Do you know what the word "Tips" stand for?

Question

T.I.P.S
To Insure Proper Service.

We were @ a reasturaunt and I told my husband that the waitress was awful and we should not tip her. My husband argued a bit till I explained what tips actually means. My point is that if the waitress/waitor does a poor job then they have not earned it. A tip is not just a given, as many people believe.

No, I am not cheap. But this girl was rude. Never checked on us. Did not get the order right and just said "I am sorry." With out correcting it. She also did not give my son the paper hat that all kids get. She told me "I am sorry we are out of those." So I went up front and got one from the cashier. If you do not do your job you do not get the tip. And besides, we do not pay $100 on any meals ever. That is to extravagant for us. I do not think there is a place around here that has food that costs that much.

The two that were rude in their answers must be or have been rude waitors/waitresses. I was told what tips means by a chef that helped to cater the Olympics. So bite me! No tip for you!

This is fron Encarta

verb

Definition:

1. transitive and intransitive verb cover something with insurance: to agree formally that, for a sum of money paid to a company, the company will pay compensation or costs if a particular harm or loss occurs to somebody or something
insured the ring for $5,000


2. intransitive verb protect against risk: to get protection from something undesirable that might happen, usually by making contingency plans or taking precautionary or preventive measures

So no it is not ensure. But thanks for trying to make me look like an idiot. Right back at ya babe.

Answer 1

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/tip.htm

Actually NO it does NOT mean "to insure proper service"

If the waitress was awful she never should have gotten a tip and should have complained to the manager.

Answer 2

Tip is not an acronym for anything. English geeks know the difference between insure and ensure, but that isn't the point. I've been a waitress for six years now, and I will be entering law school this fall. I understand how much it sucks to get poor service. If someone isn't friendly, though, that doesn't mean they're giving poor service. If the food took a long time to come out, its probably because something went wrong in the kitchen. Contrary to popular belief, we don't stand in the back of the restaurant with your food in front of us and laugh because we want you to wait longer. We want everything to come out as quickly as possible. Especially if its a difficult table. We just want that table out of there so we can continue with the rest of our shift. Your waitress might not have come by to check on you because she was intimidated. A pissed off guest is one of the scariest things in the world, because there is no way they can see things from our point of view. The truth is that we have to deal with a lot of different kinds of people. Some of them are awesome. Some of them are infuriating. I routinely work 10-14 hour shifts, and I usually don't get to sit down. After a while, people start to wear on you. You can't blame a server for having a bad day. I only make $3.25 per hour as my wage, and that just went up this year from $2.15. I live on tips. That is why I appreciate it when people are understanding. Think about all the bad days you've had at work. Now imagine that you're having one of those days, but you have to bring about 20 people food and drinks at the same time. It can be stressful. Please be a little understanding with your servers. You don't have to tip them 30% every time, but at least leave something. If you think they've done a poor job, try talking to them without acting upset. The friendlier you are, the nicer your servers will be to you. And please, ALWAYS remember to say "please", "thank you", and "MAY I have...". Those little courtesies go a long way.

Answer 3

that is not really what it means, that is just a pneumonic device someone made up.

But I agree wait staff should not be rude, and I think it is okay to leave less of a tip, but not no tip at all. I waitress in Illinois, and although federal minimum wage is 6.50, I make only 3.90 because they assume I will make it up in tips. Plus, I have to claim at least 15% according to the law.

I'm completely friendly to everyone, and I usually do not get less than 20% (I even got $80 on a $20 tab), but I have been stiffed and it sucks. Remember that everyone has bad days and who knows maybe the waitresses grandma just died or something. 10% would have gotten your point across, you don't have to leave 0.

And it should be ENSURE. Insure deals with insurance, ensure means to guarantee. So using insure would be guarentee/secure/make safe against loss BY MEANS of insurance.

A tip could be considered insurance, but not in that sense because you must insure something before it occurs. You are not insuring your meal with your tip because the tip comes after the meal. You are ensuring the tip because the waitress knows the tip will be coming--its definition does not require a time.

Answer 4

If wait staff were given a living wage, a tip would be a bonus. Unfortunately, most of them are paid well below minimum wage, and what we call a tip in the US is added on in other countries under the name "service charge".

If you get poor service, complain to the manager, but first be sure that it is the server's fault. Don't blame the server if the kitchen is slow, or you don;t like the food you ordered.

Also, the restaurant reports a certain percentage of income to the IRS, whether or not the waiter receives that amount. So, someone has to pay taxes on money they may never have seen

Answer 5

T === to
I ==== insure
P==== prompt
S==== service

or so I was told in server training
Tipping varies from culture to culture and by service industry. Though by definition a tip is never legally required and its amount is at the discretion of the person being served, in some circumstances failing to give an adequate tip when one is expected would be considered very miserly, a violation of etiquette, or unethical.

Answer 6

I'm pretty sure that "To Insure Proper Service" is a back-formation, like "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge/Fornication Under Consent of the King". An acronym is made up for an existing word, people pass it around, and as the story gets fuzzier, it starts being passed along as 'fact'.

Answer 7

Sorry I'm not a big English language geek or anything but surely to use those words in the correct context would be
To ENSURE proper service.
Insure and ensure are two different words with two different meanings.
To INSURE proper service does not make sense.
So Im not sure thats where the word 'tips' come from. In fact I thought 'tip' was a very olde English Slang term for 'to give'

Answer 8

Originally a tip WAS given at the beginning of the service. And I'm pretty sure it was to insure promptness. That way, if you paid a little extra, you would get served first and not have to wait around.

But yes, I agree with everything you said. Waiters and waitresses shouldn't expect it, they should (nowadays) earn it.

Answer 9

I agree with you- a tip is an extra bonus for really good service not a given. Wait people get a fair base salary from the employer - anything else they get from the customer is because of good service

Answer 10

Are you aware that waitresses and waiters are paid below minimun wage because they receive tips? The tips are considered part of their income, and their employers are allowed to pay them below minimun wage because they receive part of their income from their customers....I never tip less than 15% and usually closer to 25%.

You don't leave a TIPS, you leave a tip. And if it was intended to insure proper service, you should give it to your waitress upon arrival, not upon leaving....