buckeyefarmer
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The more you order, the cuter they get :laughing:
how much to tip?
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The more you order, the cuter they get :laughing:
RoyJackson
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I don't have a set amount, but I never go with an automatic gratuity.
It's rare I don't tip...and the service has to be atrocious for me not to tip.
Normally, it's about 15% of the bill. Exceptional service gets more...
It's rare I don't tip...and the service has to be atrocious for me not to tip.
Normally, it's about 15% of the bill. Exceptional service gets more...
QRTRHRS
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Working as a caddie at an exclusive golf course way back when, we had a couple of golfers we called "Mac n' Duff". Where as a normal tip for 18 holes might have been up to five bucks, these two could only make 9 holes fortuately and would give you 50 cents. That and I had older sisters working in the diners as did I but only as a dishwasher.
I know how hard these folks worked or at least most of them so I give at least 20%. The places I frequent know me so they attend to us quite well.
For those that regularly do not tip even 15% for good service, maybe you should eat at home. I say that for the obvious but also because if you get to be known as a cheapskate, you won't ever get good service.
I will add that not only will I tip accordingly for bad service but will let the head honcho what's in charge know.
I know how hard these folks worked or at least most of them so I give at least 20%. The places I frequent know me so they attend to us quite well.
For those that regularly do not tip even 15% for good service, maybe you should eat at home. I say that for the obvious but also because if you get to be known as a cheapskate, you won't ever get good service.
I will add that not only will I tip accordingly for bad service but will let the head honcho what's in charge know.
whistlepig
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I always tip. Bad service is a reflection on restaurant. Leaving with out a tip is a reflection on me. I have the option of not going back if the service is bad. I have worked at restaurants. I may think that I have made the waiter/waitress look bad if I leave without leaving a tip. But not near as bad as what they say about me as I walk out the door with out leaving a tip. I won't be the caboose on a stupid train.
jerrybob
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Tip range is 15% to 25%....depending on service. We usually don't have bad service but.....over the years....its happened a few times. Bad attitudes/bad service equals bad tip. On the rare occasion we have not left a tip.....I have made sure the manager knows exactly why.
Turbys_1700
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We eat at the same restaurants typically...
One restaurant we frequent every Friday night...
Has been in business since 1952...
We know the waitresses and typically tip 20% to 25%...
They know us and give us great service...
It is a family thing...
One restaurant we frequent every Friday night...
Has been in business since 1952...
We know the waitresses and typically tip 20% to 25%...
They know us and give us great service...
It is a family thing...
jimmpatrick
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Yes, but you're not paid $2.13 an hour.I dont tip ...no one tips me
In Britain 10% is normal in a restaurant. In France the service is included in the bill. I tip 5% there when service is good. But these countries have a minimum wage - of about $9 I think.
The American system where everyone expects a tip seems strange to us. And awkward sometimes. You arrive at the airport with dollars from the bank and what do you do when the smallest note is $100 and a low paid worker expects a tip? I don't like the system. I like to pay the price I see - with no tips or no tax to be added. However, it works in a way. The service in the US, in general, is better than in Europe.
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I come from a country that does not believe in tipping in any way.
But I just want to get something straight so I am not mistaking what is going on.
You are going to the barbers?.
He owns the business and is not on wages?
And you actually tip him!!!
My immediate reaction is why. If he can't make a living without the tip he should not be in business. And he is tipped for exemplary service? he did not cut an ear off :laughing:
And you pay a bartender to pour your drinks!!!! If you tip him you have to tip the person in the deli who sells you a coke, or the person who sells you a cup of coffee at Starbucks, do you tip the person who sells you a newspaper or magazine, the postman who delivers your letters, the person who presses a button so you can pump your own gas? where does it end.
I sell wine to the public at markets either by the bottle or glass. I don't expect to be tipped for doing my job and if an overseas visitor does offer a tip I thank them but gently refuse to take the money saying good service is given freely you should not have to pay for it and give them the full correct change.
But I just want to get something straight so I am not mistaking what is going on.
You are going to the barbers?.
He owns the business and is not on wages?
And you actually tip him!!!
My immediate reaction is why. If he can't make a living without the tip he should not be in business. And he is tipped for exemplary service? he did not cut an ear off :laughing:
And you pay a bartender to pour your drinks!!!! If you tip him you have to tip the person in the deli who sells you a coke, or the person who sells you a cup of coffee at Starbucks, do you tip the person who sells you a newspaper or magazine, the postman who delivers your letters, the person who presses a button so you can pump your own gas? where does it end.
I sell wine to the public at markets either by the bottle or glass. I don't expect to be tipped for doing my job and if an overseas visitor does offer a tip I thank them but gently refuse to take the money saying good service is given freely you should not have to pay for it and give them the full correct change.
JDgreen227
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I rarely dine out but when I do, even at the local Chinese buffet place I leave 15% and when I get full service and the server does well they get at least 20%. I hated dining out with my former in laws, they would leave 8-9% even when given excellent service. Last time I did that my ex mother in law asked me how I was able to figure a tip so quickly, told her to take 10% of the check total and then I doubled it. DUHHHHH.