Tipping is not Required..............
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From: NW burbs of chicago
I try to give my pizza guy at least 3 bucks... 1/2 the time its cash, half is a debit card
as far as restaurants, I'll tip 25+% for great service, If the service sucks, the tip is gonna suck.
I tip Hot waitresses more than ugly ones ...hey, sex sells
I've also left 100% tips left 50 bucks for a 24 dollar bill
as far as restaurants, I'll tip 25+% for great service, If the service sucks, the tip is gonna suck.
I tip Hot waitresses more than ugly ones ...hey, sex sells
I've also left 100% tips left 50 bucks for a 24 dollar bill
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From: SW Virginia
The only time I get really ticked off about tipping is when I go into a restaurant with a group and the gratuity is already added to the bill. Normally as group we would tip better if we weren't told we have to.
If I have a problem with poor service / improperly cooked food, I crank on the manager and get a discount on my bill. I still tip the server.
Tim
If I have a problem with poor service / improperly cooked food, I crank on the manager and get a discount on my bill. I still tip the server.
Tim
I tip well for good service...at least 20%. Bad service = really low tip. I never get up without leaving something. If you leave no tip, they may think you just forgot. If you leave a quarter for truly crappy service, they know.
For the record Stu, I always drop the pizza guy about $5. We've got some good folks around here delivering and I try to take care of them.
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From: North Carolina
I go out with the wife about twice a month and always tip more than 15% .Tonight the fish camp bill was about 32 bucks and told to add 15% and it came to 4 bucks and change so the wife said make it an even 5 bucks ,the service was fairly good and the ersters not overcooked.Once I had to call AAA for a tow at 130am...The guy was friendly and I know the job is hard and risky..I gave him a 20 tip since AAA paid the tow.
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From: SW Virginia
This got me thinking about something else. I was at the drive-thru at a national brand fast food place here in town one morning. As I pulled up to the menu to order, out the back door came one of those little old biscuit making ladies. She looked like she'd had a rough night rolling out the dough and making the biscuits. About that time, the order-taker asked me what I would like to order. Before the words "sausage biscuit" could escape my mouth, the little old lady turned away from me to walk to her car. As she did, I noticed a large white patch of flour and dough ***** where she'd been digging her azz all night. Looked like she'd been trying to smuggle the Pilsbury Dough Boy somewhere. All I could say was "nothing" and I left.
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From: SW Virginia
There was a guy that worked at a national chain pizza place here that used to make what he called azz-hair pizza. He'd reach down the back of his shorts, pluck, and sprinkle. He used to make them all the time for their district manager who used to call in all the time for pizza.
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From: Moonlight Moose Enclosure
I try to give my pizza guy at least 3 bucks... 1/2 the time its cash, half is a debit card
as far as restaurants, I'll tip 25+% for great service, If the service sucks, the tip is gonna suck.
I tip Hot waitresses more than ugly ones ...hey, sex sells
I've also left 100% tips left 50 bucks for a 24 dollar bill
as far as restaurants, I'll tip 25+% for great service, If the service sucks, the tip is gonna suck.
I tip Hot waitresses more than ugly ones ...hey, sex sells
I've also left 100% tips left 50 bucks for a 24 dollar bill
Wow that is deep. And she goes home and wraps her arms around her just a HOT boyfriend and says hey lets do a nice dinner out tonight some *** jack gave me a big tip....Ugly betty goes home and tells her kids sorry no special night out this week cause tips just weren't there.
I'm being facetious with that but you tip higher for hotness? I am shocked...not you of all people. Time for me to go to bed.
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From: Moonlight Moose Enclosure
There was a guy that worked at a national chain pizza place here that used to make what he called azz-hair pizza. He'd reach down the back of his shorts, pluck, and sprinkle. He used to make them all the time for their district manager who used to call in all the time for pizza.
I thought they were just from the anchovies. that is disgusting. makes on rethink eating anyplace but home.
