their tips ARE their salary. that's the point. the restaraunt isn't really paying them, YOU ARE. YOU are the employer while you're sitting at their tables.
Not if it is worked into the bill... I have every right to eat out , without tipping. I just think waiters shouldnt expect tips... And most waiters dont deserve tips. Its true. I just hate it when they try to talk to u and stuff. I mean, what are they thinking ? I am here to eat and drink, not to make friends. Geez.
It seems that there's the beginning of some appreciation for what they do and the attitudes that they have to deal with for which their regular paycheck comes so woefully short in compensating. A few waitpersons are damned good at it and should be rewarded. In my neck of the woods the tip is not worked into the bill despite the prices representing a ridiculous markup over the value of the food and preparation. You're certainly entitled to your opinion though- as well as me being entitled to disagree with it. I recall having a very similar point of view at one time.
if the tip is worked into the bill, that's different. here, it's not worked into the bill. i don't know if you're being deliberately obtuse or if you were just born that way.
I don't know that I can pinpoint a time... I think it went along with my increased willingness to think about others as I got older. Some folks seem to never reach that point though... putting themselves in another's shoes.
believe it or not, i think about others too. And I am really not a horrible person, no matter what u all may think.
She means being hardheaded. And for the record I dont think youre a horrible person. It is pretty much a fucked up attitude, but we all have those. Hey its an attitude, they can be changed pretty easily.
tipped 13 dollars on 32 yesterday if I am friendly with ther sever or bartender I like how I can put money directly in their pocket, makes me feel good
I tip very well for the most part. Anywhere from 5-35% depending on cost of the meal and quality of service. At bars I frequent, I tend to leave ridiculous tips. I've found it's a great way to make sure you get prompt service with every visit, and it's also a nice way to get great discounts. The waitresses know that if my eighty-dollar bar tab shows up as fifty dollars, they're getting between a thirty and forty dollar tip. That is, of course, assuming they brought my drinks in advance and I never had to wait for one. Costs about the same as if they didn't get me the discount, but it gets much better results, no?
I'm not saying this is wrong but the manner of your previous responses here belies this. The impression others have of you isn't cultivated in a vacuum. We're reflecting the energy you appear to be giving off.
20 percent. If the service is bad then I don't tip and I leave a note so they don't think I snubbed them. If it's like starbucks or coldstone I leave a dollar in the jar every other time I go in.
What do you do for work that makes their job seem so easy they don't deserve tips? If you don't want to pay for service go through a drive through or cook. You are paying menu prices for the food being cooked for you and you are tipping for the cost of it being brought to you.