How much do you tip your waitress?

Question

OK i want to know what you outsiders think. I am a waitress at a restraunt and id like to say its the most stressfull job ive ever had!! Im doing it while im in school, mainly for the tips, which brings me to my point.

Why do ppl NOT TIP? It happens way to often! I know im a good server that has nothing to do with it but so many times it happens where someone doesnt get a tip on like a $100.00 bill what the h**l is wrong with ppl. Or the guest takes it out on u if the kitchen ran out of an item and it has nothing to do with the server. I even had a guest throw his CC at me the other day cause he wasnt happy with his ribs.....are you kidding throwing your CC at me! So i told him "your a d**k!"

Do ppl realize you're suppose to tip 20% (this is canada anyway)

Keep in mind when you go out to eat: drinks, prep table, take order, bring food, refils about 3x per person apps, desert, clean table 3x if 3 course meals, bills, and ur section is 7 tables x4=28ppl at once! come on ppl

Answer 1

For good service, I always tip 20%. To make it easy to figure, that's $2 for every $10 spent; $1 for every $5 spent. I don't know why other people don't tip and I think it is incredibly inconsiderate for people not to do so.

Answer 2

In Australia tipping is very rare. We do on occasions tip IF the service is EXCEPTIONAL.

I think that 10% on a bill is more than enough, hey if you dine with a group of four, with food and drinks will come to over $350 + combine with a 10% tip that's $35 for perhaps an hour and a half service ( over $23 hr) + combine with average 10+ tables in a restraunt and you tell me you deserve to get paid over $230 per hour to serve  dinner !!!!

Hey I'm a health professional and I only get paid $32 PH

Answer 3

Here's how it is...

If you go out to eat, you NEED to tip at least 15%.  The only reason anyone should ever tip under 15% is if the poor service disrupted their lunch or dinner.  But people, come on, leave something.  If you're service was GREAT and you only spent $18, leave a good tip.  Your server was taking a risk by making your dining experience great when he or she could expect you to leave 15% ($2.70).

You should feel obligated to leave after 20%, however if the service was great and you aren't cheap, do it.

By also...  if your server hooks you up with anything...  free drink, fixed your meal after you thought mediumwell still meant it was bloody, or cleaned up after your baby who trashed the table...  Even if the service wasn't the greatest, leave something extra.  Server's HATE dealing with screaming kids, let alone cleaning up after YOUR kid for nothing.

Also, if you spent over $100 and leave nothing, you're cheap & would be better off being the innocent by standard to a drive-by shooting.  People do need to realize that while your 1 server is taking care of you and your family of 10, in a lot of restaurants thats ALL he/she can do.  So for an hour, your the soul income source.  How would you like to work at your job and get told you aren't getting paid for something you did.  Try dealing with it at least once a week.

Answer 4

I usually tip 10 percent, which is average.   I am not a rich person but I do give what I can afford to let them know that I care about what they do for me.  Like tonight I went to Red Lobster and my bill was 41 dollars.  I tipped 5 dollars, which I think in my opinion is alot of money.  Today with the recession being so poor, you won't see alot of tips.  Alot of people have lost their jobs and its only fair that they can give what they can afford.  How can you expect somebody to pay you when they are not getting paid themselves.  Also, I don't tip if the waitress is really rude or takes my food away before I'm even finished.  I hate that.

Answer 5

People are cheap my meals with my boyfriend are usually 22-30 dollars when we go out. He never tips but I always do unless the server is bad like doesn't come back to ask for refills or doesn't bring items you need for your meal like ketchup for fries and burgers or steak sauce for steak etc. i never leave more than 5 but never less than 2

Answer 6

Ok, in the U.S. the tips should be 15% of the meal. But sorry, some people do not like or believe in tips, or they tip what they think is ok.   They do not consider how much work you do and that its not the waitresses fault when things don't go how they should. Some are just rude  no matter what you do.  Here, many restaurants are adding the tips in for parties of 6 to 8 or more.   Some people don't like that either, or some say they would tip more without having to. Either way, your stuck with what you get. Maybe things will get better in this field of work.

Answer 7

I almost always tip 18-20%.  If service is HORRIBLE (and, i mean wretched!)I will tip 10-12%.  In the US, I think 15% is standard, although it's always up to the discretion of the customer.  Unfortunately, servers get shafted if the food isn't good.  .