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From: SW Virginia
Nope. This guy was an absolute thug and had no business working near any kind of food. He used to work at a burger joint. He dropped a basket of fries in a bucket of mop water one night and just blotted them with paper towels and threw them back in the bin with the others.
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From: Palm Springs California
Some of my tipping rules. If I'm going to frequent a place I tip very well, but then my coffee in the morning beats me to the table, service is amazing, they actually fight over my table,and food is perfect and hot. I even tip the service writer and it pays off in spades with all the freebies he throws on.
Good service gets a great tip , poor service gets no tip and a conversation with the manager.
Once when I brought my fiancee to a very high end restaurant to impress her and her Mom the service was just the worst. The bus boy was all over us but the waiter just took the order and we never saw him again. Now mind you the bill was over $350.00 for three people,and when it came time to tip I stiffed the waiter with a penny ( the traditional signal that service was BAD ) , but gave it all to the bus boy with a request to NOT give it to the waiter.
The jerk actually followed us out to the parking lot screamed obscenities and threw the penny at us. To think she still married me.
So I balance it out, I stiff poor service and double or triple tip great service.
Good service gets a great tip , poor service gets no tip and a conversation with the manager.
Once when I brought my fiancee to a very high end restaurant to impress her and her Mom the service was just the worst. The bus boy was all over us but the waiter just took the order and we never saw him again. Now mind you the bill was over $350.00 for three people,and when it came time to tip I stiffed the waiter with a penny ( the traditional signal that service was BAD ) , but gave it all to the bus boy with a request to NOT give it to the waiter.
The jerk actually followed us out to the parking lot screamed obscenities and threw the penny at us. To think she still married me.
So I balance it out, I stiff poor service and double or triple tip great service.
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From: Johnstown, PA
I pretty much do the same thing. I've never left a penny, but I've been known to leave very little if the service was bad. In the same vein, I've left great tips for excellent service. Case in point was last Wednesday...needed to get a haircut/trim for a televised event I was to be on. My normal stylist scheduled me as what she told me on the phone was her last cut the day (she was to leave at 3, but scheduled me anyhow - which I found out AFTER she cut my hair). I was grateful that she went beyond her allotted time to take care of me, she did a fantastic job as well, so she got a rather healthy tip from me for same.
Tips to me are always earned, and never do I give one because it's expected.
Tips to me are always earned, and never do I give one because it's expected.
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From: Maine, Virginia
Funny we're talking about this as last night I got a pizza hut delivery. My wife prepaid with the debit card. When the driver showed up, I was scrambling for a some cash so he had to wait for a minute or two.
I explained that I was getting him some cash for his tip and apologized for making him wait. This arrogant ***** said I could have added his tip to the debit card. I pulled back two of the five one dollar dollar bills he was going recieve.
I'm a pretty easy going guy but p[lease, when you provide me a service for a gratuity, please be humble about it. I work my *** off too.
Tim
I explained that I was getting him some cash for his tip and apologized for making him wait. This arrogant ***** said I could have added his tip to the debit card. I pulled back two of the five one dollar dollar bills he was going recieve.
I'm a pretty easy going guy but p[lease, when you provide me a service for a gratuity, please be humble about it. I work my *** off too.
Tim
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From: Virginia Beach
Something that my wife and I do when we go out, besides tipping better for great service, is to ask for the manager. (There is almost always a panicked look on the server's face) We tell the manager that our server was great and we enjoyed having her (or him) serve us. We also have asked for that server the next time we go in, already knowing what to expect.
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From: SW Virginia
Something that my wife and I do when we go out, besides tipping better for great service, is to ask for the manager. (There is almost always a panicked look on the server's face) We tell the manager that our server was great and we enjoyed having her (or him) serve us. We also have asked for that server the next time we go in, already knowing what to expect.
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From: Montreal Canada
You don't get paid for that either. Basically you're a self-employed contracter which makes you responsible for all the wear on your vehicle, responsible for keeping track of your expenses, etc. But instead of billing $30-40 bucks an hour you're making minimum wage and paying all your expenses out of pocket.