A question for bad tippers.?

Question

WHY? WHY? WHY? I like to think that a go out of my way for my guests. I truly try to give them an enjoyable experience. Yet it never fails. Along comes some ignorant fool who runs me ragged and then stiffs me or leaves me next to nothing. Everyone knows you should tip, right? So why would you do this to me? Have you no respect for a hard working girl?

Answer 1

This is in response to Violet. Have you ever actually been a server? I doubt it, because if you had you would understand why you tip servers.
Servers typically make $2.13/hour, though some restaurants do pay a little higher, but that's it, just a little. In the service industry, we're not just bringing you food and setting it down on your table. If that was all we did, I wouldn't tip either. But servers seat you, take your order, bring your drinks, keep your drinks filled, fight with the cooks in the back when if your order is wrong or not the way you want it, bring you anything you need, and then clean up after you. We check back on you to see if everything is all right, if there's anything we can do for you. We get cussed out, harassed, yelled at, run around for your every need, and we do it all with a smile on our face. Have you ever had someone yelling at you and looking down on you, and had to stand there with a smile and apologize for something not being perfect, when it wasn't your fault to begin with? We take the blame for anything that goes wrong, be it the cooks didn't cook the food right, or the hostess didn't seat you quickly enough, or management didn't order inventory correctly and we don't have the item you want. And all for $2.13 and hour.
That's why you tip. And remember, servers remember who you are, and how you tip. These are the people that are handling your food; that see your food before you do. Be nice to us, treat us with respect, and tip well. If you don't want to tip, don't go to a place that offers personal service; go to McDonnalds. And the correct tipping percent is at least 20%. The cost of living is much higher now than it was 10 years ago, and although minimum wage may have increased, but our wages didn't. Servers run the restaurant, not the managers, so next time you go out remember what we go through so that you can have an enjoyable meal.
And on a side note, I think everyone should have to work in the food industry at least once in their lives just to understand what it's like.

Answer 2

I'm in college and have very little money. I still do what my parents taught me and tip $2. Note my meals never run more than $10. When eating with a group we all pitch in a dollar or two. If service is excellant I'll tip more, unless I'm really strapped for cash, and then I usually go to Wal-Mart or McDonald's, not a restaurant with servers.
I got to spend a night helping with the birthday tables at one of my favorite hangouts, my mom arranged it. It was a lot of work and we were never allowed to sit down, no matter what. I was constantly busy running drinks to all the tables. I remember when I got my share of the tips I was so happy because it meant I'd done well and made everyone happy. Tips can mean a lot, so can being polite to the servers. Don't sit there and scream at them, it just makes you look like a jerk.

Answer 3

I don't go out to eat if it isn't a very good meal. I usually tip 15-20%. I wished all the times that the price of the menu could include the taxes and tip as well so that we don't dwindle on that. Dinner for four runs me about $80+ and the tip is almost the cost of an entree. Sorry servers, but sometimes that is the reason why I just eat some leftovers at home.

Answer 4

Originally, way back in the good old days, the acronym TIP meant "to insure promptness" and was offered before service was rendered; thereby, insuring that the service would be excellent.

For those of you who think servers should get another job, where would you eat if they all did?

What I could never understand, though, is why would anyone go out to eat and deliberately leave a big mess just because you don't have to clean it up? That shows a serious lack of consideration for others and maybe the planet would be better off without you.

Answer 5

a friend of mine and her husband are on a very tight budget and have to be very careful how they spend their money. No matter how much their bill is (its never high) they always tip 2 dollars, if they have a good waiter/waitess. I can understand things like that. You have also got to realize that sometimes people just forget. People can be so caught up in their business and totally forget about you and how much you deserve the tip. I went to a restaruant and after day with a good friend that I hadn't seen in several months. We had lots of things to talk about and left and totally forgot about leaving a tip. I felt bad but there was nothing I could do about it. Just because people leave bad tips or no tip It doesn't mean that you have done anything wrong.

