Its about time, I fuckin win somethin.

heyduckie said:

I begin him/her at the respectable 20% and it can go up or down depending on service. But I TIP ALL THE TIME. Because I was a waiter at one time and dealing with the public on ANY level can be a trying adventure in futility and self control.

DexMSR said:

ZombieKitten said:

they made you pay with a Coke ???

SureThing said:

The prize should be $2

Revolution said:

I'm embarrassed to say how much I tipped for our curries tonight.

I should get a blow job for the tips I shell out. For fuck's sake, I need to get counseling. It's nothing to be proud of. I need to let go of my mustard memories.

if i'm at a public establishment and i didn't cook it, serve it, clean it up, or order it by a number, i tip. how much depends on the service. i waited tables for about 10 years, off and on. i expct good service because i gave good service. i start with 15% and go up from there. if the service is bad, but i didn't have to go in the kitchen and remind my server i was there (yes, its happened), i leave 15%. i've had great servive and left 50% tips, as well. it all depends.

most of the peeps waiting tables are doing it because they need the flexile schedule and the cash...we're talking students, parents, and seniors who can't make ends meet. like anxiety said, if i can't afford a tip i should be home cooking and cleaning for myself.

I always try to tip well when I go out, like 15-17 percent minimum with more for good service. I work in a kitchen and my sister used to be a waitress, so I know how it is. For every night a server makes 100+ in tips, there are plenty when they're lucky if they make enough to pay for the gas to come to work for the week.

The only way I would not leave a tip would be if I were completely ignored and just had general lousy service. That has not happened very often tho.

Nikster said:

Saves me writing that out.


As someone already said: Good Service = good tip; Bad Service = bad tip. Although I'd have to be seriously pissed off by the waiter/server's attitude/service not to leave anything at all.


Which reminds me...

This one time, in Toronto, my mates (mostly women) and I went to this restaurant and we all went cuckoo over this guy serving us. God, he was divine. I can't remember what the hell his service - or the food - was like but when it came to shelling out the cash, he must've thought we were rich bitches or something. Either that or he knew we all fancied him cos we paid well over the odds.


Then there was this restaurant in Amsterdam and it was quite honestly the worst service I have ever experienced in a restaurant. Our food was late, it tasted horrible, the waiter was rude - no, aggressive - just a bad experience, really. We all set to leave without paying a tip but I'm sure he could see what we were planning. The cheeky came up to all of us individually, with a credit/debit card machine , and made us each pay for the meal, factoring in the tip automatically! Um, I thought that was *my* decision??! Needless to say, I was too much of a wimp and to argue about it and paid what he asked for. I was fuming.

CalhounSq said:

ew THAT is why i couldnt ever watch that movie from a year or two ago. i forget the name but ryan reynolds is in it and him the guys are waiters and they do some nasty shit to one ladys food in the trailer. i was like BLAHHHH!

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I am, except when the waiter is rude then NADA.

Reason being that i've learned in marketing that whether the check includes service charge or not, each item in the menu is already priced with an addition 15% of it's value at the very least.

Jimmy Swaggart was a big tipper, wasn't he?

What about tipping OTHERS besides waiters/waitresses?

Does anyone tip the gasoline station attendants? I always use self-serve gas stations...but when I do use a full service station, I usually give the guy a $1.00

What about your barber/hairstylist? I go to Supercuts ($12.00 haircut) and leave a $3.00 tip. I hope that's sufficient.

...and what about the people who bag your groceries at the supermarket?

Some people order, eat and leave without payin'.

There are some places where I think that that's perfectly alright.

thedribbler said:

I've only ever done that once, but the service really was absolutely apalling.

peterfalconer said:

I haven't done it a few times, sometimes when I was tavelling without money or aim.
And sometimes when the food or service was very bad or highly overpriced.

thedribbler said:

If I didn't have money I'd just not go in; if the food was bad I wouldn't go again; if it was highly overpriced, again, I just wouldn't go again. The only time I'd walk out without paying would be if the service was embarassingly bad. Or I found a finger in my soup or something.

peterfalconer said:

What if you were having trouble staying concious, and you knew that eating something would solve the problem?
And if also you didn't have any money or any way of getting hold of any in that moment.
Time is running, and your strength is dwindling fast, truth B told you can't afford the luxury of reasoning things out, so you sit and and order a fine meal in a composed manner. The food is served and it's mindblowingly good.

I tip good service and I don't tip bad service. I tip excellent service very well but will only tip good service at around 10-15%.

thedribbler said:

Nah, I would have tried to reason my case with the Maitre d' first - I'm one of those old fashioned English types. Falling unconscious in a restauraunt simply isn't good form, old chap!

PurpleJedi said:

In my experience, full service gas stations are very, very rare outside of the Northeastern U.S. The one exception that comes to mind is the state of Oregon, where -- get this -- it's illegal to pump your own gas. (This is the same state where you need a prescription if you want to buy Sudafed.)

Generally yes. Many years ago, I delivered pizza, so I know what it's like to work for tips.

One interesting thing I remember about that job... the most expensive neighborhoods in our delivery area (upper middle class) were probably the worst for tips.

INSATIABLE said:

was it dijon mustard by any chance

retina said:

stop with all that bragging

I have been told off twice in the last 2 days for over tipping..... hmmmm....

heyduckie said:

I was a waitress for 9 years of my life ...so I tend to tip well, but only if he/she is as good a server as I was, and I made some good money!!!

matt said:

Oh hell no!