Answer 8

I tip according to the service and somewhere between 15-20% depending on what the bill is. I would never throw anything at a waitress as I know her job is hard. If it is the fault of the kitchen, I would say so to take the heat off of you. You have no control over the kitchen, but it happens many times. Some people are just ignorant and don't understand that the tips are your wages for the most part. I tip according to the service I get and that doesn't include the cook being at fault. Sorry you have these kind of people, but I would never say what you said and that will be remembered and if it's a place where others know each other and what you said gets around, it will make it worse on you. I would never say that to a customer, even if I thought it. You are better than that. if someone threw anything on me, I'd immediately go to the owner or manager and tell him or her. That's uncalled for and they could be banned if the boss is a decent person. At the least, he could talk to the people for what they did. Never stoop to the level of other ignorant people, as you will be known as ignorant too and you don't want that...right? I have always thought that waiters or waitresses should get at least minimum wage on top of their tips. I think some people think they don't get a tip at work so why should you. They just don't understand. I would casually get into a short conversation and let them know just how little you  make without tips.

Answer 9

I tip 20% minimum unless I had really bad service. I try not to punish the waiter/waitress if something is wrong with the food if they try to correct it. i know they did not cook it.

Answer 10

I tip according to the sevice. The better the waitress or waiter the biger the tip, I have never not tipped. I was a watress long ago and it is very stressfull. I think thats why people don't retire from the work they quit. I don't think paying with a $100.00 bill means anything just that they forgot to get change.

Answer 11

I usually tip 15-20% depending on how happy I am with the server.

We had bad service before and we still leave some tip. Unless  the server is just horrible then we leave nothing.

You're right. Food is not the server's fault. But sometimes the server give an attitude when you let them know that you have a problem with it and don't even try to correct it.

Some people are just down right cheap and even if you give them the best service they will still not give you any tip.

Sorry to hear that you've got a lot of cheap customer's.

I had a very good experience recently. The other day my family and I went to Chillies when we were on vacation. First of all the server was very nice. My husband and I both ordered Steak. I ordered medium and my husband ordered medium well. I end up getting medium well and my husband got well done steak. We told the waitress, that I want mine medium and my husband didn't care because he was hungry and didn't want to wait but let her know that his was well done. She was very nice about it. The manager came over and apologized and insisted that he have two new steaks prepared.  They came out in a few minutes and were delicious  We were satisfied at that point, and then they also gave us 50% off! Now that was service! The bill was about $23 after 50% off, so we left a tip of $15.

Answer 12

Hmmm....

Well, I tip between 15% to 20%, depending if the server gives me good service.  True, it's not your fault if the food you deliver to the table is not what the customer asked for, however, it is your responsibility to check the food before it goes out to the customer.  If the food is not what the customer ordered, then it is your responsibility to ask the chef or cook "why" this order is not what the customer ordered.  And if the food is not available, then you should go to the customer and explain the situation to them, to see if they would like to change their order or if this food is acceptable.

I used to be a waitress, and I took pride in my job.  I was there to make the customer feel comfortable, and full.  If for any reason the food was delayed, or a particular food item was not available I went to the table and told them the reason why.  And if, a customer was unhappy with my service, like taking too long to get back to them for refills, or the food took longer than they had anticipated; I would offer a free dessert -- on my tab.  Nine times out of ten, when they see that you really "care" about your customer, they will leave you a tip!

I loved being a waitress!  I never met a stranger, so it was very easy for me to interact with people -- even the grumpy ones!

Answer 13

I usually tip 20%. However, if the server is terrible (ex. rude, doesn't refill drinks, or tries to rush me), I won't tip a penny. I have a friend who is a server and I will say that I think some people do get off on ordering people around and being rude to them. There is no way that I could ever be a server, I would probably end up being really unprofessional if someone was that rude to me for no reason. Maybe you should think about another line of work, the $ isn't worth being treated like c**p.

Answer 14

What is a CC?  A credit card?

I think most people generally don't realize how much work goes into being a server--the customer might not see much beyond food delivery, or realize that tips are being shared with busboys and drink runners.

However, customers are not obligated to tip, especially if their service has been subpar.  For example, if a waitress says "You're a d**k!" they may not be inclined to give her their money.  If you can't figure that out, then you need to move into a different industry--maybe one that doesn't require you to interact with people and demonstrate social skills.