Tips-another rant

[CAJUNLAWYER]

On the topic of tips what really chaps my tostidos is when the server asks me "do you want your change?" Of course I want my damn change you idiot. They need to teach these people that the proper thing to do is to tell the patron " I'll be back with your change sir." at which time if the change is close to the proper tip amont, I'll say keep it. Some moron asked me last night without realizing I had given him a $100 bill for a $45 check. Another pet peeve is that the server doesn't bring back the proper denomination of bills to allow me to leave a proper tip. He brings me back three twentys anf a five on a $45 dollar check- he ain't gonna get a twenty he's bonna get the $5 unless I can find some loose ones. I can tell the experienced servers because they will, without asking break down the change to allow ease of leaving a proper tip. While we are at it, if you are gonna stiff me on the coin change you better damn well round down or ir comes out of your tip.
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[A10]

Some kids have no clue. I try to tip 20% most of the time, having had much of my family in food service and knowing they are going to get taxed at 17% of their total sales. Still, that kid might have gotten the 5.....

 

[GypsmJim]

Stiffing on the coins or bringing back all large bills can't really be blamed on the kids. They are probably clueless on life in general.

The blame rests on their parents. Even if they actually took them out to dinner once in awhile, they probably allowed them to just sit at the table tweeting all thru the meal, so they missed life's little teaching moments.

Forget about foreign terrorists - they are not a problem. The I-phone and farcebook will bring us all down.

 

[s&wchad]

I was at an estate sale last week and gave the woman a hundred dollar bill to pay for $30 worth of stuff. She asked me how I’d like my change.

I told her 3 fifty’s would be great! It took her a minute to catch on…

 

[NYlakesider]

On the topic of tips what really chaps my tostidos is when the server asks me "do you want your change?" Of course I want my damn change you idiot. They need to teach these people that the proper thing to do is to tell the patron " I'll be back with your change sir." at which time if the change is close to the proper tip amont, I'll say keep it. Some moron asked me last night without realizing I had given him a $100 bill for a $45 check. Another pet peeve is that the server doesn't bring back the proper denomination of bills to allow me to leave a proper tip. He brings me back three twentys anf a five on a $45 dollar check- he ain't gonna get a twenty he's bonna get the $5 unless I can find some loose ones. I can tell the experienced servers because they will, without asking break down the change to allow ease of leaving a proper tip. While we are at it, if you are gonna stiff me on the coin change you better damn well round down or ir comes out of your tip.
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Right on!

Had a couple times in the past I put a $100 in the gizmo the servers use to present you your bill. Sever walks away without looking in and says do you want your change. My normal reply goes something like this, you gave me decent service but not up to the level of you keeping all the change. For the record I'm normally a good tipper 20% is usually a minimum if I'm a happy camper.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

In the 70's, my wife was a student at Ohio State, she had a waitress job at one of the student unions. Tips from students were next to non-existent! Alumni for breakfast before home football games, that's the big money! Short skirts were the norm then, other girls had better legs! But prompt, courteous service and a to go beverage always made her the queen of the tips! (The 2 grand her dad spent getting her beautiful smile didn't hurt either!)

Ivan

 

[Onomea]

I invariably use a credit card in restaurants. Nothing for the servers to figure out. No chance of me getting miffed about how the tip is handled.

 

[Hair Trigger]

..... when the server asks me "do you want your change?" .....

I tell them, "bring me back anything that folds, you can keep what jingles." Then, if the rest of the service has been worthy of it, they may get some of the folding stuff left on the table.

I don't tip as a matter of custom; I do tip well for good service, though.

 

[dmn57]

I'm always curious to see how the tip suggestions on the receipt are calculated when provided. The accepted norm is to figure the tip on food and drink, and not the tax, however some places include the tax as well. That being said, both my wife and I were in the restaurant business in the early days, so the tips we leave usually exceed any suggestion unless service was really bad. These days I'm compelled to be overly generous to those that actually show up to work.

 

[Muss Muggins]

On the topic of tips what really chaps my tostidos is when the server asks me "do you want your change?" . . .

"No, but I'll take the bills . . . "

Like some others, I like the servers that break it down. I'm an over generous tipper. On a two tall draft beer tab, which totals $11, I'll tip $6, and the places I frequent know not to give me back anything that jingles. What comes with that is a fresh, cold beer sitting on the bar at my spot when they see the Jeep pull up, and my choice of channels. And the sound on the overhead speakers when soccer is on, even if there's baseball or football. The response from the bartenders to patrons who question it is always "Hey, he's a regular. You're still working on it . . ." They also let me put my business coasters out, and my matches on the bar at places that allow smoking . . .

