Don't you HATE cheap tippers?

Question

I used to think it was only the older generation that was cheap... my Dad really does leave exactly 15 percent at restaurants! And then you see groups of old ladies leaving CHANGE on the table after having a large meal...
but now I think about it, even lots of my friends who are in their 20s and 30s are stingy tippers.

15%??? NO!!!!! You leave 20% as a bare minimum. If I have even decent service at a restaurant or bar I leave 25% to a third.

I guess it's because I used to be a bartender so I've seen first-hand the effects of cheap tippers (it was only my living on the line, nothing important!). Why don't these people realize that waitstaff and barstaff receive virtually no wage, and make most of their money from tips?
You should not be cheap in ANY aspect of your life. There is nothing worse than a cheap individual.

Answer 1

OMG YESSSSSSSSSS i totally agree with you its so rude. well in the uk your meant to leave 10% - but things are more expensive. but if it a younger waiter/ress i always leave like 20% necause im a waitress myself and hate not being tipped. i also hate really rude coustomer who complain about everything.

Answer 2

A lot of people in their 20s and 30s don't make $300-500 in a week, yet alone in one night from tips tax free like some waiters and barstaff do. Maybe if you didn't drink and party every night after work with a pocket full of cash you wouldn't blow so much of it.

How hard is it to take my order bring my food and fill my drink maybe one time if that? Try working any other profession not deemed tippable. Try only making 20K-27K to start, with shitty medical coverage, and that's entry level for people WITH a four year degree. Even better work at a gas station or fast food for $5.25 an hour where you practically wait on people but don't see any tips.

I almost always tip over 20% but I get so sick of hearing waiters/waitresses complain all of the time when people don't. If you have a shitty attitude or you disapear never to be seen again you are lucky if you get anything.

There is this stupid unwritten code among restaurant industry people they have to tip like 30% to look out for each other and that's nice and everything, but most of the people I know who wait tables never have any money because they get sucked into blowing all of it overtipping while they are out drinking it away every night so they can feel like a hotshot.

Answer 3

Yes I really hate cheap tippers. I'v e never been a waitress but I know that their job sucks. Dealing with people and their attitudes is never a pleasant thing. I always leave at least 50% and sometimes if my meal was like 20 or 30 bucks I just tip them 100%. I tip everyone regardless of the quality of the service, sometimes I get really bad service and even some prejudice waitors but I still leave a good tip.

Answer 4

You are forgetting the chance that the service might NOT have been good. To tip a bare minimum in such a case is better than leaving nothing at all. I want someone to know I am displeased.

With that said, I am a good tipper when I have good service. More often than not, I have good service.However, it is not up to you to dictate what others should tip. It's also NOT anyone else's problem that the waitstaff/bartenders are not paid a reasonable wage. They know that going into it. It is up to management to give their employees a decent wage and not expect customers to subsidize their stinginess.

Answer 5

Having been a waitress, I understand where you are coming from. But the standard is 15% if the service met your expectations. Lower if it didn't and higher if it exceeded your expectations. If you can't afford to leave the waitress at least 10% of the total cost of your meal, then you really can't afford to eat out.

For the answerer who said "How hard can it be?" let me just say this. It is not only the 20 guests that we are dealing with. We have cooks to deal with, other servers to deal with, management to deal with, etc. Also, let me point out that at least 75% of the time that you think you recieved 'poor' service, it had absolutely nothing to do with your server. Servers can't control anything from the point they turn in your order til the time it's finished cooking. That is the kitchen staff. Just to give everyone an example, I had a cook that would 'lose' the orders I turned in just because I would not date him (I am and was at the time married)

Answer 6

Yes, I hate cheap tippers almost as much as I hate poor service. I always tip well when I have been treated well. It is a shame that waitstaff have to depend upon tips, but the public probably does not see it as their responsibility to subsidize their wages, but rather as the employer's to give them a decent wage. They want good service. Twenty percent is reasonable for good service.

Answer 7

I worked as a waiter, bartender, bellman, and airport van driver in Orlando, FL for a number of years, and I served people from all over the world. There were a lot of good tippers and a lot of bad ones. However, the worst tippers, on average seemed to be business people from Texas. No offense.

Answer 8

It is something I think the particular restaurant or business should consider as well. Most places have it where on your receipt you can leave a tip. This is especially helpful when you forget to have cash on you, with myself I do not carry cash ever. Tonight we ate at a Buffet type restaurant which still had waitresses who would fill your glasses and remove the plates, and I had no cash. I almost had my husband go to an ATM while I stayed because I felt bad. So I looked at her name tag and wrote a check to her. I wish all restaurants would have it where you can put your tip on your credit card, it would help out the wait staff and the customers.

Answer 9

You're right. I used to wait tables as well, and I was amazed at how little people value service. Many people do not know how little servers are paid ($2.13/hr) for how hard they work. My paycheck always came as "This is not a check" because my hourly wage went to pay taxes. If you do not wish to enjoy SERVICE (ie bringing drinks/refills, ordering food, checking on status of food, carrying food, payment, dishes, etc.) then go to Whataburger. Simple as that.

On the other hand, if you tip well then your server will remember you, especially if you frequent that establishment. Every one of my regulars that tipped well received stellar service. However, if I remembered that someone tipped poorly, they could expect subpar service. Money makes the world go 'round.

Answer 10

I used to be a waiter, and yea, it sucks. People are cheap. My general rule is leave AT LEAST 20%....if the service was good I'll leave up to 40%, but then again, I know what it's like to make a living off tips

Answer 11

I leave 15 percent...unless I am just floored at the service.

I see it like this...yes the wait staff makes their money from tips. But I live on the road at least 20 days a month. Dining out is my second biggest expense next to my rent. I hate it but it is the nature of my job. So, I normally do 15 percent because dining out is such a large expense.