Waitstaff, I usually do the 15% and adjust up or down depending on how they were.
Barbers, I shave my head so too bad.
Bartenders, I will start tipping $1 per and if they take care of my keep on. Often this can get you doubles for the price of a regular drink. If they ignore me, I send my wife hahaha.
i was in boston this morning and several of us had a pretty convoluted to go order at the hotel lobby coffee bar…anyway it was so screwy and the girl put up with all so i threw a 20 on the counter and thanked her to which she earnestly replied she wasn’t allowed to take tips…it gave me pause because she was so fresh and honest i thought for a second she was an expert in the subtle art of east coast sarcasm…
then i thought jeesus she’s really
serious and i didn’t want to get her in trouble since there’s no doubt we were on camera somewhere but there was also no way i was going to pick it back up after i’d laid it down so i walked and told her to make sure and report the tip and if management doesn’t let you keep it they’re not worth working for… i hope they let her keep it but i’ll bet the manager put it in the " holiday party fund".
[quote]tedro wrote:
Finally, I only wash my hands after number 2. I don’t pee on my hands so there is no need to wash.[/quote]
Do you generally shit on your hands?
[quote]duncanidaho wrote:
tedro wrote:
Finally, I only wash my hands after number 2. I don’t pee on my hands so there is no need to wash.
Do you generally shit on your hands?
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It’s not the shitting that get’s you in trouble. It’s the wiping.
[quote]ssplit wrote:
I live in a country where we don’t tip. I like it, makes life easier at least if you’re not used to it.
Didn’t tip in Dallas either. Uh uh. They must think I was a real asshole.[/quote]
And why didn’t you tip?
I went to France and tipped, I thought it was right to do it, then found out they only tip some loose change, something like a euro or two, and still tipped like in the US. I felt good and they were more than happy. I could’ve played Finnish but didn’t.
Served my way through undergrad and now I’m bar tending My way through Grad school. I tip very well but I am friends with mostly people in the service industry. Every bar I go to I get taken care of, either by very quick service or by getting hooked up. By servers I look at it as the change in tipping %20 or %15 usually at most a couple bucks, not sure the economic term but basically the few bucks means more to them than you. I end up around %25 just because if they were good I want to take care of them. I have tipped less for bad service, I have even gone so far as to tell them why I am tipping bad and tip %10, or $0 twice (The girl threw our food down and got mad at me for asking for a drink that was charged, the other she left us waiting for over an hour to get a beer an it was dead, I could see her doing nothing.) I have always done a good job serving and enjoy bar tending, I do my best to make sure everyone has a good time and don’t expect a good tip, I usually get one and make enough to finish my masters in math, eventual Dr(hopefully). So take from that what you will
I think people in the US have too much money and expect to be paid for bad service.
[quote]Chewie wrote:
What do you all think about the practice of tipping? When I was younger, it used to be 10% for waiters and a few dollars for the kid for helping you carry stuff to your car and that’s about it.
Now, every time you turn around, someone feels that they are supposed to be tipped.
Sorry, but I really don’t get it. Why do you tip your taxi driver when you already pay the fare? When you are already paying for a service (haircuts, massages, lawn service, taxi…) why is it common for people to expect more?
For instance, bartenders expect $1 per drink. Seriously, why? They hand you a beer and open it. I can understand for mixing a stout drink, but they won’t approach you if you don’t have tits anyways.
What about when you go out? Why does the doorman feel he is entitled to tips? What about the guy who stands in the restroom?
One thing that really irks me is when the tip is added to the bill. It is usually 18-20% and then there is a line for tip after that. Most of the time the waiter will get a better tip by splitting the bill and not adding the tip in.
It is my understanding that this is not common practice in other countries besides the US. What do you all in other countries think about this practice?
It is the Holiday Season and there are all kinds of recommendations about how to tip people you normally wouldn’t. Who does this?
Why are certain people entitled to tips and others aren’t? Why do you tip your taxi driver and not the bus driver? Many, many people work harder than people in the service industry and don’t get anything except what their employer pays them. Is this a practice to make it where the owner doesn’t have to shell out as much for employees and pass the expense on to the customer?
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You should always tip at the bar.Othherwise,you are a stingy cheap bastard that should be stomped to death.
This thread caught my eye because I thought it was going to be about oral sex.
Ahh well.
