So many people are dicks. Some are dicks who try to justify their dickdom with moral complaints with the whole concept of restaurant.
yeah, i can't figure up percentages when i'm sober. i just hand over enough money to make their faces less frigid.
the cost of running such a business is pretty high; a lot of restaurants really don't make all that much in overall profit... if they were to double their employees' salaries they would be barely breaking even
Bars I tip well at because it generally earns you free drinks after a while. That and I frequent soem busy ass bars, and I hate waiting.
Somebody sold me some drywall once. They ripped me off. I wasn't buying drywall. They now cut my hair, and trim my beard up, absolutely free.
tipping is supposed to be based on good service. tipping as obligation negates the entire point and thus reduces the quality of service. so, i tip based on service and that's that.
Maybe they should've thought of that ahead of time and opened a different establishment. Especially considering the number of eateries that fail within the first year, DESPITE ripping off the consumers and the workers.
good plan... so which industry are you assured success in while still being entirely altruistic in practice?
yes. which is why i started leaving notes. i don't like having verbal altercations, especially since i'm not going to change my mind.
I didn't say anything about being entirely altruistic, but the marketing industry is my personal plan. How many people do you know that sit at home doing nothing? Throw them a couple hundred dollars to stuff envelopes with flyers for you. Then you just mail them out and collect your fee from the client. If you're good you can collect a fee and a percentage.
You make a very valid point here. I am a very good tipper. Always have been and always will be. But his point is well written. Personal initiative and responsibility is a big factor in how much someone earns.
sounds good, although i don't really know anything about the realities of running such a business... i'm sure it's not as pretty as it sounds. and even for such an easy job, if you hire only bums, you aren't going to get much for your money
My tipping habits are directly related to how much money is left in my wallet after the number on the bill is covered. If there is still money in there, its going on the table. If not, sorry ladies, no tips this time.
I don't need much for my money. Interview: "Can you lick and seal an envelope? Can you fold paper? Sounds good. Turn out 1000 of these by next Friday and I'll pay you $200." Why would I hire somebody I know will bring me back a half a stack of un-sealed flyers? Do you realize how many motivated house wives and babysitters I know that would jump on that deal? Or how many of my struggling friends that would do faster than expected to get another 1000 and another $200? The hardest part of running a marketing business is finding a good client/product to market for.
eww. SO rude. I'd get pretty pissed off if someone looked at my bill, calculated how much I tipped, and then decided that I was not being generous enough, and left more.
A lot of it has to be somehow connected to the flippin minimum wage laws. We're kind of bred to understand that you can't pay someone under a certain amount of money for ANY job. How many times have you been sitting there and someone says "the waitresses make under minimum wage" or heard a waitress friend of yours complain about it themselves. Sure, as has been pointed out, there are plenty of other jobs out there. Another perspective might say that the discourse of fair wage ought to be altered, so that people actually make what they are worth, and are allowed to do so, even if it means working for a buck an hour.
pff, dudes a chronic pennypincher and gets mocked for it by all his friends. i felt the service was awesome enough to warrant a greater than 10% tip so i threw in for it, even though i didnt pay for my meal (the mominator did)
