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#27 Nov 27 2012 at 8:39 AM Rating: Excellent
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In general the New Yorkers were heads above any other particular group of people in their tips
And in everything else.
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#28 Nov 27 2012 at 9:46 AM Rating: Excellent
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Somewhere between 15-20%, whatever makes the bill a nice even number so it's easy to reconcile the checkbook. Dinner is $42.67? You'll probably get something like $7.33. I also won't ever tip less than $3, so those tips when I'm just getting a plate for me or something end up being pretty healthy. Sushi bars and places that just bring you a glass of water, then leave you alone the rest of the time usually get 10%-ish.

Though truth be told I can scarcely remember the last time I ate some place where you tip people.
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#29 Nov 27 2012 at 10:14 AM Rating: Default
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I leave all the change. take the bills, if its more than 10% cool for you!, if not...too bad!. I hate change.
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#30 Nov 27 2012 at 10:23 AM Rating: Good
A lot of restaurants with Groupons have wised up and now automatically stamp an 18% gratuity on any meal that used a voucher.

Makes it a bit easier for us, but it's rather said they had to institute that policy because of losers who don't tip the pre-coupon value...
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A lot of restaurants with Groupons have wised up and now automatically stamp an 18% gratuity on any meal that used a voucher..

The flip side being that I'm much more inclined to tip heavily when the meal is discounted. An automatic gratuity makes me say "Meh, they want 18%, they get 18%".
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#32 Nov 27 2012 at 12:07 PM Rating: Good
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catwho wrote:
A lot of restaurants with Groupons have wised up and now automatically stamp an 18% gratuity on any meal that used a voucher..
18% of the discounted amount?
#33 Nov 27 2012 at 3:55 PM Rating: Excellent
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Absolutely, but I don't mind helping out the less fortunate.

I got two words for that; learn to fuckin' type.


I was looking for the Mr. White speech from that scene, but I am lazy and didn't look very hard. So instead, here is some more of that scene.

Nice Guy Eddie: C'mon, throw in a buck!
Mr. Pink: Uh-uh, I don't tip.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't tip?
Mr. Pink: Nah, I don't believe in it.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't believe in tipping?
Mr. Blue: You know what these chicks make? They make ****.
Mr. Pink: Don't give me that. She don't make enough money that she can quit.
Nice Guy Eddie: I don't even know a ******* Jew who'd have the balls to say that. Let me get this straight: you don't ever tip?
Mr. Pink: I don't tip because society says I have to. All right, if someone deserves a tip, if they really put forth an effort, I'll give them something a little something extra. But this tipping automatically, it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned, they're just doing their job.
Mr. Blue: Hey, our girl was nice.
Mr. Pink: She was okay. She wasn't anything special.
Mr. Blue: What's special? Take you in the back and suck your ****?
Nice Guy Eddie: I'd go over twelve percent for that.
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#34 Nov 27 2012 at 4:07 PM Rating: Good
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What if it's served off the Hooters girl's boob?


The one and only time I was at a Hooters I was chatting up the girls and found out that a surprising (and somewhat disturbing) number of them are under eighteen. That could just be a peculiarity of the one I was in, but I never went back. Not because they where underage, but because the food sucked. Nice tits aren't worth an overpriced crappy meal. That's my Hooter's story, feel free to steal it.

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#35 Nov 27 2012 at 4:53 PM Rating: Good
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catwho wrote:
A lot of restaurants with Groupons have wised up and now automatically stamp an 18% gratuity on any meal that used a voucher..
18% of the discounted amount?


No, 18% of the actual cost of the meal. I think people were calculating tips based on the discounted amount, which is not the correct etiquette.
#36 Nov 27 2012 at 5:25 PM Rating: Good
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catwho wrote:
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catwho wrote:
A lot of restaurants with Groupons have wised up and now automatically stamp an 18% gratuity on any meal that used a voucher..
18% of the discounted amount?


No, 18% of the actual cost of the meal. I think people were calculating tips based on the discounted amount, which is not the correct etiquette.
Oh, in that case, it's kind of bullsh*t.

I normally tip over 20% for inoffensive service (I round up to the nearest dollar, take 20% of that, and round that plus the total up to the nearest dollar). I was always taught that 15% was standard tip for decent service. By automatically adding 18%, they are forcing a tip that may not be earned through service. Adding a 15% gratuity would still allow a tip of more than that to indicate good service. I understand the standard of adding 18% on the tab for large parties, but I don't think I'd want to go somewhere where they are automatically adding 18% to my bill, even though I'd normally tip more than that.

Edited, Nov 27th 2012 6:26pm by Spoonless
#37 Nov 27 2012 at 5:29 PM Rating: Good
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On a related vein, does anybody tip gas station attendants in states where they're mandatory? For years I've been getting gas in Jersey, where you're not supposed to pump, and I've never tipped, nor ever seen anyone else. But last month when I had the family, coming back from a day at a friend's place, stopped at my regular gas stop on Route 17 (at like 1 am) and let my wife pay while I went inside for coffee and Twix. She complained that we didn't have any singles for the attendant, then freaked out when I informed her that gas jockeys weren't waiters.
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#38 Nov 27 2012 at 5:34 PM Rating: Good
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On a related vein, does anybody tip gas station attendants in states where they're mandatory? For years I've been getting gas in Jersey, where you're not supposed to pump, and I've never tipped, nor ever seen anyone else. But last month when I had the family, coming back from a day at a friend's place, stopped at my regular gas stop on Route 17 (at like 1 am) and let my wife pay while I went inside for coffee and Twix. She complained that we didn't have any singles for the attendant, then freaked out when I informed her that gas jockeys weren't waiters.
Since they're not mandatory in my state, and I'm not used to having someone else pump my gas for me, I'd probably tip.
#39Almalieque, Posted: Nov 27 2012 at 5:46 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Why is that?
#40 Nov 27 2012 at 6:14 PM Rating: Excellent
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Absolutely, but I don't mind helping out the less fortunate


By "less fortunate", do you mean because you're so "well off" and/or because being a waiter/waitress doesn't pay well enough for them to be "well off"?


