Tipping

[Salty]

LOL - I don't worry too much. I get 3 haircuts a year and a pedicure about 4 times a year and two of those are always birthday/Mother's Day gifts.

Good Save Ann! :thumbsup:


BTW, I mentioned the topic of this thread to someone I know, and their response: "Then don’t go eat where you get served if you cannot afford it. If I owned the restaurant and knew someone did not intend to tip my servers I would not let them in to begin with."

 

[Gina B]

Tipping amount depends on the service and the amount of the check. If the check is low, as in we just went to sit down for coffee, then the tip is going to be as much as if we had a full meal, since we still took the space and time.

I worked as a waitress and there were times when I made well under minimum wage, but still had to pay taxes on full wage. It's the law. Dumbest thing ever...our boss finally just started paying everyone minimum wage.
It's not a bad gig IF you get good shifts and know when to work. I had times when I made $100 an hour after I'd been there a while and had first choice of days, hours and sections. It would be nice to have that kind of energy now! :laugh:

Having been there and knowing that a waiter or waitress might make $100 one day and then less than $20 for the next four days, I have to tip, and do it well.

One moment I'll never forget is when I came up short on cash for the tip. It was HORRIBLE! I used to occasionally do stuff like go have coffee and leave a $20 tip, so I was NOT trying to be cheap, and I GOT CAUGHT! I felt really bad and just tried to leave asap after the check, and the owner actually came out into the parking lot and yelled at me that I wouldn't get service again if I wasn't going to tip her workers. I felt awful, but I was also very glad to know those workers had a boss who would stand up for them. I explained what happened and let her know her waitress would be tipped the next day after I stopped at the bank.

But of all the people to get yelled at for not tipping...I couldn't believe it was me. I've always detested the non-tippers, and then I was one of them.

Some of the worst were the Amish. They would come in and leave no tip, but be very needy. A few seemed to realize this wasn't getting them very good service, so they started tipping, and tipping well. Trust me...the servers remember you, and give service accordingly. Tipping poor and tipping well may make the difference in whether your drink is stirred with a finger or a spoon. :tonofbricks:

 

[Alcott]

A $3.50 haircut?? What decade do you live in? Our local barber shop is $13 for both young and old (and that's a good price).

That reminds me of when I was a kid in the 60's that $1.25 seemed to be the standard haircut price around here. In the 70's it started moving up rapidly... $2...$2.50... and then I went 3 years without going to a barber shop, wearing hair long and only cutting it myself. So in the early 80's I started wearing it shorter, which necessitated better cutting, and the guy I settled on charged $3.75, the cheapest around then. I stayed with him for about 17 years until he retired, and he had gone up to $9 by then. Then about 2000, believe it or not, I discovered a shop where the man who ran it by himself charged $6. He had pictures on the walls of an aircraft carrier, but I didn't know until the local paper ran an article about him that he had been a gunner in WWII and started that shop after getting a loan in 1946. Apparently he continued to run that shop in his 80's because he didn't know what else he would do. But then there was another article about him being robbed by a teenage girl who came in and demanded money; he probably had little there, but he refused, she knocked him down and found a few dollars. She was convicted, the article said. But that seemed to be what finally persuaded him to close it up. So for the last 5 years I have tried others, all of which charged $12, and now $14, losing their $2 tip from me. I don't think everything has gone up 11-fold in 45 years. And I never knew anyone to tip a barber around here until about 25 years ago.

 

[Salty]

..., all of which charged $12, and now $14, losing their $2 tip from me. I don't think everything has gone up 11-fold in 45 years. And I never knew anyone to tip a barber around here until about 25 years ago.

The problem with your figuring is the low price to begin with. if that first haircut was $1.50, then the price would have only increcased 9 fold., which would be a 35% reduction in the price.

This past Christmas, I gave my Barber a $25 bonus

 

[annsni]

A $3.50 haircut?? What decade do you live in? Our local barber shop is $13 for both young and old (and that's a good price).

Yeah, can you believe it? He's not up on all of the newest hair fashions but he does a decent regular man's haircut and always does a buzz cut just fine. NO place else around is it $3.50 - or even under $10!

 

[rbell]

typically resturant servers are about the only ones tipped here, and generally most people tip $1. to $5. depending on how good the service and how many at the table, if theres several each couple will tip. I pay too much for the food in the first place, and they deceided to take a job paying $2.25 hour, this is the amount of money they agreed to be paid for serving customers.

Wow.

I hope waiters/servers don't have too many of this type customer. They'll starve.

IMHO this isn't a good approach to this issue at all.

 

[Alcott]

The problem with your figuring is the low price to begin with. if that first haircut was $1.50, then the price would have only increcased 9 fold., which would be a 35% reduction in the price.

