Diners, why do you get upset when waiters / waitresses don't want to wait on you due to your tipping habits?

Question

Why don't you just go some where else to eat?

Irrevelent? why don't you wake up and pour your own damned coffee?

Money Irrelevant? Did I read that correctly?

Oh! I admit (and brag) that I've made some GOOD money as a waiter. But, how is that any of your business?

Ok, so you don't wanna tip. Fine. Then, why whine and complain when you don't get the service you want?

BTW: I've proudly returned some tips, and I have said, "You need this more than I do."

To all you ethically superior diners who tip fairly, it's been a pleasure serving you. We welcome you to come back soon.

Sorry! But if your tipping habit is poor, then you deserve POOR service. Enjoy your food, but don't expect GREAT service. GREAT service comes with a price. You get what you pay for.

Call it a "tip" or call it a "payment." Still, when good service (or even fair service) has been rendered, and you don't tip / pay, you've been a cheapscape and word travels about that. Why should you complain then when, in the future, wait service for you diminishes?

Answer 1

THEY LIKE ME I TIP BIG OH YEAH

Answer 2

No kidding. People don't understand that waiters work for customers and when customers don't tip well, waiters sometimes don't even come out making minimum wage.

Edit - having read the other answers here. You people have obviously never been a waiter (i haven't either, but my boyfriend is one). It does not often matter, even if nothing goes wrong and the service is impeccable, some people are just too cheap to tip well.

In my opinion, if can't or won't afford to tip your waiter, eat at home.

Now here, I found this. READ IT and use it and stop acting like waiters don't deserve to make at least minimum wage.

Restaurants or bars - Tipping

If you get awful service, talk to the manager. The manager cannot correct the situation if he doesn't know about it. Skipping the tip will not accomplish anything, and the next poor customer who gets that server will get the same service you did.

If you are buying the meal and someone offers to get the tip, tell them they can buy next time, and you pay the whole thing. This prevents any uneasiness about them seeing the amount of the bill or worrying that they will be stingy on the tip.

Restaurants report a percentage (around 12%) of the gross sales for food and beverage to the IRS for their staff. This means that if you have a $200 food bill and $200 wine bill, the restaurant will report 12% of $400 or $48 as income to the server. In other words, the server has to pay tax on it whether you tip it or not. If the restaurants do not report it accurately, the restaurant and the wait staff get audited by the IRS.

Please don't get hung up on the 12%. It is just a reasonable example. I recommend tipping 10-15% on the alcohol and 15-20% on the food. 10% on the wine is perfectly acceptable. Whether to tip 10 or 15 percent would depend in large part on how helpful the server was in choosing the wine and serving it.

Food server - 15-20%
Cocktail server - 15-20%. For free drinks in Vegas, tip $1-2 per round.
Bartender - 15-20% or $1 per drink. If at the bar before a meal, settle up with the bartender before you go to your table.

Answer 3

What upsets me is to be judged as a bad tipper before I've even given a tip. When I was in my teens and my boyfriend and I would go out to eat ppl assumed cuz we were young we wouldn't tip. That was not true. My bf always left a tip unless service was just so bad there was no way it was earned. I appreciate good service and will tip generously if it is given. The person who said if you can't afford it you should stay home is wrong. Some young couples like myself and my husband don't have much money but like to go out when we can to have a nice evening. If we are given poor service you will get a bad tip. If we are given good service you will get the best tip we can afford, which may not be your biggest tip of the night but not the smallest either. Don't ever judge your customer. Give them the best service you can and your tips will go up. Even cheap ppl will think twice about leaving a small tip or none at all.

Answer 4

i agree with you. even though I've never waited tables, i have had plenty of friends who have and who received poor tips even when they provided excellent service. whenever a waiter/waitress meets a customer for the first time they should provide the best service possible and if you get a measly tip don't automatically assume that you will conduct yourself poorly the next time you get the opportunity to serve that same customer just because they may not have had enough smaller bills to make a decent tip. however, if you serve these customers repeatedly and they always give a crappy tip, then i can see why you would be less inclined to provide really good service. i can proudly say that I always try my best to leave a larger than normal tip, even if I am not the richest person because I know that the tip will be appreciated. also, it always feels good when you walk into your favorite restaurant and the waiters all know you and want you to sit at their tables. bottom line though: even if someone is not the best tipper, you should still try your best

Answer 5

A tip is consider a gratuity for a job. Tipping requires a certain percentage, usually twice the tax of billing or a different percentage based on where you live. if you tip bad and you happen to come in at the same time as someone who tips 50% every time, expect poor seervice from most waiters. I usually don't care as long as you are a nice cutomer but I will choose money over people sometimes. in any case I will give good service unless you're a bad customer, sometimes I will get personal if the customer does it first.

