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I tip for counter service if the person does a good job. If I pay with cash I give the change (coins, not dollars) to the tip jar. If the person is nice, goes above what they had to do, why wouldn't I tip just because it isn't a sit-down restaurant?
it's one of the biggest jokes out there, with the main joke being on the punter who has to pay the wages of the staff, then the tip goes to the owner, what a big ****ing, right wing joke!
abolish it
he's stealing your thunder...You were kinda know as "no tipping guy". You lost your crown.
Tipping should be eliminated, EVERYWHERE!
Yes, I know, the restaurants will have to charge more to cover the increased wages, but so be it. Those who have good food and good service will survive. Those who don't, won't.
Besides, the percentage of acceptable tips has been going up. a "good tip" used to be 10%. Then it became 15%, and I have seen it "suggested" on some tabs that 20% is now appropriate!
How long will it be before they want 25%?
Just out of curiosity, in what decade was 10% considered a good tip?
20% is the standard for good service, if you cannot afford it, eat at home.
Just out of curiosity, in what decade was 10% considered a good tip?
20% is the standard for good service, if you cannot afford it, eat at home.
In the 1960's.
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The Anti-Tipping Society of America, a lobby group of traveling salesmen, pushed many states to ban the practice. When the laws were struck down or repealed under pressure from restaurant and hotel owners who profited in saved wages, members of the media suggested that a tip should total no more than 10 percent. Since then, the national tipping rate seems to have risen inexorably. Guides from the 1960s suggest that an appropriate tip of 10% with a rare top range to 20%
Tipping is NOT mandatory, it is supposed to be given for extraordinary service. Yes, I tip the standard 15% but I prefer the European method of just rounding up. I'd rather pay a set price and let the restaurant owner make sure their employees did their job correctly.
And when I mean non-resturaunt I mean, deli's, pizza places, etc. I think you get the idea.
What is with all the tip jars today? I was in Dunkin Donuts to get coffee yesterday and saw a tip jar. Went to Primo's for a sandwich and saw one. Needless to say I did not tip. Why do I need to tip you to do your job?
I only tip in establishments where the staff depend on tips for their wages. Otherwise, I do not tip.
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Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest
You must be a real prize to wait on in a resturant.
Whats a scam is the wait staff having to claim tips to the IRS.
Given his language and spelling, I'm guessing he's either in the UK or from there. In the UK, waitstaff are not paid below minimum wage and hence are not tipped at the same rates as they are here, if they are tipped at all.
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