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post #51 of 73
12/11/07 at 7:28pm
Some of you guys just downgrade your tipping when you receive horrible service? To me, that totally negates the purpose of giving a tip. If you just show up to work or school and aimlessly mill around, you don't expect extra credit or a bonus right? If the person is just barely meeting--or not meeting--their job description, I consider their wage adequate compensation. If the service is fair, I go with 10%. If it's good, 15%. If it's excellent, 20% and above.
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post #52 of 73
12/11/07 at 7:28pm
Another thing to keep in mind regarding tipping, sometimes they're sharing their tips with the bussers or the kitchen staff, so you may be screwing over someone who did nothing to you.
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post #53 of 73
12/11/07 at 7:45pm
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Originally Posted by Minsky
When I waited tables, it was common practice to give a percentage of your total revenue for the evening to your bussers/food runners. If I got stiffed by a customer, it was I who suffered.
All of you suffered. If you gave 1/3 of your tips to bartenders, bus boys, etc. then if you get 300 in tips, you give them 100. If you had gotten a tip from one more table and totalled 330 in tips, you'd give them 110. So they lost out on 10 if you lost a 30 tip.
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post #54 of 73
12/11/07 at 7:59pm
Honestly...I do tend to tip nicely if the waiter/waitress in quesion is friendly and makes sure I'm alright throughout my meal (i.e. I'm the "quiet" type when it comes to customers...I guess).

Maybe I shouldn't be saying this but I've left tips in excess of $100 because said waiter/waitress deserved it without question...
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post #55 of 73
12/11/07 at 8:24pm
I don't understand the point of giving a bad waitress a mediocre tip to teach her a lesson...she's just going to assume you're a shitty tipper. Either give her absolutely nothing or the full 20%.
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post #56 of 73
12/11/07 at 9:36pm
Was the waitress one of those rollerderby chicks Punky Bruiser or Venus Envy? If it was Punky Bruiser she screwed over one of my rollergirl friends here in Seattle so fuck her somehow, but not at the expense of her tip. At any rate you should assume any time you go out to a restaurant the waitress has a relationship with the cooks that superceedes co-worker (eg. she is a source of drugs or pussy) and as such your food could get dicked pretty easily if you fuck with a cooks dope or pussy.
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post #57 of 73
12/11/07 at 9:51pm
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Originally Posted by RathBandu
I say this with the prelude that you're a nice guy and I've never really clashed with you before, but you really do become insufferable around BNAT with all the bragging/trying to show how cool you are.
Insufferable?! He was just posting about his experience. Similar to how the guys from LA are doing for the Edgar Wright festival - if I was at either, I'd be posting about them here as well.

Plus, he posted a clip of himself drunkenly playing Rock Band. No one does that when 'trying to show how cool they are'...

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Originally Posted by RathBandu
Also, 5 bucks is a fucking lousy tip.
She kicked him! I'm amazed at people complaining about leaving a cheap tip when she did that. I wouldn't have given her a goddamn cent.
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post #58 of 73
12/11/07 at 10:15pm
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Originally Posted by Paul McCartney
I'm so glad I live in a country where nobody ever tips. It's like some sort of utopian paradise.
Agreed.
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post #59 of 73
12/12/07 at 2:31am
The standard for delivery is the same as the standard for a waiter/waitress in the US: 15-20% of the cost of the order. I usually give in excess of 20% because 1) the guy had to drive directly to my door to get me the pizza and 2) I'm usually stoned out of my mind when I order a pizza and don't feel like standing outside my building to wait for the guy to make change, which leads me to just give him all the change as a tip (usually 22-25%).
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post #60 of 73
12/12/07 at 2:51am
I don't tip jack for bad service, and I can't understand people who do. I give 3 to 5 bucks standard wherever I go, unless the service is exceptional. I used to justify this with the "well, I'm a student" excuse. Now that I'm graduated, however, I've had to come to terms with the fact that I'm probably an asshole.
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post #61 of 73
12/12/07 at 2:57am
For delivery I go a flat 4 bucks, but I am a cheapskate when it comes to the tipping.
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post #62 of 73
12/12/07 at 2:59am
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Originally Posted by Slater
I don't understand the point of giving a bad waitress a mediocre tip to teach her a lesson...she's just going to assume you're a shitty tipper. Either give her absolutely nothing or the full 20%.
That's why I like the penny. It sends a message.

Namely, that I actually carry pennies around in my pocket.
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Originally Posted by El Tati
And how much is the "standard" for delivery??

