Tipping!??

Question

ok, so as a waitress i feel that it is my duty to let everyone know the proper ettiquette of tipping. bad service=nothing, better yet 2 cents (major insult), mediocore service=10-15%, (please stop adding the taxes, they have changed people) great service=15%+++. also how many of you know about tipout? tipout is a fee that waitresses pay out at the end of their shifts, it is based on sales not on their tips. it is usually 1.5-3% of their sales. so next time you have a good waitress think before you leave a crappy tip, she has to pay for you to eat here!!

Answer 1

you are asking too little. At dinner a good tip is 18-20 percent. 15 is okay. anything below is an insult.

Answer 2

yep the tip out...those days were great , cuz i was da bartender! :)..  but really, please please tip correctly, at least 20% the more the better of course

Answer 3

I do know about tip out. What I used to hate was the waitress pulling all the tip money at the end of the shift and dividing it by the number of waitresses on that shift. in other words if you were tipped well  and the other one was left squat because she suxed, you ended  up paying for her crummy service.

Answer 4

Well, as a customer, I feel that it is my duty to let everyone know that they more posts I read about how we are SUPPOSED to tip (according to wait staff), the less inclined I am to leave a large tip.  Whegging (whining + begging) just doesn't sit well with me.

Waiting tables is like any other profession...if you don't like the pay, don't do it.  If the general population is unwilling to take these low paying jobs, employers will raise the pay.  Sure, diners will pay more for their meals to make up for it, but IMO, that's the way it should be.

And the argument that wait staff won't work as hard if they don't get any tips is bull.  If you need extra pay to do a good job, you are a spoiled brat.

Answer 5

I agree with you completely. I tip 15% for awful service, 20% at least for good service, and higher for outstanding service. Luckily I am currently working where I don't need to tip out, but my last restaurant we had to tip out between 10-30% of tips depending on which night of the week we worked.

Answer 6

ok so i worked in a kitchen before and it always made me mad that i made you waitresses food and u guys took it out and took the tip and all...next time u think 20% generosity does it..maybe you should give 5% to the kitchen staff...totally not fair...unless u want us to serve your customers **** food..

Answer 7

Usually if someone leaves me spare change, I assume they were too lazy to take it with them (AKA they wouldn't have left it if it wasn't there to leave), felt like being a jerk, or were foreigners who didn't understand US tipping standards.

I've never intentionally given a table sub-par service. If my service is a little slower than they would have liked, it's usually because of something going on in the kitchen. I always apologize and let them know what's going on, and their food will be out as soon as possible. I do not let a drink become more than 1/3 empty, and I check back after they get their food to make sure everything is ok. Extra napkins, asking about sauce (which we don't put out, but have in the back), doing other little 'extras', etc....I do it all. Why? Well, I have this weird need for people to like me, but that's a whole other subject. In general, this otherwise horrible personality trait helps get me good tips.

For me, average service is 15%. No exceptions. If it's above average, I'll leave 20% and more if it was excellent. I'll leave 10% if the service was bad, but not so bad I would have asked to see a manager. After all, they still brought your food, right? I'll leave nothing if it was horrendous service and they were rude.

Answer 8

Even crappy service needs to be put in perspective, though. Just think of the worst day you've ever had at your job...sick, tired, dealing with personal issues, etc. Now imagine that you were serving the general public, who more times than not is tough to please.

I always suggest that you speak to your server as he or she is, a person. Kindly ask if everything is ok, and let them know that you understand things get hectic and life isn't always roses. Remember people, it's just going out to eat. It's not life or death here!

It's been said that you can judge a person by the way they treat a server. In fact, major corporations are now holding interviews in a restaurant setting to assess just that!

Oh, and tip 20%. Thanks!

Answer 9

I tip at least 20% . I know about the tipout but I thought it was to the busboys for getting your station tables cleaned faster.