No you ignorant **** mangler. By less fortunate I mean someone who's path in life, whatever that may be, has led them to work a position where they must stand on their feet all day and cater to the whims of ingrates, snobs, and generally unappreciative direlects of society for a meager wage that is often 50% of the minimimum due to the nature of their job.

Wait staff rarely make more than $4-5 an hour, and I've known people who make even less. It's assumed that their tips will at the very least make up the difference between their pay rate and the minimum wage. I wouldn't want to work a minimum wage job myself, so I can respect someone that does so out of necessity and does a decent job of adding to my dining experience rather than taking away from it.
#41 Nov 27 2012 at 6:34 PM Rating: Good
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No you ignorant **** mangler. By less fortunate I mean someone who's path in life, whatever that may be, has led them to work a position where they must stand on their feet all day and cater to the whims of ingrates, snobs, and generally unappreciative direlects of society for a meager wage that is often 50% of the minimimum due to the nature of their job.
Wow, you make serving food sound like slave work. I was a waitress for about fifteen years. I made good money at it - the hours were awesome for me at the time. Sure, there's not much of a career path, but one could be content serving food at a good establishment I think. Most customers are grateful, friendly and appreciative, the meanies are the exception. Standing on your feet all day is probably a selling point over sitting on your **** all day.


Feeding people good food can be very satisfying.
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#43Almalieque, Posted: Nov 27 2012 at 8:13 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Sooooooooo....the latter.Smiley: rolleyes I'm not sure why that was so difficult. You act as if being a waiter/waitress is some chagrin of life. If you're not making an average of at least $5 an hour, then it isn't the position that you're in, it's the establishment. I would imagine that the average person tips at least $1, so if you don't have an average of 3 customers an hour, your establishment is a failure.
#44 Nov 27 2012 at 8:23 PM Rating: Good
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Ever serve a starlight mint off your boob?
I wish. My boobs aren't big enough to serve a tic tac.
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#45 Nov 27 2012 at 9:51 PM Rating: Excellent
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Elinda wrote:
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No you ignorant **** mangler. By less fortunate I mean someone who's path in life, whatever that may be, has led them to work a position where they must stand on their feet all day and cater to the whims of ingrates, snobs, and generally unappreciative direlects of society for a meager wage that is often 50% of the minimimum due to the nature of their job.
Wow, you make serving food sound like slave work. I was a waitress for about fifteen years. I made good money at it - the hours were awesome for me at the time. Sure, there's not much of a career path, but one could be content serving food at a good establishment I think. Most customers are grateful, friendly and appreciative, the meanies are the exception. Standing on your feet all day is probably a selling point over sitting on your **** all day.


Feeding people good food can be very satisfying.

I've been a server and a bartender. I did it for close to 20 years. It definitely has its pros and cons. I don't regret doing it, but I'd never do it again. Mostly because I'm too old and I physically can't do it anymore.

And BD? A server making $4/hr is living like a king. Most servers make $2.13 per hour. That's the absolute least that anyone is allowed to make without getting in trouble with the labor board.
#46 Nov 27 2012 at 10:53 PM Rating: Decent
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And BD? A server making $4/hr is living like a king. Most servers make $2.13 per hour. That's the absolute least that anyone is allowed to make without getting in trouble with the labor board.


Are you sure it's still that low? Minimum wage was also $5.5 20 years ago and its now around $7.50. And if it is, even more to my point - wait staff get paid **** for the work they do. If they're halfway decent, I don't mind tipping well to help them out.
#47 Nov 28 2012 at 1:34 AM Rating: Good
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BrownDuck wrote:
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And BD? A server making $4/hr is living like a king. Most servers make $2.13 per hour. That's the absolute least that anyone is allowed to make without getting in trouble with the labor board.


Are you sure it's still that low?
It is in South Dakota.
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#48 Nov 28 2012 at 1:37 AM Rating: Excellent
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I know in 1994 the Hooters girls in Panama City Beach made $2.13/hr + tips.

Since then I've been living in Japan, and there is no tipping here. If you try to leave money at the table, they chase you down to return it.
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#49 Nov 28 2012 at 1:54 AM Rating: Good
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Since this is now a tipping thread, 20±10%.
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#50 Nov 28 2012 at 7:27 AM Rating: Excellent
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Bringing it back to the original point: no, I don't feel obligated to buy things that were sent to me unsolicited. Yes, I am more likely to tip a little more if the server gives me a perk, especially if they sell it well, with a smile.

Why? Because it's a simple sales technique, and I am as susceptible to anyone to a well-delivered sales pitch. It is, in sales parlance, a food in the door. It's a chance to make contact.

Things sent in the mail are impersonal and have no resonance. Things handed to me directly, with a little extra face-to-face charm, often do get the job done.
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#51 Nov 28 2012 at 7:40 AM Rating: Good
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Is there some kind of loophole in the law which allows people to pay waiting staff less than minimum wage? I figured it was pretty self explanatory what "minimum" means.
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