In Argentina goes from 1$ to 2$, 5$ if it was a monumental order like 5 to 10 pizzas.
I hate tipping delivery drivers in this town. They're always late and they could care less about my pizza being in even close to edible condition. The freakin' Dominoes is like 2 blocks away and I'll sometimes order it delivery if the girlfriend and I are watching a movie or something. They barely make it in under the hour, charge me a $2 delivery charge on a $10 pizza and then give me that expectant pizza delivery driver look.

You want a tip? Stop charging a tip-sized service fee. Just like if I see gratuity pre-factored into a food check. "Oh well, guess they're assuming their service was worth 18%."

Bartenders are pretty much the only people who pretty much get the largest benefit of the doubt with me. Straight up dollar per drink plus % of total at the end, every time.

That having been said, I once ordered Maker's Mark neat at this place and the bartender gave me a well bourbon on the rocks and said, "That'll be $5.50, sir."

Instant Klingon face.
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post #63 of 73
12/12/07 at 3:19am
Everyone here has a different opinion about what to tip, but the only thing this thread has made me sure of is that Waiting is an awful job.

Glad I avoided it like the plague.
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post #64 of 73
12/12/07 at 9:29am
Now what kills me is when you order takeout and go and pick it up yourself, and they have a tip jar on the counter. Um, you walked my food from the kitchen to me. You didn't wait on me throughout the course of a dinner. You didn't do any more work than some kid at McDonalds pulling my Big Mac off the warmer. Why should I tip you?
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post #65 of 73
12/12/07 at 10:49am
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson
Now what kills me is when you order takeout and go and pick it up yourself, and they have a tip jar on the counter. Um, you walked my food from the kitchen to me. You didn't wait on me throughout the course of a dinner. You didn't do any more work than some kid at McDonalds pulling my Big Mac off the warmer. Why should I tip you?
Obviously, you're supposed to help yourself. It's a reward for discovering your self-worth.
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post #66 of 73
12/12/07 at 10:53am
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Originally Posted by Kevin Matchstick
Don't sweat it, Nordling. Rath made similar comments about me when I kept talking about seeing Joey Lawrence at the Cheesecake Factory in Atlanta. A pre-Dancing with the Stars Joey, by the way.
I can't imagine how pissed he is at me for working with the man.
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post #67 of 73
12/12/07 at 11:20am
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Originally Posted by WayDen
She kicked him! I'm amazed at people complaining about leaving a cheap tip when she did that. I wouldn't have given her a goddamn cent.
I'm trying to figure out how she kicked someone in the shins. How the hell are you sitting in a restaurant that a waitress can kick the lot of you in the shins?

From a strictly anecdotal standpoint geeks are the worst tippers who demand specialized service all the while being obnoxious twats to their server. They're up there with teachers as people I would never want to serve. Make it a whole flock of them and I'd've quit on the spot.

I miss waiting tables not at all.
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post #68 of 73
12/12/07 at 1:07pm
Not being funny Alan but from your discripton of events, and the number of people at the restarant ,my guess it's more likely she was tripping over people rather than kicking them.

And Although your little party may have been well behaved with a hundred plus people inside you can't honestly say everyone was.

Having said all that it sounds like BNAT was fun.
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post #69 of 73
12/12/07 at 4:41pm
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Originally Posted by Minsky
It's often tied to the "HOLY SHIT I FORGOT TO GO TO ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FOR THE ENTIRE SEMESTER AND I HAVE FINALS TOMORROW" dream.
I thought I was the only one who had the "You have a final in a half hour and you haven't been in class all semester" dream. Mine's usually a fine arts elective rather than organic chem but the fear's the same.
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post #70 of 73
12/12/07 at 4:54pm
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Originally Posted by BobClark
"We're never eating here again and Top Gun totally had third act problems!"
Third act? But the third act's the whole point of the film!!
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post #71 of 73
12/12/07 at 6:05pm
I love how a thread called "BNAT Stories" has 90-some posts and only one BNAT story.
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post #72 of 73
12/17/07 at 3:42pm
Tipping in the USA sounds like a fucking nightmare. I know I couldnt figure it out when I was in NYC.
In London its simple - either 10% of the bill at a restaurant or not at all. If you get good service in a bar or a pub you might buy the guy behind the ramp a drink at some point but thats pretty much it.
Tips arent given out to everyone all the time over here, and staff are delighted if they get one.
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post #73 of 73
12/17/07 at 3:44pm
Are we still on this topic? Jesus, can someone post Harvey Keitel's 'Reservoir Dogs' speech and just be done with it?
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