Andre Roberson Leaves a less than expected tip in ATX

It's infiltrating other countries too, this is happening more and more in Australia also.

We actually have a good pay rate for hospitality/service and a good minimum wage, yet feel we have to import this trend for some reason, despite having no tip culture to begin with...

 

What's a Best Buy worker making? $10 an hour?

 

What difference does it make if the restaurant has to increase prices? If tips are de-facto mandatory, then the true price is already higher than the listed price anyway.

You order $100 meal and pay $20 tip. Your true price is $120. If they instead just included the tip or just raised price to be $120, again your true price for the meal is $120.

The only advantage to tipping I see are IMO not legit:
1. Tax evasion
2. Not "mandatory" so patrons can leave little to no tip. If so then, no one should ever be shamed for doing so. Otherwise it's indeed "mandatory".

The fact of the matter is that it is indeed "mandatory" in the sense of you are very much expected to tip. If so then just include it in the price. And if a server is providing poor service, you can just as easily tell the owners as leaving little tip.

 

That actually is what most people would prefer. No tip. Charge higher. Pay the servers better.

If the restaurant really cares about good service, have a good complaint system to punish bad servers and reward good servers. Service should be part of why a customer choose to return or not to return to a restaurant. It's the owner's (not the customer's) responsibility and interest for quality control.

 

I don't think this is a normal tipping situation. We aren't talking about a regular $50 check at dinner.

 

When you go to a club or bar, you tip because it is the right thing to do.

He is a public figure and is very well compensated. If he didn't properly take care of his server, then that is on him.

 

Anyone ever heard of a "tip share". Its been a while but i used to work in a bar. Most bartenders are sharing their tips(at a specific percentage normally around 3-5%) with barbacks and sometimes even with someone that helps clean the bar after it closes. Also, if the bartender is reporting cash tips(credit card tips are automatically reported) then they are paying taxes on their tip as well. The bartender most likely paid to serve mr roberson after his 2.8% tip.

Tip your bartenders/waitstaff people. If you dont feel like it then eat/drink at home.

 

I went to Japan and got a coffee and a tea for my wife. I tried to leave a tip and they refused. I insisted and they again insisted that I don't.

If all they brought was a bottle, why the hell should he leave a tip relative to the price of the bottle? It's one damn bottle! Did they stand there and pour it the whole time?

I remember having a birthday party at Guadalajaras on 59 and there was 21 of us. One waiter. Not only did he handle the whole table by himself, but when we asked him to split the bill at the end he did it no problem. That man deserved a massive tip because he waited on 21 people with individual plates and beverages multiple times.

 

Totally with Andre. Just because they charged him 450 for a drink doesnt mean he needs to tip an additional 75 for the waitress to bring it to him.

 

Pizza or other food delivery guy deserves a good tip.

Reaching for a bottle, or something else that requires less than 10 seconds time, not so much.

 

Definitely more than that. Especially with minimum wage being at 11 if you are a non tipped employee.
I run a restaurant here in NyC. The restaurant industry is a rediculous industry for those who have never worked or had to run one. If people saw that mandatory price increase because it had to go to the increase of labor wages to no longer include tip trust me that restaurant will lose alot of customers. For larger parties alot of places already do include an added gratuity.
The prices on the menu are not there to rip anyone off. Restaurants try to maintain the lowest prices possible to remain attractive and competitive in the market. The restaurant's margins are usually so low that it may shock alot of people. That's why most people in the industry will tell you to never get into it. In fact 50% of new restaurants in NYC don't even make it past the first year.
Don't complain about tipping someone after signing a contract worth millions or if you are already worth millions. 0.50 cent tip for a hundred dollar something bottle... that's just disrespectful.

 

Yeah, the absolute worst wage at Best Buy is 7.25, most waiters make 2.13

If you question if a waiter deserves a tip, you're probably too broke to go out for drinks.

 

That's fine and all.

But I highly doubt Best Buy workers make much more than maybe a dollar or two over minimum wage.

 

The fact that you don't see the primary benefit in tipping is telling of how you tip.

 

I didn't say I don't tip. I just don't like the system. And no, staying home won't change the system either. Don't be naive.

If the system is ever going to change (which I highly doubt), it has to be from the top down, not from the customers. Customers will never be organized enough to make a difference even if the majority agrees. Just like we fans will never be able to change the NBA rules unless people who have the power to do something about it.

 

If you order a $100 bottle at what-a-burger, nobody would expect you to tip.

Unfortunately, the waiter serving you that bottle is WELL above the minimum pay grade. If you can't afford it, stay home.