I just wanted to see others comments on how you feel about tipping a waitress or waitor. I myself am a waitress at a chain restuarant and can't help but feel that people are very rude and cheap, its not fair that your only making $2.13 an hour, so your depending on tips and people are being cheap. Everyday I get someone complimenting me on the great service I gave them, but then I go to the table to find they left me two dollars, or even worse when you have a large table and a cheap tip, I mean how hard is it for each person to leave a dollar?
2006-11-01 11:11:31 · 16 answers · asked by Ash 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
oh my gosh...i can go on forever how cheap people are. im a waitress myself, and i now officiallly hate people. i give great service, i smile, i dont let their cup of water ever go empty, and clearly explain everything, and joke and laugh with them, and still there are those that give like $2 for like a $50 meal. what the hell is that? i mean, seriously, those are the people that never worked in the service industry and they just assume that they are giving a good tip and stuff. sometimes i really wish i can take the money and throw it in the face and say obviously you need it more than i do. watch the movie called "waiting", it's hilarious cause you can totally relate to it!
2006-11-01 11:27:36 · answer #1 · answered by Girl 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I can not believe waitress's still don't make minimum wage. I don't care if you get tips to. Valets, beauticians etc.. who get tips make at least minimum wage.
If I get good service, I generally tip the standard 15%. More if it is a large table with friends. Or if the waitress goes out of her way to do some thing for us.
Some people are just cheap. And then others just don't under stand how important tips are to waitress's
2006-11-01 11:23:56 · answer #2 · answered by Kali_girl825 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm glad you brought this to light. I think the reason that people don't tip nowadays is because nowadays people generally don't know. Some people don't know that you make such a low base wage and depend on the tips to make up for that. I think the restaurant industry - if they really wanted to - could find creative ways to educate diners (via the menu) so that they expect to tip AT LEAST 15% off the top. I did the whole service thing for a brief period and I feel your pain. Good luck with that!
2006-11-01 11:47:57 · answer #3 · answered by the_ahriginal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was in the Food & Beverage industry for 8 years before i took my current job and I agree with you. But some people tip out of habit. Some out of custom. Australians don't tip. Anyhow, I think that if one can afford to go out and eat, one could afford to leave at least 10% of the bill. Anything less than 5% is a slap in the face. The worst tip is the 'verbal tip'....
2006-11-01 11:20:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My brother waited tables while saving money for med school. I almost always leave 20% (sometimes more) unless the service was surly or non-existent, and then I still leave 15%. I am a sucker for the hard working.
Have you considered applying to wait at the high end restaurants? Twenty percent of two hundred dollars is much more than twenty percent of twenty dollars?
2006-11-01 11:20:51 · answer #5 · answered by finaldx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Apply to more expensive restaurants. Some people tip strictly on the amount of the bill and think nothing of the time you actually spent on them... You know... like "we'll have two waters and we want to split the burger." Don't worry it happens to all servers sometimes- just get a job at steakhouse or other place where the bill is at least $50 each time.
2006-11-01 11:17:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
First, let me say: I always tip if the service is adequate. I give the drive-in girls a tip, and have been known to add a buck to the drive-thru bill...and I'm considered an excellent tipper - I've been fought over as a customer before in my regular place...but tipping is VOLUNTARY. They don't HAVE to leave anything. Attitude is obvious. Like the girl who said she 'officially hates people' - that shows! Whether you think so or not, the person who loves her job gets the biggest tips! Something that's helped me in the past, when I'm not happy going in: "I *get* to go to work, not I *have* to go to work...and I sometimes have to say it several times! My husband's boss informed the other salesmen that 'everyone that comes through that door is an a--hole. we just want their money.' His is the lowest sales total on the floor, too!
I'm sorry you had a bad time...maybe it'll be better tomorrow!
2006-11-01 11:48:30 · answer #7 · answered by Baby'sMom 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Being a waitress is a hard and demanding job. I did it for a few years and my tips never even come close to bringing me anywhere near minimum wage. I stopped and took a job cleaning.
That to is hard work, but at least you know how much money you have to pay bills with.
2006-11-01 23:23:18 · answer #8 · answered by Classy Granny 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It isn't fair that you wage is so low.
So change job.
The public hate tipping. It seems like a surcharge over the bill, like a tax. So far as they're concerned, you get a wage already. So why are they paying a tip? What exactly is it for? You're not generally doing more than you're supposed to, nothing more nothing less, maybe just smiling abit more here and there.
Sorry to be blunt but there it is.
2006-11-01 14:27:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
First of all, what a wage to pay somebody. Sounds like
the company still thinks we're living in 1940. If I get good
service all I can afford to tip is usually $2.00. I believe if
you get good service then tip according to what you can
tip. As far as large tables there probably should be more
tipping.
2006-11-02 00:44:54 · answer #10 · answered by caroline j 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