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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: kougar24 on January 27, 2011, 01:51:34 PM
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Tip or no tip?
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No tip
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TIP! :curse:
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def. no tip
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no way I tip for that.
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No tip. I hate places that have "tip jars" on the counter where they don't even wait on you.
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Never tip for carry out.
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No tip. Thats why I usually do carry-out to avoid the tip. I'll drive the 2 blocks and save the $3.
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Well, let me take that back. If the carry-out person has bagged an item, placed utensils in your bag, napkins, etc., then you tip.
If all they do is hand you a box of pizza, then no, no tip.
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Well, let me take that back. If the carry-out person has bagged an item, placed utensils in your bag, napkins, etc., then you tip.
still no tip
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Well, let me take that back. If the carry-out person has bagged an item, placed utensils in your bag, napkins, etc., then you tip.
If all they do is hand you a box of pizza, then no, no tip.
Do you tip fast food workers working the drive thru as well?
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Well, let me take that back. If the carry-out person has bagged an item, placed utensils in your bag, napkins, etc., then you tip.
If all they do is hand you a box of pizza, then no, no tip.
Do you tip fast food workers working the drive thru as well?
I don't do fast food, so no.
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SmashBurger has a tip jar at their counter. Really?? I mean, Really??
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Well, let me take that back. If the carry-out person has bagged an item, placed utensils in your bag, napkins, etc., then you tip.
If all they do is hand you a box of pizza, then no, no tip.
Do you tip fast food workers working the drive thru as well?
I don't do fast food, so no.
Carry-out pizza = fast food to me. :dunno:
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I don't know. I am generally really awkward with money. I even try to give the toll people a little extra.
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I don't know. I am generally really awkward with money. I even try to give the toll people a little extra.
Next time, take money from the tip jar. You will feel better about yourself.
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I don't know. I am generally really awkward with money. I even try to give the toll people a little extra.
Next time, take money from the tip jar. You will feel better about yourself.
I don't even take money from Give a Penny, Take a Penny.
Stealing from a tip jar would make me feel just terrible.
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I don't know. I am generally really awkward with money. I even try to give the toll people a little extra.
Next time, take money from the tip jar. You will feel better about yourself.
I don't even take money from Give a Penny, Take a Penny.
Stealing from a tip jar would make me feel just terrible.
Sure, Costanza.
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Sure, Costanza.
No more calzones? :frown:
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The starbucks by my house put a tip jar next to its drive-thru window. It sincerely made me a little angry.
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The tip jar rudeness also bothers me, but not as much as these things do:
—Waiters who ask if you need change. Yes, give me my change. Then I will decide how much I will tip you.
—Waiters who give you five or more $1 bills back as change. No, give me the $5 and the $1, please. I have other money in my pocket, and besides, there's a good chance you were going to get the $5.
—Waiters who give me a free beverage with my meal. Then I feel forced to add the amount of the drink I got for "free" on to the tip. I'd rather give that money to the establishment, not the waiter who is essentially stealing.
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—Waiters who give me a free beverage with my meal. Then I feel forced to add the amount of the drink I got for "free" on to the tip. I'd rather give that money to the establishment, not the waiter who is essentially stealing.
Once a restaurant charged me for 2 sodas when only my wife got one (I had water), but a few times I drank out of her soda. That was deducted from the tip. :fatty:
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what about applebees or chilis to go? or applebees when they bring the food out to you at your car?
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The starbucks by my house put a tip jar next to its drive-thru window. It sincerely made me a little angry.
I'm seeing this at all the Starbucks drive-thru's now. Really annoying.
Although I did tip once in the drive-thru cause the guy gave me a free scone.
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what about applebees or chilis to go? or applebees when they bring the food out to you at your car?
Do you tip at Sonic?
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what about applebees or chilis to go? or applebees when they bring the food out to you at your car?
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what about applebees or chilis to go? or applebees when they bring the food out to you at your car?
Bring the food to your car? Of course you tip.
That's like room service.
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what about applebees or chilis to go? or applebees when they bring the food out to you at your car?
I say avoid those places, that eliminates the need to think about it.
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what about applebees or chilis to go? or applebees when they bring the food out to you at your car?
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carry out pizza, no. carry out food place where they have a dedicated person who is tasked with watching for my food, packaging it up, grabbing utencils, etc then most definitely yes, i will tip them 10% or round up to $2 which ever is more.
last night i grabbed carry out from pf changs. the girl there makes the same amount per hour as the wait staff and relies on tips to make up the difference between the $2/hr (or whatever wait/bartenders make). this is the way it is at most restaurants.
the rewards for treating your bartenders and wait staff well are incredible.