Answer 6

Okay Waiters listen up -
Man I hate waiters who think that every customer they serve they deserve a 15% or whatever tip. That's just rediculous. Your job as a waiter is to provide the best service possible to all customer regardless. Your degree of service is reward in the form of a tip. Generally speaking - bad service, no tip - good service, good tip. But you have to understand some cultures don't condone tipping - so what, they deserve service anyway. Some customers are on welfare or low income and just can't afford a tip but they love the food there - so what, they deserve service. Some customers occasionally provide a larger than normal tip, so what. Who the hell are you to deny service to a customer. Your job as an independant waiter hired by the restaurant is to serve every guest seated in your section, upsell as much as you can, ensure the proper food quality is served to the guest, ensure tables, counters, glasses, silver, etc. are clean for the customer, to smile and address guests in an appropriate manner. Do your job, do your job well without the expectation of tips and you will recieve better tips on average in the long run.
SERVE THE DAMN CUSTOMER OR LOOK FOR ANOTHER LINE OF WORK.

Answer 7

Man I hate bad service at restaraunts! This is what I do:

When I order,I determine the amount of the bill and the approx. gratuity(usually 10%). At that time,I'll go ahead and put it on the table in plain view,somewhere in the center. Each time I don't get service such as being ignored or overlooked for a "preferred" customer,I decrease the amount. If I get really bad service, after the meal I put it all back into my pocket when I leave.

I'm not a cheapo and understand that a waitperson's wage is about 50% in tips,sometimes even more. My solution helps me to get better service because they will know up front that I do intend to leave a tip. After that, it's their ballgame wether they really want the tip or not.And if the service was great,I'll add to the tip instead of taking away from it.

HAHAHA! Is this like a chat room? Anyway, thanks for that info on tip percentages. I'll remember that one...15-20% on food.I've always though 10% was the rule of thumb, and apperently there are alot of really bad tippers out there because I've always gotten good service on return visits, using the 10% rule. Bet I get better service from now on! thanks for the TIP!

Answer 8

I know what your saying, if you come into a place often and everybody knows you tip like a buck after you've sat their for two hours, it's your own stupid fault for not getting good service. Servers make crap for an hourly pay they depend on your tips to pay their bills. Because if you come in regulary and everybody knows your a good or even awesome tippers, they'll fight over you! You'll get awesome service then! I always tip 20%, I can deal with a server having a bad day, being stressed and busy, and even when the food comes out and something is wrong (because HELLO they didn't cook it). The only time I don't tip well is when it's more than obvious that the server just sucks!

Oh and just FYI for anybody from Texas they get paid 2.13 and hour!

Answer 9

I was a server for several years, and non-tippers are certainly the most challenging part of the position. It is my opinion that some folks are a little socially inept and perhaps just don't realize that servers get taxed on tips they don't receive. Some folks don't even understand that standard gratuity at a full-service establishment is 18%. Go figure! Personally, I always gave great service and for the most part averaged 22-28%. I disagree that a tip is irrelevant - it is why servers go to work each day. Certainly not the minimum wage base salary that is paid at most establishments.

Answer 10

I know! Lmao, im a waiter and I dont wanna wait on someone who I know is going to tip me crap. Sorry, but Im working to make money, not to wait on you.

Cheap asses shouldnt even eat out, Anywhere. If you can't tip someone bustin there *** for you who is making 3.90 an hour, then don't even go out.

And for the people who don't leave anything, they deserve to be shot in the head. Don't expect me to be nice to you EVER when I see you again. I dont care about you're tip then. If your an *** once, Ill be an *** every time I see you.

TB or ROCk--have you ever been a server before? I dont think you have. Why should I be nice a cheery to someone who disrespects me by not leaving me a tip? Its only common courtesy to leave a waiter a tip. ESPECIALLY if they were nothing but nice and gave you great service. I've had SUCH jackasses that I've waited on and I was NOTHING BUT NICE TO THEM, but guess what? NO TIP! Do you really think I will give them good service next time around? HELL NO!

Answer 11

I'm sorry but as a waiter your JOB, main JOB, which your boss PAYS you for is to 1.) take my order 2.) bring me my food and drink in a timely manner. That is what your boss pays you for anything besides that is extra what else does you JOB entail. You don't clean up you got bus boys for that. I should tip them for cleaning up my mess. You just did your JOB. May be if You where extra quick about it, gave alittle conversaion, a joke or two, established a rapport with me, i might consider giving you extra money for your courtesy. I'd rather tip the chef who acutually cooked my meal. If you don't like your wage why take on a thank less job. Shoot move to CALI min Wage is like 7 bucks, good luck living on that crap wage here.