How well do you tip?

[Weebs]

My wife and I have frequented many diners over the years.

You'd think she'd hate diners given that she has been a waitress since forever. Still it just seems
to be our favorite stop when were out doing errands or just getting lost on the bike. The food is
usually good, the staff works on tips so they are usually very friendly, and we're just drawn to the laid back atmosphere.

My wife has a formula for leaving a tip based on your parties # of people, amout of bill, and what not. I am not
there to do math. I usually drop a $5 for my wife and I. Maybe a bit more for when the kids are along and etc.

I remember a few years back we stopped at a diner in Red Bank NJ, coming back from the shore. We finished our food,
but had no smaller bills to leave the tip. We proceeded to the cash register with intent to get change for the tip, when all
hell broke loose.

Our waitress upon seeing no tip at the table met us at the cash register to tear into us for not leaving a tip. She created
quite a scene citing how her service was perfect, and how she works on tips, and can't survive if she keeps getting stiffed.

I thought my wife was gonna kill the girl. I explained that we had no change, and I meant to go back to the table with a tip.

I held up the five dollar bill, folded it into my pocket, and left not saying another word. My wife says the girl must be new,
and really needs to get straightened out. I believe that was the first and last time I ever stiffed a waitress. (not including the wife)

However ... to this day when we have no change, one of us stays at the table while the other gets the change for the tip.

Whats your tipping style/proceedure/formula?

 

[pjbleek]

I use an app on my phone....

and still two dollars more than it says to leave

 

[acctnt shan]

I usually do the rough estimate of 20% (10% * 2 in my head), then round down to the nearest dollar or so if service was average, round up and occasionally add a little if it was good. But if service is horrendous, I don't hesitate to tip closer to 10%. I've never, ever stiffed a waitress.

 

[Abcinthia]

I tip 10% if the serivce was good. It the service was great and I am drunk, I tip a lot more.

If the service isn't good, I do not tip at all.

If I had no money for a tip but the service was good, I tip more the next time I go (but only if I get the same waitress/waiter).

 

[Springsteen]

If they're polite, courteous and the food is good, they get tipped. If not, they don't. I don't have a set amount, whatever I want.

 

[Panacea]

I usually do the rough estimate of 20% (10% * 2 in my head), then round down to the nearest dollar or so if service was average, round up and occasionally add a little if it was good. But if service is horrendous, I don't hesitate to tip closer to 10%. I've never, ever stiffed a waitress.

Same here, the math is easy for me on 20% so I inch it up or down based on service, from there.

 

[Kyle B]

I love eating breakfast at diners, they're awesome. Nothing beats an omelet with hash browns and toast. :thumbup

I usually just tip a little more than 10%, just because it's easier to calculate. I've heard that tipping is now 20%, but that's a bit too much in my opinion. I mean seriously, I'm paying for the food, not the waitress. Lower your prices and I'll tip more or....gasp...pay your workers decent wages. I know, crazy idea.

The whole tipping culture with restaurants is a pet peeve of mine.

 

[Panacea]

I left a hair salon because they brought in shampoo people and expected tips.
So let me get this straight...you cut, color, and style my hair, I fork over a ton of cash in tips for you because your services are expensive, then you expect me to tip your slave who washes my hair when you were the one who did it last time I was here??

You can share your tip with her.

I was so annoyed.

 

[pjbleek]

I left a hair salon because they brought in shampoo people and expected tips.
So let me get this straight...you cut, color, and style my hair, I fork over a ton of cash in tips for you because your services are expensive, then you expect me to tip your slave who washes my hair when you were the one who did it last time I was here??

You can share your tip with her.

I was so annoyed.

that's like when you go to a resturant and a gang of waiters/waitresses join in the fray, you would hope the tips are shared at that point.

 

[HK]

I tip at the hairdressers, usually by rounding up whatever they charged me.


Meals out, depends on the service. Tipping isn't as expected over here, so I don't tip automatically. The last meal I had out, the food was pretty meh and the service was rubbish, so I didn't. If it's good, I do.