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carry out pizza, no. carry out food place where they have a dedicated person who is tasked with watching for my food, packaging it up, grabbing utencils, etc then most definitely yes, i will tip them 10% or round up to $2 which ever is more.
last night i grabbed carry out from pf changs. the girl there makes the same amount per hour as the wait staff and relies on tips to make up the difference between the $2/hr (or whatever wait/bartenders make). this is the way it is at most restaurants.
the rewards for treating your bartenders and wait staff well are incredible.
I agree with all of this. Going forward, I'm no longer tipping the pizza carry out guy.
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As clams says, if the person who helps you out is getting waiting/bartending wages you tip to make up the diffy.
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what about applebees or chilis to go? or applebees when they bring the food out to you at your car?
Do you tip at Sonic?
Sometimes I would (old dude on roller skates deserves a tip) but sonic doesn't give you an option when paying with debit card. their loss.
I'm just always worried that they keep track of things like this somehow. (like when they ask for your phone number when placing an order)
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carry out pizza, no. carry out food place where they have a dedicated person who is tasked with watching for my food, packaging it up, grabbing utencils, etc then most definitely yes, i will tip them 10% or round up to $2 which ever is more.
last night i grabbed carry out from pf changs. the girl there makes the same amount per hour as the wait staff and relies on tips to make up the difference between the $2/hr (or whatever wait/bartenders make). this is the way it is at most restaurants.
the rewards for treating your bartenders and wait staff well are incredible.
It's amazing to me that all of this isn't common sense, but I guess there are a whole lot of dumb asses out there....
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As clams says, if the person who helps you out is getting waiting/bartending wages you tip to make up the diffy.
Why should I subsidize their cheap-ass owner? I can't be held responsible for the payroll decisions of every establishment I visit. I refuse to support that kind of irresponsible management.
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As clams says, if the person who helps you out is getting waiting/bartending wages you tip to make up the diffy.
Why should I subsidize their cheap-ass owner? I can't be held responsible for the payroll decisions of every establishment I visit. I refuse to support that kind of irresponsible management.
you're being provided a service, you should pay for it. in this case, it's not the owner who is being the cheap ass.
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As clams says, if the person who helps you out is getting waiting/bartending wages you tip to make up the diffy.
Why should I subsidize their cheap-ass owner? I can't be held responsible for the payroll decisions of every establishment I visit. I refuse to support that kind of irresponsible management.
you're being provided a service, you should pay for it. in this case, it's not the owner who is being the cheap ass.
But it was the owner's decision to pay non-waiters a waiter's salary. :dunno:
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LOL @ tipping anywhere that isn't a sit down meal. Carryout from a sit down place doesn't count. Most places already give a percentage of the waiters tips to the dumbshit working carryout. If you work at a sit down restaurant and you get put on carryout every night, you are stupid and must suck at being a waiter. I tip well when I'm eating a sit down meal, but eff the rest.
Exceptions:
If the carryout girl is really hot
If you have change like me, then throw those dimes and quarters in the tip jar
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carry out pizza, no. carry out food place where they have a dedicated person who is tasked with watching for my food, packaging it up, grabbing utencils, etc then most definitely yes, i will tip them 10% or round up to $2 which ever is more.
last night i grabbed carry out from pf changs. the girl there makes the same amount per hour as the wait staff and relies on tips to make up the difference between the $2/hr (or whatever wait/bartenders make). this is the way it is at most restaurants.
the rewards for treating your bartenders and wait staff well are incredible.
What, may I ask, are these incredible rewards? A BJ out back? I would be willing to bet you never get back more dollars worth than you would be tipping, especially when you are not a "regular" at that particular establishment and since the tip comes at the end of the service.
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eff em
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I tip really great at places I go to regularly. Def makes a difference. You get seated faster, you get salads/apps/bread or whatever faster and your drinks are better. But I realize that I'm paying a premium for that. And I don't mind. Because I really hate waiting. On anything.
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As clams says, if the person who helps you out is getting waiting/bartending wages you tip to make up the diffy.
Why should I subsidize their cheap-ass owner? I can't be held responsible for the payroll decisions of every establishment I visit. I refuse to support that kind of irresponsible management.
you're being provided a service, you should pay for it. in this case, it's not the owner who is being the cheap ass.
If the service is just handing me a bag of food that I drove myself in to get, I don't give a tip. I don't care how much the waitress gets paid.
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I don't get why touching food is some prodigious feat that deserves a tip. I don't tip the guy at the auto parts store, the UPS delivery guy, shoe salesmen, etc. who put in equal to greater amounts of effort. They should have tip jars too.
