Tipping

[damo10]

I know over in America, it's almost if not is expected to tip. I was curious as to any "rules" about tipping? How much do you tip? How do you decide how much you tip?

Being in Australia, tipping is no where near expected but is considered more or less a bonus or a compliment that you are very good at your job.

[Leidolfr]

At 7/8/09 01:28 AM, damo10 wrote: Being in Australia, tipping is no where near expected but is considered more or less a bonus or a compliment that you are very good at your job.

i usually tip like 10%, and that's considered low

[SouthAsian]

We will tip if we get a kind waiter or waitress.Basicaly if they are courteous.

I'm not too sure on what to tip it depends on the number of people for me.Maybe a couple dollars.

[Prinzy2]

I generally tip the change at a bar or something, but at a restaurant I'll tip around 25-50% depending on how good of a job the waitress did and how expensive the meal was.

[STEM]

15% is standard in my area, but can usually go over 20% if the waitress was a hottie
In Japan, it's the complete opposite. You're not supposed to give tips. Though sometimes it's factored into the menu prices anyway.

[Spiff]

At 7/8/09 01:28 AM, damo10 wrote: I know over in America, it's almost if not is expected to tip. I was curious as to any "rules" about tipping? How much do you tip? How do you decide how much you tip?

I usually just go with 15% of the bill, that's the tip.

[Leidolfr]

At 7/8/09 01:40 AM, STEM wrote: 15% is standard in my area, but can usually go over 20% if the waitress was a hottie
In Japan, it's the complete opposite. You're not supposed to give tips. Though sometimes it's factored into the menu prices anyway.

because the jappanese are all about work ethic, and not needing handouts. they get paid to do their job, and thats what they do, they don't need your handouts. thats the same reason they dont take vacations, they dont need a break, why would they take a break. thats all fine and dandy, but that will slowly break your mind down.

[RedHatCore]

10-15% here.

[Preternatural]

Tip depending on your income. Also, students aren't expected to tip a lot, if at all (they are poor as fuck most of the time).

[flashfrozen]

At 7/8/09 01:43 AM, Leidolfr wrote:

At 7/8/09 01:40 AM, STEM wrote: 15% is standard in my area, but can usually go over 20% if the waitress was a hottie
In Japan, it's the complete opposite. You're not supposed to give tips. Though sometimes it's factored into the menu prices anyway.

because the jappanese are all about work ethic, and not needing handouts. they get paid to do their job, and thats what they do, they don't need your handouts. thats the same reason they dont take vacations, they dont need a break, why would they take a break. thats all fine and dandy, but that will slowly break your mind down.

Well In America waitresses don't get paid minim wage tips are expected by the government to make up for that so 15~2o% of a meal price is expected at most places

[Jamoke]

Everywhere I go I tip generously. I've been in the food service industry a while now, my sister is a waitress working through college, and I met my wife when she was a waitress at a restaurant we both work in at the time. After listening to horror stories about cheap pricks who drop 3 bucks on a $95 cheque for a party of 5, I have a hard time not tipping well. More so because bad tippers have affected me on a personal level.

If you listen to Oprah "dumb conceited cunt" Whinfrey, you'll tip no more than 10%, excluding wine and beverages from that. If you're not a cum-brained, cheap scumbag billionaire, you should try to go by the rule of starting at 20% and deducting 1% for every serious mistake your server makes. And that doesn't mean go around nit picking for ways to deduct. Be fair, and keep in mind that servers get double and triple sat, which means beside you and your party they have one or two more tables to juggle. Not to mention their side work, all your special little orders and other bullshit that pisses off the cooks, collecting drink orders from bartenders who have been knocking back the sauce all evening and forget to do their actual work etc etc.

If you're server seems distant and forgetful, don't forget they too have lives and personal issues and sometimes the fact that you wanted no olives in your Waldorf salad isn't at the forefront of their mind. Something like that might have been the cook's fault anyway. If your server is a mouth breathing troglodyte who can seem to remember you asked for a glass of water 25 minutes ago, then left your order to sit in a window to grow skin for a half hour, by all means tip less. They haven't been doing their job.

At the very, most basic of guidelines- don't tip less than one dollar per person at the table, even if you ordered just coffee and the bill is only 10 bucks. People who tip shittily have basically wasted their server's time which could have been better spent serving a non-cheap dickwad. The next time you come in you might find a little something extra "special" in your food.

[damo10]

I suppose the lack of tipping in Australia would reflect in the price of the meals... For instance dollar for dollar a generic, good meal is quite large and costs around $30.

[Proottalfain]

Here, you are expected to tip 15%. That used to be equal to the taxes, but now the taxes are around 13%.

It's not even a compliment, people will think you're greedy if you don't tip.

[theshadowwolf]

At 7/8/09 01:28 AM, damo10 wrote:
Being in Australia, tipping is no where near expected but is considered more or less a bonus or a compliment that you are very good at your job.

Ha! Same in ukraine. We were getting chebureks and we tipped this one old looknig lady, and she didn't know what it was, because no one ever gives tips there.... it was okay, it was less than a dollar... funny how you can get whats like, 50$ here, is like 10$ there....

[someone-else]

At 7/8/09 01:47 AM, RedHatCore wrote: 10-15% here.

That's what I usually do as well. I only go to 10% if the service really sucked balls.

[MJOLNIRchief90]

The few times I've had to tip I always just wing it. I just base the tip on how good the server was. Usually about 5 bucks or so. It's always best to err on the side of generosity when dealing with people who handle your food.

[Swindle]

I usually just leave a few pennies since the waitress is always the same. I think she might have herpes also. I'm not to sure though.

[Eggy]

I've been struggling with wether tipping is a good idea or not. In australia the wages are in the meal already so they get a fair wage. America of course has to make it through tips.

Australia always getting an average wage
America, a waiter will get a lower wage one week, a higher wage another

Does it even out? and does it make better waiters cause they needa work for there tips? hmmm

[SeeInTheDark]

I hate the idea that waiters/waitresses make so much less money than executives, so I'll always tip generously.