Are you a good tipper?

Jesus post like that piss me off. Care to quote a 12 year old thread that might refer to the same question? It's rude!

Answer the post certainly but dont post quippy comments like that, there's no need.

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I hate to brag, but I'm a REALLY good tipper! It took two weeks of waiting tables to realize how much shit that servers have to go through. The other night, I went out with a friend to the bar... All I had was an order of cheesy fries and a coke. My bill was $4.30... I gave him $10. I normally tip between 50% and 100% if my total tab is under $10. I never tip less than 20% unless the service was just THAT bad.

Yeah, you tell those damned non- American uncircumcised communists.

I just full and well know that tipping is vastly different outside of the United States, so I wanted to make my point clear by narrowing the scope of the subject.

Why don't you explain for us Americans how tipping is done in Canada? I am curious...

Sorry for being slow, stuff going on.

So am and I and I've lived there longer than you - and IMO you're overstating that 99.9% massively. I have lunch in the same cafe most days when I'm in town (usually 3 days) and I can tell you far more than 0.1% of customers tip, probably nearer 40-50%. It's not atypical.

No, but that wasn't at issue. Anyway they're not that rare and certainly not all high profile, high risk jobs, often quite the reverse. Retail and general sales are a very common sources of commission only jobs.

To illustrate, I did a 2 second Google search:

Sales Executive (Commission-only) jobs Greater London jobs Sales jobs
INDEPENDENT TRAINEE SALES CONSULTANTS - Jobsin

None of the above are what I would consider high profile, high margin. The last one is for a trainee in telesales.

SP is spot on, tipping is typical unless service was poor. Certainly I've no qualms about withholding a tip in the UK.

Maybe you're just tight.

As my previous post implied, it's the same.

God Bless you Meg!!!!

Too right im tight, their paid to do the bloody job and every penny i earn goes to keeping myself off the bread line. lol

Pretty much 20% sometimes more, sometimes less.

Yes, I'll give you a good tip: don't bet on dead horses...

The federal minimum wage is approximately double that amount.

As for stealing from the waitperson by not leaving at least a 10% tip... the IRS considers that as average and does NOT collect more when the tip is greater than 10%.

I'm apparently a tightwad cuz, on my limited Social Security Disability budget, I "make" a lot less than those poor overworked people. I would be much more agreeable if tips weren't based on the amount of the check. I have to look at the price column before I decide what I want to order, and I don't receive any better service if I order a new york steak rather than a hot dog.

And why do people only talk to the manager when they are dissatisfied? I like to compliment good service.

It's all good people...

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.

I routinely tip 30-35%, because I think to myself, "that could be me trying to earn a living that way." I worked as a bartender at the Indianaoplis Colts games this past season and earned a more than generous hourly rate. I never expected to be tipped, but it was always appreciated when I was.

I have only not tipped twice in my life, and that was because the service was absolutely horrendous. I got complaint cards from those restaurants and named the location, time I was there, and the server's name.

I think it would do people some good to read this:

Tip - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia