How much do you tip and why?

els

I am a waitress at a pizzeria/Italian restaurant. Overall I get really good tips but sometimes it seems like the customers are going to tip a certain amount no matter what I do. I can totally screw up a table and still get a great tip and other tables I give perfect service to and get a lousy tip. So my question is; How much do you tip for poor, good or outstanding service? What things does the server do that make you tip more or less? Do you tip to make yourself feel good or the server? els; of the gotta make lots of money class.

drwtsn32

I usually tip 20% unless the service was just horrendous (which is rare). I sometimes tip 25% if the service was exceptional.

Gopher

Doesn't the word TIP stand for "To Insure Promptness"?? That's the main reason I tip, to help reward prompt and courteous service. I especially expect the server to be a good communicator, able to help people of different ages and personality types. If I report that the food is sub-standard, I expect help in resolving the matter.

I usually tip 15%, sometimes 20% if the service is really good. If the service is not that good I'll only tip 10%, if the service is nonexistent the tip will be too.

shamus

15-20 %. I live in Canada too, eh? In my igloo, so remember that things differe from country to country... eh?

Aztec

I usually tip about 20-25%. I can't bring myself to stiff someone no matter how bad the service was. I'm too much of a softy cause I used to wait tables myself and know how hard it is. ~Aztec :)

onacruse

20%...15% even if service was bad.

I'd last for maybe 2 hours as a waiter. The first beanhead customer that gave me crap, I'd tell him to take a leap off the high side of a tall bridge...

But then, I'd probably not get a tip. LOL

Craig

riz

I am a waiter/waitress's dream. I was there for many years and I know how hard it is and how badly it sucks.

Even if the service isn't the greatest- they probably just dealt with a huge table of drunken assholes who didn't tip so I give them the benefit of the doubt and tip them well anyway.

caligirl

15% for average, 20% if it is good service, higher if I think the person has gone the extra mile. I have tipped 25 - 30 % for outstanding service before. VERY RARELY have I left a smaller than 15% tip - the service has to be REALLY atrocious for that to happen. With rare exception, I will tip at least the 15% even if I think the service wasn't great because I know that the person waiting on me relies on the tips for their living. It is a tough job, and my hat is off to anyone who waits on others for a living, Persoanlly I'd probably be spitting in people's drinks if they were rude to me so it is a good thing that I have never been a waitress and never will be for the simple reason that I lack the patience. I think that some people are cheap and may be under the mistaken impression that waitstaff make minimum wage in addition to their tips or something like that - but you are right - with some people it doesn't matter what you do, they are born lousy tippers.

I have only once in my life left without leaving a tip - we ordered and 45 minutes later, the waitress had still not been seen again to so much as refill our drinks, or tell us that our food would be out soon or provide an explanation for the wait. My 6 year old was in tears because he was so hungry. When the food came, it was cold. (We had ordered pancakes for 2 of us and a tuna melt - nothing at all complicated and it was not even busy - I would say that they were at 1/3 - 1/2 capacity, and 3 parties that came in after us who had been seated at another servers station had ordered and received their food and were preparing to leave before we even saw our food.) So in that one case, I felt that I could not find the slightest excuse to justify leaving this girl a tip.

StinkyPantz

I tip anywhere from 10% to 50%, but that because I also wait tables so I totally understand what the person is going through. I've been tipped over a 100% before, so I don't think me tipping 30% or 40% is a big deal.

Gopher

This reminds me that JW's sometimes had to be reminded to tip their servers. It seemed that with each year's Kingdom Ministry about "how to behave" at the yearly district snooze-fest, they also had to remind the dubs to give proper tips.

Which leads me to this joke:

Q: WHAT"S THE DIFFERENCE between a canoe and a Jehovah's Witness?

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A: A canoe can tip.

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