Why should I leave a tip ???

Question

why tip a waiter or waitress..?
1.- I always thought a tip was for services rendered above and beyond that which was normally expected...
2.- Why is it my responsibility to assess the value of the restaraunts wait staff and compensate them accordingly? I thought that was managements job. ( I thought my job was simply to enjoy my food).
3.-what about tipping out of guilt??? How does this fit into my general relaxing dinner,worrying about the employees financial state of well being... (poor girl only makes 2.10 per hour).-->I hate guilt.
4.- Tipping to impress.?? or the reverse..being considered cheap by those you're dining with???
Why are people so worried about the waitress's wage. It's her job to be taking care of you... isn't it..??
5.-Has to be noted ==> Service in America SUCKS.. lets be honest.. people can't even show up to work much less perform basic duties.Expecting tips for lousy service is the standard here and the rest of the world is appalled!

Asians especially Japanese get a bad rap for not tipping ..but it's only natural because they are taught to serve the customer like....they themselves would like to be treated .....sound familiar??? the golden rule ...from people who aren't christians mmm makes you think huh??
When they recieve what they would consider rotten service almost everywhere..how could anyone blame them for not understanding or wishing to tip....

Answer 1

finally someone said it out loud!! Bravo!

Answer 2

First off, service in America hardly sucks. All over Europe service sucks. Those people are real a=holes. And you seem to be having a hard time understanding some pretty simply concepts - I doubt you're qualified speak for the rest of the world.

Second, you're paying for the food and the most basic service. If you get the bare minimum service, don't tip. If you get better than minimum, you are expected to tip. Consider it payment for services rendered. The fact that you're not handed a bill for those services is immaterial - good or excellent service requires a tip. If you can't understand that then you're a moron and should stay away from America; you're too stupid to get it.

Third, guilt and impressing and all that crap is immaterial. You tip what you feel is appropriate. Personally I tip 15% for good to excellent service and 20% for truly exceptional, but if your penny-pinching, too-stupid-to-get-it asss is too cheap then tip less. Don't tip at all - no one will call the police.

I kinda expect you'll never really comprehend this, you're just one of those whiny little b*tches who complains and cries when things aren't like home.

Whatever.
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Answer 3

Many restaurants do not pay their servers even minimum wage, and they expect the tips to make up for it. If you don't leave a tip, the server will not get enough money for the job. A general rule is to start at 15%. If you feel that the service was good, then go more than that.

Although I see your point about the management being responsible to evaluate the waitstaff, really, who is in a better position to evaluate the service than the customer? This fits your "customer is always right" mentality.

The server's job is to be taking care of you. Emphasis on JOB. It is a profession, like any other employment, and deserves to be compensated.

Answer 4

I am assuming you are asking this with a perspective on America. Tipping is different in other contries.

As a former waitress I will tell you that I have always gone out of my way for the customers I am waiting on. That said, not everybody in the industry does and this should be reflected in the amount of tip. Servers in the US get far below minimum wage and do rely on tips to make thier income, but if a server is horrible you let them know that in the tip. 0-10% of the bill BEFORE tax for bad service, 15% for average, and 20+% for truley excellent service. Even being a waitress, I have stiffed people a tip when they were really horrible. I also would let thier manager know, because I wouldn't want a horrible server making other customer's nights a wreck.

Also, you need to take into account the type of place you are eating at. If it is a fine dinning resturant, and you don't tip after receving excellent service (which you usually do in a fine resturant) then you will be seen as the jerk who can't afford to go out to eat and next time you walk into the resturant, be prepared to be blackballed by the servers. At a diner or causual dinning resturant, be prepared to usually get less immecable service and adjust your tip accordingly. No one is asking you to pay your servers rent with your tip, just show that you respect and appreciate the service, but only if it was good service.

I wish more people wouldn't tip out of guilt, that way it would get the crappy servers to quit, because they don't make enough money, and let dinning out be what it should be, a pleasant experiance.

Answer 5

Tip only when the service warranted it. Not because society expects you to. Also, understand, waiters/waitresses usually make just under minimum wage and depend on tips. Keep that in mind when deciding to leave a tip.
However, if you receive bad service, do as I've done countless times, write a note on the back of the check (explaining your dissatisfaction). Those are turned in at the end of the night and it's a guaranteed way that management will see it and correct the problem.

Answer 6

I hate when people state you much tip x% of an amount. I don't believe you should just be handed your tip of 20%. I think you also need to earn it. I understand you make mere dollars an hour but you knew that when you got into the job. If you give me good service I give you a good tip and vice versa. That's just not for waiter/waitresses it's for everything in general.

Answer 7

If you don't want to tip, stay home. No one forces you to go out.
You can't change the system by not tipping, you're just stiffing some poor working person who's trying to make it in this world.
I tip because I'm grateful that someone is taking care of me. I'm not royalty, but by going out I have the experience of having countless servants whose jobs are to take care of me. I'm grateful that I'm the recipient and not the giver, that I don't have to stand on my feet for hours at a time, being pleasant to unpleasant people, for a collection of change on a table.
In the animal world, you're the diner or the dinner. Be glad when you can dine.
What goes around comes around - just hope you're never reliant on people like you.

Answer 8

Having worked in several tipping jobs int he past I think it's courtesy to at least inform a waiter or whomever why you wont be leaving a tip. At least express some osrt of disappointment. I think that most people in tipping jobs DO care about service because they care about making money. It alway ssucks when a party leaves a table and stiffs you when as far as you know, you gave them excellent service. You spend all day wondering if you did something wrong or if they were just cheap bastards.

Answer 9

human beings additionally argue the same with me. A provider fee i think of gets divided by using all the workers. So consistently might pass away some thing for my waiter too if the provider became into lifelike. in case you payed provider fee on say £4 hundred bill you cant pass away waiter 10% returned. yet while the bill became into below say £40 pound i might pass away 10% returned. Any element after the ten% provider fee is an advantage and the waiter woulnt pull his nostril up over spare replace on your pocket.

Answer 10

Servers generally make below minimum wage, that is because the restaurant feels that their tips will compensate for the extra. I always tip, the better the service, the better the tip.

Answer 11

I totally agree with you.

You are paying for a service and it is the management's job to pay the staff's wages out of the money they earn from customers such as yourself - not yours.

Waiters and waitresses should get a decent wage from the employer in the first place.

EDIT: The two morons who gave me a thumbs down on this are obviously restaurant managers who do nothing but take money off customers and then expect them to pay their staff as well. What a couple of losers.