How much do you tip?

she doesn't work....

 

I can't stand waiters who do that. I've never seen Andy leave less than 20 percent, but if someone snubbed me I am sure that would do it or we would leave.

 

Well that explains it. I waitressed for two days and got fired when I told people thatt hey should get their own drinks and clean up after their kid. Thinking waiters don't deserve tips is absurd. I can't think of a harder job.

 

lol, i that situation i'd just knock on the table and say "hello!"

 

i love conversing with the wait staff. when we get a good rapport going and were joking and laughing - they're going to get a wicked awesome tip. and especially if its a place i frequent...the chinese place i frequented all last year...got to know the owner and some of the waitstaff...they hooked us up on our drinks and food - we gave them great tips and kept going back.

 

yeah, i dig the chatty staff. where you can get to know the people in a place and they're heppy to see you again.

 

yea, the owner was always happy to see us every time we went.

 

it's fun, it adds to the good time, you feel comfortable there, you get a little spoiled by the staff. it's good.

 

Definately true. I can take basically anything u say.

 

yes, how dare they speak to you... let you know what the specials are, try to make you comfortable, suggest things they think youd like, get your order from you
speaking to you is very rude, i concur

*sigh* look, its good that the tip is built into the bills over there butin north america servers get tipped, thats how it works. though i do like someone elses idea of a note if the service isnt worth tipping

 

i've only decided to leave only a quarter a couple times in all my life, and both times i told them exactly why they were only getting a quarter. it was to call someone who cares. (my mom taught me that one.)

 

twenty to twenty-five percent usually depending on the service...if the service is bad, i dont tip at all...and if im too poor to give a good tip i always get them back the next time...

 

18% of the bill

 

I remember going out to breakfeast with 4 friends a couple months back. There was only 1 waitress, in a fairly busy place, and a bartending, who seemed to be little help.

With that said though, she was rude. She obviously was pissed, and took it out on us. Nobody left her a tip, except I. I left her a couple bucks. I, too, am a server, and it would take a LOT for me to leave nothing.

Generally, I leave about 20% but I don't use it as a rule of thumb. I don't judge service by how many times they come and ask me how the food is etc, because that gets annoying.

I also know it's not always the server's fault if the food takes awhile, cold, wrong, etc ,etc,etc.


I personally think it's stupid to tip based on the check, because I bust my ass on cheap breakfeast and make a lot more money on lunch/dinner, while doing HALF the work. blah

I find that about half of my customers tip 20%+ of the check while about 1/4 15% and another 1/4 less than 15% for the same exact serivce. I'm nice and curtious to everybody, regardless if I've had them the day before and know the are cheapos. Just my 2 cents.

 

We tip what we think the waitress/waiter is worth. The Pizza Hut girls in town usually get a dollar max because they're listless, full of themselves, never get the order right, and constantly forget that people who are eating actually need soda refills. Once we tipped a girl at a little ice cream/sandwich parlor in Amarillo $20 (I think our whole meal was like $25, lol) because we had some extra change at that point and she was by far the best waitress ever. She popped by occasionally, wasn't bugging us constantly to reassure herself that she was a good server, kept a good eye on our drinks, got our food out to us just as soon as the cook sent it out. It's hard as hell to serve people, but it's not hard to use your brain to figure out how to be a decent server.

I also tipped a waitress at IHOP pretty well because she was having a bad night and still treated us like we were the only customers in the world she had to wait on (even though she was taking care of the majority of the customers at that point). She even covered my chocolate chip pancakes in whipped cream and it was the best midnight snack ever. Haha.

 

I didnt mean that. I meant the unnecessary communication. I dont like them when they r too chatty and too friendly.

 

clearly it's a cultural difference
if it's worked into the bill than fine, there's no reason to tip
but saying that most waiters don't deserve tips is bullshit
waiters are in the hospitality business
the hospitality business is based around being friendly, accommodating customers, going beyond what is standard to make sure that people are happy when they leave
there is alot of work that goes into it beyond, take order, bring food, clear table, bring bill
if you want that kind of service than look around for something that does that kind of service, mcdonalds for example

let me take a little time explaining myself to appear less like a bitch
i work as a bartender in a fancy 5 star restaurant and as a waitress in a dive bar, i work these jobs to help pay my way through university
i've already been to college and one year of university without putting myself in debt, i could take money from my parents/grandparents or take a government loan for schooling, here in ontario they have OSAP, but i choose not to, it may take me longer to get my degree but in the long run i perfer building a strong character and convictions of independence
i am in the hospitality business cause i choose to be
i plan on getting my PhD in psychology
bartending and waitressing is excellent practice because i already listen and help people deal with this issues

i may come off like a bitch because i get disgusted by people not tipping
right now i am very passionate about what i do, and where i'm going

 

The worst thing is probably that I seem like a really spoiled rich bitch now. And I am honestly not one. Its great that you wanna pay for college urself, really. But my daddy ( or whatever ) doesnt pay for mine either. Noone does, actually. College is here paid by the Ministry of science and education. So if a certain college accepts 250 students a year ( like mine does ). the ministry pays for 190 students . and the rest pay themselves. And there arent any expensive private and ivy league universities ( thank god ).

 

I was not about to go through 18 pages to see if this was in there...

My mother used to work at a really swanky restaurant (yes, I used the word swanky) and she got $2,000 in one weekend from 2 weddings.

She told me that rich people would leave a penny on top of the tip money and if the penny was facing up, that meant good service, and if it was facing down, that meant bad service.

 

Wow ! 18 pages on tipping. if nothing else, I am sure waiters atleast deserved this.