Date: 2/11/2002 7:13:00 PM
From Authorid: 9713
I agree with you that people should go into the resteraunt knowing that they have to leave a tip. Sure, it IS the waitresses job to be nice and friendly, but it IS a very hard job. People can be downright mean. I agree with you....  |
Date: 2/11/2002 7:17:00 PM
From Authorid: 30743
I agree, to a point. Oftentimes, a person that goes to a restaraunt, it is a rare treat for them because they don't have money that often. When they do get a little extra and want to go out to eat, I don't feel they should be ridiculed for not leaving a tip that they really can't afford. Myself, I always leave a two to three dollar tip and it's all I can afford. Often, I can't even afford that, but I do leave a tip. Love and BIG MONKEY HUGS!!!  |
Date: 2/11/2002 7:18:00 PM
From Authorid: 37471
$2.15 per hour? i thought minimum wage was 5 bucks an hour or something.  |
Date: 2/11/2002 7:18:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 46005
perhaps if leaving a tip is a bother, they should go to a fastfood restraunt, or somewhere where tips arent expected!!!  |
Date: 2/11/2002 7:20:00 PM
From Authorid: 44850
word.  |
Date: 2/11/2002 7:20:00 PM
From Authorid: 19685
i can understand your frustration. but i also understand mine. when i have the money, i tip GOOD. i mean outrageous tips! i LOVE making someone's day! but right now, i'm so broke, when i go eat, i give what i can. like tonight, i gave 2 dollar tip, its all i could afford. and since i tipped, i probably won't eat lunch for a few days this week. like i said, i LOVE making someone's day, sometimes i make my boyfriend's day and take him to dinner, but don't have the money to tip. i am DIRT poor. and i don't blame people for not tipping if they can't. i don't think but maybe twice i haven't tipped even if the waiter/waitress was CRAPPY! but you need to calm down about it lol! now you think waitressing is bad? sure they have to take crap sometimes. but being a cook is even HARDER! know why? cuz you HAVE to get that food out in 5 minutes or less. and you are cooking like 12 meals at one time. and it takes 3 minutes to deep fry a basket of fries (which is about enough for 3 dinners)and your manager is yelling that if you don't get things going she's isn't going to schedule you for the next week and you spy a big knife nearby and the thought passes through your head....lol that's frustration. i've been there too.  |
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Date: 2/11/2002 7:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 30743
Alexander's Momma, as I said, it is a rare treat for them to be able to go out to eat. Very rare, and they want to dine in a nice place. What's so wrong with that? They want steak instead a slung hamburger? I have many times in my life had only enough money to eat with, and wanted to go to a nice restaraunt to dine in, it's NOT a crime not to leave a tip. Love and BIG MONKEY HUGS!! |
Date: 2/11/2002 7:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 16845
I always leave a tip IF the server deserves one....and I always tip four or five bucks. but like I said only if the server has earned it......I mean if thier rude, or just can't seem to get the order right or in a fashionable amount of time then I might only tip a dollar.....*Shrugs*  |
Date: 2/11/2002 7:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 35178
i agree...if you know you dont have the money to tip the waitress, then you shouldnt go. the waitress lives off of their tips. someone doing that is making it difficult to afford things themselves. you wouldnt go to the dentist and then after they clean your teeth say gee i cant afford it...its the same principle. waitress provide a service just like any other occupation. **short angel**  |
Date: 2/11/2002 7:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 23610
I also agree...to a point. I always tip well. But I do understand other's points of view also. Perhaps this could be turned around and instead of telling people that they should not go out to eat if they can't tip....because a tip is expected....it could also be said that one should not take a job where their income is not certain....knowing there where be cases where they are either tipped low or not at all. It is a risk one takes on when taking such a job. Whether right or wrong...the risk lies on the shoulders of those who accept a job knowing that their employeer is not going to pay them much and they are beholden to those who frequent their place of employment.  |
Date: 2/11/2002 7:27:00 PM
From Authorid: 46704
Yeah I agree, my hubby is guity of this, the man never tips no matter the service. Little does he know... I always throw down a generous tip when hes not looking! Cloudfire  |
Date: 2/11/2002 7:30:00 PM
From Authorid: 38474
