tipping

i mean, i don't get tipped every time i help someone with their theater tickets at work, and i smile like hell!

haha. i'm sure i'd just WANt to tip the australian waiter

As it is, you should tip if you feel the level of service was good. If not, fuck it. Seriously. Its one of the reasons that I try so hard to be a good bartender is that, by and large, if I put in the effort, people will pay me more.

If you completely disagree with tipping, however, you've never worked in the service industry in the US. Period. The feeling of earning a good tip is pretty damn satisfying.

to link but two of ten thousand ILX threads on tipping

there are certain jobs that because of how crappy they are, we have to pay taxes on them?

You think of tips as taxes?

i think of tips as a collective effort to improve the quality of life of service workers. they don't get paid enough, so the money has to come from somewhere else. MY POCKET. when all i wanna do is enjoy a few drinks after a long week without breaking the bank.

Exactly. Wishing and complaining isn't going to change it.

I still want to know why you described tips as taxes. Are you a freeper?

What's the protocol?

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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.

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.

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

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.

A wise career move

I am not sure whether my sister hurled pennies at stingy customers in retreat (all signs point to yes) but she upbraided bad customers in the knowledge that her job was totally safe. The owners hated people like that and knew she was an excellent server. This was a neighbourhood place where regulars tipped nearer 25 per cent, with the occasional huge tip from someone affiliated with the Minnesota Vikings.

https://viewfromthewing.com/detroit-airport-tells-passengers-to-tip-at-water-refill-stations-is-your-money-just-another-hidden-fee/

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Just had a couple of weeks of tipping fun in the states. Had no idea what I was doing so just selected 20% as the option on everything everywhere, probably meant I was over tipping some places and under tipping elsewhere?

One thing I found funny was that we were always asked to tip places like a coffee shop where not only where you were expected to collect your order you were also expected to “bus” it away too. I don‘t mind doing that of course – I help out being in serving jobs as much as I can, but it did make me wonder what I was tipping for, especially as the coffee was usually even more expensive than in the UK as it was… I hope the people behind the counter got all the money, but I guess who knows?

* I help out people working in serving jobs…

You were tippng entirely because with all the Square/etc. POSes enable it either by default or with no effort so shop owners leave it and figure it's one more way they can pay their employees less.

Before my dad died I started leaving the tip line on for his Square construction invoices just to see if anyone ever bit. (no)

OK, so is the usual custom not to leave a tip in a coffee shop?

I would (in America) normally leave my small change in the tip jar, but cashless transactions obviously don’t allow for that. I have zero confidence in tips collected via cashless payment actually getting to the servers on that day. In the UK, people tend not to tip baristas but regulars might give them something at the holidays or donate to a leaving gift. The customers at a cafe where I normally go had a whip-round to replace a barista’s bike when it was stolen from right outside the shop!

Yeah, there’d be a tip jar for change but not a full on 20% situation. I wouldn’t say ‘not a custom’ exactly, but a tip jar feels a lot less obligatory than a screen where you have to hit 0%.

really varies from person to person. I used to leave a dollar in the jar if the counter person was unusually friendly or helpful; now with a POS I'm actually more likely to tip, because of the convenience, but yes less likely it goes directly to the employees. but you'll find Americans that make it a matter of principle not to tip at any eatery/drinkery unless you're getting full service

For a single coffee I leave a dollar, just like tipping at a bar.

OK, it usually worked out around that much per coffee. Glad to know I didn’t offend your quirky local custom, and also was not a total mug :)

I am the same as Kim Kimberly— single coffee gets a buck, same with a beer at a bar. If i order something more complicated at either, price shoots up.

or, tip amount shoots up

Agreed on a buck tip for a beer or coffee

Definintely overtipped on the beers then!

Tbh it does sort of depend on the situation. I will often tip more than a buck for a beer if I am being served at a table on the sidewalk, for example. I go for 20 percent or close to it then. But if I am inside a bar and not receiving table service? One buck.

Totally. I recognise that my dollar tips don't have the same value as 20 years ago and will easily leave more depending on the situation.

Lately I'll sometimes leave a $2 tip on a $4 coffee just b/c like whatever man

who cares

there’s really no such thing as overtipping

otm

otm!

Not OTM in the slightest

I believe food service workers deserve a living wage and I will tip generously in support of that, but not if you pull racist bullshit on me.

ok I meant idiots being like “did I tip too much for my shoeshine” or whatever the fuck

Not OTM in the slightest

I believe food service workers deserve a living wage and I will tip generously in support of that, but not if you pull racist bullshit on me.

I don't eat in restaurants anymore but I still tip when picking up to-go orders. Less than 20%, though; my order is usually about $30 and I drop $5 in the jar. The other day I added a drink to the order when I arrived, so I tipped $8 on a $32 bill.

at the diner down the block i'll get coffee and eggs/toast/whatever and it'll come to like $10.75, i'll usually leave a $5 tip bc I just cant fathom leaving less than that for a meal that was brought to my table by a server, coffee refills, etc. then i'll always get fraud alert emails from my credit card company asking "DID YOU LEAVE A 45% TIP AT JOE'S DINER, PLEASE CONFIRM??" i know that stuff is all automated but i still want to call them and be like "please let your computer known that a $5 tip at a restaurant should never be considered suspiciously high"

there's a place in america where coffee eggs and toast still costs $10.75???

in Seattle I'm pretty sure that's at least $90

any time I see a sandwich in a deli that's only $5-$6 I immediately assume the whole restaurant is a drug trafficking front and leave

and then go out back to get drugs

Here in Buffalo that $90 could get you a house, with enough change leftover for coffee eggs & toast at the diner (depending on the tip)

there's a place in america where coffee eggs and toast still costs $10.75???

That does seem a little cheap. At the two diner/cafe places near me breakfast (eggs, meat, bread, potatoes) is about $15-17 per person, depending on what exactly you get.

sorry for my insensitive reply, DJP, it wasn’t at all cool for me to be all “no, but what I meant was” in response to your post

it took me a while to parse the recent posts but it is true, undertipping is OK if the servers/establishment are racist/assholes/etc, what I was agreeing with was that after a pleasant experience there is really no limit to a tip

in Seattle I'm pretty sure that's at least $90

Having just spent a week there, I can confirm this is true. :D

Also currently fighting off tears after looking at my credit-card bill because of the very strong dollar compared to pounds these days ;_;

sorry for my insensitive reply, DJP, it wasn’t at all cool for me to be all “no, but what I meant was” in response to your post

tbf I did Kool-Aid Man into the thread with that post

I am going to be brave and not tip 20% when I get my hair done tonight because apparently I've been overtripping here and now I know why the nail salon girls are always so nice to me. I thought we were buds! :/

When you're used to tipping a certain way it feels so weird and wrong not to.

Lately I'll sometimes leave a $2 tip on a $4 coffee just b/c like whatever man

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who cares

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yeah fuck all these stingy bastards!!

there's a place in america where coffee eggs and toast still costs $10.75???

it's hard for me to imagine coffee, eggs, and toast being much more than like $12 maybe

Have you been to a joint called California

i just checked and a plate of scrambled eggs, bacon, and pancakes at the Denny's near me is 7.99

Vomit

7.99 but then coffee is another $3.50

right which is 74 cents more than 10.75

and that's WITH bacon

for 10.75 in Philly you can get a pretty decent hoagie and a side of fries at the local Papi store.