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Other parts of the world pay their service staff a living wage with benefits, hence no tip required or expected... Some parts of the US are heading that way with states like CA being at the forefront. When I'm in CA, yes I tip much less...
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04-10-2016, 02:36 PM | #46 |
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I tip 20% because three kids.
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04-10-2016, 02:57 PM | #48 |
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If good service, I almost always leave 20%...
... but here is the deal, have no expectations if you're service sucks.... and recently anywhere that I have been going, it's been that way. |
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04-10-2016, 02:58 PM | #49 |
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I guess that's why I feel the way I'd do about tip, I'm in CA. Unless I'm missing something here, the employed in here in CA get at least minimum wage+ tips. Minimum wage sucks but it's better than $2 like another poster mentioned.
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04-10-2016, 02:58 PM | #50 |
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You referring to those coffee pourers that make almost as much as entry level nurses... hell nah
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04-10-2016, 03:18 PM | #52 | ||
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Especially since I'm a very easy person to serve,respectful and usually spend more than 100 each bill. Most servers I know make very good money so don't feel bad with 10% Like I said before,I will tip more for exceptional service but it seems less and less common these days for that to happen. |
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04-10-2016, 03:24 PM | #53 |
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for sit-down eats and delivery
20% for above average (or higher) service. 15% for average <15% (down to zero) for crappy service. for counter pickup ~10% and i usually try to leave the tip in cash. even if i am paying the rest with a CC.
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04-10-2016, 05:45 PM | #54 |
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10-15% for Average Service
20% for good service 25-30% for exceptional service. And I only tip on raw amount. Taxes should not be calculated in the tip amount. *For those who leave nothing, you are basically taking money out of the servers pockets. The IRS calculates a certain amount of tip income based on their reported W-2 income. If you don't tip, you have taken that amount out of their pocket. Crappy move, IMHO. |
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Haha Serious ???? Is this a USA thing ?? |
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04-10-2016, 06:01 PM | #56 | |
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I did it thru uni and it was the easiest job I've ever had in my life, what on earth is hard about taking people food, chatting and managing the kitchen staff to ensure your tables are fed in time ??? Long hours .... But hey so are a lot of jobs when your a kid It was my 'look back and laugh so much how easy life was' job..... I literally can't think of an easier job i ever had, but then again it was just a kids job, for youngsters, if your still doing it you need to question your life choices and not the actual job, your an adult, you shouldn't still be serving people dinner after collage. Perhaps that's why it's tough ??? But let's be honest servers are not hard done by at all Also higher people ???? Seriously ???? Hire is the word your looking for.... I'm actually embarrassed for you |
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04-10-2016, 06:33 PM | #57 |
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20-30%, mostly based on what is a clean number to round to. I don't worry too much about % and frankly I'm a little surprised how much debate this has brought on a website full of people driving luxury cars.
I do tip more on the first drink at a bar. It's an investment. |
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Tips...
What about a barbershop? I noticed barber shops around here charge said barber rent for the month to have his chair and serve customers.... They keep all the money from the haircut and "pay the rent", do you tip them ontop of the $20-$30 a haircut costs? |
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Not in the UK. College is what you do before higher education .... Google it before doing the embarrasing 'I know it all smiley wink '
Or you just look a bit thick Couldn't be arsed doing that Wink or whatever that silly blue ' I've got one over you' icons is haha ( cannot be arsed finding the emoji that says your a bit thick and didn't realise your talking to someone that is not from your town..... Does it exist ?? ) Oh dear Adults only site ..... It's been penetrated by 14 year olds Ps - wink Last edited by Rufus123; 04-10-2016 at 07:06 PM.. |
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So what does one get with no tip? This is a standard I have used for average service. |
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My math sucks, so either the next reasonable dollar amount (e.g. $4 for a $15 meal) or 18%... I multiply the sales tax rate (9%) by 2.
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Married to an ex-waitress, now a psychiatrist. Doesn't matter if it's a diner or a Michelin 4 star... less than 20% (unless something was seriously wrong with the wait staff) and you are a piece of shit. Welcome to the Midwest, we take take of our own... And definitely deduct the tax before the tip. They all get that....
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I have been in the restaurant business my whole life. Other than recent events with minimum wages increasing, servers and busboys have been paid minimal wages and the notion of tipping is an incentive to provide quality service and be paid accordingly. Figure it this way: if a server worked a 6 hour shift and was only(no tips) paid 8$ an hour, after taxes they bring home about $40. Who can afford to work and make $200 a week? A server in a quality restaurant must be more than a high school kid or an illegal mopping a floor.
They should be people friendly, be able to handle pressure and have enough brains to know the menu and so forth. I know this is not the case some of the time..believe me, I deal with it all the time. I think many of you hit it on the head that the custom of tipping is based on the precedent of it is a low hourly wage that has opportunity to prove you are good.
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