Cheap People

[rparmfamily]

I tip 20% as the norm unless you "earn" less, LOL. I take tipping into consideration when going out to eat. It's part of the total to me.

I'm sorry people are being cheap, that has to be very tough because I know servers count on tips becasue of their very low working wages.

 

[In a hurry]

We tip ok.

We give 15%-18% for adequate service, 20% if the server at least gave a smile and refilled our drinks once, and 25 - 30% for excellent service.

However, I have no problems leaving 0% for the surly server that prefers to chat with the hostess while I am trying to track him/her down to get a drink, find our food or get the bill.

TIPS stands for To Insure Prompt Service. If I have to track a server down a couple of times, they are not getting a tip.

While there are plenty of cheap patrons out there, and I feel for the hard working servers, there are also as many servers who feel that a tip is their right and they should get it no matter how they treat the customer. No service, no tip from this patron.

I agree. Although we stick with 20% that can go up or down. Twice, in the last month, though, I've left a $1 tip and a note, and talked to the manager for bad service. I saw one waitress shortchange 3 tables around us, and then ours come out off, too. The other messed up our order twice, and then acted surly when my son asked for jelly for his toast. Then she disappeared.

 

[Angelhalo]

DH usually leaves 20%.

If service was good, I usually overtip sometimes up to 25%.

But, I am also more likely to undertip for very poor service than DH is. He'll leave 20% pretty much no matter what happens. If I'm paying I want quality service in order to give a great tip.

 

[sandy2330]

I tip 20% - 25% of the bill after tax is added. I would never think of tipping only 5% for good service. If I had service that deserved that small of a tip I would have talked to the manager.

 

[In a hurry]

I also believe it to be tacky to go out to eat if you don't have tip money.

 

[Todd&Copper]

A lot of people on these Boards talk about giving 15 - 20% tips, but from purely random observation, in fancy and not-so-fancy places, and assuming people give the entire tip in cash left on the table, poor tipping much more common. I went to a nicer seafood restaurant with my in-laws and our total was around $125 without drinks and FIL tipped $25. Another couple, who got a bill of about $50 or so, based on my observations at the next table, left $4 in cash on the table when they left. I've seen similarly crappy tips left at some moderately priced venues as well. I don't think people generally understand (1) that 15% is now considered the base/norm for decent service tips [as opposed to the 10% it was in the 1980s and 1990s], and (2) how to quickly calculate a tip based on your total [i.e., move the decimal one place to get 10% and work from there - 1.5 times that is 15% and 2x is 20%].

 

[Angelhalo]

A lot of people on these Boards talk about giving 15 - 20% tips, but from purely random observation, in fancy and not-so-fancy places, and assuming people give the entire tip in cash left on the table, poor tipping much more common. I went to a nicer seafood restaurant with my in-laws and our total was around $125 without drinks and FIL tipped $25. Another couple, who got a bill of about $50 or so, based on my observations at the next table, left $4 in cash on the table when they left. I've seen similarly crappy tips left at some moderately priced venues as well. I don't think people generally understand (1) that 15% is now considered the base/norm for decent service tips [as opposed to the 10% it was in the 1980s and 1990s], and (2) how to quickly calculate a tip based on your total [i.e., move the decimal one place to get 10% and work from there - 1.5 times that is 15% and 2x is 20%].

I can't speak for everyone, but I know we've left part cash and part CC tips before especially in dutch situations............

 

[disneyfav4ever]

I had $970 in sales Saturday and took home $79 in tips. I was not the only one who had it bad.

That's just horrible. You should've gotten at least $145 or so.

 

[LotsOfQuestions]

A lot of people on these Boards talk about giving 15 - 20% tips, but from purely random observation, in fancy and not-so-fancy places, and assuming people give the entire tip in cash left on the table, poor tipping much more common. I went to a nicer seafood restaurant with my in-laws and our total was around $125 without drinks and FIL tipped $25. Another couple, who got a bill of about $50 or so, based on my observations at the next table, left $4 in cash on the table when they left. I've seen similarly crappy tips left at some moderately priced venues as well. I don't think people generally understand (1) that 15% is now considered the base/norm for decent service tips [as opposed to the 10% it was in the 1980s and 1990s], and (2) how to quickly calculate a tip based on your total [i.e., move the decimal one place to get 10% and work from there - 1.5 times that is 15% and 2x is 20%].

It must be different in different parts of the country. Many of DS's friends are waiters and they are raking in on average of over $35.00 per hour in tips in the nicer restaurants.

Not bad wages for college kids.

 

[Handbag Lady]

I am a cheap person.

I use the Entertainment Book a lot for eating out, usually a buy-one-get one situation.

