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Well said Mark. Some just expect the tip, regardless of the service and much to my wife's dismay, I tip according to the service and have left nothing a time or two.

Jim

 

Yikes....
So, when you went back to eat there a second time, did the waitperson bring your food with a huge grin on their face? They do remember, you know....

 

I'll agree entirely! I'll give you a tip, Mr. Dry Cleaner kid. Get an education and put it to use in an environment that pays you enough that you don't have to worry about a tip jar!

However, if you see no need to further your education, or get one at all, I see no need to subsidize your inadequate choice of vocation.

However, some fund raising jars I'll toss a coin or two in. But that's whole 'nother story!

 

What I find interesting is how we are (or have) moved almost entirely to a service-based economy, yet the batch of high-school and college grads these days don't have a clue what the meaning of service is. That is a huge generalization and there are exceptions everywhere, but for the most part the future generation has a lot to learn about service.

 

Just don't let it bother you-

I just ignore those tip jars just as I ignore those donation cans etc that people give money to and the money never gets to the charity it is collecting for.

If I get excellent above the call of duty service I do offer a tip, I do give to a worthy cause but I "DO" check it out first.

Like Nathon states:

The person at the cleaners did not even thank him for his business so why should he get a tip for doing exactly what he was paid to do.

 

If they get no tip, then service was not good. If they learn from that, they will get one next time. If not, then as long as they bring the food, I don't care if they smile or not. :nonod:

Jim

 

Think he's referring to the possibility of added condiments Jim....

 

Yeah Jim, added condiments you didn't ask for.... And them doing lots of giggling from the kitchen....

 

I'm too lazy to look up which post was the one, but someone said it best earlier in the thread. The message of bad service is clearer when you leave a very low tip. If you don't leave anything they just think you are a jerk. (and are more likely to remember you next time, you know, for the extra condiments)

 

Front of the house has nothing to do with back of the house (that's restaurant talk). Normally, if the service is bad I don''t Back. On the other hand there is a place I go for lunch 2 or 3 times per week. I always tip, service is good, but the waitress has never smiled.

Jim

 

Best tip to make money: Buy low and sell high.

 

Get your money ready then. Stocks are a dropping as we speak!!!

 

I was at a Subway in Tampa, Fla about a week ago and they had a tip jar by the cash register. And they just hand you the cup...you have to get your own drink!

 

See what I mean....

 

1 tip jar gone

The tip jar at the local muni club house is gone. Somebody decided that since it is a muni and those who work there full or part time are city employees, they should not be entitled to receive tips. Now instead of sharing the contents of the tip jar at the end of the day, whichever kid (usually a college golf team member) working behind the counter gets tipped directly in spite of big brother. Life goes on.

 

A couple of years ago there was a big deal made of Starbucks having a tip jar and some of the managers were taking a cut as well.. Turned into a law suit of some sort...

 

Tips;
Right after graduating from High school, I went to a resort area by the ocean and got a job as a waiter so I could live there. When I waited on tables, we bused our own tables, folded napkins, filled condiment jars, bottles, salt, pepper and polished the table ware, watered plants and kept up the appearance of the dining room. We took turns moping the floor every night and locking of the restaurant. The owner would place penny’s on the floor, you found them while moping and placed them on the cash register. He would count them in the morning when he came in @5am to start cooking and see if you did a thorough job of it, if not you got to mop up that night too.
His sister had a restaurant in the same town (Ocean City, Md.), she had a permit to serve wine and beer. On occasion she would call Tony and ask if he could spare some help, we would practically fight over that opportunity because you could make 2 to 3 times as much in tips that night. That wine and beer did certainly benefit our gratuity’s. We wore a white shirt and tie and did not share tips, the lowest person on the totem pole was the wannabe waiter, the dish washer. Yes I tip for service rendered, I do not support tip pooling, see it as creeping socialism or tip jars on counters.

 

I use to do those very same things, when pulling KP and I never got a tip one. :lol:

Jim