I heard a Freakonomics podcast that covered a study that concluded, if I recall right, service doesn’t play a main factor in tips. Seems counterintuitive because it should, but size of the bill and churning through customers, people leave about the same % overall regardless.
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Tipping: I can't be the only one, right?
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I tip because it makes me feel good to do nice things for other people
If the waiter or waitress was a **** I tell them and leave them a small tip and vice versa for good servers
To not tip because you disagree with it, stay your ass at home
If the waiter or waitress was a **** I tell them and leave them a small tip and vice versa for good servers
To not tip because you disagree with it, stay your ass at home
I usually tip much higher (as a percentage of the bill) at places like Waffle House or bargain type restaurants if the service is good. My check might be $13.25 and I hand them a $20 bill, keep it. When I spend $585 on dinner for two in a Michelin rated restaurant, I may tip 15% if the service was adequate, 20% if the service & food was excellent.
Overtipping is rewarding sometimes, especially if it pisses off another server who I've asked to be relieved of duty at my table due to poor service or attitude (I think I posted a "Cheddars" story here) or when a good server might need a little extra money. Tipping a $100 on a $28 check can really make someone's day/week when you think they might need it or deserve it.
Wow... Never spent that much anywhere for food. Maybe $30 per person at Longhorn would be my record.
All that makes sense, just pointing out the weird tidbit that people can be crappy and still make roughly the same tips overall.
Also, if I tried to get into a Michelin star restaurant they’d probably bar me from entry before I got out of my car.
All this talk of gratuities reminds me of this:
I wear pigtails as a server to get higher tips from men. It's gross, but it works — and I need to pay rent.
Hannah Pemberton is a server who uses the "pigtail theory" at work. When she mentioned it once, a man said: "It works because we want to pull them."
www.businessinsider.com
I don't argue that point at all. I was mainly referring to folk that never tip no matter what, when or where.
Man when I worked as a bouncer I had a server who was let's say, diminutive in stature, about 4' 5" & 95lbs. She looked twelve but was 22 years old. The ****ing creepwads I had to scare off numbered in the dozens. She made excellent tips though.
I wear pigtails as a server to get higher tips from men. It's gross, but it works — and I need to pay rent.
Hannah Pemberton is a server who uses the "pigtail theory" at work. When she mentioned it once, a man said: "It works because we want to pull them."
I don't like those little skinny ones. I prefer a server with a big rack and an ass so fat I'd bury it up to the elbow before I touched brown
