Well, she should be banned. Servers make very little money for the amount of work they do and they deserve a tip.

Oh, whatever. Servers don't work any harder than lots of other people. Do you tip a secretary when she makes copies for you? Do you tip police men? Do you tip schoolteachers?

Well, let's be fair now. Servers are paid well below minimum wage with the understanding that they'll be making up the difference in tips. You can't really compare them to salaried workers.

Maybe they should have thought about that when they took the damn job.

I don't understand your resistance to this. Why are you so opposed to the idea of leaving 15 percent on the top of the bill to reward good service? Just think of it as part of the cost of dining out. If it's too much for you, maybe you should just eat at home.

Oh, sure. I have to stay home and eat because some waiter thinks carrying my food to the table is worth 15 percent of the bill total.

Well, maybe a waiter who only carries your food to the table isn't worth the 15 percent. Maybe you give that person a lower tip. But most waiters do a lot to make sure you're well taken care of during your meal.

That's their job, moran. But OK, if some waiter, like, refills my glass every time before I ask and sweeps away the crumbs and maybe flirts a little, OK, I'll leave an extra buck or two. But I'm not going to accept some arbitrary number as the rule. Fark that.

Fifteen percent on a $10 meal is a buck fifty. On a $20 meal it's three bucks. Are you seriously that cheap?

It has nothing to do with "cheap." I probably make more than you do, dumbass. I'm just not some drone who's going to buy into every random, arbitrary social convention because it's "how people do it."

Oh, so you're rebelling against society by not leaving tips. Is that it? How else do you rebel against society? Do you slam doors on the people walking in behind you and leave shopping carts out in the parking lot, too?

Hey, smart guy. In case you didn't know it, supermarkets hire people to collect shopping carts from parking lots. You're all worried about poor waiters making a decent living, what about the shopping cart collectors? And I bet you don't tip them either, do you?

If one brought me a cart out of the blue, I might.

Well, la-dee-da for you. Hey, I was gonna call you a dumbass right now, but I didn't. You gonna tip me for that?

I don't know why I bother talking to you. You're seriously one of the most retarded people I know.

Yeah, well, talking seriously to a retarded person sounds about par for the course for some schmuck who thinks pouring water is worth a fifteen percent tip.

For Christ's sake, we've been through that. Waiters do more than pour water. And they use their tips to pay out other people, too. The concierge, the bus boy...the tips get spread around to all the people who work the table.

You see this? You know what this is? It's the world's smallest violin playing just for the waiters.

Yeah, yeah. You're real tough guy.

And you're a real schmuck.

Cheap bastard.

Social lemming.

Fark you.

Fark you.

TravisBickle62: Tipping threads usually good for 300 posts

This might be the exception.

One place I always make sure to tip well is the golf course. My caddy can basically make or break my game, and it's usually some high school kid just trying to make enough money to take his girlfriend out or buy a car in a few years. Unfortunately, the last time I went golfing all I had were $5 and $10 bills. So instead I gave that kid some free advice from someone with a career and a salary. Even gave him a card and told him he could put in some hours interning at the office as we're behind on filing (plus, free labor, right?).

I don't think he was listening :(.

Pocket Ninja made every single comment I was thinking of making.

I'll be at my desk.

beavens: 7 "Canadian" is a restaurant slang term for a presumably bad tipper black person, i.e. "Jodie just sat six Canadians in your section, dude."

Jeez Chicago Tribune, FTFY.

I thought everyone knew this

The only good thing about merit-based tips is that it weeds out the people who have no business being wait staff. You know, like the one who brings you a salad before you get silverware or your drinks after waiting ten or fifteen minutes to even come see you, even though you're between the bar and kitchen entrances.

\did actually happen
\\it got worse from there
\\\IIRC, the bill was around $90 and change, my friend, a former waitress herself, insisted on leaving just the change
\don't think we ever saw said waitress again

steve_wmn: So, how much do you tip the "carside to go" waiter at Applebee's, or similar take out arrangements? I do about 10%, since they only do 1 or trips to the car and we're out of there in 5 minutes. Even that seems generous. I also do the same at a buffet,

Carryout or buffet= no tip. Delivery is a different story.

girljen: --A slice of the pizza I just delivered

Sorry...I didn't have any cash on me, and it was either a slice of pizza or a sexual advance...I figured the pizza slice would be far less awkward.

Zmog: Anyone got a good guide for what and how to tip? Cause I travel all over the place and I'm sure I routinely get it wrong. 10 percent is standard at home so that's what I usually chip in. Apparently 15 to 20 in the states, so there I'm a cheapo. An nil in Japan? So there I'm a condescending bastard.

Europe, 20%; Asia, 10%; Latin America(not the beach resort areas) 10%; no place in the world outside of the US do you tip a taxi.

Waiters and waitresses love J. Chick tracts. They use them as currency back at the hollow tree where they live.

AbbeySomeone: Some people just aren't cut out for it.

I get the feeling, lately, that people who shouldn't be anywhere near a restaurant for work are doing so just to cover bills because of the economy sucking. It's really obvious who has the good attitude and who just is mortified to be reduced to waitressing.

\then again, I'm the type that tries not to half-ass just because I'd rather just do it right because it's what I'm getting paid to do