Answer 6

Girl - I don't understand it either. I used to serve and it would drive me nuts.
I am now a trainer for a call center and recently a group of my trainees and I were discussing tipping our servers (very random conversation during a training session). One girl in my class blatantly said that she does NOT tip! She did not feel that she had to tip! She felt it wasn't her fault that servers had the profession they had and she's not paying them for thier poor choice! Ridiculous! Of course, being in the professional leadership position I am in, I now had a situation to deflate because all of the other women in my class had been servers at some point or another. The non-tipper ended up being very offended and from that point on the dynamic wasn't the same in my classroom. Neither here nor there. But, those were her reasons for not tipping as suprising as they are!

Answer 7

I do tip the 15%-20% but I have to say wish I didn't have to. I personally don't agree with tipping but society tell you that you should. (from Canada) Why do I disagree?

My income is taxed and therefore so should yours. There is no easy way to track tips that are given to you to ensure you are declaring your full income. Your employer is not tracking this...you are personally. There are no insurance that you yourself are claiming all of your tips to be taxed.

I believe that it's your job to serve me...be friendly....and take my order. What else are you doing besides your job?

If waitress should be paid mroe then it should be rolled into their wages and cost of food. It's up to your manager to make sure your trained and paid a decent wage.

Why do some service industries get tips well others don't. I dont understand this.

You chose your job as a waitress therefore you get paid the wage your given. There is no rule stated rule that it's wrong not to tip just that it is customary.

Martian: All Stephanie is saying is that everyone is trying to nickel and dime you out of your money. I agree with her. You go to a restaurant and there is the price...it's not an obligation to tip. The serving personal that feel that it's owed to them are wrong. Their wage is owed to them...not a tip.

Vivian W: you must realize that when you are on Yahoo you are talking to people from different parts of the world. I am in Canada our servers don't make $2.13 or whatever you stated they get minimum wage. If you want min wage then get a job that pays that don't rely on tips. I think you need to think about where people are from. I didn't not know that you made less then mimimum wage.....where? curious?

haha - I gave reasons why someone wouldn't Which I have probably answered her question better then most of you. I won't get the 10pts because I don't agree with the poster but that's okay.

Answer 8

It is your job to provide good service no matter if you are tipped or not. It pisses me off that everyone expects to be tipped now. Eating out is already so freaking expensive, not only do we have to pay an arm and a leg to eat, the waitstaff wants 15% on top of the bill, on 40 dollars thats what, another 10 bucks. We all have bills to pay, we all work out asses off, this is just another method of screwing us out of our money. I was a waitress myself for several years, but I never expected people to tip me, it is your job to serve. You were paid for the time you were serving these ignorant fools, so you weren't exactly stiffed.

Hey, I'm looking at this from others perspective. I know plenty of people who make great money off of tips, it should be based on how much an individual can afford to give, not on how much is spent. When you hear of celebritys being "miserly" I totally agree, but there are plenty of people who struggle, not just wait staff, you know. I work at a Pizza restaurant now, no tips, no health insurance, started at mininum wage, I probably make alot less than most tipped employees. Then again I also live in a state that requires employees to be paid minimum wage, and its faily high.

Answer 9

we live in a world where 8 year olds are getting expensive video game systems and where people line up outside in the middle of the night to do their after-thanksgiving shopping. people are spending all the time and the bottom line is, they choose not to "waste" that money on tipping their servers. i don't think that you always have to tip the guy who makes your coffee, but servers definitely go well out of their way to make your meal enjoyable. "you would never tip a server for horrible service, right? so why would you punish them for good service?" from my experience, too many people these days (not all), are incredibly selfish. if they're not getting anything out of it, they don't care!

Answer 10

I always tell everyone what is a couple extra bucks above what you plan on tipping (18-20% )is no big deal and if everyone did it it really adds up to the server who many times has to pay for health insurance. I am sorry you have been rooked maybe people will read this and wise up. Good luck