How much do you tip?

Question

Just out of curiousity, a sort of public survey-
How much do you tip a 1.)server that was a.) fine- not above and beyond but not bad, nothing went wrong b.)bad never got anything right messed it all up c.)GREAT
2.) the person that does your cary out orders

Answer 1

i always tip 20% because i am a waitress...everyone has bad days where the service is not good. If the service is really good i tip more.
Sometimes however if the poeple i am waiting on are assholes, i will be assholes to them, i do not want there money.
You should always leave a tip even it is small....i remember people who do not tip and they will never get good service from me again. Why bust my *** for 5%??

Answer 2

A) AT15-20% Afterall, Server only made couple bucks an hr, I always tried to make up for other bad tipper.
B)10% I will not tip more but hopefully wait staff will know why I only tip this %
C) Great server equal great tip. 25-30%. I am in the business I know what great service mean.
2). 5-10 % for carry out orders. If they are not good than nothing.
But carry out knows good tipper as well.

Answer 3

people are idiots, ive been dying to answer a question on tipping as i have recently gotten back into the wonderful world of serving. i love my job so please do not get me wrong, i enjoy meeting and chatting with people, but i am constantly reminded that people seem to have no clue about how much to tip servers especially in a high end restaurant like the one i work in, i am actually shocked at the number of people who realize that 20 % of your bill is considered the customary tip, having said that if you get above average service you should leave an above average tip. i am always baffled by people who think a 5.00 tip is a good tip no matter what your bill, 5.00 on a 20.00 bill, ya good tip, 5.00 on a 100.00 bill, not so great. i definitely think people need to be reminded about how much tipping means to servers, i live in FL and am paid 3.00 an hour, my paychecks usually average 20.00 a week after taxes so basically i live on what i make in tips, having said that though, i am a good server and i would not expect a good tip if i was not, i think the people who tip a standard amount no matter how good the service was are just rewarding bad service which doesnt make sense because then these servers will just continue providing bad service... moral of the story, good service=good tip 20% and up, bad service=bad tip 10% down to nothing.

Answer 4

1):

a: about 20%
b:the same. it doesn't matter it they were good or bad. 20%
c: 20% as well.

2):
you usually don't tip them.

Each restaunt is different. Some restrauts that are nice and fancy can go up to 25-30. Pizza places are about 5-10.

You can sometimes just leave 20 dollars on the table for the server AND the waiter because all the tips are placed together and shared with everyone.

good luck!

Answer 5

1.) Part A: I tip about 15-20%
Part B: I tip about 10-15%
Part C: I tip about 20-25%, sometimes higher.
2.) I do not tip for carry-out, it's kind of pointless. But I do tip the pizza delivery guys pretty well.

I'm all for increasing the amount that servers/drivers are paid.

Answer 6

Unless I get above average service, then I tip nothingis only the USA etc which expects people to pay tips because the staff are on poor wages, I object when I get a bill which has the tip amount added. A tip is not a tax and should be given freely and voluntary. If I tip it is usualy the odd change or 1 or 2 dollars maximimum, but remember I am a pensioner not a rich person.

Answer 7

I stick by something I was told once on this issue.

Eating out is one of the few opportunities we have to spread wealth in our society... this is not to say that everyone who eats out is rich but people who wait tables typically don't get health insurance, get paid something below minimum and have a tough job especially from those of you who barely tip or don't.

Based on this I have since tried to always tip 20% if the server was fine, bad or great. I refuse to tip if I am just picking up. These are typically a cashier and if we all started tipping cashiers our economy would collapse due to the strain.

Answer 8

I generally tip well, having waited tables myself. Sometimes stuff just goes wrong that's completely out of a server's control. I suppose unfriendliness is inexcusable, but everything else depends a great deal on the kitchen staff. I generally tip about fifteen percent even if things went really wrong. For adequate service I tip twenty percent and I tip more if the service was fantastic or if my party was especially difficult, demanding, obnoxious or messy. Takeout people (except delivery people, like pizza guys) are generally paid on a higher scale, so they don't live on tips like servers do. I sometimes tip them, sometimes not.

Answer 9

Where nothing goes wrong at LEAST 15% of the check if not more....better service = better tip. GREAT service got compliments to the Server ...and sometimes even the manager!

Where the service was so-so about a dollar per person served.

Where service was bad and it was supposed to be an 'experienced' waitperson ....NOTHING! ....a couple of times even a complaint to the manager.

Where service was bad because of a poorly trained noobie: a dollar per person served....AND a lecture to the Manager on proper TRAINING techniques!!!!

Car hops get anywhere from 50 cents to a dollar per person served depending upon quality of service. The weather plays a role here, too. Think the middle of winter in the Northern states or mid-summer in the desert!

Delivery people who use their OWN cars and insurance get tipped according to the price of gas. But at least $5.

Answer 10

I generally tip between 15 to 20%. If they are really good, a little more than 20%