[quote]sawadeekrob wrote:
I think people in the US have too much money and expect to be paid for bad service. [/quote]
You can never have too much money, but yeah…people do expect to be paid for bad service. Sucks.
[quote]sawadeekrob wrote:
I think people in the US have too much money and expect to be paid for bad service. [/quote]
fair enough. but at least we’re not the one’s buying up all the bordeaux every year and mixing it with coca-cola…
[quote]swivel wrote:
sawadeekrob wrote:
I think people in the US have too much money and expect to be paid for bad service.
fair enough. but at least we’re not the one’s buying up all the bordeaux every year and mixing it with coca-cola…
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Bordeaux sucks. Best thing you could do with the crap is mix it.
[quote]duncanidaho wrote:
tedro wrote:
Finally, I only wash my hands after number 2. I don’t pee on my hands so there is no need to wash.
Do you generally shit on your hands?
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I knew that was coming. It’s just a safety measure.
[quote]Renton wrote:
swivel wrote:
sawadeekrob wrote:
I think people in the US have too much money and expect to be paid for bad service.
fair enough. but at least we’re not the one’s buying up all the bordeaux every year and mixing it with coca-cola…
Bordeaux sucks. Best thing you could do with the crap is mix it.[/quote]
don’t be an idiot. a box of leoville las-cases 2005 cost about $250 on a futures deal and i could sell to you today for min. $4000. you could then turn it around for 3-5 times that in another ten years -provided you and your dumb-ass don’t get too thirsty.
I tip bartenders ok, but it really depends on the service, especially if they’re buying me beers back.
If the fourth or fifth ain’t free, your tip is getting chopped. This is a two way street, and nothing’s free, so don’t expect me to shell out cash all the time if you’re charging full price.
A good way to avoid this is, if you are sitting at the bar and it’s not unbelievebaly crowded, pay with a big bill and leave your change on the bar in front of you, paying out as you go from that pile. This way they can’t tell if you’re going to tip them alot or not at all, and you can do it accordingly to what they deserve.
Don’t even get me started on the motherfuckers at Dunkin Donuts who have tip jars out, or people at conveniance store counters. Go fuck yourselves, all of you. Again, unless I’m getting a free donut, then you’re not getting my fucking change.
[quote]swivel wrote:
Renton wrote:
swivel wrote:
sawadeekrob wrote:
I think people in the US have too much money and expect to be paid for bad service.
fair enough. but at least we’re not the one’s buying up all the bordeaux every year and mixing it with coca-cola…
Bordeaux sucks. Best thing you could do with the crap is mix it.
don’t be an idiot. a box of leoville las-cases 2005 cost about $250 on a futures deal and i could sell to you today for min. $4000. you could then turn it around for 3-5 times that in another ten years -provided you and your dumb-ass don’t get too thirsty.
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Still prefer Pinot Noir 
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Don’t even get me started on the motherfuckers at Dunkin Donuts who have tip jars out, or people at conveniance store counters. Go fuck yourselves, all of you. Again, unless I’m getting a free donut, then you’re not getting my fucking change.[/quote]
They don’t have to give me anything free. I’ll tip anybody a little bit if I feel that they go out of their way to make me happy. But tip jars are getting out of hand. It’s not the money, it’s the sense of entitlement.
[quote]Uncle Gabby wrote:
They don’t have to give me anything free. I’ll tip anybody a little bit if I feel that they go out of their way to make me happy. But tip jars are getting out of hand. It’s not the money, it’s the sense of entitlement.[/quote]
Nicely put!
[quote]rainjack wrote:
duncanidaho wrote:
tedro wrote:
Finally, I only wash my hands after number 2. I don’t pee on my hands so there is no need to wash.
Do you generally shit on your hands?
It’s not the shitting that get’s you in trouble. It’s the wiping.
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Try toilet paper or something to keep your hands clean.
[quote]tmoney1 wrote:
I usually tip 20%. People in the service industry are trying to make a living as well, so I feel they deserve closer to 20% than 15%.
When it comes to food, if the server doesn’t charge me for a soft drink/dessert/etc., then I make up that cost on the tip. So if a Coke is 2.19, I put that 2.19 on their tip plus extra to make up for not getting charged for those particular items.[/quote]
so the waiters are paid $2.13 because of poor profitability in bars/restaurants, but you tip when they commit theft and give you something?
Tip the owner by insisting you pay for everything you order and get.
Tip the waiter according to the service they provide instead of the theft they commit.