LuisTX
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Post by LuisTX on Jul 14, 2018 10:12:35 GMT -5
We've all done it, tipped at a restaurant, tipped a pizza delivery person, maybe even tipped the guy who got you your table at the door of restaurant. My question is not whether you tip or not, but whether or not you agree with the concept of tipping.
Some would say, yes, because a waiter is getting paid $2/hr and works off tips. Some would say that's the choice they made and it should not be on the people going in to the establishments to make-up the difference and that whatever their salary may be, that is what they are being paid to provide whatever service they're assigned to do. One thing to consider is, how do we know every single waiter/waitress is making that low of a pay? Is that a worldwide requirement that a server cannot make regular pay like others? But even if that were the case, then where does the situation change? Is a pizza delivery person paid equally as low? How about when you get a car wash at an automated location, but someone is still wiping it down at the end, is that a tip-worthy moment as well? Or how about places that now use an iPad to ring people up and they can do something as little as handing you a soda can sitting right behind them, swing that iPad around for you to sign after using a card, and has an area for a tip?
If the idea is these people are delivering a service, fair enough. But lots of people deliver a service that don't get tips, cashiers, customer service reps, painters, the guy who presides your marriage, etc., but people don't think about tipping these kind of services because they're presumably paid better. I'm sure we could all always use more money no matter what our salary is, but should that really be the deciding on whether you choose to tip that kind of person or not?
I personally do tip in the situations I mentioned earlier, much like I'm sure most people on here do because it is the thing we have just be known to do, and quite frankly, is just expected. But again, I'm not asking whether you tip or not, I'm just curious to know what others on here think about just the general concept of tipping. Do you agree with it if someone is presumably not making much pay, or if it is a situation that includes an additional service other than delivery the product, or anything else. I'm real curious to hear everyone's prospective on the subject and not just the standard,"Yes, I tip, it's the right thing to do."
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Post by rKoNomad316 on Jul 14, 2018 10:35:44 GMT -5
It’s a double standard. Only tip certain people & under certain circumstances. For example you’d tip your waitress that brings you food/drinks from a regular restaurant. But say a buffet, you most likely won’t cause you get your own food or you’d tip them a lesser amount.
I work a certain job where I could receive tips. However, I don’t expect tips & im fine with it. What tips I do get I’m grateful. What I have a problem with is the whole “I live off tips” & the whole 15-20% thing. Or if you do leave something, anything under a certain amount is a slap in the face. I’ll tip if & when I want to & the % isn’t based off the total amount.
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Jul 14, 2018 10:36:46 GMT -5
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Jul 14, 2018 10:36:46 GMT -5
I don’t mind tipping. I am self employed and do landscaping. I don’t always get tipped and NEVER expect it. I do the same job regardless, but it is always nice when someone throws you a few extra bucks here and there. I feel people in the food industry is a two way street. It does help when you get good service, you tip more but what if things happen outside of the waitress or waiter’s hands? Should he be penalized? I just try and throw as many people as I can a few bucks because I know working is a bitch sometimes and it’s nice to get that extr especially when you’re counting on it
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Post by Affliction: Elite Trader on Jul 14, 2018 10:43:32 GMT -5
My wife and I's general rule of thumb for tipping is to double the first number of the total. We add or subtract depending on service quality. I do however hate when I pick food up at places and pay with my debit card and they hand you a receipt to fill out and sign. I always feel like a schmuck for not tipping when I had to drive there, park, get out, and get it.
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Jul 14, 2018 10:51:57 GMT -5
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Jul 14, 2018 10:51:57 GMT -5
My wife and I's general rule of thumb for tipping is to double the first number of the total. We add or subtract depending on service quality. I do however hate when I pick food up at places and pay with my debit card and they hand you a receipt to fill out and sign. I always feel like a schmuck for not tipping when I had to drive there, park, get out, and get it. I think it’s just a general receipt and they can’t change it more so then looking for a tip
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Post by K5 on Jul 14, 2018 10:55:08 GMT -5
I tip everyone there is to tip, but reasonably.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2018 10:56:18 GMT -5
My philosophy is that gratuity is appreciated, not expected. If you can't tip or you don't want to,that's ok. The only things that aggravate me are when someone claims they tipped me,but they didn't,or if they scoff and make a snarky spectacle of not tipping when the desk asks if they intend to,or if they are total pricks like in the story of the couple who played the five ones game with their server's tip.
