GUYS, What is your Perspective on Tipping

[XtremeDunkz]

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You're right. I've got some friends and family who work in call centers. But at least they're behind a phone, an underrated aspect. I didn't mind dealing with bitching customers on the phone but standing there and having to just accept it face to face burned me up.

They are paid pretty well too. Plus some offer benefits and other perks.

I guess serving will kind of be like live call centers now once tips are removed. I'd rather be in an office on the phone for the same rate.

Try working in a casino where guests will blow cigar smoke in your face if you don't comp their parking, will throw their player cards in your face if you don't give them free slot play. Dealing with aggressive drunks who get in your face and threaten you.

That is the worst of all service industry jobs. You combine people blowing their car/rent payments on the tables mixed with free alcohol..yeah.

[dickey1331]

GUYS, What is your Perspective on Tipping

I went to IHOP earlier today and gave a $10 tip on a $28 bill because we had really good service. I overheard the waiter talking to his coworker saying he's never gotten a $10 tip before. That he had a $7 tip last week. He thanked us twice and even waited by the door to thank us.

I didn't think $10 would warrant a response like that. Compared to the bill it's a good tip but it's still just $10. Maybe he was new or having a bad week but it's nice to make a small difference in someone's life. It was definitely well worth $10. It's the small things in life that make it worth living.

[boxboy99]

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Anymore unless someone does a really terrible job which is rare I simply take the whole dollar amount * 2 and move the decimal left a slot and round up. Easy math! For example 50.40 * 2 with decimal move = 10.80. Round up to 11 bucks and be done.

[Mabster]

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It's the small things in life that make it worth living.

Reminds me the other day I was ordering lunch somewhere and the older lady behind the counter asked if I needed anything else. I gave her my customary response, "No, thank you." At first she looked at me like I was crazy and responded, "Did you actually say thank you to me? Huh?" She got a huge smile on her face, "I liked that. Thank you very much."

I sat there eating lunch thinking, wow a simple thank you hella brightened her day. I've never worked in a service industry dealing with the public and am thankful. Are people that ****ty that nobody says thank you anymore? Sad. Hopefully it's just the Bay Area and other cities where people don't care about one another anymore.

OT, growing up my dad always doubled the tax and rounded up. I do this now for average service. You've got to be absent or a dick to not get that out of me. For better or exceptional service I'll round the tax up and double it or round up add a buck or more and then double it. Makes it easy to ballpark 16 to 25 percent.

[kehlis]

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Reminds me the other day I was ordering lunch somewhere and the older lady behind the counter asked if I needed anything else. I gave her my customary response, "No, thank you." At first she looked at me like I was crazy and responded, "Did you actually say thank you to me? Huh?" She got a huge smile on her face, "I liked that. Thank you very much."

I sat there eating lunch thinking, wow a simple thank you hella brightened her day. I've never worked in a service industry dealing with the public and am thankful. Are people that ****ty that nobody says thank you anymore? Sad. Hopefully it's just the Bay Area and other cities where people don't care about one another anymore.

OT, growing up my dad always doubled the tax and rounded up. I do this now for average service. You've got to be absent or a dick to not get that out of me. For better or exceptional service I'll round the tax up and double it or round up add a buck or more and then double it. Makes it easy to ballpark 16 to 25 percent.

I never thought I'd see the day where the Bay Area "hella" would break into your vocabulary.

[Mabster]

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I never thought I'd see the day where the Bay Area "hella" would break into your vocabulary.

I say it but don't type it usually. Moving back to the south bay and it making it into Webster's must have broke me.

Edit: And I had to look over the post to see where exactly I wrote it, and it was a direct unedited from my thoughts.

[CC]

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In high school, some of my teammates and I would go to Applebee's and get a bunch of 1/2 off apps close to their closing time and our bill would be tiny (dick move I know, not my idea). I felt like I always had to make up for my cheapskate friends who would leave like change or if the waiter was lucky a dollar. So I'd leave like 10 bucks which was like twice my bill.

I bartended a bit when I was 21-22, and people are serious a-holes when it comes to tipping, especially the younger crowd.