We then figure the bill before the coupon and tip 20% on that.

This way, the server gets 20%, we save 50%.

I do however, have no problems with leaving no tip if the service is bad or surly.

 

[CathrynRose]

I had $970 in sales Saturday and took home $79 in tips. I was not the only one who had it bad.

Thats absurd. You need to find someplace where they tip you. 970 in sales is a nice chunk.

That's just horrible. You should've gotten at least $145 or so.

You got that right.

I take the first 2 numbers of the bill - after tax - and double it - and end up rounding up.

57.54 - $12 tip.

 

[NY Disney fan]

I don' t get it. If tipping is SO IMPORTANT, why don't they just add it on to the bill or the price of the food. They do it on cruise ships. Why not in restaurants (if its crucial!).

 

[Angelhalo]

I don' t get it. If tipping is SO IMPORTANT, why don't they just add it on to the bill or the price of the food. They do it on cruise ships. Why not in restaurants (if its crucial!).

They do on lots of large parties because they are afraid of not getting tipped correctly, and because so much extra work goes into taking care of large parties, but I just assumed that they don't because people understand that servers don't make great money and that how much you should tip is pretty much common knowledge.

 

[CathrynRose]

I don' t get it. If tipping is SO IMPORTANT, why don't they just add it on to the bill or the price of the food. They do it on cruise ships. Why not in restaurants (if its crucial!).

Because when they add it in - people complain theyre not getting decent service (as seen in the Free Dining plan, at WDW)

When I served, I certainly didnt do it for the $3.11 per hour I made. I expected tips.

AND - we tipped out mandatory 3%(as most servers do) to the bar, bussers, food runners and some times the hosts. If you stiffed me on a $100 bill - Im paying $3 OUT OF MY OWN MONEY - just to have to you sit in my station and I wait on you hand and foot.

No thanks.

Tips are expected, unless youre a crappy server.

 

[ChrizJen]

I don' t get it. If tipping is SO IMPORTANT, why don't they just add it on to the bill or the price of the food. They do it on cruise ships. Why not in restaurants (if its crucial!).

I don't know why they don't. But until they do, we're expected to tip.
The custom of tipping began as a way to "ensure" good service. (Make it so that the only way a server can make decent money is to give good service.) But because so many don't tip these days, the whole premise is out the window anyway. The service at some of the more moderately priced restaurants has become really crappy, and I don't blame them. They've gotten used to NOT getting a tip. I wouldn't want to work for $2 or $3 an hour either!!

 

[kimluvswdw]

Thats absurd. You need to find someplace where they tip you. 970 in sales is a nice chunk.


57.54 - $12 tip.

I know and I have a 2% tip out. I take it personally when I get a bad tip, because I feel like they are telling me my service was bad. I assure you, everyone gets great service.

 

[cteddiesgirl]

I don't know why they don't. But until they do, we're expected to tip.
The custom of tipping began as a way to "ensure" good service. (Make it so that the only way a server can make decent money is to give good service.) But because so many don't tip these days, the whole premise is out the window anyway. The service at some of the more moderately priced restaurants has become really crappy, and I don't blame them. They've gotten used to NOT getting a tip. I wouldn't want to work for $2 or $3 an hour either!!

The flip side of that is I think that a lot of people don't tip precisely because they don't get good service. I've run into so many servers over the years that expect a good tip but give poor service.


While I feel for them, they have to expect to actually get nothing and look at a tip as a bonus. Not all people have the decency to tip at all. This is what I was taught by several people that were waiters for a good part of the lives.

 

[chasbos]

$2-$3 an hour is all you get paid? How do the owners get a way with this? Is this industry standard in the US? I am just wondering why the restaurant owners do not just pay more per hour - my 16 year old DD makes $8.25/hour + holiday pay + tips (which usually equals out to another $5/hr) because she just works in a diner.

Maybe a lot of non-US citizens do not realize how little the workers are paid.

 

[Rence]

I can't speak for everyone, but I know we've left part cash and part CC tips before especially in dutch situations............

Recently I was busy talking when I signed the credit card slip at a restaurant. As I was walking away I suddenly realized that I had just left a tip that was a bit under 10% (and the service was great). I quickly walked over to the table and left enough in cash to bring the tip up to 20%.

Now if anyone had only observed one or the other of the tips, they may have thought up a tad cheap.

 

[DawnCt1]

I think that's an unfair statement. If you pay your restaurant bill in full without tipping, they aren't exactly going to make you wash the dishes, or stop you from leaving.

I think its a very fair statement. If you can afford to eat out, you SHOULD be able to leave a decent tip. Just because someone can "make an escape" without being pursued, doesn't mean that they should.