Tippin question

[amymtomasek]

Do I need cash to tip or can I add the tip to my credit card? What places do you need cash to tip at?

 

[Pooh Bear Hugs]

Do I need cash to tip or can I add the tip to my credit card? What places do you need cash to tip at?

You can do either and still tip any amount of Your choice.

 

[KarBear]

At any hotel I always leave cash for a tip for our housekeeper on a daily basis. Long ago I knew someone who did this and they may clean your room for 5 days straight and then have a day off and someone else would clean the room on that day and if the people checked out on that one day and left a large tip, the housekeeper that had the day off would miss out on the tip. That's just my opinon. At resturants I usually added it to our room charge or paid cash, depending on the day.

 

[WizardLarz]

Cash is King for Waitstaff!

With some companies you have to wait untill they get their money from the credit card compnay, so you may not get that nice tip untill a week later. Other places add the credit card tip money to your paycheck, so the taxes get taken out!

 

[TillyMarigold]

I'm not touching the food-server question with a ten-foot pole, but bell services and housekeeping can only be tipped in cash.

 

[Berlioz70]

The Pirates League and Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique can only accept cash.

 

[appletini]

Wizard said it best "Ca$h is King!" If you pay attention to all your "service" venues, then you should know good service from poor and when you get GREAT service. Tip accordingly. 15% for so/so, 20-25 for standard, and 30% and beyond for excellent. If the service is that bad, get a manager. Leaving nothing just shows that you're a cheap-skate. And also if it's excellent and beyond - GET A MANAGER! People that know how to take care of people deserve to be recognized.

 

[disnut8]

For restaurants, there is a tipping sticky in the restaurant board. If you post a tipping question over there, the thread will be closed almost immediately and your question directed to the sticky. So I'd end the discussion about tipping for food fairly quickly on this thread.

 

[Suellen]

Cash is King for Waitstaff!

With some companies you have to wait untill they get their money from the credit card compnay, so you may not get that nice tip untill a week later. Other places add the credit card tip money to your paycheck, so the taxes get taken out!

this will probably get me dinged... but aren't you SUPPOSED to claim that tip as income anyway and pay taxes??

that just makes me more inclined to pay with CC.

 

[shellybaxter]

this will probably get me dinged... but aren't you SUPPOSED to claim that tip as income anyway and pay taxes??

that just makes me more inclined to pay with CC.

Yeap - me too. I'm a good tipper but I don't tip in cash - I have to claim all of my income for taxes.

 

[akl432]

this will probably get me dinged... but aren't you SUPPOSED to claim that tip as income anyway and pay taxes??

that just makes me more inclined to pay with CC.

Totally agree -- it is not right that I should have to subsidize those who feel inclined to cheat on their taxes by not claiming all of their income. I, too, now feel inclined to always put the tip on my credit card!

 

[LSUfan4444]

WOW, I bet some of curmudgeons are just the life of the party.



I don't make it a point to tip one way or the other. I tip on whatever form is more convenient for me. If I pay for the service by credit card, I tip on the CC. If I pay cash for the service, or there is no monetary exchange, I tip cash.

The day my actions are determined by what a server, bell hop or tour guide making less than $30K a year claims on his taxes is the day I officially become the angry old man in the neighborhood I hated as a kid.

 

[JenSop]

WOW, I bet some of curmudgeons are just the life of the party.



I don't make it a point to tip one way or the other. I tip on whatever form is more convenient for me. If I pay for the service by credit card, I tip on the CC. If I pay cash for the service, or there is no monetary exchange, I tip cash.

The day my actions are determined by what a server, bell hop or tour guide making less than $30K a year claims on his taxes is the day I officially become the angry old man in the neighborhood I hated as a kid.

Couldn't agree with ya more!

 

[WizardLarz]

this will probably get me dinged... but aren't you SUPPOSED to claim that tip as income anyway and pay taxes??

that just makes me more inclined to pay with CC.

In truth yes. A couple of places that I worked at already payed Minimum wage, and would let me tell them how much I wanted reported. Legal?, not really but doesn't the government get enough of our money already!

 

[Suellen]

In truth yes. A couple of places that I worked at already payed Minimum wage, and would let me tell them how much I wanted reported. Legal?, not really but doesn't the government get enough of our money already!

I am guessing that the rest of us pay higher taxes to cover those that don't claim correctly.

And to the fellow who said that server make less than 30K a year..... what universe do you live on??

Let's assume the server works 40 hr/wk.

