Tipping in the service industry

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

They refill my drinks and take away the dirty plates, so I always leave 2-3 bucks.

exactly
hot tea is fresh and always coming
used dirty plates are removed

nice atmosphmere with that chinese style music
all while relaxing like a big fat hog

well worth a couple bucks left on the table

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

They refill my drinks and take away the dirty plates, so I always leave 2-3 bucks.

I have done pretty much aspect of the service industry from bar service to serving hors d'oeuvres to Prince Edward :rolleyes: and I hated doing buffett work, all that set up and crap and probably the most under appreciated server in the industry.

If we want to talk about unfair wages almost everyone that works in seniors' homes are GROSSLY under paid. They should be making the millions not overpaid CEO's pissing people's money away.

cutback wrote:

wait....with you're disdain for america well documented, why on earth would you want to come here?

because dunkman wants to go to hollywood and become a porn star?

he will be the first kilt wearing dude in american porn with a bulky bag-pipe, yes/no?

chadwick wrote:

exactly
hot tea is fresh and always coming
used dirty plates are removed

nice atmosphmere with that chinese style music
all while relaxing like a big fat hog

well worth a couple bucks left on the table

all that says to me, and maybe its cultural, is that "hey look at me, I'm american, i will leave a small tip as i'm american and you're chinese and we are much richer than you"

i know in your case you're not saying that... but thats how i 'see' it...

I'd hate to be in a job that meant i had to be nice as fuck all the time in the hope they leave me a big tip... i'd feel like a cheap prostitute, hanging onto the hope of a nice tip from someone i couldnt really care about it. horrible.

cutback wrote:

wait....with you're disdain for america well documented, why on earth would you want to come here?

1. to revolutionise the food service industry
2. you have immense rollercoasters
3. to spread the word of Scotland.
4. see if some people really are that fat in real life
5. appear in a porno, in ohhh lets say, Hollywood

jamie uk wrote:

I'm pretty sure we covered all things to 'justify' not tipping, last year Dunk :rolleyes: You are a master of non tipment, and the justification therefore of not feeling the need to partake in the custom of tip-itation, that the rest of mankind happily goes about without ever feeling any great ill, or side affects from may I add.
You are, I am at odds to point out, simply a mean, tight fisted, stereotypical Scotsman : D
Still, it's a personal choice

ah you get me wrong... its not that i wont tip, its that its expected I'll tip... and that irks me. i also dont like the 'defence' of the system on here... its a totally shit system and it cannot be justified to me. but i'm ok with tipping as a gesture but not because i might hurt someones feelings by tipping them 2.72$ less than they thought i was going to.

dunkman wrote:

all that says to me, and maybe its cultural, is that "hey look at me, I'm american, i will leave a small tip as i'm american and you're chinese and we are much richer than you"

i know in your case you're not saying that... but thats how i 'see' it...

I'd hate to be in a job that meant i had to be nice as fuck all the time in the hope they leave me a big tip... i'd feel like a cheap prostitute, hanging onto the hope of a nice tip from someone i couldnt really care about it. horrible.

i understand your view.
this is why i couldn't do the job.
and it is a difficult job working with the public.
i have zero patience for most difficult people.
i'd be like, fuck off...eat your damn food and get out.

the chinese restuarant owners (if new to this country) probably do not pay taxes anyway
they are most likely better off financially than i am.

when foreigners’ like that move here they do not pay taxes for like 5-8 years.
if memory serves me correctly, the government buys them a house and a car.

at least that's how it was 15 years ago.
(im not an expert at this stuff so do not quote me word for word, but i am close to being accurate i do believe so, yes.)

dunkman wrote:

ah you get me wrong... its not that i wont tip, its that its expected I'll tip... and that irks me. i also dont like the 'defence' of the system on here... its a totally shit system and it cannot be justified to me. but i'm ok with tipping as a gesture but not because i might hurt someones feelings by tipping them 2.72$ less than they thought i was going to.

Ok, fair enough. As long as you're not just a meanie
personally, I don't worry about expectations, or 'the system'..I do as I feel is right and proper.
I used to always give the refuse guys a drink at xmas, but one time I was in the garden and I over heard one of them tell another to put back an old carpet I had put out to be taken, saying it wasn't their job.....ok, no tip for the refuse guys, let's play by the rule book if you want fellas.

dunkman wrote:

so you know what state pays which minimum wage then? this makes it even more complex... we have a national minimum wage here.. its easier... so a wendys guy in Idaho might earn less than one in Nebraska. so do you tip the Idaho guy the extra to make it up?


and Crazy Mary has just said she gets $9 an hour basic wage... and yet she wants tips on top of that. the Wendys staff probably dont even get that as their basic minimum hourly wage and they guys bust a fucking gut.

I'm going by Florida's min wages. It's 6-7 dollars an hour but servers make 3.77 dollars an hour.


But servers also do more than the average fast food worker when it comes to customers. Around here anyway.

chadwick wrote:

i understand your view.
this is why i couldn't do the job.
and it is a difficult job working with the public.
i have zero patience for most difficult people.
i'd be like, fuck off...eat your damn food and get out.

the chinese restuarant owners (if new to this country) probably do not pay taxes anyway
they are most likely better off financially than i am.

when foreigners’ like that move here they do not pay taxes for like 5-8 years.
if memory serves me correctly, the government buys them a house and a car.

at least that's how it was 15 years ago.
(im not an expert at this stuff so do not quote me word for word, but i am close to being accurate i do believe so, yes.)

WTF, are you chanelling Archie Bunker?