You know who I hate, the guy in the men's room at bars. Especially the one at regular old bars. I was at Brian Oneils last week and there was a guy in there at 6:30pm. I mean the sun was still out and he had all his stuff set up. If I uses his cologne, grab a stick of gum or whatever, of course I give him a buck. Sometimes I will give them a buck at a nicer place the first time and not the rest of the night. But I hate the idea of feeling obligated to give a guy a dollar for pumping soap into my hands and handing me paper towels. The bathroom attendant is a complete annoyance. I mean a real bathroom attendant makes sure the toilets are flushed and that there is not any paper towels on the floor. Not sit on a stool and squirt soap.
seriously!! ok, i don't hate the guy. but i'm like, "buddy, i'm takin' a leak and i'm gonna wash my hands. you handed me a towel. i'm not pulling out my wallet for that!" man, i'm a jackass. i really try to be generous with my money...but the expectation of a tip for something like that makes it difficult!
Just an FYI (to everyone), most waitstaff have to give 5% of their tips to the busboys, so if you only give a 10% tip, you really just gave them 5% (I mean 5% in the sense of 20%...15% waiter, 5% busboy and so on)
yea, they are the worst. i frequent the restroom alot when i drink. so it's always awkward when i see them. usually, i'll drop a couple of bucks the first time. after that, he's pretty much sol. what's the reason for having them in there? do the bars pay them too?
I hate the whole concept of tipping. But, the worst is tipping barbers. In most tipping situations, you are buying a product and tipping for service. You go to a restaurant and buy food and tip for the guy who brings it to you. At a barber, there is no product, only a service. So, I buy a service and then tip for the same service? That's dumb. I usually do tip anyway to avoid being a pariah, but it ain't cool.
#1: Always tip your bartender. #2: Open your tab with a card, and let them know you're paying cash at the end, then pay 20%. Or buy drinks 2 at a time. That'll save you some tipping cash and not make you look bad.
I never tip on to-go orders. I spend 30 seconds with the to-go server, and I can't ensure that they did a quality job until I get home. They don't take and fill any drink orders. They didn't deliver the food. Why tip? Besides, I thought most restaurants paid their to-go server hostess wages and tip share? I don't feel guilty not tipping anyone who isn't making waitstaff wages. All the tipping does is encourage a greater sense of entitlement in waitstaff, which I can't stand. I've been followed by waiters out of restaurants and yelled at for not tipping on bad service. How the hell does the system work if tips are obligatory?
That's funny. I didn't 5% when I worked as a busboy at age 16. Regardless, they will get what they get. I'm not out to jip anyone.
Of course, I know what a check card is. The fact that it's so convenient is what helps us go over our budget. By taking out a set amount of cash and having no way to get more helps us stay within budget. I just don't understand why I should feel the need to tip a bartender between 33-50% because they popped open a bottle. Especially when I'm typically waiting there 10 times the amount of time it takes for them to do that. The only reason I want to tell them is so they'll know I'm not stiffing them. If they want to be assholes about it and not serve me, I'm sure their manager would like to know.
How is saying I'm going to tip one big amount after my last beer equivalent to me being not likely to tip? Other than Rachel at Triple Crown, bartenders suck anyway. I rarely get one that doesn't act like I'm putting them out when asking them to pop open a beer.
Why? I mean all they did was drive. They probably didn't even pack it up. Why are they more worthy of a tip? I understand that they have a carry-out desk. Geez. All restaurants do. Order a meal from there to-go, then open it up and compare it to chinese take-out. If you don't see a difference in the level of effort that went into each, I don't know what else to say. To me it's worth at least a dollar or so usually. You driving there is irrelevant when comparing a take-out person to a waiter. You are aware ...
i usually tip 20% at most places but i dont tip at a fast food or drive thru. there has only been once where i havent tipped at a sports bar because the waitress ignored me and my friends for over 45 minutes as she walked by us several times to attend to the larger party next to us. we asked he nicely if she could take our orders and she ignored us and walked away. the only way we were able to eat that night was because i had a bus boy take down our orders. I tipped him, but not her. Then on top of that she tried to add-on a tip to my credit card i called the bank and sports bar and let them know so i wasnt charged a thing that night for the meal thanks to the sports bar manager being nice.
I've got a question for Asians and Asian food lovers.... How much do you tip when you have dim-sum? --You get food from several different people pushing carts --You get seated by one person, brought beverages by another This has always confused me.
I like Papa John's pizza a lot (do they have these in Houston now), but they've started adding a delivery fee, which pisses me off. Now I feel obligated to tip on top of the delivery fee, because I don't know how this gets distributed to the drivers. And you don't want to get in bad with anyone who is handling your food.
I'm a pretty good tipper but one place I have never tipped - hotels. Of course I use the room safe to lock up my toothbrush...
Umm....I'm sure they hear that all the time from people who don't actually leave a tip. Granted you may leave one its not highly likely to happen. It's like selling girls scout cookies. You ask them if they wanna buy a box of cookies, and they say I'll get them on the way out. But 9 times outta 10, when they come outta the store they tell you "oh I don't have anymore money or the just ignore you. So since it happens so frequently, when some one say's I'll do it on the way out you just ignore it because it doesn't ever really happen.