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I don't get why touching food is some prodigious feat that deserves a tip. I don't tip the guy at the auto parts store, the UPS delivery guy, shoe salesmen, etc. who put in equal to greater amounts of effort. They should have tip jars too.
UPS delivery guy — can't accept cash tips. Neither can mail men.
Auto parts store guy — probably a jerk like all auto people.
Shoe salesmen — earns commission off my purchase.
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carry out pizza, no. carry out food place where they have a dedicated person who is tasked with watching for my food, packaging it up, grabbing utencils, etc then most definitely yes, i will tip them 10% or round up to $2 which ever is more.
last night i grabbed carry out from pf changs. the girl there makes the same amount per hour as the wait staff and relies on tips to make up the difference between the $2/hr (or whatever wait/bartenders make). this is the way it is at most restaurants.
the rewards for treating your bartenders and wait staff well are incredible.
What, may I ask, are these incredible rewards? A BJ out back? I would be willing to bet you never get back more dollars worth than you would be tipping, especially when you are not a "regular" at that particular establishment and since the tip comes at the end of the service.
no. you can't ask. because you typed your first sentence like a Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) version of shakespeare.
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As clams says, if the person who helps you out is getting waiting/bartending wages you tip to make up the diffy.
Why should I subsidize their cheap-ass owner? I can't be held responsible for the payroll decisions of every establishment I visit. I refuse to support that kind of irresponsible management.
you're being provided a service, you should pay for it. in this case, it's not the owner who is being the cheap ass.
If the service is just handing me a bag of food that I drove myself in to get, I don't give a tip. I don't care how much the waitress gets paid.
hey dumbass, read what i typed. then go have sex with your mother.
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As clams says, if the person who helps you out is getting waiting/bartending wages you tip to make up the diffy.
Why should I subsidize their cheap-ass owner? I can't be held responsible for the payroll decisions of every establishment I visit. I refuse to support that kind of irresponsible management.
you're being provided a service, you should pay for it. in this case, it's not the owner who is being the cheap ass.
But it was the owner's decision to pay non-waiters a waiter's salary. :dunno:
they are waiters, they're waiting on you. unless it was you that went to the kitchen, ensured your order was correct and complete, bagged it up, included everything you asked for, and ran the cash register yourself.
listen. i understand most of you rubes are the all $30k millionaires, but just stick with eating sonic and subway until you kids can afford eating at the places you choose to eat. no one likes a cheap skate.
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I tip better at places I am a regular at
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tipping is lame. If they need money maybe they should get a better job.
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people that worked for tips tip. those that don't, don't. the people that did are in the right. pizza, like pizza hut or something then no. most places, yes. if you can't afford to then don't. same thing w/ drinking out. tip or stay home.
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people that worked for tips tip. those that don't, don't. the people that did are in the right. pizza, like pizza hut or something then no. most places, yes. if you can't afford to then don't. same thing w/ drinking out. tip or stay home.
wrong
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I tip better if I am on a date and don't want the girl to think I'm a cheap ass. Otherwise I tip as little as possible, if at all. Don't go to any one place often enough to be considered a "regular".
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This thread is starting to depress me. If you go out, tip. Otherwise just stay home. You are making those around you uncomfortable because you are more concerned with pinching your pennies than having a good time. The pizza carry out thing, OK, fine. Don't tip. Whatever. But don't screw your bartender or waitress out of a couple of bucks because you'd rather put the money toward a PS3 game.
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tip or stay home.
This is what I say. When someone tells me they're too poor to tip, then I tell them they are Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) for going out to eat or drink in the first place.
I tip really great at places I go to regularly. Def makes a difference. You get seated faster, you get salads/apps/bread or whatever faster and your drinks are better. But I realize that I'm paying a premium for that. And I don't mind. Because I really hate waiting. On anything.
Definitely agree. I love tipping more at places I'm a regular because 99% of the time I go there, my wife and I each get free drinks or a free appetizer. I'm saving more money than anyone in this thread who advocates not tipping. Dumbasses.
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people that worked for tips tip. those that don't, don't. the people that did are in the right. pizza, like pizza hut or something then no. most places, yes. if you can't afford to then don't. same thing w/ drinking out. tip or stay home.
I never worked for tips, and I tip really well. :dunno:
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I tip 20 percent plus whatever the change is to make it an even total. $17.38?? I would tip 3.62. $23.67? I would tip 5.33.
It normally takes me 7 minutes to tip.
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I tip 20 percent plus whatever the change is to make it an even total. $17.38?? I would tip 3.62. $23.67? I would tip 5.33.
It normally takes me 7 minutes to tip.
Rounded tips even when paying with debit/credit card?
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I tip 20 percent plus whatever the change is to make it an even total. $17.38?? I would tip 3.62. $23.67? I would tip 5.33.
