Tipping!

[Greyman50]

I always pay the bill with a credit card and leave cash for the tip. Tip is based on service. Tonight I ate in a Mellow Mushroom in Savannah. Had my Vietnam Veterans hat on ( as always) and when I expected the tab the waitress told me the couple that just left had paid my tab. First time its happened, ever. I left her a $10 tip, she was good. Only had 1 beer as had a very BAD day on I-16 due to non driving fools. 18 wheeler turned over and whatever was everywhere. After going 10 miles in an hour saw that North bound lane was closed due to water flowing Over the lane! Crazy day.

 

[AugieTN]

Minimum 25% tip required

 

[Tinyman]

Perhaps being "an elder" prompted this -- if I see a "tip jar" and the counter person kind of gives me that look, my response is:

You want a tip? "Plant your tomatoes early".

 

[CajunBass]

My wife has worked as a server many times in her life. She said many a time her paycheck was ZERO, after they took out the taxes on her tips. She had a fit one day when I commented that I had forgotten to leave a tip. She made sure I left double the next time.

I always tip my barber. I tell her it's worth it to have a pretty girl run her fingers through what's left of my hair at my age. Yea...it's a "dad joke" but she's polite enoug to laugh anyway.

 

[Greyman50]

Sadly the only tip many deserve is " don't play with matches in the gas shed"….

 

[tops]

Minimum 25% tip required

No problem. Order food somewhere else. Larry

 

[ladder13]

Pickup orders with tips required upfront are fraught with danger.

 

[Bekeart]

Equal Rights Response

Minimum 25% tip required

If you set the tip, I will set the price for my meal.

We both have rights, and a potential customer has taken his rights and left.

Beleart

 

[mrcvs]

Minimum 25% tip required

Yes, run don't walk! This needs to backfire on, frankly, a pathetic business.

In Europe, they don't tip. Why not the same here?

My sister in law got married a month and a half ago. Went to a resort in Mexico. They said employees at that resort appreciate American tourists more than European ones because we tip.

How did this come about? Are you are doing is subsidizing the business owner.

In England, go to a pub and pay with a £20 note and get 45 p in change and leave it on the bar and the bartender is grateful. Tip 17.5% here and get a death glare and sometimes asked if my meal was okay.

I generally tip 17.5%, and wonder whatever happened to the standard 10% tip. Also, if they have the 3% up charge for using a credit card I do mention it to the manager and usually will not patronize again.

I actually despise restaurants and would be happy never going in one again. My wife likes them, however, it makes her feel special, for whatever reason.

 

[dmn57]

Minimum 25% tip required

As someone that used to pay the bills with tips - long, long ago - I am overly generous for decent, entertaining service, but a place like that would never see me as a guest.

 

[bdGreen]

Sadly the only tip many deserve is " don't play with matches in the gas shed"….

Or, "don't eat the yellow snow".

bdGreen

 

[AugieTN]

Tip the Gas Pump? I hope this isn't true

 

[Tinyman]

Also, if they have the 3% up charge for using a credit card I do mention it to the manager and usually will not patronize again.

Exactly what I did at a new(er) LGS in my area. Really don't care what your CPA advised you, I just won't be back.

 

[soFlaNative]

Some of these circumstances would earn the recipient a tip of my middle finger.

 

[LVSteve]

Yes, run don't walk! This needs to backfire on, frankly, a pathetic business.

In Europe, they don't tip. Why not the same here?

My sister in law got married a month and a half ago. Went to a resort in Mexico. They said employees at that resort appreciate American tourists more than European ones because we tip.

How did this come about? Are you are doing is subsidizing the business owner.

In England, go to a pub and pay with a £20 note and get 45 p in change and leave it on the bar and the bartender is grateful. Tip 17.5% here and get a death glare and sometimes asked if my meal was okay.

I generally tip 17.5%, and wonder whatever happened to the standard 10% tip. Also, if they have the 3% up charge for using a credit card I do mention it to the manager and usually will not patronize again.

I actually despise restaurants and would be happy never going in one again. My wife likes them, however, it makes her feel special, for whatever reason.

Yes, they do tip in Europe. It's called 'le pourboire' in France. In England, I agree, it's not in the culture so much, but if we eat in a nice restaurant there in a large group, I make sure a tip is left.

 

[AugieTN]

My wife is French and we have been over to France numerous times. I've seen tipping in major cities like Paris, Nice, Bordeaux. I would guess they are tourist, most probable from the states. If you go outside major cities you don't see or notice tipping.

It's kind of like, lots of people will go to Nice and say there isn't really topless sunbathing anymore. That's because the majority on the beach in Nice are foreigners, tourist. If you go outside Nice to small non tourist towns there's a lot of it.

 

[Jack Flash]

"poureboire" ... "for a drink"

I like that. No beating around the bush as to what it's for.

When I used to go out to a favorite breakfast place, the food was about $10. So a $2 tip was fine. Now it's $20. But the amount of effort to serve it did not change. Why should the tip double?

And before the pitchforks and torches come out, I do indeed now leave $4. I just think $2 should be perfectly acceptable.

 

[Kinman]

I tip well for good service, Poor service or no service not much or none.

I usually double our sales sax which amounts to 19%, then I round up. That is only for good service which in my situation means that I am usually tipping the same waitress or one that we have known before. If you do not tip your waitstaff and frequent a local establishment you can expect to receive a longer wait or less attentive beer refill or cold coffee. Our waitstaff knows what we order and is surprised with a change up, serves our fries extra crispy, puts our sandwich on a different bun, different cheese or salad dressing.
This state is not punitive to workers and has a decent minimum wage ($16.00+), I still believe in tipping for good service. We often go to Idaho for dinner, its only 30 miles away. Their minimum wage is $7.25 and believe me they remember when you leave a good tip.

 

[03hemi]

Some here are definitely eating bodily fluids and detritus in their food based on some of the responses. lol

 

[Kinman]

Some here are definitely eating bodily fluids and detritus in their food based on some of the responses. lol

I know that's a fact having a few friends that worked in the food service industry and was one of my primary reasons for leaving an adequate tip even when I had to figure it into what I was willing to spend for the dinner. Its difficult for me to remember that I once lived that close to the mark that I needed to mentally do the math of what was ordered to make sure I had the cash to cover the bill and leave a tip. I feel fortunate today that the bill does not matter, I tip accordingly and have not received anything but top notch friendly service in all of the places we frequent. Life is short, eat dessert first.