I tip quite well but not always. Depends on the service. They are already getting an hourly wage and are doing what they are required to do in order to keep their job. But yes, if the service is good then I will tip. If the service is not so good, I will not tip.......And if they ASK for a tip? Wow, that's pretty lame.

i think its more like $2

california, oregon, washington, nevada, and montana are all full state minimum wage with no required tip outs allowed. then in hawaii it is guarenteed 96.6% of full state wage. you have to go east for lower minimum wages and more east you go the lower the guarenteed wages are and the higher the forced tip outs get.

I only had one incident in a restaurant where a waiter came up to me afterwards and asked me why the tip was so low (20%). I was super embarassed and ended up tipping another 10%. I know i'm a silly canadian that is too polite...

Needless to say I felt like an ass and should never have given the guy the 20% to begin with after that.

there are only like 5 states in the two range.

Thanks to you that waiter is now ruined..

Like when whores in Mexico charged $50 to fuck, then Silly people started paying them $200..:Oh crap

You gave 20% and he asked why it was so low, fuck that I would have lost my shit. I ate it when servers just expect tips.

Tipping is socialism. No Obamaservice! Fire David Letterman!

Sorry but this thread needed some crazy.

the dollar bills are for mainly for strippers.

"Only $20" lol... I would say "go fuck yourself!"

See now to me, I dont care if the wait staff is sociable beyond preofessionally polite, or has a personality beyond civil and polite.. I mean what did that note writer expect? A new best friend? Yeesh.

I cannot recall that ever happening to me.

Although I do think 20% is the new 15% unless you have sub par service.

I am not above leaving two pennies on the table to send the secret shitty service message. I have a waiter friend who bitched about a cheap tipper only giving him two cents and I had to inform him that he is a fucking dumb ass.

Except for larger parties, I *hate* when the tip is included. I do not think they should include an automatic tip for anything less than 6 diners. Then, if they do decide to insult me with that shit, unless it was excellent service, I WILL NOT go over whatever they include on my check. It is MY job to determine what the tip is.

Now, since I tip 20% standard unless proving a point, if anybody got 15% from me and said something about it, I'd tell them that 20% is my standard tip so they need to analyze their service.

One big pet peeve for me ... never let my drink glass go empty. Do it once and I see that you're busy ... cool ... do it twice and you've fucked yourself.

I had a similar thing happen to me. The bill was 49 bucks and some change and i added 12 dollar tip. I paid by debit card. Waiter came back and asked why I tipped so poorly. I was both embarrassed and mad, so I asked to see the manager and had the tip credited back to my debit card.

I asked one of my waitress friends. She works in an Irish pub serving food and drinks. Said she gets $4 an hour plus tips.

If that ever happened to me I would have a talk with the manager and get my original tip back.

I tip very well unless someone absolutely sucked.. but I have never had anyone actually come out and ASK for a tip, WOW how rude, I would prob ask to see the manager and complain if that happened!

If it's a bartender and we are going to be drinking all nite, the 1st tip I give is always great so me andmy friends get grat service the rest of the nite no matter how full the bar is.

The only place I don't tip and it confuses KB and I both is the Pacific Whey, does anybody else in Cali eat at this place? When you step up to the counter and put in your order and pay w credit card, the receipt you have to sign has a space for "tip" even though all they do is ring your order and sometimes carry it out to your table, they don't serve you at all. So we just draw a line thru the "tip" spot and pay whatever it costs.. Then they also have a TIP JAR there at the register.. wtf?! But I always wonder if anybody actually tips them?

I wanted to respond something to this but I keep looking at your avatar, and I keep on forgetting what I was going to say..:1orglaugh

many of those credit card pos programs for such places have that default setting built in. i am sick of those tip jars though. i have seen them at places where tipping would just be insane.

dont beg and piss off

I know tipping is a custom that varies significantly (along with included gratuities and service charges) from state to state, and country to country. That said, this is my outlook in tipping:

At the restaurant:

1. If you provide excellent service, have some charisma, and everything is generally pleasurable, I will always tip 20% on large tabs.

2. If service is not that great, but the person is still polite, I'll tip 10-15%.

3. If things are really just a fuckup, I'll have management replace my server. I've done this more than once and it works wonders, especially if the establishment is good, and it's just the server that sucks.

4. If you complain about your tip, I will tell you to fuck off.



At the bar:

If I get my beer within a reasonable amount of time, I tip $1/beer - always.

If you pour me strong drinks all night, I'll tip you $20 or so, and do some shots with you.

If you poor watered down bitch drinks, you get a watered down tip.




Like many here, I was also a server and bartender for awhile. Fact is, there are many honest, hardworking people who work in the service industry, just trying to make a living for themselves. In many states in the US, their "wages" are $2-4/hr, because the restaurants decide the employees can just live off their tips - WHICH THEY OFTEN REQUIRE THEM TO CLAIM FOR TAXES.....gay.

So, if you tip generously when service is optimal, you're helping honest people keep an honest job. Don't be a fucking scrooge over this shit, and it will come full circle in due time, I promise.

I didn't know you were at that bar near me? But you have the story mixed up. It was a $20 not a $10, and I asked to see her bare tits, not her ass. And she did show 'em, but considering it was a strip bar, I figured it was ok even if she was the waitress and not up on stage to ask.