It normally takes me 7 minutes to tip.
maybe change to the opposite. ex... if 17.38 then round up to 18.00 and tip 3.60. seems much easier for everyone. no?
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Can someone explain why I should have to tip someone for doing their job? Not my fault their job sucks.
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Can someone explain why I should have to tip someone for doing their job? Not my fault their job sucks.
Some people feel really bad about the crappy things they do in life (you know, like having a dead body in their closet, etc.), and so they tip big as a way of easing their troubled conscience and feeling good about themselves. I have a buddy who tips big in lieu of donating money to charity (probably still deducts it on his return anyway). Don't let these people's psychological need of feeling better by tipping affect your decision-making in any way or inspire guilt in you for not having the same mental hang-ups as them.
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Can someone explain why I should have to tip someone for doing their job? Not my fault their job sucks.
Some people feel really bad about the crappy things they do in life (you know, like having a dead body in their closet, etc.), and so they tip big as a way of easing their troubled conscience and feeling good about themselves. I have a buddy who tips big in lieu of donating money to charity (probably still deducts it on his return anyway). Don't let these people's psychological need of feeling better by tipping affect your decision-making in any way or inspire guilt in you for not having the same mental hang-ups as them.
I tip out of the guilt that the pizza guy can tell i'm baked. Just w/ the odor and all. So I tip generally to avoid bad karma or a call to the police from a bitter W.A.S.P. high schooler.
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Man, I didn't realize that 3/4 of this board is poor and cheap. Reason #1 zillion why I would never pak with you retards, the servers know your toothless faces by memory and likely give you shitty service. Also- wanna guess what would happen to the price of your favorite fatty mcgee burger @ Chilis if they had to pay the servers an extra $5/hr? And what quality of service would you get from a person making minimum wage? "Poor, cheap, and stupid. It's goEMAW.com!!!"
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I usually feel sorry for KU grads, so I tip them.
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Man, I didn't realize that 3/4 of this board is poor and cheap. Reason #1 zillion why I would never pak with you retards, the servers know your toothless faces by memory and likely give you shitty service. Also- wanna guess what would happen to the price of your favorite fatty mcgee burger @ Chilis if they had to pay the servers an extra $5/hr? And what quality of service would you get from a person making minimum wage? "Poor, cheap, and stupid. It's goEMAW.com!!!"
What restaurant do you wait tables at?
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I usually feel sorry for KU grads, so I tip them.
I prefer to spit on them and then laugh as they slink back to their 79 pinto with a giant pizza sign on the roof.
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Can someone explain why I should have to tip someone for doing their job? Not my fault their job sucks.
:facepalm: Jesus, you and Deez Nuts are such dumbasses... I hope you're joking on this. If it was so easy and didn't deserve a tip, you would do it yourself. Your lazy ass is the one needing someone to cook for you and wait on you. They aren't your slaves
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maybe i don't go to the same places often enough that they remember me, but a lot of you are saying...if you tip well they will treat you better. But I usually tip on how I was treated while there. If i tip well on Sunday, and i go back in Wednesday, Some other jackoff is working and won't know I tipped well. So if you're not a frequent flyer, I don't see the need to overtip.
Disclaimer: I usually tip for most things deserving. I will also usually overtip a homely looking waitress, figuring she could use some sunshine in her day.
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But I usually tip on how I was treated while there. If i tip well on Sunday, and i go back in Wednesday, Some other jackoff is working and won't know I tipped well. So if you're not a frequent flyer, I don't see the need to overtip.
You'd be surprised. Every time a waiter/waitress gets screwed on a tip, they show their coworkers the receipt and you can become hated quickly. We did this all the time when I used to bartend. For instance, if someone sat down that I didn't know but they screwed a coworker the previous week, the coworker will tell me, "I wouldn't kill yourself on them. They don't tip."
It's also to your benefit to treat managers/owners good. They are the ones who run the credit card slips at night and punch in the god-awful tips you leave. Most are able to recall exactly what you eat, when you ate it, the amount of your bill and how much you left.
Trust me — word gets around fast, both good and bad.
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This thread is starting to depress me. If you go out, tip. Otherwise just stay home. You are making those around you uncomfortable because you are more concerned with pinching your pennies than having a good time. The pizza carry out thing, OK, fine. Don't tip. Whatever. But don't screw your bartender or waitress out of a couple of bucks because you'd rather put the money toward a PS3 game.
Nobody (well, maybe hemmy) is saying that they don't tip when they go out. Getting carryout is not the same as eating out. It's picking up food and then taking it home to eat with your own utensils, on your own dishes, with your own beverages. The services rendered for your meal just are not worthy of a tip.
