do you tip them? Do you base it on their preformance or do you just have a set tip rate and always follow it?  I am just trying to get an idea on what the general habbits of people are with tipping, if it is possible try to include you country :) thanx :)
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You bet your darn right I base it on performance!!! If they are simply courteous, I give them average tips. And sometimes none. Sorry, but it is your job, you chose to work here, and if you are having a bad life, hate working with customers, or can't remember the orders that you took, get another job. \nSo yes, I certainly do expect them to do their job before they get their tips. And yes, I am sure it is a pain to deal with crappy customers and have the cook give you the orders incorrectly, but considering many of the hard jobs out there, this is EASY work, compared to much of what is being offered out there, and I believe you should have outstanding people skills and the working ability to perform the job you do to earn your tips.\nDon't get me wrong, I usually always make a very easy customer, and have worked in customer service for years, but I believe you should work hard at what you do, no matter what you do. And thats why anyone should get their paycheck!\nCalifornia, USA
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I think that some people don't really understand that wait staff work for tips, and that tips aren't just "extra" money but that employers count tips toward salary for wait staff. So, some folks are ignorant about how this system works.\n\nOthers know how the system works but do not agree with it. They then "stiff" wait staff because they don't think that they should have to pay wait staff directly.\n\nSome folks are just cheap, plain cheap.
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Hi, I've used aceinfo for quite some time. Like all tipsters they do have the occassional bad run, but on the whole they are the best I've used.... And I've used alot!\n\nThis last couple of weeks have been superb.\n\nAiden seems a genuinely nice guy too.\n\nHope this helps.
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Tipping has been around since the beginning of time.... As for $2.13, that was raised from $2.09 in 1998.
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I am sure they are making racial comments. To be honest, they are that way they are because they never put them self in the other person’s shoe. Can you think of one thing a black race in this country did to you that make you say it was not worth getting their 400 years off free labor. Have you ever heard the saying "don't judge a man till you walk a mile in his shoe." Most blacks do not tip good because they do not have that much to spare. \n\nIf it makes you feel better, I am as black as it gets, and I usually tip between 30-40%; because I once worked as a waiter to put myself through school. \n\nIn now days am seeing more and more blacks in the professional work places and universities. That means there is a higher level of hope in the future; they will be able to tip well.
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Anywhere that the worker isn't providing any kind of exceptional or quality customer service (ie, being friendly, attentive and helpful from the get-go) Especially if that person is making a regular wage (not server/waitress wages)\n\nIt's tough because I've worked plenty of crummy counter service and retail jobs where a tip now and then might have made up for the way I was often treated by customers despite bending over backwards to do a good job. \n\nA tip JAR doesn't really bother me, because it's kind of an afterthought, and I don't feel guilty passing it up.  What does bother me is that tip LINE on the credit card receipt practically everywhere. I tipped someone for a *pick-up* pizza the other night just because the line was there and I felt guilty leaving it blank.  That's ridiculous.
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Well,I do but when you really think about it,it depends,because you know they get paid doing that so some people don't leave tips but some of them get paid but just a lil bit so people leave a tip just for extra it just depends if you want to leave tips or not for some sort of reason.
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Sometimes you don't want to tip because the server gave you almost no service.Heres your seat ,what do you want to order,here it is and then put the check down.......What happend to may I get you something else..would you like your food  boxed. you know the service part...Then you see a post like this one.must be from the one who did not give you the service as it seems alittle short..IE.( get a job as a server making $2.13 per hour for 1 week and ask this question again.) ...........Tipping is by the service given..If you took that job "wait person" . So smile and give service like you would want given you.Then you'll get a TIP
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I used to work in the service and i know what you are talking about.  So i ALWAYS tip 20% and higher.
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Well, somehow I doube she lost her job over just one complaint unless her boss is a total jerk. Sometimes events like this are just the tipping point. Besides, since when do people get to choose their waiter? Since when does a boss not take their own employee's say into things? I'd keep these questions to myself, but then look a little deeper.
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sheer policy madness.\ntipping should not be an obligation, but I wonder whether it is good on part of employers to ban tipping.
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Ignore them Sweety; if you wanna make money! You can tell 1 or 2, at most, that you can't there are others who need you also! You can also say, "these guys are bigger tippers!" You have to decide what's more important being waitress #1 or dollars! Good luck Sweety! I'm probably gonna regret saying this <shrug>\n\nhttp://www.willyblues.com/
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Chances are they do know what the correct amount to tip is and they are just lame. Confronting them could be a wrong move because they may never leave a tip again. That is true that your boss might fire you if he found out you confronted them during your working hours. If they truely are your friends then maybe it is something that you could discuss with them when you are not at work. Unfortunately sometimes we just don't get our just thanks.
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Make the people feel important (I waited tables before).\n\nRemember what they usually order to drink when they are repeat customers, and have their table ready when they walk in the door (you watch the parking lot for people you know, if possible, or watch when they come in.\n\nMake sure you leave one table not cleaned, so that people can see that a tip is on that table.  That way, they see that tipping is expected (even if you have to put an empty drink on a table and throw your own money on the table next to the glass).\n\nBeing charming helps a lot.  Women get better tips than guys, just because they are female.
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I asked a friend that very same question a couple years ago b/c I noticed that sometimes her sister would tip and sometimes wouldn't regardless of what type of service we rec.'d.  If I realized she wasn't going to tip that night, when her back was turned, I would pay her tip w/out saying anything--just b/c I have always been taught that you pay tip if you go to a restaurant that has servers.  My friend's reply was that she disagreed w/ her sister's philosopy but, her sister's idea was that not everybody had the money to be able to afford to pay tip every time and so, if she had it that night, she'd pay it.  I was absolutely stunned.  I replied that I had always been taught, if you can't afford the meal and the tip both then, it was obvious that you couldn't afford to eat at that type of restaurant and you went to somewhere else like McD's or Taco Bell or something...or do w/out.  It amazes me how some people try to justify things like that.  Fortunately, my friend disagreed w/ her sister's thinking.  I at that point told her what I believed and let her know that I had many times "covered" her sister's "missing" tip in the past...I think she must have told her sister b/c to my knowledge, she's been paying her tip ever since, whenever we've all 3 been out to eat...
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It depends, but most public servants are not allowed to take money from those they are helping because it is a conflict of interest.\nIt can be misconstrued that they got good service and will continue to get good service only if they "tip" you.
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Never heard of it, but used many others.\n\nMy friend, do not trust tipsters. Think!  If they could find winners so easily, why are they not on the French Riviera with a blond on each arm?