I have no idea why, but I used to tip cab drivers. Until I realised it was expensive enough as it is

 

[Panacea]

It's quite ridiculous!

 

[freakofnature]

I worked as a waitress in my home town for a few months. I was lucky to make $10 on a shift. It was a combination of my lack of skills and being in a cheap town. Waitressing is a hard job and I remember how lousy it felt to not get tips so I tend to tip on the high side.

 

[Jezzebelle]

20-25%... if the bill is cheaper, than usually more. Like if I go somewhere after work and get 2 drinks and it's $10, I'll leave $15-$20. I made my living off bartending for 5 years and I loved my good tippers, and gave them free drinks/more drinkes/drink specials, plus just got to know them as people (many came to my wedding, baby shower, etc). I often sit at the bar for this reason when I go to restaurants too, I just appericate and understand the service.

 

[TGLucario475]

I never really tip, as I never go to restruants but when I do then I always give good reccommendations if I enjoyed it. It's not that I won't tip, I just don't carry any cash on me.

 

[dancingpotato]

It really depends on what I have bought, how good the service is and if I think they are worthy of a tip.

I will leave a generous tip if the service has been above average but I won't hesitate to leave nothing if the service was shocking.

 

[Weebs]

I usually do the rough estimate of 20% (10% * 2 in my head), then round down to the nearest dollar or so if service was average, round up and occasionally add a little if it was good. But if service is horrendous, I don't hesitate to tip closer to 10%. I've never, ever stiffed a waitress.

Heh... that's a bit too much work for me... I leave em what I honestly feel they would appreciate finding on the table.

I left a hair salon because they brought in shampoo people and expected tips.
So let me get this straight...you cut, color, and style my hair, I fork over a ton of cash in tips for you because your services are expensive, then you expect me to tip your slave who washes my hair when you were the one who did it last time I was here??

You can share your tip with her.

I was so annoyed.

My wife had that same issue with a dishwasher. She was instructed to share her tips with the dishwasher 5 or 10% I think. She gave notice, and they changed the policy so she would stay.

I worked as a waitress in my home town for a few months. I was lucky to make $10 on a shift. It was a combination of my lack of skills and being in a cheap town. Waitressing is a hard job and I remember how lousy it felt to not get tips so I tend to tip on the high side.

As an average I would say "working people" tend to tip "working people" more. The "well to do" In a high class establishment tend to tip less. My wife works in a small coffee shop in a small town. She averages about $150 a day
for 7-8 hour shifts. Good money but no bennies or paid vacations. Getting a day off is also a pain since there are only 4 waitresses in the whole place.

 

[acctnt shan]

Like if I go somewhere after work and get 2 drinks and it's $10

Ugh you're lucky if you can get 2 beers for $10 in Boston... cocktails, not even close

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But the taxi cab thing kind of annoys me. I don't mind giving the guy a couple bucks if his cab was clean & well taken care of, if he opened the door for me/helped with my bags, if he got me to my destination in record time, or if he was pleasant to chat with on the drive. BUT cab drivers have come to expect tips in Boston, and it's quite absurd given the cost. I had a cab driver once give me attitude because I "only" gave him $2 on a $20 cab ride. I wish I could have taken the tip back completely.

 

[acctnt shan]

As an average I would say "working people" tend to tip "working people" more. The "well to do" In a high class establishment tend to tip less.

Really? My dad is pretty well off, and if a waiter/waitress is smart enough to shmooze him and laugh at his jokes, they'll walk away with a 30-40% tip... hell, I've seen him tip 50% before when a cute waitress joked & flirted back

 

[dancingpotato]

I don't tip hairdressers or cab drivers. The price of taxi's here is extortionate as it is. Although in taxi's I usually round it up to the nearest 50 as it's easier for getting or giving change.

 

[satinbutterfly]

I usually tip between 15-20% for pretty much everything. However if the service is poor I'll only leave a dollar no matter how much the meal/service was. If you're in the service industry you'd better be good at what you do. I'm not going to pay extra for shitty service.