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Here's another one: How much do you tip for valet parking? I've only used it twice, and I tipped $5 both times. Is this too much, not enough, or about right?
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Here's another one: How much do you tip for valet parking? I've only used it twice, and I tipped $5 both times. Is this too much, not enough, or about right?
I usually tip around $3 for valet. $2 for the valet who hails my cab for me. Tip $1 per bag brought to the room. $5 for a cab. $1 per drink ordered at the bar. 20% and round up for meals. $1 for the guy at the hibachi station.
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This thread is starting to depress me. If you go out, tip. Otherwise just stay home. You are making those around you uncomfortable because you are more concerned with pinching your pennies than having a good time. The pizza carry out thing, OK, fine. Don't tip. Whatever. But don't screw your bartender or waitress out of a couple of bucks because you'd rather put the money toward a PS3 game.
Nobody (well, maybe hemmy) is saying that they don't tip when they go out. Getting carryout is not the same as eating out. It's picking up food and then taking it home to eat with your own utensils, on your own dishes, with your own beverages. The services rendered for your meal just are not worthy of a tip.
I do tip, I just think its dumb.
Can someone explain why I should have to tip someone for doing their job? Not my fault their job sucks.
:facepalm: Jesus, you and Deez Nuts are such dumbasses... I hope you're joking on this. If it was so easy and didn't deserve a tip, you would do it yourself. Your lazy ass is the one needing someone to cook for you and wait on you. They aren't your slaves
Not saying its easy, but its their job. I usually pick jobs where I get a lot of money and don't need tips to survive. By the way, I would be happy if the waiter would GTFO and I just tell the cook what I want.
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what about the kid at the grocery store that bags your groceries, pushes the cart to your car, and loads the groceries in your trunk?
i always have a struggle with that one.
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Here's another one: How much do you tip for valet parking? I've only used it twice, and I tipped $5 both times. Is this too much, not enough, or about right?
I usually tip around $3 for valet. $2 for the valet who hails my cab for me. Tip $1 per bag brought to the room. $5 for a cab. $1 per drink ordered at the bar. 20% and round up for meals. $1 for the guy at the hibachi station.
Valet only gets $3, but that's only because I am providing them a service. I always put on a great Springsteen song that I think they will enjoy.
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Not saying its easy, but its their job. I usually pick jobs where I get a lot of money and don't need tips to survive.
You incorrectly assume that everyone "picks" their job.
what about the kid at the grocery store that bags your groceries, pushes the cart to your car, and loads the groceries in your trunk?
i always have a struggle with that one.
Are you a senior citizen?
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i had a couple of friends that would not tip in college because they found out how much bartenders and waiter type people made. they were like "screw that. i only get like eight bucks an hour at my job. why should i tip him when he's making more? they're overpaid " i always thought this was pretty stupid and would just tell them to quit their jobs and go do the bartendar/waitress thing then.
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People who don't tip are ridiculous and deserve to be shamed. It's part of the social contract, man.
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A guy at my blackjack table last weekend won over $2k and tipped ... $0.
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what about people that are all like "here's a tip for you. don't drink your bath water." i mean sheesh. am i right here fellas? don't get me started. :lol:
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Not saying its easy, but its their job. I usually pick jobs where I get a lot of money and don't need tips to survive.
You incorrectly assume that everyone "picks" their job.
what about the kid at the grocery store that bags your groceries, pushes the cart to your car, and loads the groceries in your trunk?
i always have a struggle with that one.
Are you a senior citizen?
Free country, they don't have to work there.
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what about the kid at the grocery store that bags your groceries, pushes the cart to your car, and loads the groceries in your trunk?
i always have a struggle with that one.
Are you a senior citizen?
the grocery store that i shop at is a locally owned place, and that's their thing. :ck:
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what about the kid at the grocery store that bags your groceries, pushes the cart to your car, and loads the groceries in your trunk?
i always have a struggle with that one.
I would probably tip $3 for this, but it would be a pain in the ass for me because I don't usually carry cash.
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what about the kid at the grocery store that bags your groceries, pushes the cart to your car, and loads the groceries in your trunk?
i always have a struggle with that one.
Are you a senior citizen?
the grocery store that i shop at is a locally owned place, and that's their thing. :ck:
oh man, the towny place right next to my house is like this. those kids will not give me my bag even if I have, like, a banana in it. it really becomes a struggle to get it from them. it's not that I would mind tipping or them carrying it...it's that I don't want to have to talk to them on the walk to the car.
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I don't want to have to talk to them on the walk to the car.
Take a fake call on your phone or send a fake text.
