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
Seems almost everybody is wanting a tip now a days,waiter/waitress laundrymat, hairdresser,pet groomer,masseuse,manicurest/pedicurest, car wash guy,bell boy,deck hand on the fishing boat, starter ( golf course ), paper man,pizza delivery,parking valet, bartender, whew where does it end..
You can learn something from who tips and how much. When I drove a Stretch Limo I found that those that I knew had small incomes tipped the most apparently appreciated the service and effort on my part to make it a memorable event. While those on the other side of the income scale used a calculator and did the minimum tip. It seemed no matter how many times I opened the door, smiled and kept a friendly manor those with larger incomes were cheap tippers. My favorite was bachelorette parties they all got drunk and tipped like crazy! :wink:
If a bartender is expecting a $1 for each drink served which fast food resturant will be the first to start expecting tips to hand you your food and drinks????
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!
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...
I bought a starbucks coffee once just to see what all the buzz was about. Paid about 3 bucks for it. I'm used to a cup and a refill for 75 cents around here. Can't imagine regularly spending that much for coffee on purpose and throwing in a tip on top of that. The world's gone mad. Now a good nut brown ale...well, that's another story.
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.
Bringing this back from the dead cause I saw this article on Fark with the headline... From the "it was only a matter of time" department: tip jars now take credit cards NY Post Article DipJar website. From the FAQ, they take 20 cents of every dollar for processing fees. This product just rubs me the wrong way.
No way, that thing can sit there and die. If I render a tip, it goes to the person that earned it. Some things I will never accept, this is one of them.
I tip the mechanics that work on my car. I tip barbers that cut my hair. I tip bartenders, waiters and waitress very well and I even tell them in advance " I am a pain in the a$$, but it tip very well and I am not kidding" I tip the guy that gets me a cab in Vegas or NYC. I will give spare change to the Ronald McDonald house thing at the counter. I will even give homeless people spare change if I have some on me. But I will not give anyone a tip if they have a jar out that says "tips" on it. Here is a tip do your job and earn your pay and you will get ahead in life.