focusondisney
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 7, 2009
I never minded tipping restaurant servers, but agree the suggested amounts are crazy now. The higher tip amounts always seem to come up at higher priced restaurants too. The server at a local diner works as hard or harder than the server at a high end restaurant. The high end places usually have busers & sometimes help with serving too while the diner has the server doing it all. But the diner server gets a fraction of the tip because the food is cheaper. At least that’s how it is where I am anyway. We almost always tip 20%, but I am getting close to dropping that amount. Servers here are making more per hour & restaurant prices are going up. We’re generally out of most places in 60 - 90 minutes. I can’t see tipping $30-40 for an hour’s work, just because we got steaks instead of pasta.
I think that’s the part that annoys me. Fine, I’ll tip 20 bucks or something. But again, tipping a server the equivalent of the hourly rate I made as a certified RN consultant with 40+ years of experience just because we chose an expensive restaurant or meal seems crazy to me. I don’t tip at take out places or anyplace that has a tip jar.
The stylist who does my hair has space in a small salon, no employees, just 3 private stylists with their own clients & hours who work out of a shared space. I followed her when she went private from a national chain. At that time I was giving her $20 on an $80 charge. She has slowly increased her price about $15 but I still just tack $20 onto what she charges. I mean, she’s getting all the money, not paying it out to anyone else. She increases prices when her supplies go up. I just don’t see needing to increase my tip because her supplies increased when I’m already paying for those increases by way of a higher price.
I think that’s the part that annoys me. Fine, I’ll tip 20 bucks or something. But again, tipping a server the equivalent of the hourly rate I made as a certified RN consultant with 40+ years of experience just because we chose an expensive restaurant or meal seems crazy to me. I don’t tip at take out places or anyplace that has a tip jar.
The stylist who does my hair has space in a small salon, no employees, just 3 private stylists with their own clients & hours who work out of a shared space. I followed her when she went private from a national chain. At that time I was giving her $20 on an $80 charge. She has slowly increased her price about $15 but I still just tack $20 onto what she charges. I mean, she’s getting all the money, not paying it out to anyone else. She increases prices when her supplies go up. I just don’t see needing to increase my tip because her supplies increased when I’m already paying for those increases by way of a higher price.
Seriously, how much pay is enough for a service job? A server at a low-to-mid-level restaurant here, where a fairly simple entree and non-alcoholic beverage will run around $22/pp, serving four tables (presume 12 customers) an hour, being tipped at the lowest suggest rate of 18%, will make $47.50/hr in tips, plus their $15 wage. Anybody here think that's under-paid for the role?
