TIPS AT RESTAURANTS

[storino03]

For me it depends on the level of service from the wait staff, and how the food was, and etc., if I'm not feeling the restaurant I wouldn't leave a tip. Probably will get flamed but that's how it is lol

[SignOfZeta]

Glad to see you're out of jail and posting again. I was wondering if you had possibly hung yourself.

I tip excessively, stupidly sometimes, on principle. I've had those shitty jobs and I know what its like. Unless the guy actually shits in my food (and if I can tell) he's getting at least %25. Last week I gave the Jimmy John's guy a $10 tip for a $6.50 sandwich. I made good money, they make almost none. Those quantities of money mean basically nothing to me, but it can make their day. What am I going to do with $4, buy more video games I don't have time to play or maybe food that I just have to spend more time on the treadmill working off?

When people say, "If I get good service..." I just want to f*cking puke. WTF is "good service"? Do you want a blowjob or something? How much cock do they have to suck to deserve the extra $3.27 that is the mathematical difference between %15 and %20? Never mind the fact that "good service" varies greatly from person to person. I want to be left alone when I eat, other people want constant attention the entire time they are there, a bunch of small talk, whine advice...I just want to eat and talk with the people I came with, I'm not paying for friendship or servitude, I'm here for the food. So who do they placate, me or the needy people? They aren't psychic, they can't tell.

"She only asked me, 'Do you want cheese with that?' for two of my three dishes, therefore I'm only tipping %17." f*cking hell people are a$$holes. Its not even the cheapness that bugs me, its loving abuse of power. Look at how swollen your ankles are ya fat f*ck, you don't need any more cheese!

[storino03]

Nothing wrong with over tipping. Quality of Service is subjective to what one thinks is good or bad.


Thanks for responding and showing us your infatuation for me by by bringing stuff up all the time. Are you a tween?


I take that back. You sound like a f*cking old man who doesn't socialize to the general public. The hermit crab

[Bernie]

I too tend to overtip.  I have family that have waited tables.  So I know what its like to have people stiff them.  So like Zeta said, unless theres a floater in my soup I normally tip well over 15%.  Share the wealth.

[storino03]

Here's an interesting article, though a little old:

Tipping in Spain:
http://gospain.about.com/od/spanishlife/qt/tippinginspain.htm


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And of course the obligatory Wiki article on Tipping:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip_(gratuity)

[Sadler]

Tipping in other countries is weird. Lots of places it's considered offensive. I hate not leaving a tip though. I delivered pizzas through college, I know what it's like to work for tips. I always tip well.

[vestcoat]

I use the following tipping rubric:
Glass of water 0%
Fern bar 12%
Dive 16%
Restaurant (family owned) 20%²
Restaurante (spanish) 1.23100%
Tacos ¾

With the following modifiers, of course:
Patrons with socks and sandals -2.1%
Greasy menus +8
Coffee (I don't f*cking drink coffee) KARMA=Ω
Odd number of coins in my pocket - no tip
Payday +2%

[storino03]

lol, I hate greasy menus.

[esteban]

Minimum of 20% tip.

There has only been one time I didn't tip much (5%?) (out of literally hundreds, if not thousands, of instances).

The waiter was crazy/hallucinating. Seriously.

[ProfessorProfessorson]

I tip as long as the service is good and friendly. To me good service means I am seated at a clean table, my food is delivered to me hot in a fair amount of time (if the place is busy its expected there may be a little wait), my drinks cold, and the server checks often enough on me to make sure I don't need a refill, like every 10 mins or so. Some would argue its not the servers fault if something is delivered cold or undercooked, but to be honest it is. Any server worth a damn can tell if they are serving out a cold meal or something that doesn't look cooked or prepared well. Unless new at the establishment, they serve the same meals so much they have a general sense of quality control, and know when to not bring you crap. Management would rather avoid a customer complaint, so its in the servers best interest to refuse to take the food out unless it is prepared well to the best of their knowledge. If they opt to serve you crap with a smile on their face, then they are just as worthless as the chef who prepared the meal.

To be honest though, I don't go out to eat much these days. I am a decent cook myself as is, so I just feel like its wasted energy and money to go out and pay twice to three times for the same meal I can easily cook at home. About the only places I will go out to anymore are maybe fast food joints like BK, Rallys or Taco Bell, or Chinese or Golden Corral, where its a more relaxed setting. I cook steak and burgers all the time at home, so going to places like gourmet burger joints or Outback Steak House or a Kobe or Benihana is practically moot. Plus I like my steak bloody rare, and most places don't feel comfortable serving it less then medium rare.

[SignOfZeta]

Tipping in other countries is weird. Lots of places it's considered offensive. I hate not leaving a tip though. I delivered pizzas through college, I know what it's like to work for tips. I always tip well.

In the US the mandated minimum wage, for some dumb reason, doesn't apply to waiters. Therefore, without tips they would be the poorest people in America. Here in Michigan the minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.65 an hour. That's f*cking...disgusting, 1/3 of the regular minimum wage, which is in itself 1/2, if that, of what you need to live on.

I don't know much about other countries, but its likely that they don't have the same sort of caste system we do in many cases.

[DrBread]

I always give a tip. If they're good or decent i usually give the recommended 18% (That's what it is in NJ i don't know what it is near you guys). If they're a$$holes i give like 10-12% because they don't deserve money for being mean.

[Tatsujin]

no tips in my country of residence.

[geise]

Even if service isn't really great, I would still tip. People who don't tip AT ALL even if service was bad is an a$$hole.  They make next to jack shit and rely on tips.  People get this idea that they still make minimum wage, but it's not true.  What if that was your job, and you really were trying, but the group at the table didn't think you were deserving of any tip at all?

[FiftyQuid]

My minimum is 20%.  I'm in the same mindset as Zeta on this one.  I've had those shitty jobs and getting some extra scrap from someone for doing a decent job always help me get through a shift.