Couple arrested for not paying tip

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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    MrSmith wrote:
    Heatherj43 wrote:
    No. Give a tip if you WANT to. If you choose not too, or give what some may think is too little, you shouldn't be made to feel that you shouldn't go out and eat, or at least not go to that place. I know that if I went out to eat and left a tip that I deemed enough and learned that I was being talked about by staff and the owner looked my name up in the phone book, I'd be pissed. This guy spent $80 at the establishment!
    sure you should be made to feel your a cheap bastard for going out to eat and CHOOSING not to tip. thats the definition of a cheap bastard! i'm not talking about being broke, we've all been there, but just choosing to be cheap is pathetic. its not rocket science. figure out what a good tip is and leave it. people shouldnt whine because they are too dumb to figure out whats 20% of a bill.
    but it IS a choice... if the service is shit why should you HAVE to tip? I don't get that.

    And another thing about prices shooting up, the prices in restaurants here are just the same as prices in restaurants in the US... but here waitresses get the same minimum wage...
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,789
    Oh for fucks sake. Some people tip NO MATTER what. Others have their own way of doing it or not. Does everyone GET THAT? Let this thing die already.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    haffajappa wrote:
    MrSmith wrote:
    Heatherj43 wrote:
    No. Give a tip if you WANT to. If you choose not too, or give what some may think is too little, you shouldn't be made to feel that you shouldn't go out and eat, or at least not go to that place. I know that if I went out to eat and left a tip that I deemed enough and learned that I was being talked about by staff and the owner looked my name up in the phone book, I'd be pissed. This guy spent $80 at the establishment!
    sure you should be made to feel your a cheap bastard for going out to eat and CHOOSING not to tip. thats the definition of a cheap bastard! i'm not talking about being broke, we've all been there, but just choosing to be cheap is pathetic. its not rocket science. figure out what a good tip is and leave it. people shouldnt whine because they are too dumb to figure out whats 20% of a bill.
    but it IS a choice... if the service is shit why should you HAVE to tip? I don't get that.

    And another thing about prices shooting up, the prices in restaurants here are just the same as prices in restaurants in the US... but here waitresses get the same minimum wage...

    if they are paid the same, why would the prices be any different? the argument was if you pay the wait staff more, the restaurant will logically have to raise their prices to offset the higher cost of their staff.
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,567
    Hahahahahhahahhaha, I figured this argument would be in this thread......you dopes. :roll:
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    MrSmith wrote:

    Redrock can go work for crappy tips is the UK so she can never afford to screw over waiters in the US because of her crazy crusade against the government. ;)

    How nice. Well... I don't wait on tables and I get a very decent salary so don't rely on people's generosity to make up for my boss' greed in paying next to nothing. Also, I may currently live in the UK, but am not English.

    You may call it a crazy crusade, but as long as people like you find it normal to be screwed over by their boss and don't stand up to it, we'll get threads like this where certain category of workers get pissed off because charity is not given to them.

    Again... you sow what you reap.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    mickeyrat wrote:
    Oh for fucks sake. Some people tip NO MATTER what. Others have their own way of doing it or not. Does everyone GET THAT? Let this thing die already.
    as long as there are cheap bastards in the world screwing over servers i will never let it die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    edited December 2009
    MrSmith wrote:
    so just so im sure, you are for not giving any tip for good service? only amazing service (whatever that its)?

    There are MANY ways a skilled waiter/waitress can provide a service 'beyond the call of duty'. Many of them are little things that don't require much from the waiting staff but have an impact on the dining experience of the customer. Those skilled and experienced waiters/waitresses will know what I'm talking about....

    When will people understand that all of us lucky enough to have a job, have a standard to work with - this is what we get paid for. It's no different with the catering industry. If one chooses to accept a job where management decides not to pay their staff a fair wage, they know what they are getting into (and please don't start with the 'some people don't have a choice' - I know, times are tough and a job is a job).
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    MrSmith wrote:
    mickeyrat wrote:
    Oh for fucks sake. Some people tip NO MATTER what. Others have their own way of doing it or not. Does everyone GET THAT? Let this thing die already.
    as long as there are cheap bastards in the world screwing over servers i will never let it die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Ummmm.... the cheap bastards will be the employer, not the customer. Good on you not to let it die then... insist on a fair wage - stop depending on people's goodwill.
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    This Sounds like ANOTHER! one of those "ONLY IN AMERICA" Stories.....PMSL :P :P :P :P :P
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    i_lov_it wrote:
    This Sounds like ANOTHER! one of those "ONLY IN AMERICA" Stories.....PMSL :P :P :P :P :P

    I think the fact that a couple were arrested for not paying the tip... yes... 'only in America'.

