Y does EVERYBODY EXPECT U TO tip THE WAITRESS?

Question

NOBODY TIPS ME@WHEN IM PUTTING TILE IN THIER HOUSE.OR THE ONES AT BURGER KING?

Answer 1

BECAUSE.....in most states, as here in Georgia....a waitress's salary is well below the average minimum wage. IE: Georgia's minimum wage is $5.15 an hour....the WAITRESS minimum wage is $2.11 an hour, and the TIPS are what make it round out to that or higher/lower depending on the restaurant and the amount of business.

I recently left Cracker Barrel in Savannah (I'm sure you've heard of that restaurant chain) where I was paid $2.18 an hour after 3 years!!!

My tips allowed me to average around 12 dollars an hour (including the 2.18 base pay). What I made, I worked VERY hard for. Waitressing isn't just waiting on tables and bringing food out, it's customer service at its best (IF YOU want to make great tips!)....pure physical labor in the server line (prepping food, prepping plates to go out, keeping things stocked and ready, making tea, keeping dishes, glasswear, food bins full), heavy lifting, rolling silverware, being attentive to guests and their needs, special or otherwise, suggestive selling....and having the ability to work with over 200 other employees without knocking some heads around with all the attitudes, different personalities, etc.!!! We were also expected to bus our own tables during the slower times....this means carrying all that heavy crockery back to the dishroom, sorting it out, putting it in the correct bins (the dishwashers would pitch a FIT if things weren't put in the right ones!!) and going back out to wipe down the table and set it up again!!

In other words, you're not only selling your products/meals/dinners.... You're selling YOURSELF! And I was really good at it, but the toll on my body was excruciating at best, unbearable at worst! My rotator cuffs are ruined and I need surgery on both, I've got pulled hamstrings in both legs that were caused by 2 different falls on slippery floors, I've got a bad knee and bad back from all the lifting....but it's a satisfying, quite rewarding job, when the guest goes home happy, and leave you an amount in tip that tells you they appreciated all you did for them!

This past Christmas eve, I went to my car, looking forward to the ONE day we were closed (Christmas)....and found a Christmas card under my windshield wiper. The card was from two regular guests of mine (Bill and Mike) who worked at the Harley dealership here in Savannah. Inside was this note....

We wanted to thank you for all the wonderful service during the past year, and didn't want to leave this on the table. Merry Christmas!

Inside....were 5 $20 bills! I was stunned! They knew I was leaving, and this was their way of saying I did everything exactly right by the way I took care of them. I now work as a secretary for a hotel corporation, taking care of all paperwork for 2 hotels and a restaurant. I love my new job, but miss the day to day conversation/comraderie that my old job had. Anyway....

Waitresses deserve every tip they make, if they give you good service. Please remember this answer the next time you eat a meal...and understand that most, like me, are single parents!

Answer 2

Are you writing from the U.S.? If so, it is customary to leave a 15% and up tip if service was good. If not, you can leave less. In Europe your check will tell you whether or not you need to leave anything. If the tip is included it will say something like, "Le Service est Compris." If not you need to leave something extra. Not always as much as 15%. Check your guide book for the appropriate etiquette so you don't look like another crass American.

People at Burger King and tile-layers get paid more than a waitress who does not even make minimum wage. She gets a special "servers wage" which is meant to be augmented by tips. Furthermore, at most restaurants, at the end of her shift, the waitress is expected to "tip out" the bartender, the busboys, often the hostess and even the kitchen! She also has to pay taxes on a certain percentage of the bill as though she had received a tip from everyone. So when she stiffed out of a tip, she's really losing money.

Tell me you weren't on a date with a waitress and didn't tip! Anyway, if you don't like this system you have several choices: 1. keep eating at Burger King, which will hardly impress your dates unless you're in high school. 2. Work to change things, which is unlikely, since restaurantuers have a very small profit margin to begin with and won't be able to afford to pay the servers more. 3. Make a career change to the serivice industry. In New England waitresses probably average between $8 and $20 per hour, between their tips and regular pay.

Hope this has been helpful.

Answer 3

Because, if you have ever waited tables, you would know that most waitresses make a whopping $2.13 p/h. After taxes, that doesn't amount to squat. Many must split tips w/bartenders and/or bus boys on top of that. And it doesn't consist of merely waltzing around with a tray. There is a lot of behind the scenes preparation and cleaning as well as the fact that the public determines if, at all, you deserve a tip. As a former waitress, I am insulted by your comment. I can understand that, you too, feel under-valued. But don't slam another's profession for being unfairly deemed to be less deserving of a tip. Especially when it happens to be very under-apppeciated, back-breaking work. Ever heard of a bitter waitress?

Answer 4

When you lay tile you probably get the job by being the lowest bidder. Therefore people don't expect to pay you more than you bid the job for. I used to lay tile a couple of years ago, and quite regularly I did receive tips, several of which were very good tips. Burger King employees get paid minimum wage, and they don't bring your food to you, nor do they refill your drinks, or check to see if your meal is OK, or if you need anything else. Waitresses on the other hand do bring your food, refill your drinks, put up with shitty demands and requests, clean up after your mess, and get paid less than $3 bucks an hour. They deserve to get a tip.

Answer 5

Tips are the main source of income for servers. The wage per hour is only $2.14. In return for taking your order and bring your food to the table hot and in a timely manner it is an unwritten rule that you should tip at least 15% of the total bill to the server.

They must claim 10% of their total buisness for taxes, wether a tip is given or not. and this is what they use to support their families. So next time you are spending upwards of $15 a plate at red lobster remember that the entire time you have been there she has earned just a little more than is needed to buy a Sunday paper. It is the tips she has recieved that pay her bills.

Answer 6

The waitress gets paid below minimum wage in the USA. When you put down tile you get paid for skilled labor. Ask someone who works in a restaurant. Their base pay is really low. It used to be 2.22 per hour. Why dont you trade jobs and make it fair. Waitresses are cheated. Lets give them $15/hour like in Australia or another country. US pay is horrible. Then they give bad service in outher countries. I tip 20% if they take care of me and keep my water filled.
You better at least tip 15% less than that is horrible.

What about you trade monthly pay with a waitress and make it fair? I am sure one would be willing to trade.

Answer 7

because waitresses work below minimum wage and standard practice is to tip 15% if they were acceptable or more if they did a great job, and who says you don't tip a tile guy as for burger king they don't do anything for you personally and they never get your order right anyway. plus if you stiff a waitress one time you'll get shitty service plus possible food contamination the next time, they never forget a cheap bast**d

Answer 8

If a waitress made the hourly wage you did, she wouldn't need the tips. When her pay is determined, it's assumed that she's going to get a huge amount of her income for tips, so she gets an extremely low hourly wage.

Answer 9

Don't be such a stiff. Tip the nice lady or gentleman at least 15%, and treat them with respect. Their flat hourly wage isn't as high as someone who lays tile, ok?

Answer 10

You're not putting up with obnoxious children, pissed off veterans, stuck up businessmen/women, tired police officers, etc. etc., either! I've never waited tables but, out of respect for the profession I support tipping. I always leave an appreciative tip at the end of each session. -for those who 'Stand' for my satisfaction!