Tipping

[DaithioDell]

I'm not debating for my sake. I make my money just fine.

I guess you missed the part when I said I worked fast food.

Gotta agree with Third Rock. But then again...John Lithgow is, in fact, a genius.

 

[gRaViJa]

Here in Belgium it's a custom to give tips when you had a good and friendly waiter. If the waiters don't get a lot of tips he knows he's doing something wrong. Btw, tips here are really small, like 1 or 2 euros.

 

[Kain H.]

I'm a shift manager of a pizza place, and our drivers are paid 2 dollars less then ohios min. wage. When we take an order for delivery, we add a extra two dollars to the price, referred to as the Delivery Charge.  This is to help our drivers cost of fuel, repairs to their cars, etc etc. This is NOT tip, contrary to the 5 customers in the 2 years I've worked there claim it is. Yes, if a driver takes 2 deliveries an hour, he does make more money minimum wage here, but he also has to pay for gas used that day, or things of that nature.

The area I live in, and where I work, is possibly full of the worst kind of people ever. Rude, arrogant, uneducated people. Rednecks in a northern state? Yes. Some people tip more, some don't tip much, and some don't tip at all.
If a customer's order comes to 15.49, which is  large 1 item pizza plus the charge, and pays with a 20 dollar bill, they sometimes get their change back, and hand the driver a buck or two. Sometimes they say keep the change. 4 dollars and 51 cent tip? It's pretty good. The problem with being a driver in my area is that people are cheap, and for some reason, lots of welfare people order. (I got asked twice this week if we accept food stamps. No.) So, tips are not very good.
I say tip, even it's a small amount. I don't like hearing about people at the door who will stand and wait for that 10 cents in charge and small the door in the drivers face.

 

[___]

I tip, but not because I feel guilt or obligation about it. When I was younger I was a pizza delivery driver and a good tip always brightened my day a little, so now when I go to a restaurant or order out I leave a good tip for the same reason. I find people who don't tip to usually be miserly and foul-tempered, rather than simply practical as they pretend to be (here's lookin at you, Diss! ;P).
It's not a matter of paying for service, I do that on the check, and if it was obligatory it wouldn't be much of a gift. It's just a way of saying thanks for good service and good food.

 

[gamingfan1989]

I always make sure to tip after I go to a restaurant, it's the polite thing to do.  However once we ordered food and the waitress got pissed at us because we told her that wasn't what we ordered (because it wasn't), so we just scribbled shit on a piece of paper and left it on the table instead.

 

[Button]

if i get good/friendly service then I will but other times no. oh and i also let them keep the change if it would be too much trouble or take to long to receive the change

 

[FlippyD]

I tip normally unless there was good service or the tip comes out of the change machine (like at a coffee shop a friend works at.)

 

[AnsatsuMan]

Truthfully, I usually only do when I pay with debit.  I don't usually have spare change or cash on me to tip on the table, thats why...  Oi.  I would if I did though.  If the waitress or waiter did a good job, they deserve the tip.

 

[Rathalos]

When I go out to eat without my parents (I'm 15, shuddap >_>) I like to, If I can figure it out >_<. It makes the waiters/waitresses want to work harder if they get payed more for doing a great job.

 

[Karasawa]

I tip. Always. It may not be my obligation to pay extra because the managers aren't paying employees enough, but jobs are scarce enough nowadays that the waiter or waitress may not have a choice in the matter. They get paid less than peanuts, and they obviously (most of the time) work harder for you to garner such gratuity.