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LuisTX
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Jul 14, 2018 10:58:35 GMT -5
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Post by LuisTX on Jul 14, 2018 10:58:35 GMT -5
My wife and I's general rule of thumb for tipping is to double the first number of the total. We add or subtract depending on service quality. I do however hate when I pick food up at places and pay with my debit card and they hand you a receipt to fill out and sign. I always feel like a schmuck for not tipping when I had to drive there, park, get out, and get it. Exactly! Cici’s Pizza started using an iPad and they have a spot for a tip when paying to just get in the place. Some have said that’s just the software. Fair enough, but I have to imagine that can be disabled.
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Jul 14, 2018 11:11:41 GMT -5
Post by Valbroski on Jul 14, 2018 11:11:41 GMT -5
I'll tip anybody providing me a service though, I usually don't tip bartenders. I find myself tipping bartenders more so recently but it honestly depends. I really only drink beer when I go out anymore so unless I'm getting the same exact guy over and over, I'm not tipping them. When I frequently ordered mixed drinks, 9/10 times they sucked or it took forever to get served. So I'm not tipping in those scenarios.
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Jul 14, 2018 14:42:36 GMT -5
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Jul 14, 2018 14:42:36 GMT -5
Its circumstantial.
At a restaurant, yes. You can always argue that nobody made a person take a job like that, but what if they didn't and you didn't have a place to go out and enjoy a meal because everyone had the same nose in the air, better than this crapattitude? Don't be cheap. Tip the server. I worked at a seafood place once, and even though I was a cook, people remember the faces of the cheap people that stiff them. I could go on for hours about what happens to your food when you are a known cheapskate. It ain't worth saving 5 bucks
I've also worked as a commercial and residential carpet and upholstery cleaner. Gave me an appreciation and I now tip anyone that does a manual labor type of service for me.
Tattoo artists are tricky. I'll tip you on a small fix up or a cheap piece, or if you have done my work before and I know you give me a good price. But I'm not tipping on a thousand dollar piece. You can incorporate that into your price.
I went to jersey mikes subs and they have a tip option whem you pay with a card. And they get mad when you don't. HELL NO. You ain't doing anything my wife doesn't do for free. Screw you.
Tipping is a good thing. Just do it. Unless it's jersey mikes.
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Post by Kyle on Jul 14, 2018 15:24:03 GMT -5
My wife and I's general rule of thumb for tipping is to double the first number of the total. We add or subtract depending on service quality. I do however hate when I pick food up at places and pay with my debit card and they hand you a receipt to fill out and sign. I always feel like a schmuck for not tipping when I had to drive there, park, get out, and get it. This gets me every time. I never tip in that situation and dont feel I should, but I still end up feeling like a prick. Same for baseball games. I only pay with cards, so when I'm at the beer stand already overpaying for a mediocre beer, I dont feel like I should tip the dude for swiping my card and grabbing a beer from the fridge behind him.
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Post by Nivro™ on Jul 14, 2018 15:59:06 GMT -5
I always tip. The people that think "well they chose this job I shouldnt have to make up the difference" are the same ones that will bitch when their $7.99 meal becomes $15.99 after they give servers minimum wage.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2018 16:05:18 GMT -5
Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food, I can drive a taxi, I can and do cut my own hair. I did, however, tip my urologist. Because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.
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Jul 14, 2018 16:17:02 GMT -5
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Jul 14, 2018 16:17:02 GMT -5
Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food, I can drive a taxi, I can and do cut my own hair. I did, however, tip my urologist. Because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones. Because you're tipping for the convenience of not having to do it yourself. And for being waited on and having your ass kissed the whole time...yes sir, a 15th refill and another spoon even though there is nothing wrong with that one? Sure thing. Also, as I said before, if you don't, make sure not to go the the same place to eat. You won't even notice what they did to it.
