Do you tip your waitress?

[QUOTE="Rob-Belmont"][QUOTE="markop2003"]No, i'm unemployed so i don't really have cash to spare, also over here in the UK we only tip if they give service above the bare requirements of the job description.markop2003

I live in the UK as well. I just find it strange that everybody else from the UK in this thread is saying the same as you, including myself, but most people I know feel they should tip for even a regular effort of service, most of my friends and relatives feel that way :?

Why should I tip? They get paid for working anyway.

Why should I tip? They get paid for working anyway.

CBR600-RR

Not really.

Why should I tip? They get paid for working anyway.

CBR600-RR

i usualy tip $3-10

thast the normal tip around here

ever hear of "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone"?starwarsjunky

But there are cheapskates out there which isn't fair on the waiter/waitress. tofu-lion91

Mr. Pink doesn't tip.

[QUOTE="starwarsjunky"]ever hear of "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone"?SolidSnake35

i tip according to service

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"][QUOTE="starwarsjunky"]ever hear of "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone"?starwarsjunky

Yes I do, and they usually get mad that they spilled the dishes all over themselves.

When I go out to eat, I don't usually pay. So idk.

15% at most, usually what I'll do is round up the bill to the nearest 10 or 5, and if I feel it is inadequate, I will give more. Depends on service.
Although, I REALLY hate the idea of tipping. Servers over here get paid normally, and Im expected to tip :x

When I go out to eat, I don't usually pay. So idk.

vidplayer8

I always tip the minimum amount, regardless of service. But I am a nice customer, so I am pretty much always treated nice by service staff. However I will tip more than standard gratuity if I receive really great service. Anyone who doesn't tip should eat home or fast food, because waiters and waitresses get paid much less than minimum wage because they are tipped by the majority of people with brains and a heart. I look down on people who do not tip, and I will not go to restaurants with them, period.

I work at a restaurant as a dishwasher right now, and the servers are terrible people, they are so nice to you, but that doesnt mean they are nice to their co-workers, or you behind your backs. Some servers are really good though, and genuinely nice.

That said, I tip at least three dollars if I can afford it, and tell my compatriots to tip or I will harm them.

I always leave a tip.

I tip if i go out, but normally its cheap. Im still a teenager so, the income is slow.ieatnoobs18

[QUOTE="ieatnoobs18"]I tip if i go out, but normally its cheap. Im still a teenager so, the income is slow.chAzN93

Tipping (or not) is a social/cultural norm that varies widely around the world.

At home in Canada I tip 15% at least 80% of the time. Otherwise I'll leave more for excellent service, and very rarely I'll leave less or nothing for crappy service.

Also, I have travelled a lot and one of the things I make sure I learn in-advance is the social norm for tipping where I am visiting.

I usually tip regardless, but if the waiter was really bad I'll leave a lower tip.

There was one time our waiter took our drink orders, we didn't see her again for another 20 minutes and when we asked her she just scowled at us and came back and practically slammed our drinks down on the table. We told the manager and were moved to another waitress' section, who was excellent.

I do the usual 15%, but I might throw in an extra buck or two if the service was very nice. I will tip less if we had terrible service, but I've never had incredibly bad service that made me leave nothing lol.

[QUOTE="chAzN93"][QUOTE="ieatnoobs18"]I tip if i go out, but normally its cheap. Im still a teenager so, the income is slow.astiop

[QUOTE="b1lal"]Is it wrong if I never tip?JustPlainLucas

I'd have to say that that is a load of crap. My brother works as a waiter and he made over $600 last week. Sure he doesn't always make that much, but to make it seem like waiters and waitresses toil and labor for mere pennies is nonsense.

Then again, maybe he's just an extraordinary waiter. :P

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]Would you rather have tips replaced by a mandatory service fee, so that you then have to pay the waiter well even if the service was crappySolidSnake35

Oh, it works like that? You get to just plain not pay if you get bad service?

Because, like, you can go elsewhere REGARDLESS of whether or not the waiters get tips. That wasn't my question. If you get bad service, would you rather have to pay the employees well anyway, or would you rather be able to not pay well because the service sucks?

What, do you think that tipping somehow PREVENTS customers from being able to just go somewhere else?

[QUOTE="starwarsjunky"][QUOTE="Murj"]

Watch the opening scene of Reservoir Dogs. That should help you decide whether it's right or wrong :)

Hopkins_J

If you intentionally seek out their service, then yeah.

People go to these restaurants because they KNOW that they're gonna get better service than at a serve-yourself restaurant. The service IS part of the experience, and that's why people go to these places. If you intentionally seek out a service, and then refuse to pay just because you don't have to, then that is wrong. Period.

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]The waiter's job is in providing service. They provide service, and then customers pay them for what they think the service was worth.

I don't see the problem. If your waiter provided good service, then pay him/her well. If he/she provided crappy service, then don't pay him well. As long as the customer is fair, and not a dirtbag cheapskate, then what's the problem?

Would you rather have tips replaced by a mandatory service fee, so that you then have to pay the waiter well even if the service was crappy?

tofu-lion91

You can complain to the manager anyway.

And it's totally fair to the waiters. Reading this topic, you might get the impression that most people are cheapskates who stiff their waiters. But in real life, that's not the case. Most people actually DO tip, and the cheapskates are in the vast minority. People generally DO tend to tip, and often well. This is why waiting is one of the few ways in which an uneducated unskilled person can make good money with no training.

Oh, it works like that? You get to just plain not pay if you get bad service?MrGeezer

hmmm cant say ive ever really tipped them :P but the kind of restaurants i go to with my fam I KNOW THE WAITERS GET PAID ALOT hah well they certainly charge a very lot ! so i assume they get paid alright :P

[QUOTE="Second_Rook"]The JC thing is way off the hook. Don't know where that came from.tofu-lion91