What does it mean when two customers leave a waitress a good tip but also a dime for each person on the table when they leave?
I know that leaving no tip or a tip and a penny means that the service was poor but what does a dime indicate-that the waitress is cheap?
2007-01-15 11:30:47 · 8 answers · asked by Nurse Angel 2 in Dining Out ➔ Other - Dining Out
Both my kids in college are servers at local lunch/dinner restaurants in town. They have never heard of such a thing.
Rule of thumb: A server in most nicer restaurants has to "tip out" the busboy, the host/hostess, the "Expo" helper (helps bring meals out when extra busy), & the bartender. So, when you get "bad service" is it because the server was bad, or was the kitchen backed up? FIND OUT. If you can't afford the customary tip (which is 15-20% in California - although senior citizens often will go 10-15%, understandably) then perhaps you should stick with fast food or dining at home.
It's sad to see hardworking servers LOSING money on serving someone... because they are REQUIRED to tip-out their support staff.
(This rarely happens to my kids... they customarily average 18% of their sales in tips). But I just thought I'd climb on my soapbox and take this opportunity to explain this aspect.
The best way of dealing with bad service.. is to tip on the LOW end of the appropriate scale.. and talk to the manager. Besides, the manager of the restaurant will want to know the problem.. and you will often be comp'd a portion of your meal... or given a dessert.
2007-01-15 13:07:25 · answer #1 · answered by Cambria 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Actually, leaving a tip and a penny means that the service was pretty good.. Leaving any type of "paper" tip along with any coin would mean that the service is pretty good. In todays Society the value of the coin is the "Scale from 1 to 10" , 1 being average and ten being excellent.
At least that's what my waitresses tell me.
2007-01-15 12:49:29 · answer #2 · answered by beezo_1 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think regardless of how poorly the waitress was, something more than coins should be left. I understand that continuous poor service is awful but waitresses and waiters are people to. Not everyone has a perfect day everyday. Sometimes people need to think of what they're going through. Sorry everyone isn't perfect.
But I have no idea what that means. I just think it's rude!
2007-01-15 12:28:03 · answer #3 · answered by oh_konstantine 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe the dimes weren't for each person at the table, but were required, along with the rest of the tip, to come up with 15%.
2007-01-15 12:49:13 · answer #4 · answered by jmiller 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my mother had a friend who was a waitress most of her life and said leaving a dime was very good.I don't know but it could have went back to the great depression.She said that she had to explain to the younger waitress.It really is the thought that counts.I'm talking about mom and pop dinners.Not a place where your bill is 50 to 150 dollars or more.
2015-06-13 00:26:38 · answer #5 · answered by Boyd796 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of that before.
2007-01-15 11:49:42 · answer #6 · answered by hopflower 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leaving coins in general is pretty bad...
2007-01-15 11:50:54 · answer #7 · answered by Dara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe they wanted to get rid of it.
2007-01-15 12:14:34 · answer #8 · answered by Susan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