Pretty good article about tipping in restaurants:
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I don't look for tipping to go away anytime soon. The diners in the restaurants mentioned probably spend more on one meal than the average person does on eating out all year so an extra 15% won't matter to them. Have the average restaurant around here add 15% to their prices and its business will suffer.
It is mostly cheapskates who object to tipping.
If I receive truly bad service, I do not tip.
If I receive good service, I tip generously--20 percent.or more.
To me, that reflects the spirit of what tipping should be about.
Just sayin'...
It is mostly cheapskates who object to tipping.
If I receive truly bad service, I do not tip.
If I receive good service, I tip generously--20 percent.or more.
In the near future, I will likely be tipping a very competent, upbeat, and dependable limo driver something like 20 dollars on a $70.00 charge, since I know with certainty that he will provide safe, efficient service and very good conversation in the hour-long + ride he will be providing.
If he were a cheerless dullard with nothing to say, he would not get near that much.
To me, this reflects the spirit of what tipping should be about.
Just sayin'...
I am a over tipper, regardless of service I do tend to tip generously.. We will usually spend about 45 minutes in a restaurant I always tip $10.00 Reason is I feel obligated and don't want to leave a small tip even if the service was not great. I would rather have the higher prices and not leave me with having to think I was cheap! Just don't like the mind set that we have to leave a tip regardless of service.
I will leave a 20% tip for almost any kind of service. However, when I sit down and finish my meal and still haven't got my drink, don't expect any tip and don't put the charge on my bill.
I usually tip 20 percent before taxes for good service and 20 percent after taxes for better service. Poor service 10 to 15 percent because I know they are poorly paid About 10 percent for taxis and barbers For baristas, I'll leave 50 cents or so for my mocha.
Guess I would rather pay more for the meal and not have to worry about anyone coming to me while I am eating asking me how my food is!
silly! Paying more money for food does not excuse you from tipping! The only time don't tip is when...........,no take that back, I don't go to McDonalds!
In the small community where I live, the customer and server are likely to know one another either personally or by connections. The customer gets friendly personal attention and the server is rewarded in kind. Symbiosis.
Most of the servers working their way through school. Others for second incomes. I tip 20% or better around here.
Servers with negative attitudes don't last long and lemon sucking customers don't matter.
A friend told me that she has a friend that works at one of the local steak places. Said she has this customer that comes in at least once a week, sometimes more & always tips her with a hundred dollar bill.
I find that hard to believe.
I have had waitresses ask me. "How was it for you". It was never good enough for a hundred dollar tip, or did I forget something.
I have had waitresses ask me. "How was it for you". It was never good enough for a hundred dollar tip, or did I forget something.
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Perhaps, you weren't in a restaurant when she said that!