Poll, Tip % or set amount

[Tigger1]

Since there is so much discussion on tipping, I have a started a poll.

Two options

1. Tip a percent which you determine the %

Example: 0 to 10 for poor to good service
10 to 17 % for good to great service
18% and above for great service and or professional sevice


2. Tip amount you feel the waiter should make in an hours wage. This would need to be based on many factors, such as

a. How long you are at restaurant.
b. Number tables server has at a time.
c. How busy the restaurant is.

3. Tip a set amount per person in your party. Again this would depend on many factors as above and type of service you received.

 

[shellybaxter]

I voted for the percentage as that is the current accepted procedure. As much as we'd like to sometimes, I don't think the DIS people get to make a change in the socialital norms of tipping

 

[aaronmckie]

Oh yeah, I go by %, but I also take in other factors (like ones you mentioned) as well when adding (or if I'm really unhappy, subtracting) to that total.

 

[Benducci]

Personally I wish tipping would go away - it is a headache - I don't get tipped to do my job.

 

[JulieEck]

We do a percentage, but use $1 per person as a base amount. We don't usually eat at expensive restaurants, so sometimes the 15% amount would be under $1 per person. On our trip to the beach last week, I did some 20% tips for great service and a 15% for not so great service.

 

[disnut8]

There isn't an option to just have the restaurant pay the server at least the minimum wage and get rid of tipping all together. So I'm going with the option of doing that with the tip. I do not like tipping based on the price of your food. A server at Denny's who does a better job than a server at a fancy place gets shafted.

 

[snoopywoodstockus]

We tip based on the level of service provided. I have waited tables and tended bar before. I worked hard and provided excellent service for my tips.

The attitude today is that you deserve 20% or more for just showing up at the table.

 

[lucysdad]

I voted for the pct. because I believe the amount of the tip should reflect the effort the server puts into it.

 

[TrixyA]

I start at 20% tip, based on reasonably attentive service. I don't expect to be treated like a queen, just given decent service. If the server is overwhelmed with craziness, acknowledgement to me that I'm waiting consitutes decent service.

Bad service-- not being greeted/acknowledged within a few minutes of being seated, receiving cold/stale food, receiving the wrong food (I have food allergies-- this is critical), not checking back to see if everything is OK, not receiving my bill within a reasonable amount of time of pushing my plate away, etc.-- will cost a percentage point for each deviation from good service. If delayed service is the problem and I get really annoyed, the percentage goes down a point per minute after a while (about 10 minutes).

Truly exceptional servers will get more than 20%, but I rarely go up much. I simply can't afford to increase my bill by 25%.

I wish that the dining industry just paid a fair wage and tipping wasn't needed, but I don't see that happening this week.

 

[ugadog99]

Personally I wish tipping would go away - it is a headache - I don't get tipped to do my job.

Totally agree!

 

[An_Island_Girl]

We tip 20% on the food potion, and a doller tip per drink (or $5 per bottle of wine). I refuse to pay a 20% tip on an expensive bottle of wine, when the server would do the same work for a less expensive bottle.

 

[hollieplus2]

My DH was a waiter for a while so I understand what they go through and try to tip accordingly. I do have a hard time though tipping more than 10%. I usually do but I don't think I should tip anyone more than I tip the lord. No one's more important than God (for those who choose to belive).

 

[suzimar57]

percentage tipping

 

[pixie08]

I usually tip 15-20% depending on service. I have tipped more for extremely exceptional service but that is rare.

 

[pixie08]

There isn't an option to just have the restaurant pay the server at least the minimum wage and get rid of tipping all together. So I'm going with the option of doing that with the tip. I do not like tipping based on the price of your food. A server at Denny's who does a better job than a server at a fancy place gets shafted.

See the problem with that (and I am speaking as a past server/ bartender) is that you make waaay more than min. wage. There were nights I could leave with $300 if I gave good service and upsold (and I did not work at a super fancy place in fact it is a chain most of you probably know). Yes it is about upselling at a many restaurants. Maybe not Disney but def here in NYC. Sell the lobster, the more expensive wine, liquor, add dessert etc.

 

[perla75]

I usually do but I don't think I should tip anyone more than I tip the lord. No one's more important than God (for those who choose to belive).

Umm....ok, I didn't know that God received a monetary wage for his job or that tipping had ANYTHING to do with religion, but anyways....

I voted percentage because I don't feel that, I'm qualified, as a customer, to judge how much a waiter deserves to get paid. I base the percentage on the average tipping norm for that community (I know that average tip percentages vary across different parts of the country). I will tip the norm if I receive great service. If I was ignored all night or treated rudely, I'll lower the tip and ask to speak to a manager to provide feedback so that it does not happen again to other customers.

 

[hollieplus2]

Umm....ok, I didn't know that God received a monetary wage for his job or that tipping had ANYTHING to do with religion, but anyways....

Yes, most churchgoing people tithe 10% to the church. If I'm giving the church 10% of my earnings it's hard for me to give somone else 20%. That's just me though. It takes all kinds to make the world go round'

 

[BrianD]

So why doesn't God deserve at least 25%? But anyway...I voted percentage and 20% is usually standard for me if the service is about what I would expect. As a former server myself, I know what these guys go through in a night, and their sub-minimum wage rates are pathetic. When someone is great, we have gone as high as 25%. But if someone is pretty darn bad, I'm not afraid to just give them 10%.

 

[dishm12/08]

We start off at 15% and go from there. If they give great attentive service then it goes to 20%. The amounts decrease and increase by 5% based on service.

 

[Pumbaa_]

You tithe a percentage of your wages, you tip a percentage of a bill. How can you compare the two