Servers and bartenders have a rough life. I was never one, but I go to enough bars to see with worst of humanity. Dine and dashers, stiffed on a six beer tab, "I don't mean to complain, but . . ", and most if not all of the complaints are out of the server's hands. Food not right, generally the kitchen. Beer not cold, always the owner, you just don't like what you ordered, your fault.

The only way I've ever seen the server or bartender at fault is when they dump the order in your lap. And then I still tip them Dump it in somebody else's lap not at my table, you get double. As I mentioned in another thread, be kind to people who handle your food and drink . . .

 

[F4phantom]

When they started the push for $15 minimum wage I look real hard at how well I was served and how long I had to wait before I leave a tip. I have a niece that could make $500 a night in tips at a restaurant near the airport. I generally tip around 15%. Around here I wouldn't pay with a credit card. Too many wait staff copying the numbers to be used elsewhere. I prefer cash and let me figure the tip. It's not hard to do.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I have always tipped well and I understand the inadvertent problems that may arise during service and take them into account. High traffic restaurant work is difficult and the staff will remember a good tipper. Kinda like a retainer for future good service.

As Muss infered: play nice with the servers and they will play nice with you.

 

[waffles]

I worked some tipped jobs in high school and college. It's a damned crummy system to have employers off the hook for paying their employees a reasonable rate to work and leaving them at the mercy of the customers. Whenever possible I try to support the few restaraunts and breweries that don't accept tips and actually pay their employees well from the getgo.

That said, I also understand the world we're in, and being a cheapskate on the tip only hurts your server. I dont like that I'm supposed to pay their wage, but that is the reality of the situation, and I've long been in the practice of building in the 20% as the cost of going out. If you can't afford it, do takeout.

I'll also say, we learned quick to not ask "would you like change?" unless it was a close thing (think handing a twenty to cover a $17 order). If you asked on too little a difference, you just earned yourself a yes and got a low tip, if you asked on too much it seemed awkward. I'm sure the server that drew the ire of the op will learn as well.

 

[Old_Cop]

Caj had breakfast at Dennys.

 

[mckenney99]

I'm with Muss, I never mess with people who handle my food or drink. They might not get a chance to mess with your food/drink this time but I guarantee they will remember you the next time you walk in the door. The better wait staff have excellent memories.
When I was in uniform on patrol I always tipped well and as a result I usually got my order quickly, the waitress' knew I might have to leave at any time, upon getting a dispatch call.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

The amount of the tip depends on whether they keep my tea glass full or not.

 

[Nevada Ed]

+1;
the old servers have learned the tricks to keep their customers happy.

The new kids on the block, if not taught by a old server, will just have to learn the hard way on what is needed to do & say to make for a nice outting.

Bad service, cold food or not asking how everything is............
is a tip breaker or reducer , if I am the one picking up the bill.

If the server brings back more $$ than needed............
the tip falls on the grace of the bill payer and what they see in the uneducated or rushed person.
(Bills do stick together, sometimes)

I will call the error on store clerks...........
gently, as to not ruffle their feathers, that I received too much change.

"Do you want your change? "

Got to love it.

 

[03hemi]

Man, you guys are really cheap! haha
I tip 10-20% on crappy service, if it's only because they're inexperienced I tip normal.
Great service can get up to a 100% tip.
If you've never waited on people you just don't get it.
It's only money and it doesn't belong to us anyways!
If you can't or won't tip, stay your arse at home. lol

 

[sheepdawg]

I'm still telling the story of one night about 20 years ago at a T.G I. Fridays where the service wasn't real good. After my wife, I and our guests were through we sat at the table for what seemed like 45 minutes waiting on the check. Finally our waitress, reeking of burnt rope brought us the check. The total was around $60. I gave her a $100 and she asked if I wanted change. I told her no I wanted change and her manager. She had pushed the wrong button. What a look she gave me. I unloaded on her manager so much so that my wife had to get me out of the place. The waitress got $1. That Fridays lasted another couple of months.

My wife was a waitress, I'm a good tipper, that’s why she agreed to the first date.

 

[lkabug]

At my watering hole, the bartenders know me. I always sit at the bar where the bartenders place my beer as I walk in the door. They have trained me well. They don't don't ask (anymore) how I want my Prime Rib. They are paid well for not asking so many questions.