the waiters,the hairdressers,the taxi drivers,the bartenders...
it almost feels like an obligation,but not the kind of thing you do because you REALLY do feel like,full heartedly.
who came up with the idea of tipping?WHY is it a proper thing to do?
it's their job!they are hired to please the paying customer,so that he will come back again!
i pay for the services,it seems normal that they should fulfil them decently...it's not like they're supposed to lick my shoe,just do the job they were hired for,and get a salary for
and the rules...give x% tip of the price you already paid for...
i'm not cheap,i just don't get it
can anyone enlighten me?

bEaUtIfUlbRuNeTtE

Spinphoto,

Did you work at a chain restaurant or a Mom and Pop's one? For me, it was a Mom and Pops which meant that 75% of customers we got were elderly people who did tip poorly when the service was beyond great.

Sometimes it's not the service that gets a waiter/waitress a bad tip. It's the people.

ISneezeFunny

hm. now I just plain feel bad.

I was out at dinner the other day...and my bill came out to $50.

...so...I really didn't feel like leaving 20%...although the service was good...

...so I left...10%? maybe? ruh roh.

bEaUtIfUlbRuNeTtE

I think $7-8 would be have been nice

0rphan

In the uk, we tend to follow the crowd.....if Joe bloggs tips a fiver then we'll tip six.

excon

Hello:

If a server is good, the tips even out. Some people tip 10%. Then there are people like me who tip 20% - 25%. I used to work for tips.

excon

bEaUtIfUlbRuNeTtE

Hello excon,

What if a server gets those customers that tip 5-10% no matter how good he/she was? For three years I worked for tips as well and I'll tell you that some people are real a**holes! I believe the least amount I have gotton for a tip was .75 cents.

spinphoto

BB, I work at a Bistro and Pub, it's locally owned and operated.

jjwoodhull

I can not speak about the details of other industries, but I can tell you about foodservice...

Waiters receive tips because they do not receive a salary. In New York, the rate of pay for a server is $2.35 per hour. However, although a server is not guaranteed to make anything in tips, the federal government tracks their individual annual sales and requires that they pay income taxes of 15% of those sales.

When you take into account that in most establishments the server is then required to give a portion of their tips to the bartender, busboys and food runners they often end up paying income tax on more than they make.

This does not mean that you should reward a rude or incompetent server with a great tip. After all, the term tip is actually an acronym for To Insure Proper Service. However, if the problem is that the music is too loud, you don't like your table or the food took too long - these things have nothing to do with the server.

If the restaurant industry was to do away with the tipping system, they would have to raise food prices to pay the servers a fair salery - remember that these are long shifts, on one's feet, often dealing with rude customers.

bEaUtIfUlbRuNeTtE

Amen jjwoodhull!

erin7799

I worked in a restaurant and the servers only made $2.25 and hour. ( that was also 8 years ago so it may have gone up by now) The rest of their income is made by how much you tip. It's polite. It's proper. If you were in that position and you were "serving" someone and you did a good job at it, wouldn't you want a tip? If you do a poor job then no. There should be no tip left. Your hairdresser earns most of her money from tips as well. They generally split 50/50 w/ the salon owner and they have to pay rent for "their" chair. So even though you're paying $30 for a haircut she's only making a percentage of that money. I don't know who came up w/ it. It's just a given if you want to continue to receive good service.