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Bet you cheap/poor SOBs don't tip when you get your hair cut either. This board is completely full of SE KS and Okie from Muskogee typeos. Lol @ you retards for trying to pretend to be all wordly in other threads and then shitting the bed in this thread.
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what about the kid at the grocery store that bags your groceries, pushes the cart to your car, and loads the groceries in your trunk?
i always have a struggle with that one.
Are you a senior citizen?
the grocery store that i shop at is a locally owned place, and that's their thing. :ck:
oh man, the towny place right next to my house is like this. those kids will not give me my bag even if I have, like, a banana in it. it really becomes a struggle to get it from them. it's not that I would mind tipping or them carrying it...it's that I don't want to have to talk to them on the walk to the car.
You go all the way to the store just to buy one banana?
That's bananas!
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what about the kid at the grocery store that bags your groceries, pushes the cart to your car, and loads the groceries in your trunk?
i always have a struggle with that one.
Are you a senior citizen?
the grocery store that i shop at is a locally owned place, and that's their thing. :ck:
oh man, the towny place right next to my house is like this. those kids will not give me my bag even if I have, like, a banana in it. it really becomes a struggle to get it from them. it's not that I would mind tipping or them carrying it...it's that I don't want to have to talk to them on the walk to the car.
i feel that way every time. we'll have like 3 bags of stuff....me, the mrs, and the kid could easily carry them out, but they act like they have one mission in life, and it's to handle my groceries. hate it when you get a kid that tries to tell you about how he has been working on his pick-em-up truck.
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what about the kid at the grocery store that bags your groceries, pushes the cart to your car, and loads the groceries in your trunk?
i always have a struggle with that one.
Are you a senior citizen?
the grocery store that i shop at is a locally owned place, and that's their thing. :ck:
oh man, the towny place right next to my house is like this. those kids will not give me my bag even if I have, like, a banana in it. it really becomes a struggle to get it from them. it's not that I would mind tipping or them carrying it...it's that I don't want to have to talk to them on the walk to the car.
i feel that way every time. we'll have like 3 bags of stuff....me, the mrs, and the kid could easily carry them out, but they act like they have one mission in life, and it's to handle my groceries. hate it when you get a kid that tries to tell you about how he has been working on his pick-em-up truck.
That's pretty much my nightmare.
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Bet you cheap/poor SOBs don't tip when you get your hair cut either. This board is completely full of SE KS and Okie from Muskogee typeos. Lol @ you retards for trying to pretend to be all wordly in other threads and then shitting the bed in this thread.
:dubious:
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I didn't realize there were still bag boys or whatever at the grocery store. Sounds terrible.
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Oh, and I totally did the "slip the maitre d a twenty" thing for the first time a few years ago. Felt super elite about it. My friends were all "You really do that!" :surprised: and I was all "meh no big deal." :gocho:
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Oh, and I totally did the "slip the maitre d a twenty" thing for the first time a few years ago. Felt super elite about it. My friends were all "You really do that!" :surprised: and I was all "meh no big deal." :gocho:
Did you get seated immediately? My brother in law did this once and we were seated immediately after being told the wait would be 2 hours.
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Bet you cheap/poor SOBs don't tip when you get your hair cut either. This board is completely full of SE KS and Okie from Muskogee typeos. Lol @ you retards for trying to pretend to be all wordly in other threads and then cacting the bed in this thread.
Don't need to tip. I cut my own hair to save time and money on haircuts. I've gotten good at it over the years. :cool:
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Oh, and I totally did the "slip the maitre d a twenty" thing for the first time a few years ago. Felt super elite about it. My friends were all "You really do that!" :surprised: and I was all "meh no big deal." :gocho:
I do this at vegas hotels
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I am a very generous tipper.
The only time I get annoyed is when I know they're angling for a big tip. Just do your job well and you've got nothing to worry about, you will get a tip from me.
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I find it hilarious when people are so anti-society and non-conformists that they don't see the need to tip. I imagine they also listen to a lot of Green Day and Good Charlotte.
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I am a very generous tipper.
The only time I get annoyed is when I know they're angling for a big tip. Just do your job well and you've got nothing to worry about, you will get a tip from me.
agreed. i'm like- don't worry, just do your job and you're ass is getting paid. if they go over the top then i just get annoyed and hate their guts.
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Gave out christmas bonuses this year for my doorman, cleaning lady and dry-cleaning guy. Also made sure to give a christmas bonus my girlfriend's hairstylist. This all adds up to me being the sharpest looking/feeling motherf*cker on my block when I round the corner, have my suit handed to me as I pass the dry cleaner, my girlfriend comes out of the salon to my waiting arm with her hair done as we approach my apartment where the doorman rushes out with an umbrella for us as another holds the door and calls an elevator up to my mint-fresh apartment. Later I am able to dedicate my night to having completely mind-blowing sex as my menial tasks have been taken care of due to my outsourcing and prodigious tipping.
