Are you a good tipper?
somewhere in the 60's my mom had to work as a waitress on the weekends to afford taking care of us kids, she was a teacher in the day. Once a truckdriver left her a $5 tip-a lot in those days. On the way home she stopped at the store and bought 2 boxes of breaded shrimp. That next day was the first time I had ever had shrimp, I loved it. I swore that someday I would sit down and eat all the shrimp I could in one sitting. When I grew up no waitress ever got less than a $5 tip no matter what I ordered. Yes, I am a big tipper.
Pretty much every one says they're "good" tippers, with or without qualifications. The REAL question is how people define a good tip? 18%? 20%? 22? 25? 30? 50??
A lot of it
At least 20 percent, every time. Tipping used to be an indicator of satisfaction, but I can't, in good conscience, add any less than 20 percent, and if I see they're being overworked, I add more. I've worked shitty-paying jobs. I know what it's like.
Yes, I always have been. Caveat -- not for very poor service. Bad food still gets the servers a tip and I talk to the manager.
I'm not crazy about tipping at self-service counters, but sometimes I will.
I am more concsious and a bit more generous with all of my tipping since I started driving for Uber part time.
Servers who work hard and care about their customers deserve good tips.
I do not understand why we the consummer should have to feel pressured to tip, it is almost like retailers want us to compensate their payments to employee's, that is bullshit. The employer should pay their staff properly, leaving a tip should be at the discretion of the consumer, as a reward for a job well done or if the server went above and beyon the call of duty.
My daughter recently told me that workers at Sonic, a fast-food restaurant with car service, are paid the tipping wage of $2.31. I'd never tipped fast food workers, because I expected they earned minimum wage, at least, and many of those employers don't allow their workers to accept tips. Made me feel sick... and terrible about all the trips through their drivethru window when I paid for my kids' cherry limeade with my debit card.
How can that happen in a society as rich as America? Its like living in the 19th century.
Yes, because I know that I could never do a server's job.
I pride myself on tipping well. I worked a second job at Olive Garden as a waiter in training for 4 gruelling days in the 90s. I gained a whole new respect for service industry employees during that time. That said, they deserve a living wage and it is criminal that they depend on tips as part of their salary.
I tip fast food people. I tip well. I share it with the person I eat out at at a dine-in restaurant. If I go to a fast food place for a drink, I tip.
Some fast food workers are required to decline tips. Depends on the owner's policies.
@GinaMaria I'm not supposed to get them either. I have to hide it my boss says.
At least the unofficial policy allows you to accept them. At my first job, accepting tips was a firing offense.
@GinaMaria My bosses tease me and say I have to split it with the store. My last tip was $1.
My wife worked as a waitress when we were first married, so I always tip well. At LEAST 20% and more if they did their job well, but especially if they were very sociable and genuinely friendly. My wife was like that and people loved her. She still is, in her work with the public in the medical field, and people love her there too. That is something I was never very good at, and it is pleasure to see her easily intereact with strangers, whether at work or in Wal-Mart! We are complete opposites in may ways!
I worked in a hospital as an RN for 21 years plus many years in sub acute rehab and nursing homes. You have to be sociable, people are very nervous about outcomes, pain etc. You'll never make if you don't have personality .
I eat alone a lot; so my bill is usually around $15. I also eat in the same small restaurants for the most part, and I know the wait staff well. I typically tip $5.00 on those small orders, and 30 percent otherwise. 20% really isn't much of a tip considering the restaurant minimum wage is $2.13 per hour.
I don't tip well if it's an establishment where they take orders and serve food at the counter/register and have a tip jar.