With me it this is my rule "Good waitress = 25% Bad Waitress = nothing," sorry I will only tip when the service is good, if it is to hard for a waitress to at least offer to refill your drink once than they should not be waitressing. I totally believe you in you get what you pay for so if I am going to pay for good service I want it. I never tip under 25% if the service is good, I didn't say great, I said good, IMO a great waitress deserves 30%..........  |
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Date: 2/11/2002 7:31:00 PM
From Authorid: 37471
o yeah! now I get why when I wanted to work at Bronco's as a waiter they told me that they didnt pay me, that my pay was the tips. so waiters and waitresses dont get paid by the restaurant? |
Date: 2/11/2002 7:32:00 PM
From Authorid: 36704
I agree, everyone knows that tipping is expected. I would never go into a restaurant and eat if I didn't have enough money to tip. I tip well if they're good, if they're ok or even if they kinda suck I tip only the 15% I don't think I've ever not tipped 15%. They do only make 2 dollars an hour and if people have a problem with the way the industry is run then instead of hurting someone who is only doing their job they should boycott the industry and hurt the people behind it. As for someone saying they can't usually afford it so they deserve that luxury, that luxury is at the expense of someone else. I would never think I deserved something when it hurt another person...  |
Date: 2/11/2002 7:41:00 PM
From Authorid: 16442
Becky, many times it is not the waitresses fault if the food does not come out in a timely fashion. That needs to be taken up with managemnet because it is the cooks fault most of the time. So the waitress suffers even though she is begging the cook to get the food out for her. I have been a waitress for many years now and bad cooks are the worst thing for a waitresses pocketbook, but we can do nothing about it. : (  |
Date: 2/11/2002 7:47:00 PM
From Authorid: 42792
Today I went out to lunch with a coworker. We were having a jolly old time and there was this guy in front of us who kept bothering the waiter. He must have flagged him down at least 15 times being a total rude jerk and when he was done he paid got his five dollar change and had the odasity to leave the poor waiter a 50cent tip. My co worker and I were mortified. I thought of leaving more before the waiter came to get his tip but then thought that it would be better for him to remember the rude customer and we just left him double in our tip. I bartended my way through college and tips are what pays. Some people are just way too stingy. If you can't tip then don't go out to restaurants!!!Good Post!!!  |
Date: 2/11/2002 8:07:00 PM
From Authorid: 6358
Well how about this............a lof of us are still in college, live in a dorm. Don't have any kitchen appliances to cook with, so sometimes we are forced to eat out. Sometimes $20 has to last 1-2 weeks if things are tight. So we go out to eat.........is it a sin if we have just enough for our food but can't afford to tip the waiter/waitress? Sometimes a simple "thank you for the excellent service" means more than a couple bucks ever will.  |
Date: 2/11/2002 8:08:00 PM
From Authorid: 24732
You mean me? I'm a girl. When ever I did that was when my class unexpectedly went out and I didn't have any money but change. A lot of times my teacher just says lets go to breakfast, most of the kids don't have that much money. And one time I had to give a really big tip because no one had change for a $10 and all I had was cinnamon toast. And another time we were all out and we especially brought extra money to pay for our tips, then some people got greedy and ordered extra desserts and luckily someone had a credit card. But when you go out with a group of people and they are greedy and eat extra food you don't always have money for a tip.  |
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Date: 2/11/2002 8:09:00 PM
From Authorid: 16442
Kewl Girl, when you are out working a job, will the boss giving you a 'thank you' for an excellent job, but we won't be paying you for the work you did, be enough for you? |
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Date: 2/11/2002 8:20:00 PM
From Authorid: 36704
A simple thank you means more? Somehow I don't think that's gonna pay the bills for these people. I'm in college and I would never have the audacity to do it. If I couldn't afford it I would stick to fast food... |
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Date: 2/11/2002 8:24:00 PM
From Authorid: 16442
Thank you Base! Thats what I was trying to get across as well. A thank you is nice but it sure doesn't feed my kids at the end of the day. |
Date: 2/11/2002 8:26:00 PM
From Authorid: 12341
Good post! Two of my daughters are working as waitresses and I know they would be happy if they got $2 or $3 from everyone they served, they make $2.35 and hour plus tips so they are not getting rich, just trying to pay their way through school and support their babies. they have no control over how long it takes the kitchen to send ot food. Many times they run their legs off getting more drinks, more this and that and never even see a tip, I waitressed when I went to college as well as working another job, it is hard work being nice to people who expect a waitress to wait on them hand and foot for a dollar tip when they just spent 50 bucks on a meal. Honestly IMO the cheapest tippers are the ones who complain the most and run your legs off.  |
