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

[psigti]

I worked in service a long time before engineering, I usually go 15% min. unless they really really suck. ill say this though. .. servers get fucked over often by people who take out kitchen issues on them and not the kitchen. I know because i used to send shit out wrong if I hated that server.

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[Pac1373]

I worked in service a long time before engineering, I usually go 15% min. unless they really really suck. ill say this though. .. servers get fucked over often by people who take out kitchen issues on them and not the kitchen. I know because i used to send shit out wrong if I hated that server.

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I agree, kitchen is kitchen, service is service. Different and separate imho.

[Lodsin]

I have only once not tipped. Took about 15 minutes to get a soda refill, 3 times (I'm always thirsty). If that girl was surprised then my no tip was the least of her worries.

I also didn't pay for my food once, but gave my waitress 10 bucks for a would be $20 meal. FYI Smokey Bones in Spotslyvania Town Center SUCKS! (Not the wait staff though). The kitchen fucked us and then the assistant manager started giving us shit for receiving our meal 45 minutes after ordering. Called the store manager the next day to compliment on our waitress and tell him of what happened with his ASM.

I don't expect them to be able to read my mind, but when I've been chewing ice and nudging my cup towards the edge of the table for 10 minutes I get a bit annoyed. Its a service industry, you don't serve well you don't get tipped well. If you cant perform on the job you get fired, you cant serve well you get shitty tips!

How well do you tip your delivery driver?

I used to routinely get 1-3 dollars on 40$ meals. Yes I prepared your meal, packaged it and brought it to your poorly lit, non numbered shithole 30 minutes 1 way with a nice smile and attitude. Fuck wait staff they have it made, delivery gets the shaft everytime.

/rant

*Edit The waitress got $10 for being awesome during all of the bullshit we and her had to go through.

[nickmcc92]

None because they're already getting paid for their job.
Unless they're doing an excellent job

[Pac1373]

Wow

[Threehz]

I always found it funny that my best tips came from the poorest people, and my worst tips came from the most well-to-do people.

I can't actually recall a time when I didn't receive at least decent service, but I'm easy going.

I feel like there is a real sense of over-privilege here in the U.S. - any European views on tipping/food service?

[Farbin Kaiber]

OH, and, I ALWAYS tip the guy that mounts and balances my tires. $5 for a cold drink on a hot day is something a tire tech/mechanic will ALWAYS remember, and they will always go out of their way to take excellent care of you. ALWAYS.

[e30lov]

I'm sick and tired of food service industry people crying about tips. You should see my newsfeed on facebook.

Can we as a country agree to pay these people a normal hourly wage, and tip them if we truly feel like they did an excellent job? Why do they think they are entitled to a 20% tip on a $80 bill for bringing food and drinks out to the table? I can think of about 100 jobs out there that pay jack shit and are 100 times more involved then serving people drinks and food

[e34john]

What sucks is basing it on money spent. Is the 20 dollar burger carried to my table twice as well as my 10 dollar burger? He isn't on a unicycle why does he feel entitled to more?

[evandael]

20%.

-10 if service is less than adequate

-20 if i practically had to get the food myself

+10 if you're an attractive female who made flirtatious eye contact

but -15 if you asked me how my meal was right after i took a huge bite, thus embarrassing myself as i answer 'uhhnnff erffthng izz guddfhs'



also, ITT; vindictive, cheap-ass, unempathetic waffleswaffleswaffleswafflesbags.

[Threehz]

OH, and, I ALWAYS tip the guy that mounts and balances my tires. $5 for a cold drink on a hot day is something a tire tech/mechanic will ALWAYS remember, and they will always go out of their way to take excellent care of you. ALWAYS.

Best advice I've ever heard. Shit, I'm going to bring a sixer every time I get new tires mounted.

but -15 if you asked me how my meal was right after i took a huge bite, thus embarrassing myself as i answer 'uhhnnff erffthng izz guddfhs'

This is invalid, servers only ask how your food is right after you take huge bites. At least that's my case.

What sucks is basing it on money spent. Is the 20 dollar burger carried to my table twice as well as my 10 dollar burger? He isn't on a unicycle why does he feel entitled to more?

If you're paying $20 for a burger do you really care? Larger bill means fancy restaurant (better be stellar service) or a big party which requires more attention... In other words that $20 burger better come with a side of blowjob.

[e30austin]

I think the whole tipping system is stupid. There should really be a certain standard of quality when it comes to food service. You shouldn't tip just to get mediocre service.

With that said, I fully understand the job and what it entails. It's not easy, and they are people too, just like you and I, they have to live too. If the service was good enough to warrant a tip, then they get one- and usually a pretty decent amount (20% or so.) If the service was shitty, then it is reflected by the amount left (typically 10%, less if really bad.) I've worked in food service in the past, so I know what it's like.

To each their own, though.

[Turf1600]

You know the funny thing about assholes - they always believe that they are justified in their behaviors and are therefore not an asshole.

[Lodsin]

You know the funny thing about assholes - they always believe that they are justified in their behaviors and are therefore not an asshole.

Mine is just an orifice in which feces reside in and sometimes gets evicted.

Funny thing about stupid people, they don't know any better.

[Cronopoulos]

A personable server that builds rapport will always get a bigger tip...