    The fact that the catering/hotel/restaurant industry rips their employees off, unfortunately not, though it would seem that it is so much more flagrant in the US. The UK has problems with that too, but there is legislation in place to protect the worker.
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    redrock wrote:

    I think the fact that a couple were arrested for not paying the tip... yes... 'only in America'.

    The fact that the catering/hotel/restaurant industry rips their employees off, unfortunately not

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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    americans seems to be obsessed by being labelled 'cheap'? whats with that... obnoxious, loud, bolshy, rude, egotistical you all seem fine with.... but call an american 'cheap' and its worse than if you had just told them that you had sex with their mother AND father at the same time... and he loved it more...


    tipping is moronic...
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,567
    dunkman wrote:
    americans seems to be obsessed by being labelled 'cheap'? whats with that... obnoxious, loud, bolshy, rude, egotistical you all seem fine with.... but call an american 'cheap' and its worse than if you had just told them that you had sex with their mother AND father at the same time... and he loved it more...


    tipping is moronic...

    There he is! This redundant thread wouldn't be complete with you. Now, if we can only get Helen in here... :roll:
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    dunkman wrote:
    americans seems to be obsessed by being labelled 'cheap'? whats with that... obnoxious, loud, bolshy, rude, egotistical you all seem fine with.... but call an american 'cheap' and its worse than if you had just told them that you had sex with their mother AND father at the same time... and he loved it more...


    tipping is moronic...

    There he is! This redundant thread wouldn't be complete with you. Now, if we can only get Helen in here... :roll:

    i posted in it ages ago... :thumbup:

    ;)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    redrock wrote:
    i_lov_it wrote:
    This Sounds like ANOTHER! one of those "ONLY IN AMERICA" Stories.....PMSL :P :P :P :P :P

    I think the fact that a couple were arrested for not paying the tip... yes... 'only in America'.

    The fact that the catering/hotel/restaurant industry rips their employees off, unfortunately not, though it would seem that it is so much more flagrant in the US. The UK has problems with that too, but there is legislation in place to protect the worker.


    mrs smith made $50 for an hours worth of work on a table next to the dopes who left her 7 bucks.

    ...that poor girl getting ripped off by her bosses. the horror! :roll:
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    The Jeagler wrote:
    redrock wrote:
    i_lov_it wrote:
    This Sounds like ANOTHER! one of those "ONLY IN AMERICA" Stories.....PMSL :P :P :P :P :P

    I think the fact that a couple were arrested for not paying the tip... yes... 'only in America'.

    The fact that the catering/hotel/restaurant industry rips their employees off, unfortunately not, though it would seem that it is so much more flagrant in the US. The UK has problems with that too, but there is legislation in place to protect the worker.


    mrs smith made $50 for an hours worth of work on a table next to the dopes who left her 7 bucks.

    ...that poor girl getting ripped off by her bosses. the horror! :roll:


    the person who left a $50 tip for an hours work is a flash moron who probably deserves to be the victim of a Nigerian banking scam... :thumbup: ;)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    dunkman wrote:
    The Jeagler wrote:
    redrock wrote:
    I think the fact that a couple were arrested for not paying the tip... yes... 'only in America'.

    The fact that the catering/hotel/restaurant industry rips their employees off, unfortunately not, though it would seem that it is so much more flagrant in the US. The UK has problems with that too, but there is legislation in place to protect the worker.


    mrs smith made $50 for an hours worth of work on a table next to the dopes who left her 7 bucks.

    ...that poor girl getting ripped off by her bosses. the horror! :roll:


    the person who left a $50 tip for an hours work is a flash moron who probably deserves to be the victim of a Nigerian banking scam... :thumbup: ;)

    good one.
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    The Jeagler wrote:
    dunkman wrote:
    The Jeagler wrote:
    the person who left a $50 tip for an hours work is a flash moron who probably deserves to be the victim of a Nigerian banking scam... :thumbup: ;)

    good one.


    :thumbup:
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    i remember when the standard tip was 10%

    then 15, then 17 now 20. how long until it's 25? 30? 50? when does it end?

    I'm so sick of tipping scam.
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    81 wrote:
    i remember when the standard tip was 10%

    then 15, then 17 now 20. how long until it's 25? 30? 50? when does it end?

    I'm so sick of tipping scam.
    when? in the thirties? i've been around for a while and ive always heard it was at least 15%-20%. maybe you were just uninformed.

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