Does it bother you that many say that seniors are cheap tippers at restaurants?

Question

Do you think that by putting this statement out there, that this is a way to get seniors to tip more so they will not be considered cheap?

Answer 1

What a strange question! Perhaps when you grow up, you will realize that not everyone can afford to leave lavish tips. Perhaps you are tipped according to the service you have provided. Many of these same people find it less expensive to eat at the "Senior discount hours" than to cook at home...they have very limited income, some survive on SS only. Personally, I find it difficult to tip a waiter/waitress who does nothing but take my order and deliver it..often, someone else delivers it, and even when the waitress delivers it, has to ask, who gets what? Seems to me that servers often get what they have worked for. I tip well if the server has provided good service, doesn't have to ask where stuff goes, etc. I tip moderatley if all the server does is do their minimum job for minimum pay. Personally, I don't care if you consider me cheap or not. If you are as rude as your question indicates, I suspect you have a hard time in the server industry.

Answer 2

At least in the USA, many 'senior citizens,' and perhaps most, live on limited incomes. A large tip might very well mean he or she must skip breakfast, for example. Some of us...and I am one...tend to over tip because 1) I can afford it (at 71 I am still a working professional actor) and 2) I eat at places where the wait persons know me...and I know how little they are paid, that they depend on tips. In short, your suggestion that ALL seniors are 'cheap tippers' is simply untrue.

Answer 3

I used to be a waitress and I know how important tips are so I'm a good tipper (unless the service is horrible).
So many seniors live on a fixed income so they have to count every nickle. That doesn't mean their cheap, just careful.
I doubt this question will have much impact on seniors tipping habits though.

Answer 4

Put me down as a cheap senior, but I would far prefer that employees in restaurants were given a good wage to begin with, so they don't have to depend on tips. That's just a cheat on the part of management, as far as I'm concerned. I don't tip my dentist. I don't tip clerks in the grocery store. I don't tip my physiotherapist. I don't tip the people who work in a bookstore. So why should I have to tip people in the food industry? It simply doesn't make sense.
Many seniors are close with a dollar, because they came through depression and war years and know what it is like to scrimp and save. That makes it difficult for some of them to be as generous as the younger, credit-card wielding, bank-overdrafting modern generation. But that is a separate issue from tipping. In many countries of the world, tipping is not allowed. In fact, in New Zealand, tipping is regarded as an insult. So rather than trying to promote the management point of view and make patrons pay extra to make up for minimum wages, think about standing with fellow employees and negotiating a fair wage package in the first place, so you don't have to grovel for tips.

Answer 5

If a senior makes 600 a month they can't give a $5 tip like someone making over 50,000 a year.Some young people can make good money and still be cheap.

Answer 6

If I've had good service I will, (even when it stretches my purse a bit),leave an acceptable tip. I worked as a waitress for nine years and know how hard you have to work for a small wage.The way some people can treat you made me wonder why I stuck it so long, but there were nice customers too so that made up for it. Helped pay my mortgage anyway!

Answer 7

its funny cuz just making a sandwich for a senior i get a dollar or 2 which is pretty good seeing as i only work at subway n we dont have a tip cup. they are usually the only ones who give a tip unless i make like a million sandwiches for a family n even then im lucky if i get a tip lol

Answer 8

This senior never tips according to other groups standards... I never feel bound by what others think......I'd live in misery if I did. Eating out should be a joy, so I like to share it. If you eat out too much You'll naturaly become a tight wad....no joy....It's the human nature, not just for seniors.

Answer 9

management should be paying you a decent wage. you shouldn't have to rely on tips to make enough money to get by on! thats management cheating you, not your customers cheating you.
having said that we tip according to service.
if you want better tips i suggest you start giving better service, be more polite, friendly, patient, helpful and less snotty! stop wasting time flirting with the fellows at the other table and pay more attention to us!
when we ask questions don't roll your eyes and answer with that snippy little tone. don't give us the i'm so bored' treatment. treat us as well as you treat the men you are flirting with and you might get better tips. or better yet, treat us with respect. we deserve it and if we don't get it, then we will go elsewhere to dine.
if you can't do that then find another job!

Answer 10

alot of them are also on a fixed income and as long as they are giving some kind of a tip it is better then nothing..for most seniors a meal out now and then is there only form of entertainment for the month...i would go easy on them..they did more for less money in their day then we will ever have to..