How much do you generally tip ?

Idk why he has to do all that with the credit card transactions.. But waiters usually give their bussers something because the faster a busser clears the table, the faster the waiter can get another family or whoever at that table. So you can say the waiter and busser generally have a decent relationship if they wanna make money..

Now if your buser takes forever to clean a table, then obviously you wont give him much.. But like the other day I went to a restaraunt and the busser was doing a great job and the waiter just went ahead and gave him the tip he earned from that table..

I do feel for waiters though becauee there are some low people who dont leave good tips and that sucks..

 

When I go out with my girlfriend, our tab is generally $30-50. We're both vegetarians and we don't drink, so it's hard to run up a tab. On $50, a 15% tip would be $7.50. A 25% tip would be $12.50. So on my highest tab, we're talking about a difference of $5. There's not any better way I'm going to spend $5.

 

this... as far as credit card transactions ya i guess our owners are cheap..

 

20% + how hot the waitress look :grin:

 

Canadian?

 

15% and up, unless the service is downright terrible. I've only tipped less on a couple of occasions in my life. Usually it's more like 20%.

I figure if you can afford to go to a sit-down restaurant and pay for food, you can afford to leave at least 15%. A few dollars is not going to break you at that point - if you don't have the money, don't go out to eat in the first place.

 

If you don't mind me asking, how often do you eat out at restaurants? In the course of a month, how much would you say you spend on restaurant tips?

I think I'd tip much more generously if I cut down on my trips to restaurants.

 

Eat out? Maybe four or five times a month. I usually get takeout and, when I do, I usually tip $2.

 

If you don't mind me saying so, your main expense if you eat out a lot is food and drink, not tips. The difference between 15 and 20 and 25% is just not a very big deal (especially if you're already able to drop the much larger amount for the base bill) and it has the ability to make someone happy who is working a crappy job and is underpaid to do it. Actually, one of the main reasons I tip on the higher end is to help make up for those who don't.

 

And, anyway, as my hero Herman Brood said, "I don't collect money; I collect beautiful moments."

 

When y'all get the food to go, how many actually tip for that? How about in places where it is similar to a cafeteria and you choose what food they give you, do you leave a tip here?

I generally only tip when eating in a restaurant but I don't understand why I have tip in the situations mentioned above as well because it makes me feel guilty when I get to the end of the line and they have a tip jar there and I don't leave anything.

 

What makes it a crappy job? How much do you think a waiter should be paid (assuming tipping was eliminated)?

 

Generally I tip 10%ish for takeout at a decent restaurant.