[RockinDaMike]

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Since living in the Philippines and meeting a bunch of people around the world, Americans by far tip the best. Actually to think about it, only Americans and Russians are tippers.

I get so bothered by it because it's so ingrained in me to tip 15-20%. A good tip in the Philippines equals to about 50 cents to a dollar and I always try to at least double that or more if my gf is not looking.

The service is not as not nearly as good as the states though. From what I gathered from foreigners who visited America, they always tell how amazing the service is.

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[PeoplesChampGB]

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I'll tip anywhere between ten percent and thirty depending on the service. And I always take into consideration how busy the place is and other factors when determining whether the waiter or waitress was good or not. If the place is slammed, of course I won't get as much attention as when it is less packed. But interaction, drink refilling, and checking on us (depending on how busy they are) are big marks towards getting a good tip from me.

I remember one time my family and I were at Chile's and the waitress was great and polite. The table across from us were being ***holes because their order was wrong (cook's fault) and were taking it out on her to the point she was crying. My bill came up to about $50 and I tipped her $25 and told her she didn't have to worry about the people across from us tipping or not. Seven years working in retail has taught me never to take it out on the middle person for someone elses **** up .

[bigeastbumrush]

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Bought a Groupon the other day for a tapas restaurant. It was $15 for $30 dollars worth of food. Good deal.

Went to the restaurant and gave the waiter my groupon as soon as we were seated. Ordered a bunch of tapas. Place wasn't busy as it was lunchtime and only one other table was being served.

Loved the food. The service was good..nothing wrong. So I'm thinking I'm going to give my standard 20%.

He asks if we're ready for the bill. I say yeah and he brings it out.

When I look at the bill it's $65 and the next line shows -$30 for a total of $35.

And the waiter circled the $65 with a pen as if to say "you better tip on the order".

I was planning on tipping on the order (the gross, not the net) already but I didn't like the fact that he had to circle it as if I was going to skimp out on the tip.

Not a big deal but it just rubbed me a little bit the wrong way. Yeah he had no idea I was going to tip that way anyway and maybe they had issues with that with others before. It's just the whole obligation/expectancy thing that I didn't care for.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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Since living in the Philippines and meeting a bunch of people around the world, Americans by far tip the best. Actually to think about it, only Americans and Russians are tippers.

I get so bothered by it because it's so ingrained in me to tip 15-20%. A good tip in the Philippines equals to about 50 cents to a dollar and I always try to at least double that or more if my gf is not looking.

The service is not as not nearly as good as the states though. From what I gathered from foreigners who visited America, they always tell how amazing the service is.

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I dated a girl from Hong Kong (moved to the states when she was 8), and she would say that Americans get made fun (they would call us crazy for it, lol) of because of how much they tip. It is usually not expected as much in their culture. She would always tell me I was 'too good of a tipper', lol.

I just told her, I grew up in the restaurant business with my uncles being Greek and Italian, and that waiters/waitresses rely on tips due to the more often than not, less than minimum wage pay rates.

Personally, they should not have to rely on them, and wages should be paid accordingly. Such an archaic structure.

[shugknight]

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Ok beating on this dead horse again..

Do you guys tip Uber?

I recently started using it after having some car issues, and I was torn on if I was supposed to Tip.

I eventually did, since it was over the holidays.

[jeremym480]

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Ok beating on this dead horse again..

Do you guys tip Uber?

I recently started using it after having some car issues, and I was torn on if I was supposed to Tip.

I eventually did, since it was over the holidays.

I've only taken one Uber ride around Thanksgiving of 2014 when my car had a dead battery. I tried to tip the driver and she wouldn't take it. She could have just been being nice for the holidays or something.

[RockinDaMike]

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I don't tip Uber unless they help me with groceries or lift something.



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[Dog]

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Here's how I tip:


I start at 20% and they would have to be REALLY bad for me to go lower from there.


One time, during hurricane Sandy, I went to the only place in the entire area that was open for food. Line out the door. Finally got my food (pizza) and tipped the guys 100%. It was the first hot food in like a week for me and I'm sure lots of others because the power was out county-wide.