I tip according to service
It can be good or bad
Tips are to be earned, not expected
Kinda like respect
It can be good or bad
Tips are to be earned, not expected
Kinda like respect
Am I a tight *** ?
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One of my younger sons works part time as a cook at a pizza joint. They have a big carry out business. The carry out counter has a woman checking people out with a tip jar.
None of those tips go back to the cooks who made and packaged the food? The hourly rate is the same. What?
None of those tips go back to the cooks who made and packaged the food? The hourly rate is the same. What?
I work an upper management job and am very good at what I do. No one wants to tip me because a make a boat load of money. I enjoy tipping good service and not everyone has the skill or where with all to acquire a degree or skill. I am Attila the Hun conservative but appreciate someone’s attempt to make a living wage.
It's same with cruises. We get a drink plan and 18% is included for tips and then I still have to tip 50 cents a drink on top of that 18% or some of the bartenders give you slower service and or weaker drinks. It's cool but 18% of the price of the drink plan is a ton of money based on number of drinks consumed on the cruise.
I agree with others the USA is only place that does this dumb tipping logic.
I agree with others the USA is only place that does this dumb tipping logic.
Right which is really the problem I have with it. It’s put in place for the business owner to pay staff less hourly and point to the tips. I don’t blame them for trying but I’m not supplementing your staff comp by paying more for a carry out pizza or whatever….
I hate when Starbucks hand me the card reader out the drive thru window and it asks for a tip. Ummm no, my wife already has a $15 day coffee habit without tipping for simply doing what you’re paid to.
Yes, you're a cheap bastard! Don't you know you're supposed to pickup the slack for multi-billion dollar corporations!!
You missed point completely. A delivery driver is spending more time on serving just you than any waiter/waitress at even the nicest restaurant. So don’t not tip or only tip $1-2.
I've paid my dues. I started life poor as dirt. I've worked low wage jobs including fast food and other service jobs. I worked hard without having the expectations of receiving a tip. Growing up on a farm, I worked my tail off for my family to survive. I knew what hard work was all about without any pay for it. All this enticed me to further my education at whatever sacrifice. So don't even play the card that I don't understand. Last month I saved our company over $100k. I didn't get a bonus or even a thank you, but I get to keep my job which pays my bills and that is good enough. It's what I am paid to do.
With that said, I do tip for service at sit down restaurants. It is because I know their wage is adjusted to compensate for tips which I think is totally wrong in our system and that most are college kids trying to get by. If I owned a restaurant I would adjust service wages based on their productivity. Work harder and keep people coming back, I would pay you more of an hourly wage . Pretty simple concept for those with a drive to them. Make me $$ and I will make you $$. I understand not all business owners think of it that way.
Oh, I did tip my trash pickup guy the other day because he went above and beyond picking up some of my trash that the neighborhood dogs scattered. That wasn't his job, but he did it above and beyond his expected job therefore I rewarded him.
The one that really bothers me is tipping a hair stylist. They went to school to do that job knowing their income potential. Way I figure it, they make $20 for cutting my hair in 15 minutes. That's $80 per hour if they hump and get it. I for one would love to have the opportunity to make that much per hour. Why tip them?
While I always tip at least 15-20% when ordering a delivery pizza, that is the one tipping situation I think is bs because they already charge a delivery fee. I know they say that the driver doesn't get the delivery fee, but that is a cop out. They are using that delivery fee to help pay the driver whatever the driver's hourly rate is, which is at least minimum wage. If a tip is for the service being provide by the one getting tipped, you shouldn't have to pay both a fee for the service, and a tip.
I always get a tip from the stock market when my steer goes through the ring. It’s 2023 for crying out loud.
Yes...not WM. I think it's one of the toughest jobs related to pay/working conditions.
I don't tip for to go food unless they bring it out to the car. The tip line is laughable... not happening... I picked up pizza for my shop guys today at papa John's... went in, at register, asked me for a tip... $0.00... I don't expect customers to tip my shop guys, why should they expect a tip from me when they're providing no service? Boxing my pizza? Get out of here with that garbage
I like the separation of Church and State, that is, the State stays out of the Church, which is what that was designed to do. I am a Constitutionist (so right-wing, if you will), and I believe in "live and let live". THat means, you live your live the way you want, but you do not tell me how to live mine. Furthermore, I believe the Constitution; I believe that we should be governed based on that document. This Country is still the Greatest Nation on Earth, and the most tolerant; if you don't believe me, feel free to pay a visit to some other countries around the world. Now, I am a Bible-believing Christian, and I love Jesus, but I will not condemn others for not believing the same way. With that said, if a person CLAIMS to be a follower of Christ, that's a completely different story, in that, if appropriate and if needed, I may correct that person. At the end of the day, I will respect your opinion, as long as it's your own, but you respect mine.
On subject: I normally do not tip if I am doing a take-out order, nor do I tip at a fastfood restaurant. I will tip at a typical sit-down restaurant. I will stiff a waiter or waitress for poor service (has to be really terrible), or poor attitude (generally, they go hand-in-hand). I have only done it twice in my life. The most recent one was at a local Chinese restaurant; when I was paying the bill, the waitress screamed at me to "HURRY UP" and was extremely pushy and gave very poor service.
Subtle, I'm-smarter-and-better-than-those-people-who-work-in-the-service-industry-and-I-make-six-figures brag. Of course, anyone can claim anything behind a keyboard.
If I didn't know better, I would think that the average salary is $150K, and that 90% of people make six figures.
My daughter worked as a server while going through college. She told me several stories with the theme "never piss off people who handle your food behind closed doors".
Never farther from the truth. Notice I didn't include my job in the original post cause it didn't really matter. I am no better than the ones flipping burgers. In fact I can make pizzas with the best of them. I'm not above doing it again if that is what it takes for my family to make ends meat. Gotta do whatcha gotta do to feed and take care of your family.
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Hell yeah you smart for not playing their game. I'm a generous tipper always but that's ridiculous.
What do you think "Upper Management, and I am really good at what I do" means? "I can make pizzas with the best of them", what exactly does that convey? While I agree with your "if you do not like your hourly job......." statement, the rest of your posts sound like a "humblebrag". Like I said before, everyone makes 200K around here, drives an 80K car, has the mortgage paid off, and can retire at age 45, but choose not to. You might be telling the truth, and you might not have intentions on bragging, but you never know behind the keyboard. For every person who tells the truth, there's probably 3-4 who are exaggerating, or flat out lying. *cough* Superfuzz *Cough*
Tip delivery drivers/waiters, in the drive thru or bringing food out to the car, NO IMO. Cooks in the back and the dish washers which I have been don't get any of that and back their busting their ***.
You never make a return trip to a restaurant? Jilted servers have long memories.