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Originally Posted by Rugbypup  Ive never understood what and why Americans tip?
In the UK a tip is optional and usually only give when you recieve extremely good service, but 99.9% of the time, people dont tip and are not expected to either.
Why do you tip in America?
Arn't waiters and waitresses actually being paid to do the job anyways? It's a little rude to expect a tip for just doing your job.
It dosent make sense. |
It doesn't make sense.
They get minimum wage so we are expected to make up the difference and then some. I've always resented tipping. I usually give 15%, sometimes a little more.
The owner should pay them enough so we don't have to. The benefit is the owner is making plenty of money because we are paying his staff. The waitstaff are doing really well, but the kitchen help are the losers in the deal--except for the chefs, who can do fairly well if the place is upscale.
They encourage you to drink more and buy appetizers, because that adds to the bill, which in turn adds to a higher tip for them. People also forget that the waitstaff have more than one table they're doing at a time. In an hour they may get a $15 tip from one table, $10 from another, and $5 from another. That's $30 for one hour plus their minimum wage.
I know a girl who was making close to $1000 a week waitressing when she was in college. She was working in a very fast paced diner type place near a major college. There was a quick turn around of people, very busy all the time, and she worked Friday and Saturday nights, and Sunday, not even close to 40 hours.