I am a compulsive over tipper. If you are happy I'm in your establishment and pay reasonable attention to us..you will be rewarded..possibly handsomely if alcohol was consumed.
Oh...no math equation answers allowed.
How do you tip Jax?
Pretty much always 18%-22% depending on how I round up. It rarely deviates from that, regardless of quality or speed of service.
The only difference the service makes is how good I feel about the tip I give. Sadly I don't really have the balls to tip less or the money/generosity to tip more.
Servers are underpaid, unless the service is bad, 20% minimum
I just kinda round it up.... I mean, really, you're going to wait around for your $1.34 change on a $23 tab - give the server the $30, say good night and get up and leave.
BTW, I'm a cash person when it comes to eating out, so it makes it easier.
20% usually. It's easy for my mathematically challenged self to take the first number of the total and double it. Which in practice usually winds up being more than 20% since you aren't supposed to tip on tax but the total includes tax.
And if the service sucks or the server is rude (something thats becoming rather common in this city lately) then I have no problem tipping accordingly. I don't know why you'd reward someone for being a dick to you.
A lot like you. I couldn't handle a service job, too many jackasses out there so I've always waaaay over-tipped as a kind of karmic balance, hopefully insuring I'll never have to do it myself because I'd fail horribly. I also do it in hopes that maybe it might brighten up someone's night.
I'm with Chris... 20% of the total. I will... lower the tip or raise it for exceptionally good or bad service.
Thanks for the buffet info... that one has always left me a bit confused... :)
Quote from: stephendare on November 23, 2010, 02:25:51 PM
The official standard is still 15% for standard service. 18 percent for full service (bartender and busboy) and 20% for fine dining (Bartender, busboy, wine steward and water/breadboy)
10% for buffets and minimum dollar per person tip at breakfast places.
Official by who?
I am an admitted overtippere, except for buffets apparently. I usually leave a couple fo bucks if they pick up plates, maybe a couple more if they are bringing me drinks too (and that goes up if those drinks are alcohol). Funny how everyone does it different
Quote from: ChriswUfGator on November 23, 2010, 09:09:07 AM
20% usually. It's easy for my mathematically challenged self to take the first number of the total and double it. Which in practice usually winds up being more than 20% since you aren't supposed to tip on tax but the total includes tax.
And if the service sucks or the server is rude (something thats becoming rather common in this city lately) then I have no problem tipping accordingly. I don't know why you'd reward someone for being a dick to you.
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Double the first number of the total is also what I do, which usually ends up over 20%. If the server has done an exceptional job and has had a great happy attitude I'll go to 30%, but I have been known to go as low as 10% if the server complete sucked at their job and had a miserable attitude. My big exception is at a happy hour, where the drinks are cheap; I'll go 40-100% depending on the bartender and the cheapness of the drinks. I can't see punishing the bartender if the owner has decided to give his stock away for almost nothing.
QuoteMy big exception is at a happy hour, where the drinks are cheap; I'll go 40-100% depending on the bartender and the cheapness of the drinks. I can't see punishing the bartender
Good point and I do the same in this instance! Forgot about that little "exception"! :)
Yes when you have coupons or specials always tip what the bill would be at normal price.
I also tip a flat $2 on any bill under $10 that was full service.
Well ok, I have a question then. There have been a couple times, once at a chinese place and the latest at Al's Pizza, where the people have been visibly pissy with me because I was getting an order to go and didn't leave a tip. So I guess my question is; what's proper in this situation? This one burns me because you walk in and your food's already sitting on the counter and you just pick it up and go. It just seems like handing out money for nothing. If anybody should get tipped, it would be the cooks who they won't let you tip. But I'm not sure why I should tip a waiter when they didn't do any waiting on me? Been wondering about this one since a couple days ago when that happened.
There is no hard and fast rule when it comes to tipping. My baseline is 18% and I go up or down depending on the service, period. I tend to be more generous if I frequent the place, I guess you could call that a bribe rather than a tip.
Quote from: ChriswUfGator on November 23, 2010, 05:25:08 PM
Well ok, I have a question then. There have been a couple times, once at a chinese place and the latest at Al's Pizza, where the people have been visibly pissy with me because I was getting an order to go and didn't leave a tip. So I guess my question is; what's proper in this situation? This one burns me because you walk in and your food's already sitting on the counter and you just pick it up and go. It just seems like handing out money for nothing. If anybody should get tipped, it would be the cooks who they won't let you tip. But I'm not sure why I should tip a waiter when they didn't do any waiting on me? Been wondering about this one since a couple days ago when that happened.