Life's good on this side of the aisle. Service-oriented economy, dimwits. Get with it.
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Gave out christmas bonuses this year for my doorman, cleaning lady and dry-cleaning guy. Also made sure to give a christmas bonus my girlfriend's hairstylist. This all adds up to me being the sharpest looking/feeling motherf*cker on my block when I round the corner, have my suit handed to me as I pass the dry cleaner, my girlfriend comes out of the salon to my waiting arm with her hair done as we approach my apartment where the doorman rushes out with an umbrella for us as another holds the door.
Life's good on this side of the aisle. Service-oriented economy, dimwits. Get with it.
OH LOOK! ANOTHER NYC KSU CAT CHIMES IN TO MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A LOSER WITH HIS NYC DOORMAN TALK! :flush:
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The one thing I hate, tipping the bathroom attendant. If I do not have cash on hand, it makes me feel like I cannot go to the bathroom. I hate that rough rider (but still tip him)
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The one thing I hate, tipping the bathroom attendant. If I do not have cash on hand, it makes me feel like I cannot go to the bathroom. I hate that rough rider (but still tip him)
omg, hate this. always grudgingly give him a dollar.
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The one thing I hate, tipping the bathroom attendant. If I do not have cash on hand, it makes me feel like I cannot go to the bathroom. I hate that rough rider (but still tip him)
omg, hate this. always grudgingly give him a dollar.
This actually makes me mad. But yeah, me too. :curse:
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Just read an article on tipping. Eye opener for some of the low lifes in here, assuming they ever stumble in to a classy establishment:
http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2000/10/pocketful?printable=true (http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2000/10/pocketful?printable=true)
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Anyone else ever given out a $350 tip before? I have. :gocho:
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Anyone been to other countries where tipping is not expected and minimal when it happens? Very hard not to feel guilty, but recognize you are a complete chump if you do tip.
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Anyone been to other countries where tipping is not expected and minimal when it happens? Very hard not to feel guilty, but recognize you are a complete chump if you do tip.
I tip like normal in Mexico....but most places I've been in Mexico are touristy so that's prolly not unusual.
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Anyone else ever given out a $350 tip before? I have. :gocho:
Biggest tip I ever left was after picking up the tab at a restaurant on New Years this year. Not terribly happy about it. I mean, I feel like there's a limit to the "20%" rule. Am I supposed to tip my waiter more if he carries the $200 bottle of wine over to my table instead of the $50 bottle? I say no. My wife, the former waitress, tried to explain something about what the waiter makes versus the bartender's cut or some hogwash. I'm still pretty pissed about it and make a point to sarcastically reference it every time she makes the mistake around the house of saying something like "You want anything while I'm up?"
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Here's another one: How much do you tip for valet parking? I've only used it twice, and I tipped $5 both times. Is this too much, not enough, or about right?
I usually tip around $3 for valet. $2 for the valet who hails my cab for me. Tip $1 per bag brought to the room. $5 for a cab. $1 per drink ordered at the bar. 20% and round up for meals. $1 for the guy at the hibachi station.
good rules of thumb.
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Take a guess how the sommelier makes his/her money. If your podunk ass doesn't even know something as basic as that, why are you trying to impress your podunk friends with $300 bottles? I'm sure they would have been perfectly happy with a bottle of Yellow Tail and some Slim Jims.
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Anyone been to other countries where tipping is not expected and minimal when it happens? Very hard not to feel guilty, but recognize you are a complete chump if you do tip.
I tip like normal in Mexico....but most places I've been in Mexico are touristy so that's prolly not unusual.
i tip pretty normal too. also, those all inclusive places that are like "tips included. don't tip". you are a dick if you don't. i mean my god, you're staying at some place that costs hundreds of dollars a night and you can't give the guy who brings you food and drinks a couple of dollars. just unbelievable.
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OK, so I go to Colorado last week to ski for three days and while I'm there I go to an outfitter's shop to rent my skis, poles, and boots. An employee has me take off my shoe to measure my feet, gets the right sized boots, and then adjusts the ski fittings to the boots, all of which took under 5 minutes. I have never heard of tipping for this sort of thing, but when they ran my credit card there was a line on there to tip if I wanted to. Employees didn't say anything about it or act like I was supposed to, but I was still kind of surprised to see it on there. I did not tip for that because I always assumed the fitting of boots is a standard part of the rental fee. Who here thinks I should have tipped?
