What's the usual tip to give at restaurants in the US?

[z31maniac]

min wage is going up to $10 an hour here,.
I don't tip, I make all my bitches pay.
Tipping is for the rubes.
I use to fix peoples guns and I never got a tip, I would think this is more important and skillful than taking a order and bringing it to you, fuck them.

Obvious troll is obvious.

[Mlarsen]

So this happened to me yesterday, I was picking up a to go order from a restaurant that's a sit down place. I was paying my for my food and I didn't leave a tip. I can tell the hostess was a little miffed. Now, I'm all for tipping when it's warranted but, there was no customer service involved. It's no different if I went to Mcdonalds and ordered a cheeseburger, do you tip there? No. If I sat down at that restaurant and ordered my meal from a server, ate my meal there, asked for refills on my drink, and someone cleaned up after me yeah I would of tipped. It kind of annoyed that she was expecting a tip.

[nando]

Not for tipped positions.

http://www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm

Also, I worked as a server for 2 years. FL Minimum for tipped used to be $4.something an hour but they dropped that to federal minimum some years back and that was not a nice thing to see on my wife's paycheck (I had stopped serving by then). It looks like they raised it back up though to $4.91? Not sure, neither of us work as servers anymore.

ouch. surprise! the states with the weakest labor laws are generally in the south. There are probably sweatshop laborers in Asia that make more per hour.

[Thizzelle]

So this happened to me yesterday, I was picking up a to go order from a restaurant that's a sit down place. I was paying my for my food and I didn't leave a tip. I can tell the hostess was a little miffed. Now, I'm all for tipping when it's warranted but, there was no customer service involved. It's no different if I went to Mcdonalds and ordered a cheeseburger, do you tip there? No. If I sat down at that restaurant and ordered my meal from a server, ate my meal there, asked for refills on my drink, and someone cleaned up after me yeah I would of tipped. It kind of annoyed that she was expecting a tip.

phone in and pick up or even order to go warrants no tip in my book

[jhaurimn]

So this happened to me yesterday, I was picking up a to go order from a restaurant that's a sit down place. I was paying my for my food and I didn't leave a tip. I can tell the hostess was a little miffed. Now, I'm all for tipping when it's warranted but, there was no customer service involved. It's no different if I went to Mcdonalds and ordered a cheeseburger, do you tip there? No. If I sat down at that restaurant and ordered my meal from a server, ate my meal there, asked for refills on my drink, and someone cleaned up after me yeah I would of tipped. It kind of annoyed that she was expecting a tip.

Chances are, she was annoyed with something else. Probably the sit down people not tipping. A tip is not needed when picking up a take out order. However, if you order a lot of food for take out, and its all packed up nicely, you should tip a dollar or two.

[Dozyproductions]

phone in and pick up or even order to go warrants no tip in my book

Many places the servers tip the cooks... the people that made it for you.

[agent]

Relevant:

http://dougdemuro.kinja.com/1695306011

[Stanley Rockafella]

Christ, this thread is still going.
Must have been one of my best thinking days ever!

I found this especially interesting:

http://jalopnik.com/if-you-don-t-have-service-records-you-don-t-have-anyth-1694816647

[Joe G]

I always give em just the tip. Not matter how good or bad the service is.

[mrsleeve]

Does anyone here even know what TIPS even really stands for......


..................To Insure PROMPT Service......................

[pandaboo911]

What's the usual tip to give at restaurants in the US?

I tip because the servers are underpaid and rely on tips for their income. That said I don't consider it a real full time job. It's more of a 2nd job.

Honestly the 10% tip should be included automatically, and that money should go directly to the cooks and servers, not the restaurant owner, like in the rest of the world.

I always leave my change at my favorite sandwich and coffee places, but that's cause I know the people working there

[golde30]

I tip because the servers are underpaid and rely on tips for their income. That said I don't consider it a real full time job. It's more of a 2nd job.

I agree with the first part, but not the second. My mother supported 4 kids working as a server/bartender, so it is for sure a real full time job for many many people who are living in the majority population of this country.

[BraveUlysses]

Does anyone here even know what TIPS even really stands for......


..................To Insure PROMPT Service......................

nope, its a backronym

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/tip.asp

[slaterd]

If it's a typical sit-down restaurant where the server is an actual server, I'll typically do 20%. If it's a place like a sushi revolving bar where they just get you drinks I'll do 5%.

[mrsleeve]

nope, its a backronym

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/tip.asp

Sorry grand dad passed that on to me back when the TRS80 was state of the art, and windows were something made of glass and you looked though. Quite possibly when you were still just a twinkle in your pop's eye