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Do you always leave a tip for service oriented staff? We tip 15% on a meal and when the kids get a haircut, it's eight dollars and I give the girl ten. I couldn't walk out without doing that.
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You're generous! I always tip the same 10% unless the service was very bad. I don't tip at all if it was.
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I usually give about 15% unless I was very impressed with the service. I'll give more then.
I'm a sucker about giving a good tip to a kid that you can tell is new and trying their best, even if they don't get it exactly right first time. Everybody has to learn and it's nervewracking being new -- and young! :)
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For average (expected) service @ a restaurant,I generally toss in about 15%. If service has been exceptional, I may toss in 20% or 25%, especially if I plan on eating there again.
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The tip I leave varies. The amount tipped is relative to not how good the service was but how much alcohol I consumed LOL. When waiters rush to serve me at a place I know I've only been once before, I know I was tipsy that night and left a good one.
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The tip I leave varies. The amount tipped is relative to not how good the service was but how much alcohol I consumed LOL. When waiters rush to serve me at a place I know I've only been once before, I know I was tipsy that night and left a good one.
Taxi for Jewel! LOL. That's too funny. :)
I tip well when the waitress or waiter is cheery. I hate the grumpy scowlers that drag their feet and look at you as if you're bothering them by being there. I'm eating out to get away from that at home!
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For average (expected) service @ a restaurant,I generally toss in about 15%. If service has been exceptional, I may toss in 20% or 25%, especially if I plan on eating there again.
I'd leave almost the same as you would. 25% is too high in my mind. 20%'s my limit and 15% my average.
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I did my time in those kind of jobs, so I tend to keep to this rule...
10% if they did their job at all.
15% if they did okay
20-30% if I was impressed.
Probably a little excessive, but I remember what it felt like to get a great tip when I did a great job. And, what it felt like to get stiffed.
I've never left 30% in my life. Do staff get stiffed often? I never appreciated how it would be from the other side. I leave 15-20%.
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I used to work in the service industry as a young adult, there was a sort of system among waiters, waitresses and bartenders in all the bars, restaurants and venues in the city, we would visit each other's place of employment and always tip well during our visit, and knew the favor would be returned. Because I was a single young lady, I would always pay for just my tab which averaged out at ten dollars for an entree and soft drink but would tip $5.00. Yes, it was fifty percent but I felt I had to compensate for the poor, or absence of a tip altogether from others in my party that said they couldn't figure a tip into their budget.
People don't always know that servers and bartenders are often paid wages way below minimum wage, (In Texas, its a miniscule $2.14 an hour, and that is taxed.) and rely on their tips as the majority of their salary. When you dine out, or enjoy cocktails at a bar, understand you are paying for the service not just the product.
Those who have an issue with tipping correctly,should drink at home, and dine at fast-food establishment that offer their employees a full minimum wage.
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Yes, it was fifty percent but I felt I had to compensate for the poor, or absence of a tip altogether from others in my party that said they couldn't figure a tip into their budget.
Hmmm, why would you feel it necessary to pay for their non-tipping ways? Maybe they thought service was not up to par. I do not consider it my responsibility to increase my tip because of the actions of others.
How about if the guy sitting in the next table does not tip? Do you feel a need to over tip due to his actions?
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I used to work in the service industry as a young adult, there was a sort of system among waiters, waitresses and bartenders in all the bars, restaurants and venues in the city, we would visit each other's place of employment and always tip well during our visit, and knew the favor would be returned. Because I was a single young lady, I would always pay for just my tab which averaged out at ten dollars for an entree and soft drink but would tip $5.00. Yes, it was fifty percent but I felt I had to compensate for the poor, or absence of a tip altogether from others in my party that said they couldn't figure a tip into their budget.
People don't always know that servers and bartenders are often paid wages way below minimum wage, (In Texas, its a miniscule $2.14 an hour, and that is taxed.) and rely on their tips as the majority of their salary. When you dine out, or enjoy cocktails at a bar, understand you are paying for the service not just the product.
Those who have an issue with tipping correctly,should drink at home, and dine at fast-food establishment that offer their employees a full minimum wage.
That's interesting Tyra. I didn't know they could get paid below minimum wage. Isn't minimum wage compulsory for employers? If not, what's the point in having it?
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I tip 15% across the board. I have to. That's all I budget for when we go out.
I did my time in those kind of jobs, so I tend to keep to this rule...
10% if they did their job at all.
15% if they did okay
20-30% if I was impressed.
Probably a little excessive, but I remember what it felt like to get a great tip when I did a great job. And, what it felt like to get stiffed.