How do you tip?

Unlike Radez, I can't afford giving out wicked good tips for wicked good waiters. ;_;

But I generally tip between 20-25%. Rarely do I dip below 15%, and that's when the service is absolute shit.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by RAZGRIZ-1

This also reminds me... One time Frank and I were at a local restaurant that brews their own beer and we ordered a beer. Keep in mind, I'm there twice a week either to write my lesson plans or to work on some design.

I'm also known for being a damn generous tipper and I know every single server that works there so whenever I show up with anyone they only thing they wanna know is what my company is having for dinner because they already know what I want, "Liter of IPA, right? What's everyone else having?" Some new kid that had actually started working there and even though he'd already taken our drink order, he decided to card Frank. Frank didn't have his wallet on him because I was buying. This little prick wouldn't serve him a beer!

Needless to say, I didn't leave a single tip but Frankie, ever the sucker for being a kind soul, pulled him aside before we left and gave him a $5 tip for having brought me my liter of beer. I was still kind of pissed that this little shit wouldn't serve him so I just told Frank in mid-transaction, "What the fuck are you doing? I could've bought another pint with that." I left a penny on the table as well.

I'll tell you what though, they've never refused service to anyone who walks in with me after that and that boy never worked the floor again.

You know, of all people, I didn't expect you to say this.

I don't understand why you'd get mad and not tip for someone doing their job. I mean, if you want to feed Frankie beer when he's underage, why not just feed him beer at home?

I don't know, man. This was ridiculous of you. I'm sorry.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by The_Melomane

17. I also want to add...why do people think that it's okay to walk into a restaurant and eat when it's 15 minutes before closing???? FYI...there's a lot of stuff to be done after hours, i.e. cleaning up and Stuff like that! So if it is vacuuming and shit like that you don't want to hear when having a decent meal...then don't show up 15 minutes before closing time! Not only are you holding up your server from leaving the damn place, but you are also pissing off the individual who's cooking your damn meal...remember that!

Okay.

See, if I am paying full price for a meal during a restaurant's business hours, I expect to have an experience similar to experiences of earlier customers.

I realize that sometimes, when I walk in at 15 minutes before closing time, it's a hassle to you. Consider I don't know your business hours. I also expect that the hours listed are the ones where you're actually doing business - just as you were doing earlier in the day.

I don't like the notion that I have to sit through vacuuming when I want to have a conversation with the people I am with. Save your loud tasks until all your customers walk out the door. Find something to do that DOESN'T fuck with my full-priced meal experience if you need to. Just do me the fucking favor of NOT VACUUMING IN MY FACE when I am trying to enjoy a meal I am paying for.

Maybe I am a bitch for thinking this. I don't know. I also agree with Midna re: take-out tips. If you're making less than minimum wage working take-out, bring it up with your boss and not me. You're not "waiting" on me, I am not holding up a table, and I am not asking you to fucking serve me. Take-out guys don't get tips unless they deliver to my goddamn door.

Lastly, I was pretty sure that with a party over 8 (depending on where you go), gratuity is included in your bill as a separate line item. Sure, it's proper to tip over that, but you're not getting 20% in the check AND another 20% unlisted tip.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by The_Melomane

So you think it's perfectly acceptable to stay somewhere a half an hour plus after they've closed?
Last Monday a table didn't leave until 11:50. We close at 10:00. Basically you're saying we have no right to be upset at them even though they're the ones not respecting company hours.

Yea, that's unreasonable. If I notice a place is close to closing up for the night, I usually DO in fact rush things. BUT:

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If we were to go by what Sass and Seris are suggesting, we wouldn't even begin closing until they'd left. Almost two hours after we were closed, simply because there was one table left.

I didn't say IGNORE your closing duties, Melo. I said it's rude to vacuum when a customer is trying to enjoy a meal DURING business hours. DURING business hours, I mentioned that people should maybe possibly find more quiet back work to do until the place is sufficiently empty

After hours, I think it's fair game.

And DarkMage, when I go out with friends or family, we can sit there for up to four hours. People enjoy talking over food, knowing they don't have to get up and serve others around the table during a conversation. I PREFER those sorts of meals.

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