Pretty much what I would expect from you. That waiter that has 2 tables and the to go orders that evening is making 2.13. Putting together a to go order with the plastic/menus etc is as tedious as waiting a table.
OT: Tipping at the register? How do you handle it?
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I read that thread too. As a few commenters mentioned though, some places reverted back to the tipping method because reliable, good servers saw a huge pay cut and went elsewhere. Who knows how truthful those statements are, but as someone that waited tables for years in a very profitable tourist town, I would have done the same. Regarding tipping at the counter, if someone is bringing my food out to me ill generally throw a dollar or two in the pot.
My last trip to my Daughters in South Florida I saw tip indicators in the most weird places. I went to the liquor STORE and bought a bottle of Bourbon and they had the ipad type register and you had to go through a tip screen. (Zero by the way). Receipts or ipads had tip spots in multiple places that I had not seen before during that trip but the liquor store just flabbergasted me.
My general is no service, no tip. I tip from 15 to 25% depending upon the service I receive at restaurants. 10% on pickups from full service restaurants like Chili's, Outback, local Mexican places.
My general is no service, no tip. I tip from 15 to 25% depending upon the service I receive at restaurants. 10% on pickups from full service restaurants like Chili's, Outback, local Mexican places.
Most places i do but I refuse to tip at Moe's. I like their food but they are the Sack n Save of restaurants that aren't fast food. Come get your food, fix your drink, and then clear your table. Nope! No tip for you!
Is the server hot? I kid, I kid..
I typically tip a $1 at those types of places, but it’s more out of feeling like an ******* if I don’t than thinking they deserve it.
But, at a sit down restaurant or bar I typically over-tip if the service is good. That goes back to my childhood. My dad, who was not a wealthy man, always tipped very generously. His philosophy was “if you can’t afford to tip a good server, well, then you couldn’t afford to eat out anyways”. I know that’s slightly off-topic, but I think it’s a good philosophy.
New trend I noticed recently in nice restaurants in larger cities is 2-5% kitchen gratuity charge in addition to the service tip. Automatically included and you have to request it to be taken off if you object to it. I’ve paid it because I’ve had wonderful meals but wonder what I’d do if my meal sucked. I’m typically a Very generous tipper but this one a little more difficult to call however I do understand why it’s there.
I sometimes tip anywhere from a $1 to 5% at fast casual places but no one should feel obligated to tip there.
Occasionally, we order takeout from Dominos. I avoid the tip request by ordering and paying online.
Also, if you place your order and pay online at home, then your pizza is ready when you get to Dominos.
Walk in, pick up your pizza, and walk out. No waiting around for your pizza to be prepared and cooked.
That's true. One of my golf buddies owns a restaurant here, and they don't tip share. He has one waitress that he says pulls in some huge tips, and she gets to keep it all. I suspect most chains tip share though.
I order Dominos online, pay at the store, and select no tip when I swipe my card.
If I die in a car wreck on the way to pick up my pizza. I'm don't get charged $8.73**
I will do the 20% unless it's at one of those high-class joints where the bill for each person is $100 or more. No way am I going to tip a waiter 20% when the bill is $500 or $600. Especially if he/she is one of those that stands by the table and goes into the speech about how the steaks are hung and dried for 10 years or whatever.
Maybe I'm just old and cheap but for me 20% is not a minimum. 20% needs to be earned. >20% needs to be noteworthy good. I did the 8 year, work 3 jobs pay as you go college plan. Most of those jobs were tip related (Cheers, Quincy's, and Old Waverly) so I completely understand what it's like to depend on tips. I worked hard at it and usually made decent money. But, when I had an off night and was slow with refills, forgot stuff, or whatever, I knew I sucked and didn't expect good tips. Tips are compensation for a service rendered, not a guaranteed wage.
Some places the management will KEEP any tips that put the wait person over
minimum wage. I don't know if that is widespread. It sucks, I know that.
I usually give a minimum 20% for tips. Gave a waitress at Dave's Dark Horse 30% Saturday night. Not sure what to do about tip jars at the counter. Sometimes I ignore them, sometimes I put 2-3 bucks in them.
For Dominos, I always tip 15-20% online and pay the whole thing by credit card so my son can get the pizza at the door and I don't have to put on pants.
minimum wage. I don't know if that is widespread. It sucks, I know that.
I usually give a minimum 20% for tips. Gave a waitress at Dave's Dark Horse 30% Saturday night. Not sure what to do about tip jars at the counter. Sometimes I ignore them, sometimes I put 2-3 bucks in them.
For Dominos, I always tip 15-20% online and pay the whole thing by credit card so my son can get the pizza at the door and I don't have to put on pants.
