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[sourland]

Wisher, I would have liked to have been there if they had returned.

 

[perchie.girl]

Tipping is weird, I tend to do it in restaurants, but to have an entire profession built on people giving money voluntarily is strange to me. Then again, you can influence the amount of tips you receive directly with your behavior. Another thing I find strange is not having taxes written into the price on a menu, or price list. Super weird for the customer, especially tourists.

Used to be fifty percent of their wages were from tips.... Often times Bar Maids only wage was a bare minum plus the tips.

Now they get taxed for it and most places all the tips go into a jar and it gets disbursed evenly.... so they can get taxed.

I dont tip in drive throughs

deb

 

[bruceha2000]

Better...?

Rats, I missed the winking horse!

@Peep_Show that sounds super cool!!
A 'adult' dinner! Someday....

A couple yrs ago we had dinner with Shamu at Sea World Orlando. Good food, awesome dinner, all sorts of crazy good sea food and other yummies, great steak, buffet style, awesome show, kids loved it.
Beer and wine included. We're not big tippers, five kids and not 'rich'. Saw the disappointment in the waiters eyes, two tables of obviously well off families left before us. One no tip, other $3..
I threw a $20 down and we left.
Wife wasn't happy, doesn't think buffet style dinners deserve tips I guess. Dude came to our table a dozen times, helped clean up a mess the kids made. Reviews said don't expect a second beverage,the guy refilled my huge beer glass with Sam Adams four times and would've more!

I think you were right BC.

'Adult dinner' - well done, B c.

About that tip. Once upon a time, I was a regular at several local bars - the bar tenders all knew me. One night the Princess and I went to a new bar/restaurant. Bar tender was also our waiter. I over tipped, and as I handed the money to him, he looked me up and down and said, "Thanks, I'll remember you." Princess asked, "What does that mean." I replied, "Next time I am in here, I'll only be charged for every other drink."

They say 'Tip according to service'. That's how I do it. At one point in our poverty stricken beginning, the Princess worked as a waitress. It can be a tough, demeaning, back breaking job. I respect pleasant, hard working waiters. Princess always said she could always count on a fair tip from a couple of old ladies, but forget about the lawyers from the courthouse across the street.

She actually got fired by the owner's wife for being sarcastic with one of the lawyers (not about the tip). The owner rehired her before she got out the door and told the lawyer to find someplace else to eat.

Yep. I will tip a higher percentage for equal service at a cheaper restaurant than an expensive one. Same amount of work but when the bill is $30 rather than $50, they deserve more.

And yeah, the best tippers are people who live on tips because they recognize the work involved and the low base pay. The richer folk figure those serving them are lower class beings and deserve nothing more.

The tip thing I hate is at a place we go fairly often.... Its a buffet, you pay on the way in. They ask if you want to leave a tip when you pay. UM, NO!... My tip goes along with service for me. If their service is poor, then my tip is poor. If they give good service, I tip well in return.

I do understand when things are really busy, and some of the wait-staff is overloaded. I try to factor in possibilities for good/bad service, and adjust my tips accordingly. But rude service is unforgivable, no matter what the reason. Those waiters get a quarter, so they know I didn't just "forget" to leave a tip.

Wow, the price of "no tip" sure has gone up! It used to be a penny or two ... in the waterglass (though I have never done that).

 

[getaclue]

I have always taught my daughters that if you can't leave a decent tip for good service, then use the drive-thru. Years later, one of my daughters graduated high school, and worked for Hooters. She got a whole new perspective on tipping.

I have an uncle that is a renown cheapskate. One night, the entire side of that family went to Red Lobster, one of his son's (my cousin) was treating everyone. There were 15 people at the table, and the service was great. I have no idea what the bill was, but two of my other cousins put $50.00 each as the tip. When almost everyone had left, and were congregated by the front door, my uncle grabbed the tip money, and threw $2.00 on the table. Very quietly, I told my cousins what he had done. They ran back to the table, and my uncle was still there, so they asked him where the money was. He complained they were over tipping, but they told him, the money wasn't his, and to put it back. The cousins began talking, and wondering how many times he'd pulled that stunt. Needless to say, from then on the family either handed the waitress the tip, or kept an eye on him to make sure he wasn't replacing them with less.

 

[getaclue]

Happy Belated Anniversary Peeps.

 

[getaclue]

Al, thank you for taking back your cold weather:

 

[vehve]

@getaclue I would be so mad at that guy, even though you think it's over tipping, what you're doing is stealing the money, either from the tippers or the server. Filing a theft charge would be a good lesson for him.

The meanest thing you can do to your waiter is put a dollar in a water glass, and flip it upside down using a menu or something. That way the water will stay inside, but once you try to remove the glass, it spills all over the table.

 

[perchie.girl]

here is another I am going to use for a while



skeletal anatomy painted on reallly shows how they work.

 

[drumstick diva]

Getaclue I had a date like your cheap uncle. He drove the waiter crazy asking for petty things, then started mimicking his accent. I was just steaming. When we were walking out, I made an excuse (pitstop) and instead went back to leave a tip on the table. Trying to find my date, I saw he went back and pocketed the tip I had left.

No second date. I didn't bother to tell him off since I knew it wouldn't make any difference. He was well heeled and probably still had the first dime he ever made. I bet it winked if he squeezed it.

 

[Alaskan]

To defend the wealthy, my dad and his dad are and were well off, and always do/ always did tip extremely well. They were of Sour's mindset. Get the guy to remember you tip well, and you will be treated like a king when you return.


My dad's dad was a hoot though. Because he liked to "play" poor. He wore his grandfather's cowboys hats... And it showed, they were such stained smashed beaten up things. His truck he kept rust free by sticking chewed up gum over any spots that lost paint. He still always tipped handsomely.... He said "money is like manure, it doesn't do any good unless you spread it around"


Anyway..