At a corporate chain where they have a designated To Go section, the server assigned to work that shift is usually getting a flat rate(say 8-10/hour, something like that) and they'll get to take home whatever tip is given... but the fact that they are getting a flat rate should tell you tipping would not be customary.
If its a bartender handling the to-go orders, they are also getting tip outs from servers at the end of the night... so really, tipping isn't required for these type of orders.
I typically leave a couple of dollars if the person is nice... but not if they're pissy or ignore me. Unfortunately, all too often lately being pissy or being flat out ignored has become standard practice. Which is unfortunate b/c Im overly polite(was in the restaurant biz for many years) and generally overtip. If you're pissing me off with attitude, you must really suck b/c I tend to give a lot of slack for most servers.
Quote from: Cricket on November 23, 2010, 08:28:56 PM
I tend to be more generous if I frequent the place, I guess you could call that a bribe rather than a tip.
LOL! Very true ;D
I tip right around 20% and adjust up or down depending on service.
20% is much easier to figure up -- so that's what I usually do
Lazy tipping here
Had a friend who carried a little chart in her wallet and consulted it whenever we went out. I always thought that was a bit weird, but now she's living in a grand house on a canal ... years of careful tipping?
In other tip confusion. I never carry cash and Starbucks (just cause its nearby and convenient) doesn't have a tip line for their baristas. I always feel bad going there and not having cash (which is quite frequent).
Does anyone else have this guilt? I feel the barista deserves at least $.50-$1.00 per drink made. When I do have cash I try to drop in at least a $1, but it would just be easier if they had a tip line on the receipt.
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I typically leave a couple of dollars if the person is nice... but not if they're pissy or ignore me. Unfortunately, all too often lately being pissy or being flat out ignored has become standard practice. Which is unfortunate b/c Im overly polite(was in the restaurant biz for many years) and generally overtip. If you're pissing me off with attitude, you must really suck b/c I tend to give a lot of slack for most servers.
I think this is a result of EMO in the food service industry.... :'(
I also generally tip around the 20% line, and will go higher/lower, depending upon the service
I actually saw someone sitting at an adjacent table the other day using the calculator on their phone to figure out the exact 15% percent tip on their bill prior to tax. and I later saw them counting exact change to leave as the tip. LOSERS!
I prefer the 10% twice...........who needs a phone or calculator to figure 10% and go double! This is pending service and quality of course! I have left no tip at all for nasty servers!
My other reason for tipping generously is being around some of these people even though I'm not in the business at all.
I have seen some of these people,even though working for tips have opened their apts/homes and loaned money to people even if they lived check to check.
Quote from: chipwich on November 27, 2010, 02:25:44 AM
In other tip confusion. I never carry cash and Starbucks (just cause its nearby and convenient) doesn't have a tip line for their baristas. I always feel bad going there and not having cash (which is quite frequent).
Does anyone else have this guilt? I feel the barista deserves at least $.50-$1.00 per drink made. When I do have cash I try to drop in at least a $1, but it would just be easier if they had a tip line on the receipt.
Yeah, I wouldn't feel TOO bad about not tipping. In a shop where they are hand-tamping the coffee, understand how to get a decent pull, know how to make a dry cappuccino and can create a design in my foam...then you can have a tip. Otherwise, nyet.
I think I'm sitting around the average here at 20%. Bartenders make a bit more off of me as every trip to the bar usually warrants then an extra dollar or two per drink.
The "fast casual" types of places (ie. Tijuana Flatts, The Loop, etc) always get a couple of bucks. My brother is a manager at the Flatts and my sister was a waitress for many years so I'm a bit more concious of tipping.
A quick way to calculate a 15% tip is by simply doubling the amount of tax paid. Just add another couple of bucks to get closer to the 20%.
For excellent service, I tip around 25 percent. It can be as much as 30 percent if I am tipping a dollar or two for small purchases (e.g. coffee or booze). I will tip 20 percent for most situatons. I have not really had bad service as of late (Knock on wood)...