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Post by Kill Em' All on Jul 14, 2018 16:52:40 GMT -5
I always tip no matter what, unless I see a ex girlfriend working at Sonic or someone I dislike. lmfao
But, my tat artist I tip $30 at the end of every tat. Places like Sonic I tip like $2 (If I know the person $5). Places like Ihop, Bdubs, etc $5.
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Post by snatch on Jul 14, 2018 18:47:08 GMT -5
If I’m at a restaurant a normally tip 20%. If service sucks then 10-15% too none, if it’s exceptional or I’m hitting on the waitress I’ll tip 40%.... My haircut is $18 so I give my barber $22. My tattoo guy I tip 20% per session, which is actually expensive cause my sessions are usually 600-800, great ink isn’t cheap.
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Jul 14, 2018 19:14:39 GMT -5
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Post by jayrod2009 on Jul 14, 2018 19:14:39 GMT -5
I tip 20% unless you are a horrible at your job. If I sit with an empty glass for 10-15 minutes, you won’t get but 5%. I have learned the world is small, and these people can and have come into my life multiple times, I don’t want to eat at a restaurant where I’m “that guy.”
My buddy however, puts $10 in $1’s on the table and tells the waiter/waitress “Here is your tip, every mess up, I remove a buck!” Needless to say, I don’t go out with him anymore.
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Post by Nivro™ on Jul 14, 2018 19:24:12 GMT -5
Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food, I can drive a taxi, I can and do cut my own hair. I did, however, tip my urologist. Because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones. Because you're tipping for the convenience of not having to do it yourself. And for being waited on and having your ass kissed the whole time...yes sir, a 15th refill and another spoon even though there is nothing wrong with that one? Sure thing. Also, as I said before, if you don't, make sure not to go the the same place to eat. You won't even notice what they did to it. I use to do so much crapto peoples food that I knew werent tippers. That and the ones that run you to death and you know all you're getting is $2. You set a drink down, go to the next table and come back less then minute later and the cup is dry. You even polite and ask if you want me to bring you two and they're like "no" but keep sucking them down faster then you can get to them. Thats ok, Ill have the cook stick his weiner in your drink, doesnt bother me.
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Jul 14, 2018 19:37:55 GMT -5
Because you're tipping for the convenience of not having to do it yourself. And for being waited on and having your ass kissed the whole time...yes sir, a 15th refill and another spoon even though there is nothing wrong with that one? Sure thing. Also, as I said before, if you don't, make sure not to go the the same place to eat. You won't even notice what they did to it. I use to do so much crap to peoples food that I knew werent tippers. That and the ones that run you to death and you know all you're getting is $2. You set a drink down, go to the next table and come back less then minute later and the cup is dry. You even polite and ask if you want me to bring you two and they're like "no" but keep sucking them down faster then you can get to them. Thats ok, Ill have the cook stick his weiner in your drink, doesnt bother me. I wouldn’t doubt anything you told me but that’s why you’re so loved
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Post by Nivro™ on Jul 14, 2018 19:48:43 GMT -5
I use to do so much crap to peoples food that I knew werent tippers. That and the ones that run you to death and you know all you're getting is $2. You set a drink down, go to the next table and come back less then minute later and the cup is dry. You even polite and ask if you want me to bring you two and they're like "no" but keep sucking them down faster then you can get to them. Thats ok, Ill have the cook stick his weiner in your drink, doesnt bother me. I wouldn’t doubt anything you told me but that’s why you’re so loved lol I could tell you horror stories. I always tell people when they go out that there's rules you need to follow. 1) Always tip. Even if the service is bad, tip and remember the server then next time you go back request you dont get them. 2) If your food is wrong DO NOT SEND IT BACK! Simply ask to speak to a manager, have the meal comped and grab a burger on the way home. Trust me, if the kitchen is being slammed the last thing they want is to have to recook something. Yes, it is their fault but no they dont care. (Under cooked or health reasons is a different story but if you ordered a burger and said no onion, and they put an onion on it...scrap that crapoff) 3) Its the golden rule of going out to eat, never piss off someone that touches your food. Dont be rude, dont be an ass...just because they're waiting tables doesnt mean you're better then them.
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