This past Christmas, I gave my Barber a $25 bonus

The "first" cut was $1.25, as I said, so 11-fold is correct. A little algebra seems to indicate you're saying costs have risen 14-fold in 45 years, so that a $1.50 haircut would be $21 to be comparable. Right? If so, I don't see that but in a few things. I remember 33 cents was the standard cost of a loaf of bread-- it is not now $4.62. On the other hand, things which have come up in trends in that time may have increased 14-fold... like a Box seat the Astrodome was $3.50; at Minute Maid Park, I don't know for sure, but most are probably more than $49. Nevertheless, I think my 11 is closer than your 14. Do you have the numbers to verify it?

 

[SaggyWoman]

I hate eating out with my brother in law. We went to a seafood buffet at Myrtle Beach once. It was about 25 dollars to eat there and he only left a dollar tip. I wanted to kick his uttbay.

 

[annsni]

I hate eating out with my brother in law. We went to a seafood buffet at Myrtle Beach once. It was about 25 dollars to eat there and he only left a dollar tip. I wanted to kick his uttbay.

That's where I'll say when we leave: "Oh! I forgot something at the table! I'll meet you outside!" then run back and toss a few more dollars on the table.

 

[annsni]

I pay too much for the food in the first place, and they deceided to take a job paying $2.25 hour, this is the amount of money they agreed to be paid for serving customers.

They agreed to take the job knowing that the vast majority of their money is given in tips. It's been the industry standard for years.

We shouldn't have to pay for the food and the person to set it down on ur table, expecially since in most resturants thats the only time we'll see the server.

Why not? You pay for the food and you pay for the service. Don't want to pay for the service? Go to McDonalds or Wendys.

Honestly, did you know that there are many waiters and waitresses who hate Christian customers? That's because Christians typically don't tip or tip too little. When we go out to a restaurant (rarely), we prefer to be a living sacrifice holy and pleasing to God and give up a few extra dollars to show that being a Christian doesn't mean that we're mean. Back when we had money and used to go to a few places regularly, we developed relationships with the wait staff and were able to witness to them without having provided a hostile relationship. In some cases, they were single moms who were trying to make a better life for their kids and the few extra dollars meant a lot to them. So what kind of Jesus are we showing to the world? The cheap one or the generous one?

 

[mcdirector]

usually 20% for restaurants.

10% for the gal that cuts my hair and a Christmas gift.

I have given the mailman a Christmas gift and/or tip in years when eBay has been busy for me. He is such a helpful guy!

 

[Carolina Baptist]

When you have a group of 8 or more, many resturaunts add a "gratuity" to the bill. I have found that about 1/3 to 1/2 of the time, we get poor service because the waitstaff already knows that the tip will be.

 

[Gwen]

I tip 15% at restaurants, unless the service is really bad. I've never not left a tip at all, altho I've had some really bad service. Once I ordered fish with mango salsa and it arrived RAW--there were ice crystals still in the fish!! Of course, I didn't have to pay for my meal, and they gave me coupons for a free meal for the next time. But I never went back. LOL

 

[FriendofSpurgeon]

They agreed to take the job knowing that the vast majority of their money is given in tips. It's been the industry standard for years.



Why not? You pay for the food and you pay for the service. Don't want to pay for the service? Go to McDonalds or Wendys.

Honestly, did you know that there are many waiters and waitresses who hate Christian customers? That's because Christians typically don't tip or tip too little. When we go out to a restaurant (rarely), we prefer to be a living sacrifice holy and pleasing to God and give up a few extra dollars to show that being a Christian doesn't mean that we're mean. Back when we had money and used to go to a few places regularly, we developed relationships with the wait staff and were able to witness to them without having provided a hostile relationship. In some cases, they were single moms who were trying to make a better life for their kids and the few extra dollars meant a lot to them. So what kind of Jesus are we showing to the world? The cheap one or the generous one?

A friend of mine used to wait tables when he was in college. Even as a Christian, he didn't like to have Christian customers. Sad, eh?

 

[Gwen]

A friend of mine used to wait tables when he was in college. Even as a Christian, he didn't like to have Christian customers. Sad, eh?

I've heard that, too...worse than not leaving a tip at all is just leaving a Gospel Tract. So tacky.

 

[Salty]

I've heard that, too...worse than not leaving a tip at all is just leaving a Gospel Tract. So tacky.

I read in a "Dear Abby" column many years ago that a Christian couple said they always left a gospel tract - but no tip. They saved up the tips over the years, and then spent a wonderful vacation in Hawaii :tear:

 

[StefanM]

If you leave a tract, you better leave a good tip, too.

 

[Jim1999]

Remember, tipping is for the table service you receive and not the cooking. Can't fault the delivery boy for the bad news is the news rag.

Cheers,

Jim

 

[Salty]

Here in NY, there is talk about bringing waitresses up to regular minium wage.
If that happens, would you still tip the same %?

 

[annsni]

Here in NY, there is talk about bringing waitresses up to regular minium wage.
If that happens, would you still tip the same %?

No. I believe tipping for waitresses was to make up the salary that they did not get in hourly pay. I will still tip but certainly not the 20-25% that I normally do.