When did the tipping % increase?

[FayeW]

Also, I tip the same at a buffet (in Disney - not at the Hometown Buffet type places) as at a regular sit down.

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Why? Is it harder for a server to remove a dirty plate from a table at WDW than it is to collect dirty plates at the Hometown Buffet? Are Disney servers more skilled at refilling drinks?

 

[shellybaxter]

Why? Is it harder for a server to remove a dirty plate from a table at WDW than it is to collect dirty plates at the Hometown Buffet? Are Disney servers more skilled at refilling drinks?

At hometown buffet they don't refill my drink, explain the buffet, or act as the cashier. Basically all they did is bus the table. At Disney they do all of those things, deal with special requests, some even take your picture with the characters. Too me there is a big difference

 

[FayeW]

At hometown buffet they don't refill my drink, explain the buffet, or act as the cashier. Basically all they did is bus the table. At Disney they do all of those things, deal with special requests, some even take your picture with the characters. Too me there is a big difference

Thanks for the polite explaination. I apologize that I was rude in my response to you.

I haven't eaten at any buffets at WDW, and I assumed that in America, drink refills were always included (they aren't in most restaurants in Canada). I can see why you would tip more if a server did all of those things.

 

[doggy]

Here is one for all of you.

On a recent trip to Walt Disneyworld Florida we had dinner at one of the lands in Epcot with the DDP. As was our customary we were tipping from 10% to 15% at all the lands we had dinner at, which were many. At one place at Epcot for dinner we left our customary tip. Our waitress brought back the check along with the money we left for her tip and TOLD us that we did NOT leave enough for a tip and our waitress EXPECTED no less than 18%.

Needless to say nothing was left.

For any waiter or waitress to DEMAND an 18% tip OR to DEMAND more than what we left for a tip, the waitress is in my opinion completely out of line. After all Families spend several thousands of dollars just to take a vacation to Disney AND during that time the money families spend go towards at least in part to paying the wages of the waiters and waitresses..without the tip.

So how many have had this experience happen to them??

 

[jennykay]

Here is one for all of you.

On a recent trip to Walt Disneyworld Florida we had dinner at one of the lands in Epcot with the DDP. As was our customary we were tipping from 10% to 15% at all the lands we had dinner at, which were many. At one place at Epcot for dinner we left our customary tip. Our waitress brought back the check along with the money we left for her tip and TOLD us that we did NOT leave enough for a tip and our waitress EXPECTED no less than 18%.

Needless to say nothing was left.

For any waiter or waitress to DEMAND an 18% tip OR to DEMAND more than what we left for a tip, the waitress is in my opinion completely out of line. After all Families spend several thousands of dollars just to take a vacation to Disney AND during that time the money families spend go towards at least in part to paying the wages of the waiters and waitresses..without the tip.

So how many have had this experience happen to them??

and I was just about to ask how many of you had ever waited tables or knew first hand what that job is like - you seem to judge your servers very strictly - and then this -?!!! After having served, I NEVER leave w/o tipping but this is extraordinarily rude, no way she would have gotten anything! She actually told you that she expected more? It would NOT have gone over well at my table! I think I would have been upset for a good long while! Did you speak to a manager? Good grief, I'm mad for you!

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Here is one for all of you.

On a recent trip to Walt Disneyworld Florida we had dinner at one of the lands in Epcot with the DDP. As was our customary we were tipping from 10% to 15% at all the lands we had dinner at, which were many. At one place at Epcot for dinner we left our customary tip. Our waitress brought back the check along with the money we left for her tip and TOLD us that we did NOT leave enough for a tip and our waitress EXPECTED no less than 18%.

Needless to say nothing was left.

For any waiter or waitress to DEMAND an 18% tip OR to DEMAND more than what we left for a tip, the waitress is in my opinion completely out of line. After all Families spend several thousands of dollars just to take a vacation to Disney AND during that time the money families spend go towards at least in part to paying the wages of the waiters and waitresses..without the tip.

So how many have had this experience happen to them??

I hope all of my servers act like this...that's more money for souvenirs!

 

[Disney8704]

I wouldnt! Sure it may save you money, but it could end up putting a big damper on your trip and you could end up walking away very angry and not have a good time on your trip. But I do have to agree that I would NEVER leave a tip for my waiter if they asked for more. Or better yet, I would be like, you want more of a tip, heres a tip for you, and throw a penny at them and say theres my tip for you. Giving them a penny hurts way more then nothing at all.

I hope all of my servers act like this...that's more money for souvenirs!

 

[DiszyDean]

Here is one for all of you.

On a recent trip to Walt Disneyworld Florida we had dinner at one of the lands in Epcot with the DDP. As was our customary we were tipping from 10% to 15% at all the lands we had dinner at, which were many. At one place at Epcot for dinner we left our customary tip. Our waitress brought back the check along with the money we left for her tip and TOLD us that we did NOT leave enough for a tip and our waitress EXPECTED no less than 18%.

Needless to say nothing was left.

For any waiter or waitress to DEMAND an 18% tip OR to DEMAND more than what we left for a tip, the waitress is in my opinion completely out of line. After all Families spend several thousands of dollars just to take a vacation to Disney AND during that time the money families spend go towards at least in part to paying the wages of the waiters and waitresses..without the tip.

So how many have had this experience happen to them??

I never had anything happen like this to me, ever. And I eat out several times a week. Now, that being said, I would not leave 10 - 15% unless the service was sub par so that could be one reason.

