer , I may even give a little more , but most likely I would ask for what I gave back .

I am an ogre afterall .

 

[Riven]

Why tip bad service ?

Because waiters often make less than $5.00 per hour, and they rely on tips to pay the bills. Even though they give bad service, they are still people and deserve to make a living.

 

[xander-]

Very much depends.. I place tips depending also on the food. Even though i know the food has nothing to do with the service(unless they spit it in) it still counts.
Good food, bad service = 15%
Bad food, good service = 10%
Perfect food, atmosfere, and service = 35-40%(Yeah, it does get that high sometimes)
Also, even if i'm paying the bill, each one of my friends will tip the same amont i am, because of the 'individual service'.. So places we eat at alot, know us very well..
-Xander

 

[jewscout]

my general rule is 15-20% unless it's good service then i give more...

 

[Saw11_2000]

What's the highest percentage you've tipped someone?

 

[jewscout]

What's the highest percentage you've tipped someone?

i once tipped probably close to 50% of our ticket.

 

[Melody]

I start at 20% and it goes down from there based on how long it takes them to get me my menu and drinks, whether I have to hunt them down for a refill, if they're surly, and how they handle any complaints I may have about the food. I do not blame them or take it out on their tip when the food is substandard or cold but I do send it back and make the kitchen do it right. I would guess that the majority of the time, the waiters/waitresses get their full 20%.

There have been a few occasions when my friends and I have tied up the table longer than normal just because we were chatting and having a good time. In these cases, I always increase the tip by 15% to make up for the tip the waitress is probably losing by our tying up the table.

The highest I've ever tipped was when we took the entire family (50 people) to Olive Garden for my son's 16th birthday. Management told us that they automatically added a 15% tip to parties of this size and I just calmly said, "Fine...if that's all they want." Smart man did not add the tip and the waitresses ended up getting a 50% tip. What can I say. Only 3 waitresses dealing with us and none of us ever had to look for a refill, our meals came in a timely manner and they were hot.

Can you tell my mom did waitress work? As a general rule, these people work their butts off, get chewed out when the kitchen screws up (e.g. lose out on their tip) and go home at the end of the day with aching feet. To add insult to injury, if they are consistently undertipped, the federal tax laws are now set up so that they could actually end up paying taxes on money they never earned.

 

[Zephyr]

75% baby! I was with my spansh class on an extra credit trip. Everyone was giving lame tips and the waiter was INCREDIBLY helpful. The food was good too. Best Chile Relleno ever! Besides, it was still small cash. I never eat out usually.

Taking one for the team.

 

[kreeden]

Because waiters often make less than $5.00 per hour, and they rely on tips to pay the bills. Even though they give bad service, they are still people and deserve to make a living.

So you are saying that they deserve to get paid for doing a poor job ? I agree . But not as much as if they did a good job . Personally , if I am giving money away for nothing , I would rather give it to even more needy , such as homeless people , or those without a job .

 

[michel]

You Americans have a reputation as big tippers; just as I am sure that we British have on e of being mean.

10%, or more (If the waiter/waitress has been solicitious) - if the service has been slap dash, nothing.

 

[kreeden]

And I at first thought this thread was about cow tipping .... :bonk:


Which , by the way , I am agaisnt ... :tsk:

 

[Riven]

So you are saying that they deserve to get paid for doing a poor job ? I agree . But not as much as if they did a good job .

Exactley. Which is why I tip 10% for crappy service, and 20% for good service. My stepdad was a chef, and he beat it into my head that not tipping at all is just not cool. Trust me, you're not teaching the waiter a lesson, you're just making him think you're an a**.

 

[fromthe heart]

I generally don't like to eat out...but on the occassion where I have had to I usually would give what I would feel to be fair depending on the cost of the meal and the work in what the person waiting on me had to do. When a tip is added to the check by the establishment I figure it's what is the typically given amount.

 

[kreeden]

you're just making him think you're an a**.

But I am . My mother cooked , and my sister waited , as well as quite a few friends . And I have found that those who have worked in the business tend to be harder on waiters then I am . I do tip , even for average service , however , there have been times .... well , there has been times when I felt that they still have tipped me .

 

[Bastet]

I have absolutely no idea of 'tipping etiquette'. I generally don't eat out...the rare occassions that I do, someone else is usually picking up the bill (and I don't know if they tipped or not). Mind you, wait staff are generally paid a lot more here - so tips are more of a bonus than an absolute necessity (of course, it depends on the quality of the establishment). I tried to tip when I went to the US in 2003, but I have no idea if I did it 'right'. The room service guy who brought me my breakfast at 5am my first morning there seemed happy enough though.