Yay! Having (many decades ago) worked my way through way to many years of college as a restaurant worker, I’m all for shaming bad tippers.
Americans should go to Europe if they want to know what service is like when tips are included in the final bill.
Bad tippers drive me nuts. If you don’t want to pay for service, get it yourself. We went out to eat the other day and next to us was a table of older people who had the waitress coming over every few minutes about something. When they left, they left a pile of change on the table.
We always tip around 25% just to try to make up for the jerks who don’t.
Now just a minute. Many people get $50 for an eight-hour shift and those people don't expect a tip for doing their jobs. What makes him so special that he demands extra for doing his job? If he can't make the rent, then move. If he doesn't like the pay, then get another job and quit whining.
What's his problem with the $3 tip? It takes just as long to deliver a $5 order as it does to deliver an $89 order. Maybe he's a jerk and his customers are sending him a message. Tips originally were for service over and beyond the expected. Now days it's demanded no matter how crappy the service is.
If I’m not happy with the meal, or the service sucks, I’ll NOT tip accordingly, and I don’t give a big damn who knows about it.
bttt
Obvious solution. No tip on card. Tip in cash. Obvious problem, who carries a lot of cash?
Obvious solution: tell tipee to ak his boss wtf is going on with the tip money put on cards... and stop the whining.
That’s a good idea. Call out and embarrass your employer’s customers. Maybe if you piss em off enough, they’ll take their business elsewhere. Why not take it one step further, form a union and break the legs of those bad tippers.
These kinds of websites make me NOT want to go out to a restaurant where tipping is part of the bill. Maybe these customers who see themselves being "shamed" like this should also take their business elsewhere. If this guy has so many bad tipping experiences, then maybe the problem is that he is doing a lousy job and thus merits a crappy tip.
My gf father always said you can tell what a man is like in how he treats and tips a waiter or waitress.
Yesterday, I went to a “Big Boy” for breakfast alone. The hostess or “Greeter” as the sign says took me to a booth. She was a average looking girl in early 20’s. I asked if she planned to waitress for the rest of her life. She responded that she had only 1 year to go in college for her degree. “What major?”, I asked. “Social work”, she replied. Told her to have a back up plan since most social workers are paid by state and local government. And they are starting to do some major down scaling. “Oh No” she replied. “There are more job openings than people interested in the profession.”
I told her I would have the buffet. Having the buffet typically reduces the amount of work the waitress performs and consequently receives a small tip. Typically I tip 20% for good service or 25% for excellent service. (I have a widowed daughter who “waits” tables.
Analyzing the conversation we had, I asked one additional question when she brought the bill. You voted for Obama, didn’t you? “Oh yes” she said. Wasn’t it great what he did about bin Laden? I told her “NO”, he was just following along with Bush’s plan.
After I paid my $10.32 tab, I approached her, held out my hand and said I planned to give you a $2.50 tip, but “You voted for Obama’s Hope and Change. Well here’s your change. $0.68. Her chin dropped to the floor. I turned and walked away. When I got home, I related the story to my wife. Now I’m the biggest A**hole on the planet. But I had to say it. Having done it once now makes it easier to do it again. Give it a try.
I’ve never really fully understood the concept of tipping. If I go out to eat and the service is bad then I won’t frequent that establishment in the future. It seems to me it’s incumbent upon the business to insure I get good service if they want my continued business. Just like they don’t want to serve bad food, why would they serve up a bad waiter?
Can’t figure out how much to tip? Take the tax amount and double it. It’s close to 15 percent. Wait staff works for the tips, not the minute server’s wage the are paid.
This has been and always shall be a major pet peeve of mine. No, I have not worked as a waitress but many friends have. I also watch when I am out for a meal. The behavior of some diners makes me profoundly ashamed. I was once out where a table close to me allowed their two small chldren to trash the table AND throw half their meals under the table. The parents of these cretins had the waitress coming and going at the table constantly, then left MAYBE $5 as a tip. I felt so bad for the waitress, I called her over to my table and gave her $20. I was just so livid at te behavior of those animals. I don’t eat out much simply because I can no longer afford it like I could in he past. I do, however, factor in a sizeable tip when I am able to dine out on special occasions.
I also tip my pizza delivery drivers well because I live out in the country. In fact, I have to meet the drivers at a church parking lot because my house is not in the delivery range. Maybe I overtipped, but $20 on a $50 order seems fair when I don’t have to get dressed beyond my pj’s AND I don’t have make the drive into town. I also know that my tip doesn’t make up for all the deliveries where they only get a buck or two. I do what I can, when I can. Call me insane or stupid, I don’t see myself changing.
You go out to dinner and then have to pay someone to bring your dish to you...
That’s bad enough...The wait person spends a total of 3-6 minutes at your table taking your order and delivering your food...
We’re talking bottom of the bucket skills here...
And why does a person expect a percentage of the bill??? Why should I pay a person more to deliver a lobster than a hamburger steak???
Seems to me if you tip a delivery driver the same as you tip your waitstaff for an hour of service or more you either tip too much or your screwing over one of them.
In a restaurant I generally tip between 20 and 25% but for food delivery I tend to tip around 10% or so. Like someone else said here, there is little difference in the effort to deliver a $10 order and a $100 order. On a $10 order I tip $2-3 and on a $100 order I probably would tip around $5. I tip more when the weather is bad or there is some other reason that makes the delivery more effort.
In a restaurant there is a significant difference in the service provided versus a delivery driver.
I have a step-daughter who was a waitress for a number of years at a pizza joint. She said the worst tippers were easily older people. The best tippers were single males. No, she’s does not resemble a Hollywood starlet.
Pure tripe!
If your wage is so poor you “Depend” on tips, get a real job.
The whole “Tip” scam is out of hand, I see “Tip” jars at the selv-serve Buffet and even fast food joints!
A tip is EARNED by exemplary service, not a right just for being there.
And 15%?
No way, if you “Depend” on a 15% add-on to the meal price you are in the wrong line of work.
If I leave anything it’s probably $1.00, I’m not squander-my-money wealthy and it’s the employer who is supposed to pay the staff salary.
Senseless entitlement example #324.