Where I come from (The west indies) a tip is only given if you feel that you had exceptional service and the amount is up to the giver.
2006-08-31 07:14:02 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dining Out ➔ United States ➔ Other - US Dining Out
I hear you, VERY rarely do I ever see service worth tipping. So to all those waiters-I don't care if you are a busy waiter or on a coffee break. I come in and EXPECT good service, exceptional service deserves a good tip. Annoying waiters that come by every 30 seconds fall in to bad service. Waiters that pass my small party of 3 up to attend the needs of the party of 6 will not see a tip from me. If you fill my glass before it's sat empty, bring my salad BEFORE my main meal, are readily available in the event I flag you down and bring back what ever I've asked for in a timely fashion, are polite and pleasant, and Clean. Those are things tip worthy and if all are acheived you get a big tip. If some but not all are met, you get minimum and if you give crappy service or pass my table off, you get no tip. The scale is like this. Great service= Great Tip, Minimal Service= Minimal Tip, poor or no service = no tip. (Customary to leave a penny to indicate that it was intentional and just an oversight).
I never take in the potential wage capability when leaving a tip. It is ALL about the service and if it missed the mark then the server must not want my money very bad. And if you act like you EXPECT my tip, you can just kiss mine, because nothing in life is free. Work hard and be rewarded, slack off and just walk away. Stop whining about poor pay as if you need money so bad, you should have thought about that in your career decision.
The one I really love are pizza drivers, I looked in the paper tonight and saw that the area Pizza hut is paying 8-16 bucks an hour, Papa John's charges a delivery fee, both expect tips. Give me a break, you make more money than I do, and all you are doing is driving from point a to point b. You want a tip? For WHAT???
2006-08-31 14:04:33 · answer #1 · answered by Lissa 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well now that you're in the UNITED STATES, and you know how expensive everything can be, you'll maybe realize that the servers you're tipping nothing to only make $2.33 and hour. YOUR tips are THEIR livelihood. Being a server myself I can tell you that it is vert frustrating when a foreigner comes in and tips 4% when they should be tipping 20%- 15% for the GOOD service and another 5% for the patience in trying to understand what the hell YOU'RE trying to say. How about you try your hands at serving for a month nad see if you give a server a crappy tip again. We work our behinds off to your every whim to maybe get 5 bucks. Show some respect.. you're not in India anymore and those servers don't make an hourly wage.
2006-08-31 08:14:50 · answer #2 · answered by moonshadow385 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I waitressed when I was a teenager and you don't even make minimum wage. You depend on tips as your income. True, though, that tips should be based on service. Even being an ex-waitress, I don't tip the 15-20% they say you should unless my service was great. If they are just average, I tip about 10% and if they sucked, well, I may not tip them at all.
2006-08-31 10:11:50 · answer #3 · answered by Tracy O 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a custom. Most of these people get very low salaries and depend on tips to get by. Tip 10 to 15% and more if the service was outstanding.
2006-08-31 07:20:13 · answer #4 · answered by notyou311 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For one thing, restaurant owners are NOT required to pay standard minimum wage to servers. Tips are counted as part of that wage, so servers really depend on their tips for survival.
You don't *have* to pay, it's just considered customary, and good etiquette. If the service was o.k., leave a minimal tip of about 15%. If it was very good, pay more, and if it was awful you don't have to pay a tip at all. Just remember not to blame the server for things that are actually the cook's fault.
2006-08-31 07:23:29 · answer #5 · answered by Heidi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the US, wait staff are exempt from minimum wage rules. The largest part of their income is from tips. In the West Indies, you're paying the wait staff - through higher prices. The difference is that you're paying their wages through your dinner prices. In the US, you're paying as you go. Still, don't tip for lousy service.
2006-08-31 07:20:59 · answer #6 · answered by Screamin' Steve 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't "have to" tip. In the USA, a customary tip is 20% of the total bill.
If service is bad I do not tip at all.
I base my tip on whether sevice is rendered with a smile and promptly. They may not like you but they are being paid for a service.
Service people are paid a lesser wage than minimum wage which is $5.15.
2006-08-31 07:18:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The owners say that if we didn't tip, they would have to raise the prices of the food to pay the wait staff. Tips can be an incentive for the wait staff to give better service.
2006-09-01 09:49:05 · answer #8 · answered by FL Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes because the bosses don't pay enough for the workers to live on, they expect the person using the service to make up the wages. That way the boss can have more profit for himself or herself. Tips are not mandatory here, just highly needed.
2006-09-01 03:57:43 · answer #9 · answered by need2knw 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most servers in the US get just over two dollars an hour and work almost soley for tips. They are (should be) YOUR advocate and working for you more than the establishment. Please tip accordingly - %15 fro acceptible service, more for better, and none for bad. If you don't tip always tell the management and why. Probably get you a free meal.
2006-08-31 07:21:07 · answer #10 · answered by c.arsenault 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