Tipping
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- gramme0
tgqt, you've obviously never waited tables. In the U.S., wait staff makes below minimum wage because it is assumed the bulk of their income will be tips. If you don't want to help some kid make ends meet, especially if they do a good job, then be my guest. But, if you make it known on an international forum that you are uncharitable and stingy, then you will get an earful my friend.
- 7point340
i received extraordinarily rude, racist service in times square once.
a friend of mine who happened to be black was ignored, patronized and treated very poorly. it was astounding. fairly sure the waiter was gay, which made it even more outrageous. i remember thinking: imagine all the shit you've had to put up with from bigots and you're acting bigoted towards another race?
i left him a scientology pamphlet that someone had handed me earlier that day. that was his tip.
- moth0
Tipping begrudgingly is one thing. Believing in it is idiocy.
- tgqt0
I do not; however, I some times give them 'taxi money' to get rid of them if they try to linger. I view this as strategic and not a tip.
- utopian20
Does anyone here tip hookers?
- tgqt0
I gotta say...that is an impressive counter movement.
Why all the hostility?
- Dr_Rand0
I now tip 100% to make up that a-hole tgqt
- dog_opus0
I tip 20% all the time, unless it's apparent that whoever is providing service made an effort to be a jerk. I know what it's like to rely on tips. That's how I supported a good part of my godlike beer habit in the nineties.
- tgqt0
i am not hedge.
I have worked laborious jobs [construction] and worked service related positions on and off between my 20's to 30's.
I have had nothing handed to me. I have been 100% responsible for myself, schooling, and expenditures since I turned 18.
I no longer tip. If you want to continue to tip that's ok by me, I don't control you and will not try to call you names and make you feel bad.
- payton0
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- seed0
threadpost, I feel that way. That would make it the highest paid easiest job in the world.
- moth0
I'd rather not tip and have the bartender call me a cunt. Aren't we then even?
- if you don't want to get served again. then yes you are even.nicole_marie
- I really don't see why you have to give bartenders that much money. I know they are people blah blah blah, but still.Jaline
- exactly, bar tenders just serving beer and the occasional mixed drink have to deal with 1/10 what food servers do.threadpost
- threadpost0
A QUESTION FOR THE BARTENDERS (past or present):
I always thought it does seem a little extreme to have to tip at least a dollar for bottles of beer. If the bartender is just reaching into the cooler, opening the bottle and sliding it toward you, is that really worth 20% the cost of the drink? I totally get tipping well for mixed drinks and in a busy place. But all things equal, in a dead bar, are you still obligated to tip at least a buck for every beer bottle? Do you expect this? Or would a dollar every other beer do?- Empathize man...reverse the roles and see what reaction you'd have to some dude walking away and leaving no tip.stoplying
- TIP!stoplying
- I do tip, just wonder if every bottle of beer is worth at least a buck? a vending machine could do this jobthreadpost
- sorry, not to say bartending isnt a tough gig, Im only talking about a bottle of beer herethreadpost
- thats why i like using a credit card at a bar so i can just give one good tip at the end, instead of fumbling with money.nicole_marie
- *Shakes fist at pesky money!!!stoplying
- moth0
Oh this again.
I try not to tip, but generally one eats out with friends and family and so I have to tow the line.
I worked in the service industry for 3 years, and I didn't give a fuck if someone tipped me or not for service, because I was BEING PAID to do the shitty job and I would have quit it and got another one if it wasn't paying me enough. I strongly suggest that any waitress/waiter, in any country, in any circumstance, takes personal responsibility for themselves like 99.99% of the rest of us because I can care less about your ineptitude to wipe your own ass.
- threadpost0
do people tip based on service? It is sorta a weird system when you think about it. I mean, if you genuinely and honestly tipped based on the service, I believe you would see the level of service increase exponentially. As it is now, I just feel obligated to tip around 20%, if its awesome above and beyond I have no problem dropping 30%. But even the shiite service ever, I still tip at least 15%, I just feel obligated. Maybe really shitty service should get a lousy tip? (probably not by me, I'm too much of a pussy and afraid of getting called out) but someone should do it.
- nicole_marie0
Don't act like you are "making a statement" by deciding not to tip anymore... just tell it like it is. You are CHEAP, have never had a hard labor job, possibly had most things handed to you in life, and you STILL want to be cheap.
Most likely you eat alone too, or you would get called on it.