Tacky Tipping

[daughtersrus]

Last night we were at a local riverboat casino with some friends. They frequent it quite often and had invited us. We were in their Players Lounge. It's a "club" area that you have to earn entry into based on how much you play. The drinks are much cheaper and they have free food.

Anyway, there was a couple at the table next to us. Our friends said that they see them quite often. When they left, the DH took out his wallet and placed 2 Burger King coupons on the table! Our friend couldn't believe what we just saw so after they left, he got up and walked passed the table. Sure enough, he couldn't see any money but the coupons were placed between the salt and pepper shakers. When the waitress came by a little later to clear the table, she had a strange look on her face and then crumbled them and took them away with the dirty plates.

 

[kirbsam]

mmmm. whoppers.

 

[Ohiodislover]

Oh that IS tacky.

We have left smaller amounts before for bad service. We usually tell them why too.

 

[java]

Maybe they lost it all at the tables! Let's hope they were garbage and he had tipped earlier in the evening?(probably not but I can hope)

 

[powellrj]

OK, I think I have just seen a new low............... What if she was a vegetarian????

 

[Hollywoodhaha]

That is MEGA tacky ! I am only a teenager but when I go out to eat with my sister and it is my turn to pay, even I know how to tip! Burger King coupon .. uck.

 

[raysnkaysmom]

OMG, I'd be soo embarrassed!!
TACKY!

 

[WDWBarb]

OK, I think I have just seen a new low............... What if she was a vegetarian????

Burger King offers an amazing Veggie Burger.

But I do think this is the tackiest tip I've ever heard of.

 

[Jennasis]

Devil's advocate...did they recieve lousy service of some kind and were trying to fet it across to the waitress?

But yeah...super tacky.

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

^^ That's the first thing I thought. That their service had been lousy.


Tacky... eh. It was more than they were required to do. I hate tipping. I do it, but I hate it.

 

[ajk912]

I used to hate that stuff. Or the people who will ring up a huge tab, and when it's time to tip, give you a buck and a pamphlet that says, "God only gets 10%, so you get what you get". Thanks. Ugh.

And what these people don't understand, is I have to pay taxes on what they SHOULD have tipped. And I have to pay tipshare for the bartender and hosts for what they SHOULD have tipped. I end up PAYING money to wait on these people. Ugh.

 

[WDWBarb]

I used to hate that stuff. Or the people who will ring up a huge tab, and when it's time to tip, give you a buck and a pamphlet that says, "God only gets 10%, so you get what you get". Thanks. Ugh.

And what these people don't understand, is I have to pay taxes on what they SHOULD have tipped. And I have to pay tipshare for the bartender and hosts for what they SHOULD have tipped. I end up PAYING money to wait on these people. Ugh.

Seriously? I never knew that you had to pay taxes above what you received (if someone tips less than expected). That seems ridiculous!!

And what about places where you place an order and then pick it up yourself when your name is called. We have one here called "Calistoga" (yummy, by the way) and I've noticed that there is a place for tipping when you pay. But you're not being served - so I don't understand? You even clear your own tray (it's almost identical to Panera).

Are you supposed to tip in this situation? I've never seen a place for tip on the receipt at Panera?

 

[Chernabog#1fan]

Seriously? I never knew that you had to pay taxes above what you received (if someone tips less than expected). That seems ridiculous!!

And what about places where you place an order and then pick it up yourself when your name is called. We have one here called "Calistoga" (yummy, by the way) and I've noticed that there is a place for tipping when you pay. But you're not being served - so I don't understand? You even clear your own tray (it's almost identical to Panera).

Are you supposed to tip in this situation? I've never seen a place for tip on the receipt at Panera?

I have seen a place to tip at McDonald's.

The one that gets me are the ice cream shops around here where they are college students making an ice cream cone. They probably end up making quite a bit more than a lot of people including housekeepers.

 

[paintnolish]

Yes, I pay taxes on tips on credits cards, since they know what I was tipped. On cash, though, I pay taxes on an estimated amount, since the government knows I got a tip, just not the exact amount. I then tip out to the busser, food runners, and bartenders. Some nights this amount has been around $50. Last night was a slow night-took home $85 after a $27 tip out.

 

[BeachGirlFLA]

Yes, I pay taxes on tips on credits cards, since they know what I was tipped. On cash, though, I pay taxes on an estimated amount, since the government knows I got a tip, just not the exact amount. I then tip out to the busser, food runners, and bartenders. Some nights this amount has been around $50. Last night was a slow night-took home $85 after a $27 tip out.