Last I knew they made 2.13/hr from the employer (this may have gone up not sure)

Assume the server works an 8 hour shift an probably has 3 tables going (maybe even sometimes 4) ~ if each of those tables has a $50 bill and pays a 15% tip = 22.50

So 22.50 X 8 X 5 = 900/wk

I am guessing at WDW 50 is low. Our average bill runs about $90 for the four of us and as often as possible we are in and out within 45 minutes. My DH tips based on quality of service starting at 15% and going upwards of 30%. I know that isn't the norm ~but having our kids treated nice with patience and what not is worth it to him. So I am guessing there will be some variation in cost of meal and tip percentage.

This puts a server at over $50K per year if they work full time.

I don't know why people assume wait staff don't make much money? My roommate from college whom I lived with for several years after always made more money than I did ~ she waitressed and I worked in technical support for a software company.

Also ~ if you pay with CC they have to wait until the end of the week? Big whoop! I don't get paid at the end of day ~ I get paid the following week as I am sure most people do.

Sorry ~ your logic doesn't make much sense to me.

 

[Pirate Dad]

Our average bill runs about $90 for the four of us and as often as possible we are in and out within 45 minutes. My DH tips based on quality of service starting at 15% and going upwards of 30%. I know that isn't the norm ~but having our kids treated nice with patience and what not is worth it to him. So I am guessing there will be some variation in cost of meal and tip percentage.

This puts a server at over $50K per year if they work full time.

I don't know why people assume wait staff don't make much money? My roommate from college whom I lived with for several years after always made more money than I did ~ she waitressed and I worked in technical support for a software company.

Also ~ if you pay with CC they have to wait until the end of the week? Big whoop! I don't get paid at the end of day ~ I get paid the following week as I am sure most people do.

Sorry ~ your logic doesn't make much sense to me.

Nor yours to me! Your complaining on one hand that wait staff make too much but on the other your tip up to 30%???

Not trying to be provocative just don't understand.

 

[Suellen]

I am not complaining they make too much at ALL. I am saying that they should have to claim the income they do make. We tip by credit card anyway as we never carry cash.

I think it is unfair that people pay higher taxes to cover those that pay none because they don't show their income.

And yes DH tips high. Personally if it were me ~ most times I wouldn't tip as much as he does.

 

[LSUfan4444]

And to the fellow who said that server make less than 30K a year..... what universe do you live on??

I've got over 15 years of service industry experience at many levels from busser to general manager. I know a LITTLE bit about the service "universe."

Last I knew they made 2.13/hr from the employer (this may have gone up not sure)

Assume the server works an 8 hour shift an probably has 3 tables going (maybe even sometimes 4) ~ if each of those tables has a $50 bill and pays a 15% tip = 22.50

So 22.50 X 8 X 5 = 900/wk

Okay, you're wrong on so many levels I just have to take some of them individually. First off, most servers in Disney are not working 40 hours a week. Most casual restaurant servers don't work 40 either. There are some exceptions, and career servers and fine dining establishments have more exceptions, but generally speaking....servers don't work 40 hour weeks, unless they chose to by picking up shifts are asking for doubles etc.

As for the $2.13 an hour they make, THAT is the money the government taxes. So, if a server works 30 hours at $2.13, the government taxes that $2.13 and their checks are usually, if not always, $0 (assuming they are claiming the proper amount of taxes (at least 8% of total sales.)

This puts a server at over $50K per year if they work full time.

If you put 100 casual dining servers in a room and asked how many made $50k a year, you would hear crickets in the room.

I don't know why people assume wait staff don't make much money?

I'm not the one assuming here, you are.

My roommate from college whom I lived with for several years after always made more money than I did ~ she waitressed and I worked in technical support for a software company.

Oh well then, you're roomate was a waitress. I stand corrected.

Sorry ~ your logic doesn't make much sense to me.

As I don't expect it to. I'm not out to stick it to someone who works hard because I am just unhappy. We OBVIOUSLY have many differing opinions, BUT if it makes you feel better to do your duty and stick it to that bell hop or waiter...you go right ahead. Me, I don't care about their taxes enough to ever let it influence what I do.

 

[Suellen]

Oh so you make 30K a year working part time. Not bad IMHO.

You are so right I stand corrected.

 

[LSUfan4444]

The service industry is a well paying gig if you find the right situation. Living in a city with alot of wonderful dining options (New Orleans) there are many career servers who do make well over 50k a year. The same with LA, New York, San Francisco, Chicago etc. But that is the exception.

My stance isn't that servers do or don't make alot of money, just that their tax situation has no influence on how/if/how much I tip them. My concerns, efforts and energy on how much I pay in taxes is directed at my local, state and federal government, not my waitress at Chef Mickeys.