The Definitive Guide to Tipping at Any Restaurant in America

applecruncher said:
Maybe you should learn that not everyone has to agree with you all the time. Also consolidate your comments instead of trying to increase your post count.

Learn to use ignore feature - it works quite well. Better than personal attacks.

I stand by what I said about tipping. If you disagree so be it.
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Ummm no thanks. I stand by what I said also.
 
Another SF discussion about tipping:

https://www.seniorforums.com/showthread.php/16770-Tipping-the-great-debate?highlight=tipping+debate

I thought the comments about celebrity tippers were interesting.

btw OP I agree w/you about 20% tip at McDonald's...no way. I've never known of anyone to tip fast food workers. However, when the coin change machine spits out change, sometimes people leave it or say "let someone else use it" meaning if someone is short a few cents they can have my change. Fine; I've done that myself. But the cashier puts the money aside for another customer to use if they want to. That's very different than tipping.
 

I agree that since fastfood places pay at least minimum wage there's no need to tip. Same with coffee baristas.

My mother (born in 1922) often lamented the loss of service people including restroom attendants, elevator operators, movie theater attendants, department store floor employees, and gas station attendants. She believed there were many people in this country who were extremely low-skilled due to low IQ, being recent immigrants, messing up their brains with drugs or alcohol, not prioritizing an education when they were young, or something else.

Her reasoning was that if we all paid 1% more for rent, gasoline, clothing, theater or restaurant costs, many otherwise unemployable folks could have honest work. Better to give someone a way to pay their bills and perhaps climb the ladder to better jobs than to discourage them with the belief that there is no need for their skills in our society.

I think she had something there. On the other hand, she also bemoaned women turning away from girdles (too much "jiggling" for her taste :eek:) so she and I hardly saw eye-to-eye about what was good about the good old days.
 
Keesha said:
At restaurants, generally 15 to 20%
Delivery truck drivers usually $15 to $20
When I went to hairdressers I usually tipped anywhere from $5 to $10
We never use taxi services and we also don’t usually tip when we stay at a hotel. I’m not sure why?
Perhaps it’s because I’ve never done that type of labour but did waitressing to get me through school and it was, by far, the best money I ever made.

I believe I’m a very grateful person and like to show it
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i recently went on a weekend trip with one of my daughters who spends about two weeks a month on the road for business. She tips the housekeeping staff a couple of bucks a day. She is currently into ‘being green’ in hotels, meaning no housekeeping (short says, two days or so), then she tips at the end of her stay for whoever has to clean her room. The reason, when in college, she had to train in a hotel and learned just how shitty and thankless a housekeepers job is.
 
I generally don't tip if I pay before I eat. There is a sandwich shop chain where you place your own order by checking boxes on the bag, then you pay, then you wait until your name is called and you pick up your sandwich. And they have a tip jar. Um, I don't think so. I think tips should be earned. I thought the whole point was to encourage good service.
 
RadishRose said:
Sign in a restaurant:

"Thank you for helping to pay our employees by tipping.

Otherwise, you couldn't afford to eat here.
The Mgmt. "
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I'd find the cheapskate owner, tell him/her I have no desire to eat there, and that it's their responsibility to pay employees a fair wage. Then I'd walk out and also discourage friends and relatives from eating at that restaurant.
 
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