Tipping in the US
Oct 7th 2007, 7:58 pm
#1
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Tipping in the US
I don't tip. Never have.
Money is too precious to give away.
My American friends think I'm Scrooge.
They dish out five and ten bucks each time they eat.
If I go to a restaurant, I pay for the meal and thats that. They get the profit off the food.
Anyone else feel uncomfortable with the free-spending Americans?
Money is too precious to give away.
My American friends think I'm Scrooge.
They dish out five and ten bucks each time they eat.
If I go to a restaurant, I pay for the meal and thats that. They get the profit off the food.
Anyone else feel uncomfortable with the free-spending Americans?
Oct 7th 2007, 8:02 pm
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Re: Tipping in the US
I have a question: Why don't you just put all your negative posts in the MBTUK forum??
Oct 7th 2007, 8:29 pm
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Mr. Grumpy
Joined: Jun 2003
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 3,100
Re: Tipping in the US
I don't tip. Never have.
Money is too precious to give away.
My American friends think I'm Scrooge.
They dish out five and ten bucks each time they eat.
If I go to a restaurant, I pay for the meal and thats that. They get the profit off the food.
Anyone else feel uncomfortable with the free-spending Americans?
Money is too precious to give away.
My American friends think I'm Scrooge.
They dish out five and ten bucks each time they eat.
If I go to a restaurant, I pay for the meal and thats that. They get the profit off the food.
Anyone else feel uncomfortable with the free-spending Americans?
I'm uncomfortable with the fact you are a behaving in a disgraceful way
the majority of servers either have no hourly wage or make $2 an hour and tips make up their income.
I don;t agree with the system but it is what it is
hopefully you are just ignorant of the system and not just a jack-ass
Oct 7th 2007, 9:21 pm
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Ping-ponger
Joined: Jul 2002
Location: Dreich Alba
Posts: 12,005
Re: Tipping in the US
I don't tip. Never have.
Money is too precious to give away.
My American friends think I'm Scrooge.
They dish out five and ten bucks each time they eat.
If I go to a restaurant, I pay for the meal and thats that. They get the profit off the food.
Anyone else feel uncomfortable with the free-spending Americans?
Money is too precious to give away.
My American friends think I'm Scrooge.
They dish out five and ten bucks each time they eat.
If I go to a restaurant, I pay for the meal and thats that. They get the profit off the food.
Anyone else feel uncomfortable with the free-spending Americans?
If the service is good, I usually leave 15%-20%. I only very occasionally leave less (or nothing) if the wait staff behave like they don't need the tips (i.e., rudely). Some people punish the wait staff for the quality of the food but I think it goes on how the wait staff behave, not whether the chef is crap or the restaurant owner is too cheap to buy good ingredients. If somene can keep smiling and be polite at the end of a long shift dealing with rude customers, I think they deserve my cash.
I think last time you were in a restaurant, the waiter must have spilt some food on you - it looks like you have a chip on your shoulder ...
Oct 7th 2007, 9:21 pm
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Sursum corda
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Location: Richmond Hill, GA USA
Posts: 38,860
Oct 7th 2007, 9:36 pm
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Re: Tipping in the US
I was just in France and Italy and was at a loss to know how and when to tip.
Some places include the tip then there's a cover charge and then there's a 20% vat.
Some places include the tip then there's a cover charge and then there's a 20% vat.
Oct 7th 2007, 9:52 pm
#11
Homebody
Joined: Jan 2005
Location: HOME
Posts: 23,179
Re: Tipping in the US
I don't tip. Never have.
Money is too precious to give away.
My American friends think I'm Scrooge.
They dish out five and ten bucks each time they eat.
If I go to a restaurant, I pay for the meal and thats that. They get the profit off the food.
Anyone else feel uncomfortable with the free-spending Americans?
Money is too precious to give away.
My American friends think I'm Scrooge.
They dish out five and ten bucks each time they eat.
If I go to a restaurant, I pay for the meal and thats that. They get the profit off the food.
Anyone else feel uncomfortable with the free-spending Americans?
Oct 7th 2007, 10:16 pm
#14
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Jul 2007
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 8,497
Re: Tipping in the US
Granted - they weren't using the Euro the last time I was there, so my example is dated.
Oct 7th 2007, 10:30 pm
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Location: Reno Nevada
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Re: Tipping in the US
I always tip and find that if it's a regular resturant that you go to each time you go back you get better service, or always looked after.
Its a nice gesture for being taken care of and to be honest it always makes me happy when someone is so grateful if you tip well.
I have in the past worked as a waitress and that 2nd job came in very handy it paid for the cosmetic dentist
lol $5,000 and it was paid on a few months tips but I busted my ass lol.
Servers do not get the profit off the food the owners do.... I am pleased I am was not a server at your table or you might of been wearing your food the next time you came in...servers have good memories on who is a tight ass and who is not
Its a nice gesture for being taken care of and to be honest it always makes me happy when someone is so grateful if you tip well.
I have in the past worked as a waitress and that 2nd job came in very handy it paid for the cosmetic dentist
lol $5,000 and it was paid on a few months tips but I busted my ass lol.Servers do not get the profit off the food the owners do.... I am pleased I am was not a server at your table or you might of been wearing your food the next time you came in...servers have good memories on who is a tight ass and who is not
Last edited by Poppy girl; Oct 7th 2007 at 10:33 pm.