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Should have told him you want change for that $20, and when he gives it to you, hand him back a $5 bill and say here is your tip... next time keep your mouth shut.

I've never actually had anyone ask.

Hope she likes the taste of fumunda cheese.

Tipping is not a requirement, it's mentality like this that makes people think they can offer the worst service ever and still get a big tip. Tipping is OPTIONAL, just because you don't tip does not make you a jerk or can't afford it, it just means they didn't earn anything more than what they are being paid.

Pay is low in the restaurant industry because of people being tipped good.

Anyways Asslicks im calling you out. You know you never spend more than the cost of a Big Mac on any food. So 15% of that is like $1.00 not fucking $20 :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

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No, my friends wouldn't unwrap and read my issue of Maxim on my front doorstep before putting it in my mailbox.

I've never had a waiter ask for a tip. Wow.


I usually start at 10-15%. If I get exceptional service, it goes up to 20%. If the waiter slacks, they get docked. If it's terrible then I don't tip (but that's really hard for me to do for some reason.)

Asking for a tip will get a big "Fuck off" from me. I usually tip quite well, generally 20-30% if the service is great, not just good. I understand most of their money comes from tips but if you look like you don't want to be there or treat me like shit, I'll give you 15%, maybe less. I'm very big on customer service to say the least.

I gotta take you guys where this happened to see if you guys actually tell them to Fuck off..lol..

same for me.. but the least I'd give is 10%

lol - please see my later post - it was a movie quote ;)

since i've been to the US more than a dozen times i'm very aware how it works :)

The federal minimum wage for servers and bartenders is $2.13 an hour. That is what it was in 1999 and it's the same now.

Anywhere I am going my girlfriend buys one of those little books that tells you the do's and dont's of the country. I always know how much to tip etc lol

But seriously in the USA I always tip 20% unless service was excellent I leave more. If I know I'll be going back to the place I leave a bit more too, being a tourist and with my accent if the same waiter/waitress is working they remember us and service is even better coz they know we will tip more.

When I was in college I worked at a nice place in Miami Beach. A couple had a nice dinner and the service was great. They guy did not leave me a tip so I chased him down to another club they went to just down the street and confronted the fucker in front of his girlfriend. He handed over a $30 which was exactly 20%.

That said, I don't like tipping even at Starbucks so I just try to avoid any situation where I am expected to tip.

Best place to tip is in New Zealand, you buy a $18 round of drinks, put $20 on the bar then take your drinks back to your table, 5 minutes later the barman comes up and says " you left two bucks on the bar sir" and hands it back.

Americas got to be the only country in the world still using dollar bills, takes a while to realize as a tourist that those dollars are just for tipping.

I start my tipping at 10% and it goes up or down according to service. If they do nothing but bring us the food hot and refill the drinks with a basic attitude...10%. If they're terrible, they'll get the rounded off amount of the bill...an $88.34 bill would go to $89.00 and give them a 66 cent tip (they KNOW they gave shitty service). If I get exceptional service, that same bill would be rounded up to to $110.00...plus, I'll make a POINT of asking for the manager while I'm sitting there and telling them directly that I got great service.

a restaurant in london, where the waiters are a bit rude and dont do anything besides bring you a drinks menu, as its a buffet charge everybody a compulsary 10% tip

If I get good service I tip generously. Otherwise its usually the bare minimum. If someone asked me for more or whatever, I'd remove the tip completely.

Hey buddy, it's the employers job to pay the staff, not mine.

If serving staff have a problem with their pay, negotiate for better or find another fucking job. :thumbsup

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I have to laugh at some of these comments. Some of you think waiters and waitresses are to dumb to do anything else. Many people think the exact same thing about people that work in the adult industry.