Date: 2/11/2002 8:26:00 PM
From Authorid: 30229
I would never DREAM of going into a resturant without tipping!!!! In my lifetime I have walked out of a resturant exactly THREE times without tipping, and it was the server's own fault... but other than that... I do tip, and I tip according to service... Great service will get MORE than 20% from me...   |
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Date: 2/11/2002 8:26:00 PM
From Authorid: 6358
Moonpriestess: I see your point, but sometimes I just can't afford it, and a simple "thank you" is all I CAN afford right now. Later on when I can afford it, I will gladly tip, but I don't think a person should be pegged as a bad person if they can't. |
Date: 2/11/2002 8:28:00 PM
From Authorid: 39370
I agree, but only to a certian point. If someone is hardly making any money at all, then they save up enough money to go to a nice resturant, chances are they truly cant afford a tip. Im sure thats its not because they didnt like ther service that was provided, but because not everyone tip when they are on a tight budget. I personally always try to tip at least 50 cent. But if i only have enough money to eat, and ONLY enough money to eat, then its kind of impossible to leave a tip. i mean yes i will have pocket change, but i hardly concider a dime and two pennys a tip.  |
Date: 2/11/2002 8:29:00 PM
From Authorid: 27360
I always tip waiters and waitresses, hair stylist and pizza delivery guys.  |
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Date: 2/11/2002 8:29:00 PM
From Authorid: 30229
I have to disagree with a "simple thank you is enough" Statement. I worked years ago as a waitress and I had two very young kids, and I absolutely could NOT figure out how to FEED them on a "simple thank you"... There are plenty of places to eat that doesnt require tips... that is where people need to go who cant tip... JUST my INFORMED opinion.. |
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Date: 2/11/2002 8:30:00 PM
From Authorid: 38474
The most I have tipped was 50% and that waitress was EXCELLENT, the best I have ever had. It was at Texas Roadhouse, I think our meals only cost around $50. for 4 of us but the waitress was soooo great, we left her a $25. tip and I sang her praises to her manager. The poor man at first he looked like he was scared to talk to me, must have been alot of complaints that nite, lol. I told him to NEVER let that waitress go, she was great!!! |
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Date: 2/11/2002 8:30:00 PM
From Authorid: 12341
I agree Base and Moonpriestess, at least Burger King pays their staff $7 per hour because tips are not expected. Most resturants which issue coupons state that a 15% gratutity is proper. Even 10% would be nice. |
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Date: 2/11/2002 8:35:00 PM
From Authorid: 16442
Kewl Girl, I do understand, but like others have said, perhaps when you can't tip, you should go to a restaurant that doesn't have waitstaff. Because if we get 10 people in there who can't afford to tip, then we have possibly lost $20 to $30. That $20 to $30 is suppose to pay rent, buy food and do all the same things you are talking about your limited money is suppose to do for you. |
Date: 2/11/2002 8:39:00 PM
From Authorid: 20956
we dont tip here in Australia, but when i went over to America i was so worried that i wasnt going to tip someone enough that i was over tipping people!! .....  |
Date: 2/12/2002 6:31:00 AM
From Authorid: 15394
Hey lets not forget that our wonderful government decided that the "TIP" is taxable... so waitstaff is taxed on fifteen percent of your total tab wether you leave it or not!!!!!!!!  |
Date: 2/12/2002 10:12:00 AM
From Authorid: 8941
I used to waitress, and I agree. It is hard. There used to be a group that would come in where I worked, and they would fill up two tables..one of adults, one of their kids. When we saw them walk in the door after the first couple of tip free visits, we would fight over who had to take them. The owner finally told us to start adding a few dollars to their bill and taking it as our tip..lol...don't know if that was legal or anything, though.  |
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Date: 2/12/2002 10:22:00 AM
From Authorid: 16442
Spit Fire, here in Texas (I don't know where you are) it is legal to add the gratuity to the check, if it is a party over 5. Although they can refuse to pay it, if they choose. : ) |
Date: 9/5/2002 4:23:00 PM
From Authorid: 19927
you don't HAVE to leave a tip...i mean, alot of people are careful how they spend their money..including me. I only leave a tip if the waitress is courteous and polite  |
