How do you tip?

I always leave over 15%. I don't really keep track of exactly how much it is but I rarely tip as low as 15% and you have to really piss me off to make me tip lower then then.

Originally Posted by Crash Landon

[*]Make me sit around waiting for the check when I'd like to leave.

This is one such situation that caused me and my friend to tip lower then 15%. This woman waiting on us at IHOP had us waiting about 15 minutes past the time we finished eating without bringing the bill, we notified her as she passed that we wanted out bill. We were polite about it. She then proceeded to take the orders of like 4 other tables and never seemed to be getting around to coming back. We had to notify another waitress who went by that we wanted our bill, I believe she scolded our waitress about it. So our Waitress finally brings the bill and gives us an attitude as she slaps it down. Yeah, fuck you bitch if you think you're getting a good tip.

This was on top of the fact that she didn't seem to want to wait on us in the first place. I don't know if it was because of my friend's face piercings or what but you can't treat customers like that. I've worked in retail and I'd be fired if I treated someone like that.

The only time I can think of that I didn't actually leave a tip was when our waitress actually went home without so much as a word or even giving us the bill.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by The_Melomane

Where I work, servers have their own bank on them and when someone gives us big bills we may not have the change for it. Then we have to find someone else to get change, find a to-go specialist, or a manager. All of which tend to be way busy. This means, even though I may be working as hard as I can to get your change, it's going to take me a while.

I've had people get really pissed off at this. What do you want me to do, NOT give you change?

He's not talking about getting his change though. He's talking about not getting the check/bill. As in he hasn't even been allowed to TRY to pay yet.

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Originally Posted by Immortal

I am known for being a generous tipper, and usually I don't even bother figuring out percentages, I just make something up. Obviously it depends on the person and the service, but let's just say tipping well usually leads to better service on repeat visit. When I go to places I go to frequently, I usually tip better than a place I don't think I will be returning to.

It's amazing what a reputation for being a good tipper can do. For awhile me and one of my friends always got the same waitress at Red Robbin and since we were leaving her like $10 tips on $30 orders, she was REALLY going out of her way to make sure we got good service.

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

Do you realize all the things that happen if you are caught selling alcohol to someone who is underage? You WILL lose your job, you will be fined, the business you work at will be fined, and in some cases the business can lose their license to sell alcohol.

I can't count the number of times I was ready to slug a customer working as a cashier because some asshole started yelling and cussing at me cause he couldn't buy beer because he didn't have enough sense to leave his underage friends outside. But it was always satisfying if a manager overheard them swearing, came over, and notified them that they were now banned from the store.

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Originally Posted by RAZGRIZ-1

Please confirm that you don't assume that I yell and cuss at my waiters/waitresses? Nigga please. Get back to me when you're not in a thread bitching about the money that I'M giving you.

No I don't assume that and I'm sorry if you thought I did. I more or less just got myself going on a particular subject and said more then I needed to.

But the customer is always right motto only holds true for so much. Getting mad over a business obeying the law is pointless.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

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.

Funny thing about that. One of my friend's worked at Bennigans and they wouldn't let any of their servers gratuitize parties of black people because they were worried they would think it's a racist thing. Even though it's the law they wouldn't let them do it and around here black people are notorious for not leaving a tip. So yeah, they'd serve a party of like 8-10 people and get no tip.

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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. 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.

How on earth can it take someone 2 hours to eat their food? That is pretty inexcusable but you should be more mad at your managers for not telling them to get the fuck out. I work at a grocery store, so we deal with customer service. But the managers would never let someone loiter in the store more then a half hour after close. And we don't even have as much to do as a restaurant after close.

Originally Posted by GRUN-3

There are a number of restaurants (cheap and high-falutin') that don't allow tipping because they pay their servers adequate wages. One place I go to a lot for lunch is Noodles & Company. A lunch there usually costs $8 - $10, including drink. No double price here, that's how much I routinely pay for lunch.

Funny you mention Noodles, I have a friend who works there. Yeah they don't accept tips, at all. They'd get people that won't take no for an answer and would slap down a tip and run out the door. Yeah, good going cause the manager is going to pocket it, not the person you gave it to.

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Originally Posted by Sassafrass

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.

I'm sure you don't do that after the restaurant is closed though. Honestly I've been to places that don't let you order anything after closing hours. So if you stayed past and want dessert you're SOL.

I generally want to eat and leave. Since whoever I'm with is probably hanging out with me outside of being at the restaurant anyhow. Course if I had a girlfriend, I'm sure that would be alittle different.

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Originally Posted by The_Melomane

I work at a corporate restaurant. Our managers would get fired for sending the guests away. There's a BIG difference between working for corporate and a local restaurant. You can get away with a lot more at a local diner or something.

For people telling 'me' to get a different job if I don't like it, that's BS. I do like my job, for the most part I love it. Like any job though, it has it's negatives. I'm sure servers aren't the only people who sometimes dislike their jobs. For the most part, servers are upset when there are jackasses that think they have a right to treat other people like shit, etc.

So basicly what you're saying is that someone could decide they don't want to leave til 6 am the next day and there is nothing the managers can do about it?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Shin

Someone said on an earlier page that if you were too cheap to tip then most restaurants will prepare your food to take away instead. I can't think of anywhere that I'd describe as a restaurant rather than a fast-food joint that'd prepare you food to go. I guess I have a different idea as to what constitutes a restaurant than some of you guys.

So you consider Big Boy, Bennigans, IHOP, Red Robbin, Chinese Restaurants(Not just the carry out ones), and Coney Islands fast food?

Just because you've never tried to order a carry out meal at a restaurant doesn't mean it's not available. Just about any restaurant that has boxes to put your left overs in will let you order your meal to go. You just obviously wait longer then you would at a fast food place.

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Originally Posted by Shin

Alright, fair enough Chinese and Indian places often offer a takeaway service but from Googling those other places, they're not the sort of places I'd tell people I was going to a restaurant if I was going there, no. They're diners if anything, glorified cafes. When I talk about going to a restaurant I mean places like these, all of which with the possible exception of Lazzatis if you asked really, really nicely would laugh at you if you asked for takeaway food.

See we basicly have a different idea of what is considered a "restaurant" because we don't really have many fancy places like that around here.

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