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Tipping: I can't be the only one, right?
- Thread starter rOmiLaYu
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LOL, don't let the wife find outIf you find out, PLEASE let me know !!
Just so members know, a "TIP" is an acronym meaning "To Insure Promptness" and is paid before the service is performed, for example tipping the Maître de a $100 bill at a Las Vegas show to take you to the front of the line or directly inside to your seating.I absolutely refuse to tip anyone, anywhere other than the wait staff at a restaurant. And I honestly don't even like doing it there. "Tipping" is a public subsidy. The federal government allows restaurateurs to pay wait staff less than minimum wage and we subsidize the rest of their pay. It's not about honoring work ethic or about showing off. It's 100% a reminder that the federal government is OK with people being paid less than they should because they can get us to cover the difference in tips....which then becomes taxed twice. Once when I got it and again when I give it as a tip. The whole thing pisses me off.
And so now hair dressers want a tip? Uber drivers? Lawn care guys? The girl behind the register at Moe's? Uh, no...kick rocks, nerds.
I heard Marc Arum doing a whole show on this the other day and it just drove me crazy. People were calling in talking about how they tip tow truck drivers and plumbers and all manner of ridiculousness. Why on Earth would I "tip" a plumber? You fixed the pooper. I paid you. Pound sand. I'm not giving you a tip.
Please tell me I'm not alone on this.
A "Gratuity", which most of us call a TIP, is given afterward as acknowledgment for good service.
There is your educational experience for today....
If patrons refuse to tip then those people have absolutely no class! I can't emphasize that more strongly. These people work there asses of for less than a 1.50 an hour and depend on tips for a living. How would you like it if you had an hourly job and worked 4 hours a day for the week and didn't get overtime. Then work you like a dog and have you doing work off the clock.
Servers try there best to get you your food on time and serve you. My guess is you probably go to Olive Garden ( for example ) and send her back for the six bowls of salad, 150 bread sticks, 18 refills on you beverage and eat like freaking horse and complain she is not quick enough and wake away and not tip. Not even realize the strain that you have put on the other customers tables by working her like a dog. Glutens and tite wadds. Despicable! Non tippers are one of the small percent of low to no class people who haven't been cultured and taught manners and respect. If you are not prepared to tip for your service then stay at home. I loath people like that. Giving is one of the best feelings there is unless they are full of greed and avarice.
As a rule of thumb I tip at least 20% if they serve me well. If they're talkative really charismatic and anxious to please I tip more. If they are complete slouch and act like they don't even give a crap about your table I give at least 10%. They are there working and they work for tips. Nothing anyone can say can excuse that kind of behavior of taking advantage of everything a restaurant has to offer and then not tipping the people that are waiting on customers. Utterly ridiculous, insensitive, classlesss and a grotesque lack of concern for your fellow man or woman!
This post was for those who don't tip in general and not aimed any specific person in this form. Names have been changed to protect the innocent.
Servers try there best to get you your food on time and serve you. My guess is you probably go to Olive Garden ( for example ) and send her back for the six bowls of salad, 150 bread sticks, 18 refills on you beverage and eat like freaking horse and complain she is not quick enough and wake away and not tip. Not even realize the strain that you have put on the other customers tables by working her like a dog. Glutens and tite wadds. Despicable! Non tippers are one of the small percent of low to no class people who haven't been cultured and taught manners and respect. If you are not prepared to tip for your service then stay at home. I loath people like that. Giving is one of the best feelings there is unless they are full of greed and avarice.
As a rule of thumb I tip at least 20% if they serve me well. If they're talkative really charismatic and anxious to please I tip more. If they are complete slouch and act like they don't even give a crap about your table I give at least 10%. They are there working and they work for tips. Nothing anyone can say can excuse that kind of behavior of taking advantage of everything a restaurant has to offer and then not tipping the people that are waiting on customers. Utterly ridiculous, insensitive, classlesss and a grotesque lack of concern for your fellow man or woman!
This post was for those who don't tip in general and not aimed any specific person in this form. Names have been changed to protect the innocent.
Years ago I had to work in Calhoun GA occasionally. It's a nice little town that has grown a lot since, well, since I was a lot younger. I'd meet a friend for lunch since he's local, and we'd usually end up in a little Mexican restaurant just off downtown because it had nice food, decent service and the prices were pretty good. I would tip at least $1-3 for a $6 lunch (see, I said the prices were good) until one day....
We asked for a second round of chips and the guy brought it out as it normally came: plain chips sitting on paper in a plastic bowl. Except the paper had little bits of cheese all over it, like somebody had gotten the same bowl to start with and instead of tossing the paper the staff just added more chips.
Friend gets hot with the manager who swears they did nothing wrong. As we get up to leave I pulled $0.02 out to put on a table as my friend loudly says, "I ain't leaving no tip!" I left my two cents worth and haven't been back.
We asked for a second round of chips and the guy brought it out as it normally came: plain chips sitting on paper in a plastic bowl. Except the paper had little bits of cheese all over it, like somebody had gotten the same bowl to start with and instead of tossing the paper the staff just added more chips.
Friend gets hot with the manager who swears they did nothing wrong. As we get up to leave I pulled $0.02 out to put on a table as my friend loudly says, "I ain't leaving no tip!" I left my two cents worth and haven't been back.
There’s a Mexican restaurant we used to go to every week. Easy customers, tip well, etc, etc. New management took over, & after a while I started noticing that the chip bowls were entirely broken chips. Not a single whole chip in the basket. Chip refills were also entirely broken chips. I told my wife, “I think they are reusing other table’s leftover chips.” I stopped eating the chips there. She thought I was crazy until the 4th or 5th time in a row, & finally admitted I might be in to something and agreed we should eat somewhere else.
That's interesting. I've never heard that before. The way I've always had it explained to me was that "gratuity" was forced up the customer, a "tip" is voluntary.
Paying extra up front for what you should receive anyway is complete nonsense. A tip is a reward, not a payoff to get what you should get anyway..
Yeah, sounds more like a bribe than anything.
To-may-to, To-mah-to….
