Question for those that don't tip?

Question

I understand that some individuals don't tip because they feel the cost of the food on the menu is so high. But don't those individuals understand that if restuarants had to pay their servers mininimum wage, and not $3 an hour, the price of food would probably be twice as high.

In addition, if server were paid minimumn wage they probably won't work as hard. I'm a server and if I was being paid minimumn wage I won't work as hard. Now, I work very hard b/c I know people are examining my every last detail. If I was getting a fix rate an hour, it won't matter how long it took me to get you a soda, b/c I still was getting paid in the end.

Don't those individuals realize that going out to eat would be twice as expensive the the server twice as bad, if the tipping system was done away with?

Answer 1

Well put! That is exactly why you tip in the first place. Compare the service at a nice restaurant to a fast food place (tip vs. wage). Other than the obvious difference in food quality, the service at the restaurant should be much better, and that is because the server is working for their tip! If someone feels that a restaurant is too expensive and prefer not to tip, then maybe they should reconsider eating out. After all, we all have the choice to cook at home or eat out, and when you eat out, you pay more so that you don't have to do all the work. So why would you not pay someone for their service?

Answer 2

I think you are using some broad generalities that are not necessarily true.

I have managed restaurants and my profit was typicaly 7 cents per dollar of food sold. So, assuming you have a sub-minimum wage for tipped employees (not all states allow that), moving the wages up from $3.00 to $5.15 would raise the sale price of the food 25% to keep the same profit margin.

As to employees not working as hard if they were paid the same and not tipped, that really shows a poor work ethic. Truthfully, if you were one of my servers and had that attidude, you would find youself without a job pretty quickly. Following your logic police officers, soldiers, teachers, bank tellers, and all of the other people who do not get tips don't work as hard as if they were tipped.

But, getting to your point about people not tipping. There are customers in the world who demand a lot of you and when you give them the best service they ever had in their lives, they stiff you. These are called @$$holes. They exist everywhere and you will always run into them. They steal your cab when you are carrying something heavy in the rain, they cut you off on the freeway, they talk loudly on their cell phones in movie theaters. No matter how mad they make you, you cannot change them. You just have to be sure you don't associate with them or become one.

Then again, some nights you have a table where you get the drink order wrong and forget to bring extra silverware. The cook puts onions on something you told him to leave them off. Then they leave you a $20 tip on a $50 check. You didn't really earn it, but they were feeling generous that day.

At the end of the day, week, or year, the generous people and @$$holes tend to average out which leaves you with what you probably rightly earned.

Some will get more than others. My advice is to find the people who are making great tips and figure out how they are doing it.

Answer 3

I was taught at a very early age that if I couldn't afford to leave a tip, then I shouldn't order out. While I was a waitress, I worked hard to give the best service I could because that was my job. I did feel the tip was to show appreciation for a job well done as judged by the customer. My husband and I carry a little card which has meal cost, %tip and it comes in handy for quickly figuring out the appropriate tip. If the service was extremely poor, we leave a few pennies. This way the server knows we didn't forget, but that the service wasn't worth much. Fortunately that doesn't happen often. These days I think that 20% is the average for excellent service.

Answer 4

some people just dont understand. tipping is something that is done as a gratitude of service. that waitress or waitor is taking their time and effort to make ur meal as enjoyable as it can be. i've never waited before but i know what its like for those people that do. the only time i leave a low tip is when the service was bed. even then, i leave at least a 3 $ tip. today for example. my fiance and i went to pizza hut. it may not have been the best resaturant out there but its a good sit down service. anyways, the waitor nicely asked us to sit where we felt comfortable, never left us without a drink, and asked us if we needed anything at the approprait times (not too often, and not never). the bill only came out to be like 15 or 16 dollars. my faince gave me a weird look that i left him a 5 dollar tip. i really liked the service though.

we also go to olive garden a lot and the bill often comes out to 28 or 30 dollars. we usually leave a good 10 dollars and sometimes more.

people are just so stingy with their money that they dont realize that the people are who make the tip, not the food. whether its good or bad food, the food cant take home the money. duh! the people are what matters.

people just need to get over their money.

Answer 5

i know by law the customer has to pay 15% of the bill as a tip, so why don,t thy say that in a menu book, that will help the customer see how much to pay, some give $2 each person and we still get yelled at for being lousy tippers, so fix the problem in the books, then jest complainning, i always give good tips even more the the 15%, but my friends some time don,t.some stop going because of the abuse they get from the servers,

Answer 6

I do not tip. Why? Because I don't believe in it. I understand that servers are paid poorly, and in many cases rely on tips. But I think if a server doesn't make enough money, they should quit.

The only reason most people tip is because society says they have to. I feel tipping should be a personal choice, down to each individual. Of course, I will tip if the server puts a lot of effort in, and the service was excellent. But tipping automatically is not for me. As far as I'm concerned, they're just doing their job. Servers aren't starving to death, they're making minimum wage.

Consider those on a very low wage who aren't lucky enough to have a job that society deems tip-worthy. Why does nobody care that they are struggling through life, and need your tips just as much? Working at McDonald's is in many respects similar to that of a server, but on the whole society says that you don't need to tip them. They're serving you food, but society says... "Don't tip these guys over here, but tip these guys." Surely that is wrong?

Serving is one of the lowest paid occupations, agreed, but show me a paper that says the government should raise the minimum wage, and I will sign it.

Answer 7

in case you flow to a buffet i for my area flow away a pair greenbacks on the table, via fact that somebody is often coming and doing away with your plates and stuff. the common is approximately 15% of your bill even nonetheless in the adventure that your server is above hardship-free and your meal is nice sized etc, you should flow 20% of your bill. once you're a time-honored at a place and grow to be time-commemorated to tip properly the servers would be falling allover themselves to verify you have a solid adventure for that tip. in case you pay with the aid of credit card, you have the choice to tip on your card (servers get those in money) or only flow away the top on the table as you may routinely. i like to try this for my area via fact that there is often the prospect that a bent server ought to upload yet another 0 to the top volume. extra ideal to be risk-free than sorry. As for the eating place asking for a tip, i might assume that if it became for a collection of those that they might incorporate a tip with the bill. some eating places try this as some persons are real a holes while it is composed of a large group.

Answer 8

T I P = To insure prompt service.

Usually, I leave a decent sized tip. But if the server is really slow and gets the order all wrong, I will not.

In general, servers earn minimal wage and really depend on their tips. But in my book, they still have to earn them.

Answer 9

Unless you have been a waiter or a waitress before, no one understands that waiters live off their tips! I waitressed for 12 years of my life, and that is how I survived, off my tips. I always leave a good tip, if the service isnt the best, I don't leave the best tip, but I still leave them something.

Answer 10

you are over analyzing this.i am in this business for over 20 years.and it has served me well.you know why?because i conduct myself proffesionally.and that starts with not being a crybaby or a know it all.if you dont like the fact that 3% of all guests dont tip-and maybe if your average is higher-the problem is YOU,but otherwise seek an alternative vocation-or deal with it.if you know you did your very best and still got stiffed,then just be glad your not 1 of those types of ppl.that IS the only consolation sometimes.i just smile all through my night-overtipped-undertipped-whatever.its not like they came in looking to ruin my day.....and who knows what there expectations were?......and lastly'who cares?'it wont matter if your on your game.