That just doesn't seem fair and what seems really unfair about it is that I'm sure a lot of times if you're tipped poorly because of "poor service", it's not actually your fault. It's the fault of the bartender or the food runner.

 

[daughtersrus]

Devil's advocate...did they recieve lousy service of some kind and were trying to fet it across to the waitress?

But yeah...super tacky.

The club area has a self-serve buffet-type line for food. The wait staff bring drinks, shrimp cocktail if you want, take your plates away, clean the table...so the only bill is for alcohol. When we go, we still tip for the service maybe a few dollars for each person when we're done and a tip for the drinks.

I've just never seen someone leave a coupon on the table. It wasn't even for a "free" item.

I'm not sure how they tip out. I know that when the server goes to the bar for alcohol, the bartender swipes their card. I'm sure that they have to tip out to the bartenders something, at least based on the alcohol that they serve. They servers get the pop, coffee, bottles of water...themselves.

Maybe she should have offered the coupons to one of the other staff members.

 

[paintnolish]

That just doesn't seem fair and what seems really unfair about it is that I'm sure a lot of times if you're tipped poorly because of "poor service", it's not actually your fault. It's the fault of the bartender or the food runner.

Generally, I really love my job and my coworkers. Sometimes, though, guests don't understand how some restuarants work. They assume that since I did not bring out their food I must be slacking off somewhere...in reality, I rarely bring out the food! I really can't complain, though, since the vast majority of the people I work with are great and I usually have pretty nice customers, too. We are expected to maintain an average of 20%. High standards, but luckily, I've never gotten a BK coupon!

 

[jme829]

Last night we were at a local riverboat casino with some friends. They frequent it quite often and had invited us. We were in their Players Lounge. It's a "club" area that you have to earn entry into based on how much you play. The drinks are much cheaper and they have free food.

Anyway, there was a couple at the table next to us. Our friends said that they see them quite often. When they left, the DH took out his wallet and placed 2 Burger King coupons on the table! Our friend couldn't believe what we just saw so after they left, he got up and walked passed the table. Sure enough, he couldn't see any money but the coupons were placed between the salt and pepper shakers. When the waitress came by a little later to clear the table, she had a strange look on her face and then crumbled them and took them away with the dirty plates.

If that is what they left for a tip , it WAS tacky, however, how do you know they didn't add the tip to their reciept? WE would look tacky because there is NEVER a "cash" tip on the table when we leave. We always add it on the tip line of the reciept (and yes for the correct % depending on service), or in the rare instances we pay cash, leave it in the folder. I never just throw it on the table. I know I don't make a practice to pay any attention to how others are paying their bill and tips, so they may have paid by credit card, or cash and told the server to keep the change. Who knows??

But yeah ,again, if the coupon was the tip, then tacky.

 

[Dancemom03]

The club area has a self-serve buffet-type line for food. The wait staff bring drinks, shrimp cocktail if you want, take your plates away, clean the table...so the only bill is for alcohol. When we go, we still tip for the service maybe a few dollars for each person when we're done and a tip for the drinks.

So the buffet is complimentary and the only charge is for drinks, if ordered?

If that were the case, I'd still tip fairly even if I hadn't ordered drinks b/c it's a habit learned in childhood. Also, you've obviously spent a few bucks to make it to the club level and, as they say, "with privilege comes responsibility". My very frugal casino loving auntie who doesn't drink would likely only leave a buck or two at best though.

Here's hoping the BK coupons really were trash and the tip was on the cc.

 

[MIGrandma]

Like someone else said, the tip could have been added onto the credit card so there would be no "cash" put on the table.

Or, quite possibly the people gave it to their waitress personally and the OP didn't see that.

I am a former waitress and I always liked it when my customers gave me my tip personally. Occasionally we had waitresses who had "sticky fingers" when it came to other waitresses' tips. And there was even one older couple who had a mentally challenged daughter that would lag behind at the table when her parents were headed out the door and SHE would steal the tip back off the table (a couple waitresses saw her do this) and sometimes we wondered if kids took the tips too, so it's just nice when they hand it to you personally.

And now I, as a customer in a restaurant, tend to give my server their tip personally a lot more often as well, rather than just leave the cash on the table for anyone to pick up. Or we put it on the credit card.

But leaving Burger King coupons would be tacky, unless the guy was cleaning out his wallet and saw that they had expired. Still, he should have thrown them away at home instead of leaving it for someone else to do.