okay I have a question about tipping- expected in the US, is anyone else out there uncomfortable about tipping

Answer 1

There are very few states in the U.S that pay standard min.wage to their servers. Almost all states pay under that and it normally starts at about 2.00 dollars an hour. I tip because, and this is something that a lot of people don't realize, servers MUST pay tax on 14% of their total sales at the end of their shift. Now, this means, at two dollars an hour, should the server not receive tips, the government does not care. They must claim this 14% regardless of weather they make it or not. Now, there are some servers who are not as good as others and I understand this. But, if you do run into this problem and it is a place you eat at regularly ask for a server you know is well trained. Your eating establishment will, if the server is working, make sure you are sat in that section. I am a Chef and have been for over 20 yrs, and I have seen this problem for as long as I can remember. If your server is not giving you the service you feel warrants a tip, than don't give one! However, if you are not giving one because you don't want to. I really must agree, DON"T EAT OUT! If more people took the time to fill out guest cards and speak to the management about unsatisfactory service, restaurants would change their ways. Be aware that you are the customer and you are spending good money to have someone service your table and give you a meal that should exceed anything you can prepare or don't want to prepare at home.

Answer 2

It is expected in the US because they don't even earn minimum wage. Servers work usually for a little over $2.00 an hour. The tips are a supplement to the servers wage.

It's a catch 22 with taking away tips. I don't think anyone in their right mind would do that job for a straight hourly wage like minimum wage. Then the restaurant owners would just raise the meal fees to compensate for paying out more to employees.

I hate waiting on tables with non-Americans because 99% of the time...NO TIP. Some do, but not many where I'm from. Now they know it is expected in the US so why don't they do it. I wouldn't be so ticked if it was something $1 or two would be appreciated. I still give them the same service I give anyone else.

Answer 3

I never know whether I should tip or not, being an Australian I know most people get a reasonable wage in hospitality here but for some reason I tend to feel a little stingey when they hand me my change and I take the whole lot and put it in my purse. I generally don't tip unless the experience was out-of-the-ordinary excellent. I am so glad we aren't expected to tip here - I would rather just pay a higher set price on my meal instead of getting a cheap meal but then having the dilemma of how big a tip to give, will I be seen as cheap etc.

Answer 4

I am NOT uncomfortable with tipping, I simply refuse to patronize an establishment that adds the tip on to the bill !

A tip is a voluntary act you do when your server gives you the utmost service with a smile ! To be forced to tip makes no sense what so ever !! A tip IS NOT the wage... It is NOT my problem that establishment pay so little, I am not here to finance the servers retirement account...

On the other hand : I would never have a restaurant and pay my workers so little that they have to LIVE off tips! I wish these restaurant owners would realize they get what they pay for... meaning you pay crappy then your help will most likely be crappy as well !

Happy Wednesday !

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Answer 5

Servers in restaurants work for a low wage, so it is said that tips are part of their salary. I tip well for good service. People that have come here from other countries have said they don't like the idea of tipping. They say when we pay for the service, such as a barber, that should be the end of it. I tip the woman who cuts my hair, although she is the owner of the business. I'm not so sure about that, but I do it anyway.

What I will not do, is put money in the tip jar/cup at the Starbucks counter, or the donut shop.

Answer 6

TIPS is an acronym for: To Insure Prompt Service. If you don't feel you have recieved satisfactory service the TIP should reflect that. I am not saying don't leave one at all, but it should be a sign of your appreciation for having someone run back and forth 20 times for you when dinning out. Also, most servers only make $2.65 an hour and Uncle Sam taxes on the sales not the tips.
p.s. I am a server.

Answer 7

I am uncomfortable about it because I never know if I am giving too little, and the person might feel insulted by it.
Also, if I give a lot then I feel it may be too much.
In the US and other places it's quite standard- even sometimes a set percentage such NY where its about 12% of the bill.
But in countries where it just depends on the restaurant and the customer, then it's hard to know when to tip or when not to.

Answer 8

I suppose tipping started as a gratitude for good and over expected service whereas now it has become stand rad if not mandatory. it differs all over the world but the place where it is most needed is where people depend on the tips as their means of a wage. In south Africa for example, many people depend on tips as their wage is so low that it would not even but them a pint of milk. I will only tip though if i get service that is conducive of a tip.

Answer 9

Tipping is acceptable counting on what you're tipping for. You dont want to decide for to no longer tip in case you think of "properly, they make sufficient" Thats ridiculous. To tip the rapid foodstuff individual with the aid of fact they flipped, dressed and wrapped your burger is likewise stupid. yet leaving the mailman, paper boy, waitress/waiter, or somebody else slightly something isn't hyped up. I paintings in emergency street provider, and enable me make it easier to be attentive to. i bypass out onto a decision the place that is raining, sleeting, chilly or purely easy depressing to alter a tire on the facet of the parkway, and generally get no longer something better than a "what took you notice you later?", or "i'm late for paintings with the aid of this". And have faith it or no longer, waiters and waitresses have performed it too. Which, may well be insulted in the event that they dont get a tip. So, if a individual does something that made your "day, bypass to, journey, ect..." slightly nicer, and not with the aid of fact they cant pay the learning or the lease in case you dont, a tip could be a piece of a minimum of a thank you. And tutor them slightly appreciation for what they did for you.

Answer 10

I think tipping is wrong
the wages should be good enough for the workers without having to rely on tips.
In Australia you don't tip,people may if they want to.A taxi driver may get to keep the lose change from some but I have never tipped in my life.. It's not an Australian thing to do.
I hope it never happens here like it does in America