Tipping in the service industry

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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    A rebel without a cause

    ;)


    the cause is to highlight a completely flawed and unfair system. ;)
    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.
  • Vedderlution_Baby
    Vedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    dunkman wrote:
    when i'm in the states next year i fully intend not to tip. I dont care that the service might be shitty next time i'm in there as i wont be in the same place twice. if staff 'feel hurt' that they only got 15% then wait till they get fuck all from me... then they'll know what real hurt is.



    Who's been saying that?
  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    dunkman wrote:
    the cause is to highlight a completely flawed and unfair system. ;)

    Foreigners are exempt from hurting my feelings. I still give 5 star service, but expect nothing as far as a tip... I realize they are ignorant. ;)
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    Who's been saying that?

    mary crazy
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    When I get a 15% tip, my feelings are actually hurt. I wonder what I did wrong. Last night, I had a table give me $25 on $155. And it affected the rest of my night. I felt terrible. What could I have done to have given them a better time? But then I remembered it's Sunday and only weirdos go out to eat on Sunday... ;)
    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.
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    Foreigners are exempt from hurting my feelings. I still give 5 star service, but expect nothing as far as a tip... I realize they are ignorant. ;)

    whatever you do
    do not pee in dunk's coffee when serving him, ok ;)
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Vedderlution_Baby
    Vedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    chadwick wrote:
    whatever you do
    do not pee in dunk's coffee when serving him, ok ;)


    I'll just take a shit in his ice cream.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    Foreigners are exempt from hurting my feelings. I still give 5 star service, but expect nothing as far as a tip... I realize they are ignorant. ;)

    you should always give 5 star service. its your job. ;) as for the ignorant part, quite funny considering i could probably give 98% of your tip heavy american customers a map of just Scotland and ask them to point to Scotland and they still wouldnt have a clue... thats proper ignorance ;)
    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.
  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    chadwick wrote:
    whatever you do
    do not pee in dunk's coffee when serving him, ok ;)


    :D as long as he doesn't ask for decaf!
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    I'll just take a shit in his ice cream.


    fairly easy to notice that as i only eat vanilla :p

    it sorta presumes i'm a regular customer who doesnt tip... i've just said i'll only be at each food place once... or do all the places send photos of bad tippers to each other ;)
    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.
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    I'll just take a shit in his ice cream.


    dunkman, do not eat anything that is frozen and creamy when coming here for vacation.
    for some strange reason it might taste like crap :)
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    dunkman wrote:
    you should always give 5 star service. its your job. ;) as for the ignorant part, quite funny considering i could probably give 98% of your tip heavy american customers a map of just Scotland and ask them to point to Scotland and they still wouldnt have a clue... thats proper ignorance ;)


    very true! Most of my tip-heavy customers are dreadlocked hippies that grow and sell marijuana and they eat, drink and spend very well... all cash, of course.
    Here in the Sierra Nevadas, we grow the best pot, so we also smoke the best (myself not included) and therefore have no clue how to read a map. :confused:
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • Vedderlution_Baby
    Vedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    By not tipping in the states, you're not proving anything. I've seen servers actually walk out of the restaurant with 15-20 dollars less than what they had when they walked in because they had a streak of horrible tippers.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    chadwick wrote:
    dunkman, do not eat anything that is frozen and creamy when coming here for vacation.

    yeti sperm? i'll pass thanks.

    my father-in-law didnt tip on his last holiday in one place and the owner went mental at him.. shouting and everything... it was one of those $10 chinese buffet places.. self service.

    why would he tip?
    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.
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    very true! Most of my tip-heavy customers are dreadlocked hippies that grow and sell marijuana and they eat, drink and spend very well... all cash, of course.
    Here in the Sierra Nevadas, we grow the best pot, so we also smoke the best (myself not included) and therefore have no clue how to read a map. :confused:

    easy does it on your claim to the bestest weed grown.
    the pacific northwest might just have some super-duper intergalactic
    purifier type smoke that might just make all else seem to be ditch weed, yes/no?
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    By not tipping in the states, you're not proving anything. I've seen servers actually walk out of the restaurant with 15-20 dollars less than what they had when they walked in because they had a streak of horrible tippers.


    honestly, i'll live with the guilt of it. ;)
    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.
  • Vedderlution_Baby
    Vedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    chadwick wrote:
    dunkman, do not eat anything that is frozen and creamy when coming here for vacation.
    for some strange reason it might taste like crap :)


    Pfft. He needs to worry about Australia.


    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=307184
  • Trailer
    Trailer Posts: 1,431
    dunkman wrote:
    when i'm in the states next year i fully intend not to tip. I dont care that the service might be shitty next time i'm in there as i wont be in the same place twice. if staff 'feel hurt' that they only got 15% then wait till they get fuck all from me... then they'll know what real hurt is.

    I used to be a server, and whenever I got foreigners like dunkman:p.. who I assumed might not be accustomed to tip... I would sometimes just add on 18% by writing it on the bill with my pen (even though it was against my restaurant's policy). I would only do this if they racked up a bill above $250 and it was a good portion of my nightly sales. If I got caught I could have been fired for doing that... but I wasn't about to let someone not tip me.:D It was mainly for people from Japan who didn't really speak english.. because I've been over there and know that they don't tip.

    So be on the lookout when you come to the states dunkman.. they can sneak that tip in on you.;)
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    dunkman wrote:
    yeti sperm? i'll pass thanks.

    my father-in-law didnt tip on his last holiday in one place and the owner went mental at him.. shouting and everything... it was one of those $10 chinese buffet places.. self service.

    why would he tip?

    yeti sperm, good one.
    that is funny.

    at a self serve chinese buffet place i will (not every time) leave a couple extra bucks either on the table or at the register.

    reason being is this.
    i just ate like a hog, the food was great, and it only cost me 10 bucks.
    hence the common courtesy i try to spread.

    it is not required but i feel it is a good thing to do for myself and the restaurant just cause i'm a good fuckin guy.

    to each their own.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Vedderlution_Baby
    Vedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    chadwick wrote:
    yeti sperm, good one.
    that is funny.

    at a self serve chinese buffet place i will (not every time) leave a couple extra bucks either on the table or at the register.

    reason being is this.
    i just ate like a hog, the food was great, and it only cost me 10 bucks.
    hence the common courtesy i try to spread.

    it is not required but i feel it is a good thing to do for myself and the restaurant just cause i'm a good fuckin guy.

    to each their own.


    They refill my drinks and take away the dirty plates, so I always leave 2-3 bucks.
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    dunkman wrote:
    the cause is to highlight a completely flawed and unfair system. ;)


    no, the cause is that you're tighter than a ducks arse ;)
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....

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