I am somewhat surprised that you would not have spoken to a manager about this. Most places have a pretty strict policy on servers discussing tips with the customers and someone demanding a tip would probably be dismissed immediately. Almost all servers know this and I would think someone in WDW even more so as it is probably a tougher job to get than the local Denny's or someplace like that. (Nothing wrong with the local Denny's, by the way)

 

[Pumbaa_]

that would have resulted in a very short discussion with the manager. Interesting

 

[jennykay]

I hope all of my servers act like this...that's more money for souvenirs!

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I wouldnt! Sure it may save you money, but it could end up putting a big damper on your trip and you could end up walking away very angry and not have a good time on your trip. But I do have to agree that I would NEVER leave a tip for my waiter if they asked for more. Or better yet, I would be like, you want more of a tip, heres a tip for you, and throw a penny at them and say theres my tip for you. Giving them a penny hurts way more then nothing at all.

I'm only kidding, rarely do I have bad service there or anywhere for that matter. But, anyone that's rude like that deserves a tip all right ~ a tip on how to earn better tips by not being ignorant and rude. Anyone knows if you throw back money like that you wont get anything! Duh!

I never leave angry. It's not good for the soul. That's why they have managers and the managers have bosses too!

 

[estherhead]

I was a server in Ohio 10 years ago. I was good (if I do say so myself) and averaged 17%. 20% was considered great service, 15% good, 10% bad, 0 tip if you were rude.

I still tip according to the above scale. I believe WDW expects it's servers to be on the excellent side & so a 15% gratuity would be too little. Where I worked it was 15% gratuity on big tables, which I hated as I would get more if it wasn't there. But if gratuity is there, most people would walk away assuming it had been taken care of.

I will be tipping cash in September on the free DxDP. I'm assuming at the nicer places we'll be eating there will be excellent service so taking 20% cash in my pocket. But if we get bad service, you can bet your bottom dollar, I'm not leaving 18%. I believe that bad service should be paid poorly so they will quit & find a job they are better suited to. There were lots of servers at the place I worked who were terrible. They would get 10% or less. They would last a month or so. This is how it should be, as who of you wants one of them serving you?

Last year on DDP we had a server at Chef Mickey's who we never saw. She dropped off our drinks & that was it. No refills. No nothing. We waited 15 minutes for our check after we were obviously done eating & I finally went up to another server & asked & that server brought our check to us! If tips hadn't been included, I would have given her very little (as would have the table next to us.) She should have found a different job at Disney. That was the only bad service we had in 9 days.

 

[creativeamanda]

Here is one for all of you.

On a recent trip to Walt Disneyworld Florida we had dinner at one of the lands in Epcot with the DDP. As was our customary we were tipping from 10% to 15% at all the lands we had dinner at, which were many. At one place at Epcot for dinner we left our customary tip. Our waitress brought back the check along with the money we left for her tip and TOLD us that we did NOT leave enough for a tip and our waitress EXPECTED no less than 18%.

Needless to say nothing was left.

For any waiter or waitress to DEMAND an 18% tip OR to DEMAND more than what we left for a tip, the waitress is in my opinion completely out of line. After all Families spend several thousands of dollars just to take a vacation to Disney AND during that time the money families spend go towards at least in part to paying the wages of the waiters and waitresses..without the tip.

So how many have had this experience happen to them??

After I finished talking to the manager, I would have been eating for free that day. Don't believe me? I've had things go wrong at restaraunts (ie--once it took 1 hour for a server to even put my order in because my friend made her mad--When the server asked what we'd be having, the friend said, "Pizza"--we were at a pizza place. Well, that meal was free.) I don't get mean or yell or show myself. I explain my point of view, how it made me feel, and that if nothing is done about it, I don't intend to return and I will tell as many people as I can not to return. I never get rude, but I calmly get my point across. I will always walk out with either a free meal or a gift certificate and always an apology.

 

[darrengs]

I live up the mountain from the OP in NJ and I have been tipping 20% for years now, and I do not feel I am trying to impress anybody as a PP stated. I don't know if I have become more tolerable or not but I haven't had service poor enough to not tip or tip less than 20% in years, unless an establishment (like Disney) decides to add a tip to the bill automatically. In that case that the server actually loses out because they end up with less than 20%.

 

[jennykay]

ok, I'm out. anyone cares how much I'm tipping, just head on down and get yourself a server position at Chef Mickey's

 

[a Really Bad Egg]

ok, I'm out. anyone cares how much I'm tipping, just head on down and get yourself a server position at Chef Mickey's

 

[mom2my3kids]

Here is one for all of you.

On a recent trip to Walt Disneyworld Florida we had dinner at one of the lands in Epcot with the DDP. As was our customary we were tipping from 10% to 15% at all the lands we had dinner at, which were many. At one place at Epcot for dinner we left our customary tip. Our waitress brought back the check along with the money we left for her tip and TOLD us that we did NOT leave enough for a tip and our waitress EXPECTED no less than 18%.

Needless to say nothing was left.

For any waiter or waitress to DEMAND an 18% tip OR to DEMAND more than what we left for a tip, the waitress is in my opinion completely out of line. After all Families spend several thousands of dollars just to take a vacation to Disney AND during that time the money families spend go towards at least in part to paying the wages of the waiters and waitresses..without the tip.

So how many have had this experience happen to them??

Even as a server I can't imagine doing this, but I will say I have brought back peoples change before. I can't imagine this happens very often or people would start losing their jobs..

 

[kaytieeldr]

At one place at Epcot for dinner we left our customary tip. Our waitress brought back the check along with the money we left for her tip and TOLD us that we did NOT leave enough for a tip and our waitress EXPECTED no less than 18%.

Needless to say nothing was left.

How many people were in your party/at your table, including infants?