I tip very good when I go out to eat. Usually 30% or more. I just feel I have been blessed and I try to help others when I can. Plus they get to know you and you get that extra treatment when you go back. Heck I tip almost any service oriented occupations. When I get my Oil Change I tip both the buy up top working on the engine and I tip the guy below who is changing the filter. They know me by name and they take extra care for me when I go in. I had my windshield replaced and I tipped the guy who replaced it. When I have furniture or appliances delivered to my house I tip them.
It's what I do.
It's what I do.
Interesting.
I've always wondered how if I buy a big steak and someone else at my table orders a salad and my bill is 3x theirs, but the server brought out the same amount of plates for each of us and refilled out drinks the same... how come one set of plates deserves 3x the tip that another set of plates?
Having said that, I still tip on the total for my food. But it's just an interesting concept.
And here is the article and podcast from Freakonomics someone referenced above:
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/tipping/
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/tipping/
I don’t go to this extreme, though I commend you for doing it. But I do tip my barber and other places where I’m a regular. If you go to a bar regularly, that extra few bucks you tip will more than pay for itself, I promise you. Servers do not forget people who tip well.
17 off.
I also said that I tip at least 20% and usually more.
I had a lunch meeting today and just calculated that i tipped 38%.
Your example isnt one that I encounter. The waitresses dont collect all that **** for us from the restaurants where we call in to go orders.
The example I gave is accurate- I walk in and there is a 'to go' section of the front desk. My food is there, I pay, and I take it. A server didnt collect the food and bag it even.
Also, throwing some plastic utensils and napkins in a bag is not as tedious as waiting a table. Dont pull that ****. One takes 30 seconds at most and the other is an extended process of continually eyeing the table and checking in, then getting whatever is needed thru a 20-60 minute period.
I tip generously, when deserved.
As much as 30% or even more at cheaper sit down places. I figure they don't get many big tips and they seem to appreciate it. At Sonic? $1 to bring it to me. Higher end places that cost $100 for two get 10-20% based on the service. I have never not left a tip but I have left 5% and a note. You better do a damn good job for a 20% tip if my bill is already $100. Grandkids involved? Then I generally tip another level up if they are making any trouble.
At pick up counter where I clear my own table like McAllisters? Hell no.. They did nothing to get it. Take out? nothing. Running a cash register for 30 seconds does not warrant a tip.
I do tip random people Ten bucks from time to time. Casheir at a Quik Stops or random people that serve that usually aren't tipped but that's usually, around Christmas time.
Here's a tip, pick up some random person's check from time time anomynously, for whatever reason you chose... veteran, old person alone, someone looks like they having a bad day... whatever. It's kind of nice when it happens to you.
As much as 30% or even more at cheaper sit down places. I figure they don't get many big tips and they seem to appreciate it. At Sonic? $1 to bring it to me. Higher end places that cost $100 for two get 10-20% based on the service. I have never not left a tip but I have left 5% and a note. You better do a damn good job for a 20% tip if my bill is already $100. Grandkids involved? Then I generally tip another level up if they are making any trouble.
At pick up counter where I clear my own table like McAllisters? Hell no.. They did nothing to get it. Take out? nothing. Running a cash register for 30 seconds does not warrant a tip.
I do tip random people Ten bucks from time to time. Casheir at a Quik Stops or random people that serve that usually aren't tipped but that's usually, around Christmas time.
Here's a tip, pick up some random person's check from time time anomynously, for whatever reason you chose... veteran, old person alone, someone looks like they having a bad day... whatever. It's kind of nice when it happens to you.
I am sitting here actually laughing at how many posters disagree with the position you took due to responding to me, yet you said nothing to all of those posts.
Comedic gold.
I share the same thought as you. The work performed by the server is the same whether the check comes to $10.00 or $100.00. Thus, I have never understood why a tip should be based on a percentage of the bill. I think tipping is an antiquated way of paying people. I would much prefer the tip to be factored into the cost of the food being purchased. However, irrespective of my view on tipping, I tip generously because I know the servers are depending on tips for their livelihood.
So, if you go to a pizza restaurant and they come to your table to take your order and then bring your drinks and food order and then refill your drinks one time, the server has made 3 tips to your table. The same holds true if you're eating at a steak restaurant but the bill (for the same number of people) is a lot more at the steak restaurant because the food is more expensive. Why, then, should the tip be based on a percentage of the bill? The server at either restaurant is doing (more or less) the same amount of work but normally gets a higher tip just because the food costs more which had absolutely nothing to do with the service rendered by the wait staff. For example, 20% of a bill of $50 for a party of 4 to eat at a pizza restaurant would be $10 but a bill for a party of 4 at a steak restaurant might come to $150 and so the 20% tip would be $30. The wait staff at each restaurant would be doing ostensibly the same amount of work so why the tip disparity? Just sayin'
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