20% is pretty standard.

i just know in the state i am in they do not earn 3 something an hour plus tips. they earn state minimum wage of 8.50 an hour plus tips. i do not feel bad for anyone earning same minimum wage as everyone else plus tips on top which others typically do not get. i could understand it some if they got just the federal wage but they do not. also in my state they can not make them tip out or pay the place part of their tips like in some states.
i tip still and in my state i feel tips are 100% optional as i know they get full wages. if i am back east or in mid west i understand they may live off of tips more and may have to tip put as well so i count on it costing a bit more to go out. either way fuck em for bad service and if they confronted me double fuck them.

I tip 10% on large bills and more on smaller ones. I don't see the point in tipping 20% or more.

In my state, if you make tips they employer is allowed to pay you below minimum wage. I think it's around 5 bucks if you're a waitress.

what state you in?

I live in Minneapolis, MN. Where are you at?

for me it all depends... if im at a bar and order a round of 10 shots at $5/each i'll tip $5 wtf its not like u had to go to the bar 10 times.. if its a bar they know me at and i order 10 at the bar get charged for 5 i tip $20 or something

for just a dinner 10-20%+ depending on the type of place if you serve shitty food at applebees dont expect to ever make 20% on everyone... go get a job a place a little more upscale work 1/2 as much and make the same or more

really bad service always $0.01 tip i learned this from my pops and i think it definitely sends a message :)

Bite their dicks off.

"Say oh my bad Im sorry" take the original tip back like your going to give more and flip em the bird. They should be greatful for what they get. Tips were original given before any service and got the name from

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Been over to the US around 6 times the past 10 years, and first couple were a real shock with the tipping thing. Remember being in a bar and having a few drinks with mates, and the bar girl refused to serve us anymore beers because we owed around $50 in tips apparently ... was the strangest shit I ever saw. Point blank refused to sell us anymore drinks.

She was a bitch about it too, we had no idea tips were needed in bars. So we just picked up and went to another bar ... spent hundreds that night that the first place could have seen.

I did get used to it over there and will leave a tip. Though its still a very strange system ... why don't you just pay reasonable wages and put it into the price of the meal? Very odd way of doing things ... guilting customers into supplementing wages.

Wow 20% tip. I never do that here in The Netherlands. However, wwhen I goto the USa/France I do pay more tip than here:) So they won't vall me a cheap ass.

Anyway when someone ask for a bigger tip, and the money is still on the table, I would take my money and not tip at all.

Fuck them.

With 20% tip, waitresses make nice money don't they?

I mean average diner 2 persons is around 100USD, so they get 20USD, around 20 diners in an evening makes them 400USD a day.

Or?

Do they get a base salary as well?

Yeah New Zealand has probably some of the best service of any western country I have been to. Australia is absolutely crap in comparison, service overall is utterly terrible even though both countries are very similar, but the NZers appreciate the business and tipping them gives the hugest shock.

what happened for the most part is that people in many professions/jobs made so much in tips that employers adjust salaries down. supply and demand. if people can make 100.00 - 200.00 - 300.00 a night doing something, then there is no reason to pay 20.00 an hour to attract great people to do an unskilled job. an effect of this is that people are essentially working for tips and when you hire and train shitty people, you have this problem of people not quite understanding why you're not throwing 20.00 bills at them non stop.

then, because we are a planet full of lazy idiots, many start thinking they are entitled to a tip regardless of how they treat you or how the experience was.

i FUCKING HATE it when people start ranting about tips being necessary. if you don't like a job.. get a new fucking job that pays more money. THATS WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN LIFE... MOVING UP... not demanding that the world subsidize your stupidity, lazyness, lack of motivation and refusal to better yourself.

I'd just like to say that expected tipping like in the states (vs in Australia where it is done as a nice gesture) is fucking bullshit

what state is that? Mexifornia?
its always been 2.13 an hour.

ye, but you still wouldnt tip her, right? I would't serve you either. Don't like it, go back australia and drink there. why question aothers cultures. Its not like we are asking you ausies to use deodorant like everyone else does.