GUYS, What is your Perspective on Tipping

[GAMEC0CK2002]

Re: GUYS, What is your Perspective on Tipping

Ok so most of the fam went to a steak, seafood, and sushi buffet this Sunday for Father's day. They had this server that would come by and give us drinks, and in the end the check. Of course since it's a buffet, we got our own food.

What are the rules for this? Do I tip him the normal 15%? Less since he only brought us drinks?

I still tip when having a buffet as long as the server comes by and checks on our table a couple times.

I don't think you should feel obligated to do 15 - 20% though.

[AUChase]

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I'll typically tip on a buffet if they are serving drinks and still coming by from time to time and check. Some people want their server right up their *** the entire time in order to feel like they had good service.

Just come around once every now and then to check on drinks and I'll be happy and I'll still tip just the same. I don't like trying to have a conversation on a dinner date and constantly being interrupted.

[WDOgF0reL1fe]

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You tipped what??

I tell ya, I'm an incredibly cheap bastard. I was in Vegas this weekend where my flight and hotel was paid for. I was at the JW Marriott and my reservation included a free breakfast buffet. The place was quaint, and service was nice. They removed the $20+ fee and there was a line for gratuity. I penciled in $5.00.

The way I saw it, it was 25% of my bill, and even then it was swiped clean, so they should be lucky they got that.

Yeah, I'm not making many friends in high places here haha. Maybe that's why I didn't get the same waitress the next time. Then again, it's a buffet so they really only served me my drinks and asked how my food was.

Crazy, I was just in Vegas on Friday and Saturday as well.

[st67]

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I always tip - but I think it's an idiotic acceptance in our society and that any job that needs tips to earn a decent wage obviously should have better pay.

[XtremeDunkz]

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I tip based on the service I get. I don't believe in tipping based on a percentage of the bill. My waitress is not buying the ingrediants and cooking my meal. She is bringing the plates and cups out. What is on those plates and in those cups makes no difference to her job. I once had absolutely horrible service, waitress never asked if we wanted more drinks, forgot to put in our appetizer order, after our entrees came out we never saw her again, had to search her out to get the bill. I tipped her exactly $1.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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The one buffet I go to the wait staff does just as much work, if not more. Since I make 3-4 trips that is 3-4 plates that magically disappear when I am up and refilling. Which is much more than the one plate I get brought at a normal restaurant and the 1-2 refills I might get. I used to be a pretty cheap tipper, but have gotten better now that I have more disposable income.

[Redacted01]

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I tip based on the service I get. I don't believe in tipping based on a percentage of the bill. My waitress is not buying the ingrediants and cooking my meal. She is bringing the plates and cups out. What is on those plates and in those cups makes no difference to her job. I once had absolutely horrible service, waitress never asked if we wanted more drinks, forgot to put in our appetizer order, after our entrees came out we never saw her again, had to search her out to get the bill. I tipped her exactly $1.

Exactly the scenario I posted earlier. Same restaurant, same service, only difference is the food on the plate. How can you justify tipping more for a steak than a burger? Makes 0 sense.

[NDAlum]

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If I go out I just give like 15-20%. I don't really care about the service. I haven't had any bad experiences that made me want to stiff a server so I haven't.

I do get annoyed when I order a take-out order and they have a tip line though...the sushi place I love does that. I tip like $3 still...I'm a sucker and the reason they likely have that tip line.

[VDusen04]

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If I go out I just give like 15-20%. I don't really care about the service. I haven't had any bad experiences that made me want to stiff a server so I haven't.

Yeah, same here. I admit the system does not seem ideal (employers underpaying staffers - sub minimum wage - and relying upon the customer to make up the difference) but in most cases, that does in fact seem to be the way it is. As such, I don't really believe in expecting to be absolutely pampered just for a hard working member of the wait staff to possibly earn more than the $3 bucks per hour they're originally due. If I get my food without waiting two hours, I'm probably in good shape. I figure I come across a lot of folks everyday who make more money for meeting less demands, so I'm not big on going the "I'm withholding money because you did not totally please me" route.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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If they don't make at least minimum wage in tips the restaurant has to make up for the rest of it right? So it's not like someone might go home with $10 of pay for 5 hours of work if they don't get any tips.

[Fly3]

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I don't.

Waiters shouldn't expect handouts. If you don't like making $2/hr, get another job.

[AUChase]

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I don't.

Waiters shouldn't expect handouts. If you don't like making $2/hr, get another job.

I hope that was just a very poor attempt at making a joke.

[Fly3]

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I hope that was just a very poor attempt at making a joke.

Keep hoping.

[mpbaseball22]

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In my opinion it makes no sense to tip... If you are good at making sure Im alright without being a nuisance and are very nice, sure thing you are getting a tip. But arent most tips just put into a jar and split between everyone anyway?

[AUChase]

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Fly, that's a really, really ignorant way of looking at it.

There's no other way to put it.