Do people know how to tip a server and why they should?  

Well said.

Yeah, good quality service deserves good tip. bad quality deserves nothing. for those people who peovide us with quality service. they should be tipped fairly.

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I used to be a server at a restaurant. It was really lousy because they would never give me many tables since I was the newest employee. They paid me something like 2.15 an hour that when you get significant tables and tips it is not so bad. But since I didn't have so many tables, they'd put me to work in the back doing what the hostesses were supposed to do when business is slow (they got paid like 8 or 9 bucks). So tip your servers well, especially if they ate really really attentive.

Other employees do just as much work as the waiter/waitresses. Why not tip them as well? They took the time to make the food, to wash the dish, to furnish the table, but yet we feel only the waiter/waitress is worthy of a tip. Only if the waiter/waitress is actually getting paid less than the other workers, should the person be tipped. Complaining that a person 'should' be tipped all the time and anytime is just a strategy and traditional thing for someone trying to take more people's money. They signed up for the job with an agreed amount of pay, and the person ordered the food with an agreed amount to pay, requesting any more or less is unnecessary, the pay goes with the whole meal, including those that make the food, those that serve the food, and all other workers responsible for 'serving' the customer. Only if the person is actually being paid less, and doing an equal amount of work as the other workers should the person be tipped. And even that is questionable, as they know what they've agree upon on the application, and it actually depends on the customers satisfaction. If the person says no, then that is fine. If the person says yes, then that's his choice and his money.

The ones who server good should be giving good tips to the others.. smaller tips

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waitstaff tip out the people who help them like bus boys in a lot of restaurants, so if you don't tip you waiter/waitress then you are also hurting the people who brought you water and cleaned off your table. You should always tip, at least something.

Thanks. Good thoughts.

I agree with what you are doing. Keep it up.

Thank you. I agree.

actually speaking .. its no the calculations but the service of the server which decides his tip.

I will usually tip 10% if the service is mediocre. I tip 15 to 20 percent if its good or great service. If a server goes out of the way to be really tops, I tell them verbally, and usually mention it to the top brass. You shouldn't need a calculator...who can't calculate 10 or 20 percent? Go back to school, do no pass go, do not collect your diploma.

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I agree. A friendly waitress or waiter deserves a higher tip than one who simply does her job and that's all.

yup yur right

Sorry, both wrong.

I would like to point something out to the lame stiffers out there.

Keep in mind (at least here in the US) that servers do much more than serve, buss tables, prep salads, soup etc.. sometime wash the dishes, vacum, clean equipment, counters, set up the sald bar, fill dressings, date the containers, not to mention putting up with rude people.
Many establishment have the server TIP OUT which is to share a percentage of their tips with the bus person, or host.

Also in the U.S. the IRS collects income tax on your tips. they set the average tip rate at around 10% that is taxed weather you make that or not. so what I mean is if a server sells $200.00 in food the IRS figures they made at least 10% of that in tips. $20.00 he server is taxed on that as well as their wage.
So no tip? they still pay out to the IRS regardless.

Please remember that next time you pinch your pennies.


Oh and about the penny thing.

If you tip a server a real tip and leave a two of pennies in adition to the tip that is a signal that their service was good. One penny means not so good.

TIPS: To Insure Proper Service.

That is why you give a skycap at the airport a tip. Per bag is usually the way you figure it. This is to insure your bags are on your plane. Stiff a skycap some time. LOL... and they make a GREAT wage compared to servers.


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I agree, there are times that poor service may not totally be the fault of the server.

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heh, I don't really work IN a restaurant, but I do deliver pizzas for pizza hut. In the last month, I've been stiffed (no tip at all) more than 5 times. I am always polite and haven't been late for a long time. I have also heard stories of Pizza delivery drivers getting stabbed and shot while doing their jobs frequently in different parts of the country. I'm only working to try and help pay for college, and every delivery takes gas and puts wear and tear on the car (not to mention they tax all of your tips and deduct it from your paycheck). I mean c'mon people, I'll take 2 or 3 bucks on a $40 order, but a stiff....delivery drivers have to drive through dark neighborhoods at night looking for your address, and sort of risk their own lives. At 5.15 an hour paycheck (which really just covers wear & tear on the car and some of the gas), the only real money you make is from tips. On the other hand, waiters seem to have a harder job as they interact with their guests numerous times and tend to whatever they need vs. me dropping off a pizza and returning to the store to do dishes. Therefore, I agree with the 15% for waiters, its only fair.

I agree with you. You deserve your tips.

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