Why is there the attitude that tipping is required & you are rude not to tip?

Question

I don't see why customers should be expected to pay the wages for employees in the service. It is not the customer's fault that the pay is low and you are not forced by law to take any job. Maybe if the attitude was more positive, the tips would be more. No one wants to be treatly rudely and then be expected to pay for it. Also, everyone should try to do the best job possible regardless of whether a tip is expected or not. Do a good job for yourself. It may not pay the bills but it makes you feel great. Everything shouldn't be about the almighty dollar. God will take care of our needs.

Answer 1

No. A tip is given for good service or a nice attitude or anything that made you experience pleasurable No reason to tip a bad waiter or waitress, or for rudeness, etc. Use your discretion when tipping.

Answer 2

This one has been asked before.
What you need to realize is that tipping puts the power into your hands, not the service employee's. The reason their wages are so low is because they are in service professions and customers are expected to tip if they receive good service. If the business owner were to institute a "no tipping" policy, he would quickly find himself with an inadequate number of employees willing to work for the low wages. Hence, he must increase his employees' wages. The money for the higher paycheck has to come from somewhere, and do you think the business owner is going to absorb the loss? No, the money comes from the customers, in the form of price hikes. In the long run, you would end up paying just as much money for your goods or services, and losing the power to indicate directly to the employees what type of service you like.

Plus, you have to admit it feels good when you get a big smile and a phone number when you give the waitress a nice tip.

Answer 3

The average server's wage in the us is just over $2.00 an hour, set by the government, because it is expected that patrons will tip, not the other way around. How much you tip is up to you, using a sliding scale based upon the quality of the service.

It's not all low wages and lousy service. You'll find career servers who are pulling down big bucks due to the quality of the food, service and atmosphere. They wouldn't have another job if you... ha ha .. paid them.

If you simply do not want to tip then do everyone a favor and stick to McDonalds. There the wages are already factored into the low cost of the mediocre meal.

And the last time I checked, my electric company was not being paid by God. They expected a check from me.

Answer 4

Because the waiter works as much for you as the restaurant owner, and waiters get paid very low hourly wages.

A good waiter will make you want to come back with their gracious service, respect for your desires, good manners, knowledge of your personal tastes and varied appetites combined with the changing foods and specialties on the menu.

So in effect, he translates your hunger into your satisfaction by all of the above.

It is a lot of work to remember not just what each person wants at a table, but any special instructions people have - and then when the food is ready, to carry it all back without dropping or spilling it yet taking as few trips as possible.

On top of that, if anything goes wrong - it is the waiter who hears first hand, and has to respond diplomatically to the patron - as well as ask diplomatically on the patron's behalf if the cook or management can work out some dispensation when things go completely awry.

They have to do this throughout the hour, all day long, as long as their shift lasts. During meal times, things can get quite hectic, yet they have to act like they are unflappable .

Their personalities and quick wit are what saves the day when things are not going right. Their friendly demeanor makes a good customer feel like they are friends with the establishment.

If the service is poor, you are not supposed to pay a premium for it, but even poor service should at least get a poor gratuity rather than none at all.

You know going into a sit down restaurant that you are paying menu price plus fifteen percent for whatever food you get and decent service.

If you don't like that and don't require service, then go through the drive through lane at a fast food place and keep your extra money for service.

It really is cheaper for you, the service costs less to provide to you sense they do it efficiently in bulk, skipping all the frills like personal service and personal attention.

So, when you don't want to pay being just one of a handful of people serviced by someone per hour - you don't have to.

But when you are, you should.

Answer 5

If you think of it this way. You're hungry and you don't want to cook or clean so you go to a resturant. A hostess sits you at a nice table. A wait staff comes and brings you your drinks, which they either got themelves or from the bar in which the bartender made them, or got them for the wait staff to bring to you. They then go to the kitchen where chefs make your food. Depending on the resturant they may have several chefs making your food, for different courses of the meal. You eat and enjoy the food. The wait staff keeped your drink full and table clean. Then a bus boy will come and clean up any thing remaining. They bring all your dirty glasses and dishes back to the kitchen to be washed. So with all those people working together to make sure you have a nice meal because you didn't want to cook or clean then yes you should tip! Service is service!
Now bad food and or bad service is another thing. I don't not tip well on bad service. Maybe to help you justify your tipping let the waitstaff know why you feel you are not tipping them as much as you would like to. Let the manager know. Companies that provides services always like to know how they can improve and do things better. But not tipping just because you don't think you have to is just wrong. Yes people do choose to be in the service industry because we need them there. They do things for us that we either don't know how to do or don't want to do.
And the whole thing about God taking care of our needs............well if God wants to cook me dinner and clean the dishes then by all means he ca come on over and do. Otherwise I will go to a resturant and have someone else do it for me, and I will tip them according to the wonderful smiling professional service they provide.

Answer 6

If everything isn't about the almighty dollar why are you here complaining about having to tip? A bit contradictory.

It sounds as if you had 1 bad experience and you're going to base the rest of your philosophy around it.

It may not pay the bills but it makes you feel great? Sure it must have been a pleasure for someone to have you as their client/customer. Probably was hard for them to find anything more easily enjoyable!

God won't take care of our needs, he gave us the equipment to deal with them ourselves, and God doesn't care whether we use the tools he gave us or not. God's job is done, so stop pushing off responsibility (especially something so menial as tipping) onto God.

Answer 7

Waiters and waitresses stand on their feet, day in and day out catering to demanding customers with a smile. They count on their tips. These are working class people who, basically, work for the tips and have families to support. Have you ever worked as a waiter or a waitress? It's damned hard work. A 15% tip is customary, even more if the service was exceptional. If the service is lousy, leave a 10% tip and don't eat there anymore. If you can afford to eat out, you can afford a couple of dollars for a tip.

Answer 8

When I waited tables in college in NY state, there was a different minimum wage for tipped employees requiring tips to be reported and taxed. This min. wage was a little over $2/hour. While I always did my best to provide good service (for myself and not just the tip) it hurt financially when a poor tip was received with / without merit. And yes, there are plenty of people out there who don't tip appropriately - either out of ignorance or practice. My guess is if you think servers should make a living wage without tips - you will end up paying for it in the cost of the meal anyway.

Answer 9

i won't think how many people think of 10% is a suitable tip!! I even have been serving for 8+ years and if somebody tricks me 10% I assume i've got accomplished something to offend them. maximum servers make between 2 and 3 money an hour as a salary. i hit upon 18-20% to be suitable in maximum situations. in case you have a huge team or are eating with especially nerve-racking people, I recommend 20% plus a pair of greenbacks. which you will additionally verify you get fantastic provider via making eye touch and smiling at your server. make particular you're clean approximately your order without being impolite. place empty glasses close the area the place the server can see them once you elect a fill up. i opt to propose getting to understand the server's perceive as this makes it greater straightforward to get their information. additionally, servers of course gravitate in direction of fantastic, open persons. provide kindness and you shall receive.

Answer 10

That's easy to say if you make a decent wage. Most waitresses in the US only make $2.15 p/h. The employers get away with that because of the fact that most people do tip. By not tipping your server you are taking food off their table. I know I have been a waitress and it completely sucked. I was having to support both myself and my husband. I worked 16-20 hour days and had maybe $40.00 per day to show for it. God does take care of our needs BUT sometimes He uses other people to help us, by tipping your waitstaff.