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when all i wanna do is enjoy a few drinks after a long week without breaking the bank.

-- Surmounter (rra12...) (webmail), January 20th, 2007. (rra123)

just want to make sure the utter absurdity of this statement isn't lost. a few drinks after one week would call for a tip of around 3 bucks as minimally appropriate. that's all the dude would have to spend. 3 bucks a week. and he's complaining that this 3 bucks will "break the bank." seriously, man, examine what's going on with your life that lead to these circumstances. if 3 dollars is too much for you to afford, and you're still spending your money in bars, you need a therapist.

critique de la vie quotidienne (modestmickey), Saturday, 20 January 2007 18:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

i don't know why the world hates americans

Frogm@n Henry (Frogm@n Henry), Saturday, 20 January 2007 18:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

They don't even have healthcare! I'm from a rich western country, so I make sure to tip when I'm there [/ducks]

stet (stet), Saturday, 20 January 2007 19:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

Isn't a dollar like 50p? I think my "Brit" ass can afford that.

jimn (jimnaseum), Saturday, 20 January 2007 19:20 (6 years ago) Permalink

Frogm@n Henry (Frogm@n Henry), Saturday, 20 January 2007 19:25 (6 years ago) Permalink

I'm an ex-waitress and a lavish tipper. It's only a little bit of money for the customer, but if they all do it, it adds up to an okay living for the waiter. Which they deserve—I've worked a lot of jobs and restaurant work was the highest-stress of all. Even if the customers are nice, the hustle is unbelievable.

Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Saturday, 20 January 2007 19:26 (6 years ago) Permalink

There is some crazy plan here in Ireland to reduce the wages of bar staff in the expectation that they will make it all back in tips, like in America. But this is not America, and people in pubs do not tip.

The Real Dirty Vicar (dirtyvicar), Saturday, 20 January 2007 19:27 (6 years ago) Permalink

$5 a beer doesn't make it any cheaper in the US than in the UK
and a pint's a pint
but presumably cutty's complaint is based on spirits not being poured liberally by hand (tho they are in my local bar :D in fact why i'm not there right now i have no idea)

vita susicivus (blueski), Saturday, 20 January 2007 19:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

Oh, the spirits thing is some crazy bullshit. The Spanish are good with spirits, you get four or five times the amount you get in the UK for the same price.

jimn (jimnaseum), Saturday, 20 January 2007 19:31 (6 years ago) Permalink

i guess it's really the price of the drinks. bars are so dumb sometimes - it's like dim lighting, overpriced drinks and people trying to be sexy

i think the tipping, for me, is the straw that breaks the camel's back

it's like jesus, i have to pay 5 dollars for a 99 cent beer and then a dollar on top of it to kiss the bartender's ass who's trying too hard to be cool serving me my drink.

i like the tab actually. a lot.

Surmounter (rra123), Saturday, 20 January 2007 19:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

or rather the idea of the tab - i'm not in the practice of running them. maybe i'll become one of those people that opens tabs a lot. i have a friend like that. she's always handing bartenders her card.

Surmounter (rra123), Saturday, 20 January 2007 19:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

he Spanish are good with spirits, you get four or five times the amount you get in the UK for the same price.
I paid £7 for a gin and tonic in Stockholm last week, which had 10ml of gin in (compared to 35ml here).

stet (stet), Saturday, 20 January 2007 19:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

the spanish are quite generous

cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 20 January 2007 19:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

The Spanish serve drinks "Ewing" style, as I learnt to my cost! Anyway because I am an utter OLD MAN I kept drinking a lovely brown beer - of course I've completely forgotten the name.

Sorry! I'm a Brit, oi don't belong 'ere m'lud. (I went to Yo Sushi today and didn't tip)

Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Saturday, 20 January 2007 20:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

it's like jesus, i have to pay 5 dollars for a 99 cent beer and then a dollar on top of it to kiss the bartender's ass who's trying too hard to be cool serving me my drink.

that's why i don't drink beer in bars (the price of the beer, not the dollar tip). i know it's silly because it's about the location and not the beer itself, but i'd rather at least order a drink with more ingredients than i have in the fridge at home.

Maria (Maria), Saturday, 20 January 2007 20:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

You drinkers on a budget—why are you out at a bar to begin with? If you're that broke you should buy your beer by the case and take it home to your miserable basement apartment.

Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Saturday, 20 January 2007 20:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

hahaha! budgets aren't miserable, they're real.

surmounter (rra123), Saturday, 20 January 2007 20:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

Okay, then buy a case and go home. Don't take up a barstool, pay inflated prices and then stiff the bartender!

Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Saturday, 20 January 2007 20:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

i never stiff. i just complain about not stiffing!

surmounter (rra123), Saturday, 20 January 2007 20:58 (6 years ago) Permalink

Well okay then. I'll spare your life.

Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Saturday, 20 January 2007 20:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

You didn't stiff the bartender in the original post?

do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 20 January 2007 20:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

hahaha

i also hardly ever sit at the bar, which maybe i should try. get to know the bartenders a bit more. get a bit o' empathy goin on.

surmounter (rra123), Saturday, 20 January 2007 20:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

for fuck's sake! if you're so broke that $3 in tips (for 3 drinks purchased over the course of a night) breaks the bank, then as has been said you shouldn't be going out drinking. bars are businesses. drinking cheaply in one isn't your god-given right.

lauren (laurenp), Saturday, 20 January 2007 21:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

i tipped her 2 on my next drink

surmounter (rra123), Saturday, 20 January 2007 21:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

god has never given me anything, darlin and it is my right to complain about what i want to!! thanks for the info tho

surmounter (rra123), Saturday, 20 January 2007 21:02 (6 years ago) Permalink

wait a minute, this is wagemann, innit. the "darlin" gives it away

do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 20 January 2007 21:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

darlin isn't specific to wagemann, it seems, cuz wagemann i am not.

surmounter (rra123), Saturday, 20 January 2007 21:05 (6 years ago) Permalink

re: tipping in australia, by a yank

drinks are pretty expensive and staff is reportedly better-paid upfront than in the usa. so no tipping, i was told. but: some places (mainly restaurants, it seems) add a 10% surcharge on holidays (which is fine, i guess), or sundays (which is less fine), or saturdays (which is ridiculous).

also, service wasn't particularly great, which may or may not have something to do with the lack of tipping. yet aussie bartenders/servers are all over clearing away yr empties--it's more a struggle to get more. weird.

mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 20 January 2007 21:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

10% surcharge on holidays (which is fine, i guess), or sundays (which is less fine), or saturdays (which is ridiculous)

Based on a few months in Australia, I got the impression that they take their weekends rather more (i.e. less) seriously than in the UK or US. Some things even -- gasp! -- shut. The surcharge is related to the fact that restaurant probably pays its staff time-and-a-half or double time over the weekend.

Also, re: this thread and the many, many others. Why do people find tipping so confusing and infuriating? Americans and Brits drive on different sides of the road, and no one gets confused or infuriated by that. And NO ONE feels the need to defend their country's choice. It's merely a convention. Things be different in different parts of the world. Find out how tipping works, fit in (or don't), and forget about it.

caek (caek), Saturday, 20 January 2007 21:26 (6 years ago) Permalink

YEAH!

surmounter (rra123), Saturday, 20 January 2007 21:31 (6 years ago) Permalink

no but honestly. drinks cost what like half the bottle would cost, and i'm supposed to give them MORE?

Buy a whole bottle, mix, serve, and drink it in your home. Or in the park or on the train, perhaps. Either way, then you won't have to put out the extra money for overhead like the edifice, cost of operations, and service.

it's not my job to subsidize theirs.

Yes, it is. Or more accurately, it is your obligation under this country's tipping system. Otherwise you are guilty of the offense of theft of services AND the more serious crime of aggrivated douchebaggery.

In other words (polyphonic's):

If you don't like tipping, don't drink in bars. Period.

a puppy holding a miller high life bottle (unclejessjess), Saturday, 20 January 2007 21:33 (6 years ago) Permalink

can i lock this yet?

vita susicivus (blueski), Saturday, 20 January 2007 21:36 (6 years ago) Permalink

please

lauren (laurenp), Saturday, 20 January 2007 21:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

Please do.

do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 20 January 2007 21:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

a;lfjas;lfjas;lfkja;flkajdsf;laskjf;lasddkfj

surmounter (rra123), Saturday, 20 January 2007 21:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

REVOLUTION!

If only there could be a similar revolution against tipping.

The Real Dirty Vicar (dirtyvicar), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:24 (6 years ago) Permalink

and a pint's a pint

US pints are smaller.

Ed (dali), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:26 (6 years ago) Permalink

but we were talking about stingy measures in the UK.

i think we should discuss every subject under the sun on this thread.

vita susicivus (blueski), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:54 (6 years ago) Permalink

"it's not just a city in China"

milo z (mlp), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

boy, i wish the image spam feature was turned off.

Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 22 January 2007 00:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

S- (sgh), Monday, 22 January 2007 01:27 (6 years ago) Permalink

Definitely on the same track.

Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 22 January 2007 01:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

isnt it a problem that there will always be douchebags that don't tip, and so the rest that do tip end up having to pay more to get the servers on a income level comparable to if they were just paid a straight wage?
so assuming income stays at the same level under both systems, instituting tipping effectively takes money from the nice people and gives it to the douchebags. how is this good?

webber (webber), Monday, 22 January 2007 01:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

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Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 22 January 2007 05:21 (6 years ago) Permalink

There is some crazy plan here in Ireland to reduce the wages of bar staff in the expectation that they will make it all back in tips, like in America. But this is not America, and people in pubs do not tip.

DV, you're joking? That will never work! Christ, most of the time we resent our bar staff charging us so much!

Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Monday, 22 January 2007 10:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

US pints are smaller.

This isn't really true. Either that or you and your Britishes kind have taken me to the wrong pubs, repeatedly. Or someone has taken you to bad ones in the US :(

AllyzayEisenschefterBDawkinsFlyingSquirrelRomoCrying.jpg (allyzay), Monday, 22 January 2007 16:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

Pleasant Plains, you win the most annoying post of all time award.

I'll give you tip (dirtyvicar), Monday, 22 January 2007 16:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

nothing anybody says on these threads is true. <- except that.

vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 22 January 2007 16:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

i've had 'normal' pints in the US tho yes.

vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 22 January 2007 16:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

US pints are smaller.

also our seconds are shorter and our year is only 251 days. also, a day takes 13 hours here.

chicago kevin (chicago kevin), Monday, 22 January 2007 17:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

canadians are pretty eh, phil

#guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Friday, 1 February 2013 00:26 (3 months ago) Permalink

lol at FFM thinking she's "canadian"

mh, Friday, 1 February 2013 01:43 (3 months ago) Permalink

lol at mh thinking I'm a "she"

she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 1 February 2013 02:11 (3 months ago) Permalink

Lol at all of you for thinking this is not a dream

that Django got me Nuages (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 February 2013 02:20 (3 months ago) Permalink

I didn't know "she" was a euphemism when it came to tipping!

mh, Friday, 1 February 2013 02:41 (3 months ago) Permalink

I worked at headquarters for a buffet chain that re-classed many of their employees as "servers" so they could legally reduce their pay below minimum wage.

Can you imagine working a minimum wage job and getting the memo that your wage was being cut?

How did they make them servers? In addition to their standard tasks like restocking the buffet and cleaning tables, they were made to pour coffee, offer deserts, and do a few other server tasks, and had their wages cut for it.

A buffet chain! Have you ever seen someone tip at a buffet chain?

© all the feelings (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 1 February 2013 14:59 (3 months ago) Permalink

yup; all of my older relatives who were on fixed incomes loved buffet chains (yours in particular) and would always tip 15% on their meals

Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 15:11 (3 months ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

upon thinking abt this, i am pretty sure it's an april fool. i was all ready for a vitriolic thread, too.

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Monday, 1 April 2013 17:08 (1 month ago) Permalink

it's def an april fool, woulda been better if they used a reasonable $ figure

iatee, Monday, 1 April 2013 17:10 (1 month ago) Permalink

Just yesterday, for instance, I wrote some adorkable emails to coworkers that I spent all day on, and I felt like my creative juices were just flowing like boxed wine at book club.

❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Monday, 1 April 2013 17:29 (1 month ago) Permalink

digging gr8080's new posting style

markers, Monday, 1 April 2013 17:33 (1 month ago) Permalink

乒乓, Friday, 12 April 2013 16:25 (1 month ago) Permalink

hahaha yesssssss

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Friday, 12 April 2013 16:33 (1 month ago) Permalink

I am tipping you in Coca Cola Rewards codes.

how's life, Friday, 12 April 2013 16:34 (1 month ago) Permalink

fuckin' dot biz

how's life, Friday, 12 April 2013 16:35 (1 month ago) Permalink

This is what all my friend's kids are getting in their Christmas cards.

beach situations (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 12 April 2013 20:22 (1 month ago) Permalink

Do you tip at dim sum? I would have thought yes but the dude from china I was eating with said no, and the person behind the counter crossed out the tip line on the credit card thing

Dan I., Sunday, 21 April 2013 16:50 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

in general Chinese people are not used to tipping

乒乓, Sunday, 21 April 2013 16:56 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

only white people feel so entitled to give/receive tips

乒乓, Sunday, 21 April 2013 16:57 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

It felt so wrong not tipping when I was in HK. My brain just cannot compute.

Jeff, Sunday, 21 April 2013 17:28 (4 weeks ago) Permalink


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