2007-01-20 08:46:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
TIP: To Insure Performance
I tip between 0-50% of the bill depending on that performance. When it is below standards, I tell them why, and always end it, "If you disagree, I am open to discuss them with your manager."
Service has become worse, not better over the last ten years. Too many people expect it without earning it. I go out of my way to reward great service. Even tipping people who don't normally get tipped (checker at the grocery store) for above and beyond service.
After all, that is what TIP stands for!
2007-01-20 09:01:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Waiters have always worked for tips.
That is just the way that business works.
I personally think they would be better off paying them a living wage so they don't have to rely on other people's opinion of how well they did or did not serve them.
It is a hard job, I used to be a waitress. People would leave me no tip sometimes based on things that I had no control over, such as their food not being prepared the way they like it.
I don't know why everybody else in the world started expecting tips, such as at subway, starbucks, dairy queen, etc.
Those people make a far greater hourly wage than wait people.
They need to take the tip jars down and just put up with what they make or find a better paying job.
Wait people make less than half of minimum wage, they need their tips.
2007-01-20 08:52:40 · answer #2 · answered by mom 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I can understand tipping waiters. What I don't understand is delivery people sometimes. Once I ordered Chinese food and I was really broke so I only had enough for the bill and the delivery man was very rude. He said "NO TIP!???" and I said sorry and he just rode off! I worked in many food places (fast food, etc.) and I never expected a tip for doing way more than driving someones food somewhere. Last place I worked it was against the rules to even accept an offered tip.
2007-01-20 09:44:04 · answer #3 · answered by Cristina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cashiers don't expect tips...
But for the professions where it is expected, the reason is so that you can give them what you think is appropriate based on their service. They get a lower salary then other jobs and you pay less for the service to account for this.
That way, the money they make is very directly based on their performance.
Oh, and as was said below--waiters have a lower minimum wage then other jobs, there's actually a seperate law there, because tipping them is standard. It really is just part of their pay.
2007-01-20 08:50:54 · answer #4 · answered by enaronia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't fair for the waiter/waitress because if the cook messes up the food the server usually suffers the consequences of a lower tip.
2007-01-20 09:48:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you tip based on the quality of service.
a waiter or waitress should be tipped if they do a good job. a cashier shouldn't expect a tip (except those jags at Starbucks & screw them. they get NOTHING for filling a paper cup with coffee).
2007-01-20 19:18:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first.... it should be i.e. vs. ex.
it is understood by us that tipping is how some people make their money, that the wage is set low so that the service provider is working not for a set wage but for actual job performance. so... if you don't wish to tip... don't go to a restaurant or order pizza to be delivered... do it yourself... or pay for the service rendered
2007-01-20 09:27:32 · answer #7 · answered by robertonduty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a custom to tip a person who has accommodated you.
2007-01-20 08:50:40 · answer #8 · answered by one10soldier 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Waiters don't even get paid minimum wage so they depend on the tips they get to make a living. Please don't be stingy.
2007-01-20 08:53:40 · answer #9 · answered by drshorty 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have YOU ever worked as a waiter!
2007-01-20 09:10:44 · answer #10 · answered by castle h 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