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Doesn't matter how long it took him. How long would it have taken you? I'd probably have tipped something. Aside from the sommelier thing, I'm very pro-tip when it involves actual good service. Maybe the credit-card machines in general usually just include a spot for a tip? But I'm also not afraid to not tip when I think no tip is warranted, so that line doesn't really bother me if it shows up at a Subway or something.
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Yeah, some places just have their card machines set incorrectly or whatever. I've seen that "tip" line in some totally weird places. And you dom't tip the sommelier, he is either tipped out by the servers or paid a percentage by the restaurant.
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OK, so I go to Colorado last week to ski for three days and while I'm there I go to an outfitter's shop to rent my skis, poles, and boots. An employee has me take off my shoe to measure my feet, gets the right sized boots, and then adjusts the ski fittings to the boots, all of which took under 5 minutes. I have never heard of tipping for this sort of thing, but when they ran my credit card there was a line on there to tip if I wanted to. Employees didn't say anything about it or act like I was supposed to, but I was still kind of surprised to see it on there. I did not tip for that because I always assumed the fitting of boots is a standard part of the rental fee. Who here thinks I should have tipped?
Was he forced to touch your gross ass feet because you didn't know your boot size?
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I tip like normal in Mexico....but most places I've been in Mexico are touristy so that's prolly not unusual.
stop doing that.
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OK, so I go to Colorado last week to ski for three days and while I'm there I go to an outfitter's shop to rent my skis, poles, and boots. An employee has me take off my shoe to measure my feet, gets the right sized boots, and then adjusts the ski fittings to the boots, all of which took under 5 minutes. I have never heard of tipping for this sort of thing, but when they ran my credit card there was a line on there to tip if I wanted to. Employees didn't say anything about it or act like I was supposed to, but I was still kind of surprised to see it on there. I did not tip for that because I always assumed the fitting of boots is a standard part of the rental fee. Who here thinks I should have tipped?
Was he forced to touch your gross ass feet because you didn't know your boot size?
No, it was a measurement thing you stand on and put your heel to the back of it and he could read the size in no time. But hey, my feet aren't gross so it would not have been an issue anyway.
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OK, so I go to Colorado last week to ski for three days and while I'm there I go to an outfitter's shop to rent my skis, poles, and boots. An employee has me take off my shoe to measure my feet, gets the right sized boots, and then adjusts the ski fittings to the boots, all of which took under 5 minutes. I have never heard of tipping for this sort of thing, but when they ran my credit card there was a line on there to tip if I wanted to. Employees didn't say anything about it or act like I was supposed to, but I was still kind of surprised to see it on there. I did not tip for that because I always assumed the fitting of boots is a standard part of the rental fee. Who here thinks I should have tipped?
Was he forced to touch your gross ass feet because you didn't know your boot size?
No, it was a measurement thing you stand on and put your heel to the back of it and he could read the size in no time. But hey, my feet aren't gross so it would not have been an issue anyway.
Then I'm ok with no tip.
Also, all feet are gross.
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crap, the high school kid working at Foot Locker will measure your feet if you ask them and they don't get a tip.
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TIPS ON TIPPING
Even in a tough economy, it’s bad form to skimp on tips, say the pundits of etiquette and personal finance. For many workers, tips are part of their basic wages. “If you can’t tip properly, then you need to curtail the activity that leads to tipping,” writes Liz Pulliam Weston, online columnist for MSN Money.
Who and How Much?
Few people want to be a cheapskate. To ensure you’re not, here’s a quick guide to customary tips.
Restaurant wait staff: 15% - 20% (pretax). The latter is now standard in urban areas, business situations and nice restaurants.
Bartender: $1 minimum per mixed drink, or 15%-20% of the tab.
Buffet staff: 10% if attentive.
Pizza delivery: 15%, minimum $3 if service is good/drive is long.
General food delivery: $2 minimum.
Salon care: 15% to 20% of the total bill.
Manicurist: 15%-20%.
Taxi driver: 15%, plus $1-$2 for helping with bags.
Bellhop/skyhop: $2 first bag, $1 each additional bag.
Doorman: $1-$2 to hail a cab; same as bellhop for luggage handling.
Concierge: $5 minimum for making a reservation, $10-$20 (and up) for arranging something exceptional. No tip required for giving directions or answering questions.
Hotel maid service: $2, left daily in case the staff changes; $3-$5 daily in a deluxe hotel.
Valet: $2-$3 is standard.
Who Don’t I Pay?
Filling that tip jar at the counter is optional, especially if you pour your own coffee. Carryout service isn’t usually tipped, either—but if regular wait-staff takes time away from tables to fill your order, a 10% tip is polite. Pros outside service industries generally don’t expect tips.
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I always tip the pizza dude VERY well.