Waiters are expected to be tipped but the cooks work hard at equal or less wage. Why don't they get the tips?

Question

I think giving tips is over-rated and I hate being asked if I want to put a tip on my card when I'm at the register. They make you feel obligated. I'm not cheap, I would just rather see the cooks who worked hard on my meal get the tip. Do you agree or disagree?

Answer 1

all the other answers are good but the reality is that the cooks are out back and the SERVERS (pc term) are out front dealing with people. people have problems and the server has to deal with that everyday. the wage earned by hospitality staff is designed to cover the tax obligations that are incurred (yes they pay taxes even if you do not tip, it is based on sales) and the earnings should all be from the tips earned while working to serve the people at the establishment. If the service SUCKS tip 10% if it is marginally okay 15% and if they go out of there way you should give 20%. As a bartender if I made an average of less than 25% for the night I condsidered that a complete failure.

Answer 2

I disagree. For one thing the cooks do make more. Even if it is minimum wage. Waiters make less because they do get tips. And they should be tipped. They are the ones who are waiting on people like you, and me for that matter. I am a stickler for good service. I expect to be waited on and served as I would a guest in my home. And I tip accordingly. I always try to take into account for things that are out of the waiters control. If the food is cooked wrong or tastes bad I do not deduct from the tip, after all that is on the cooks. If the wrong food is served and the waiter promptly fixes this error without an attitude I do not subtract from the tip.

Only once did I leave a tip that was not money, but a note. She served half of the table their food. % min later we had to track her down. She blamed it on the kitchen. For shame.

My mom was a career waitress at Red Lobster. She was able to send me to college and retire at the age of 52. She could sell ice to an Eskimo. She was that good. Because she treated people as if they were in our dinning room.

SMILE

FYI
You can tip the cooks also. I have done that many times.

Answer 3

I'd love to work at the restaurant where the waitresses get paid the same as the line cooks. I get paid $2.15 and hour plus tips.

But you're right. We don't cook the food
We just take the order
Make note of your special request
Clear the table
Roll the silverware
Garnish the plates
Clean up the seating area at the end of shift
Clean up the kitchen stations at the end of shift
Refill your soda
Run drinks from the bar
Bring extra bread

Yeah, it's a great scam being a waitress. Hardly any work at all. Then we get to share our tips with the bus boys and the hostesses and occasionally the food runners.

Answer 4

I've never heard of a restaurant (a genuine sit-down restaurant, as opposed to fast food or similar) paying the cooks the same as wait staff. Generally, the kitchen staff are more highly paid for their culinary skill. Wait staff depend on tips because of the service-oriented nature of their position. Good service begets higher tips. Any kind table service should garner at least a minimal tip -- if one doesn't care to tip, one has the option of not dining out at an establishment that provides table service.

Answer 5

A lot of waiters just receive a minimum wage for the reason that tip is one of their source of income as well. The cook received higher salary, I knew this for a fact because I once worked as a cook and my salary was high. So I disagree with you.

Answer 6

I believe the cooks don't get tips because their wages are a lot higher. Believe it or not, they do get paid pretty good. I don't think tipping for waiters/waitresses is over-rated, they provide service and should get paid according to their service that they provide. Remember, they also work on lower wages, so they depend on tips to make a living.

Answer 7

i agree with you that cooks should be tipped- it's the gesture for the work that they do that's important. true, chefs are paid better than servers in most places, but that doesn't mean they are paid WELL! I 've actually worked as a server in places where we were required to give a portion of our tips to the chefs (as well as dishwashers and bartenders and bussers)....and places where we didn't HAVE to, but would pool together money for the chefs on a particularly good night as a thank you.

i absolutely think it should be all right to tip chefs- if you are that impressed by a meal, you should be able to give them a gratuity, as well. try it some time!

Answer 8

If your going to a restauraunt who pays the waiters as much as the cooks, there is something wrong with that restuarunts. Waiters are one of the few jobs that can actually be paid less than minumin wage. I worked at a resturaunt, crappy one at that, where I catered the buffet, at min. wage, and the waiters made 2.15 an hour, less than half min. wage.

Answer 9

it often equals out. working example some nights servers could make 15-20 funds an hour then different nights they'd trouble-free 4-6 funds an hour. yet to respond to your question particular servers a minimum of make minimum salary if business enterprise is sluggish or in the event that they have human beings of their section that don't tip sufficiently.

Answer 10

probably most of the waitstaff tends to be women
try not tipping your waitress for a few times then see the kind of service you get. i bet no one gives a crap if a fat white guy waiter or bartender doesn't get tipped. the real solution is to raise the wages for food service people even if it means we pay more at the menu. there Is a hotel in boston that has a no tip policy and this is slowly catching. may we all be so fortunate. i do tip but do extra if someone goes out of their way to make sure I have a good time, which is how your SUPPOSED to tip. it's not fait to put the burden of paying salaries on the customers.