This Question is for People Who Don't Ever Tip and/or Treat Their Waiter/Waitress/Server Like...?

... They are absolutely nothing or even worse. My question is why? Why do you do that, you honestly cant believe that we make enough for ';the job we do';. After taxes is taken out servers make .69 cents an hour! and I am serious. You have no idea who many times I have wanted to scream at a person ';SERVERS ARE PEOPLE TO!!!!'; its like y'all just conveniently forget that fact. We aren't dogs, we have bills, and families, and feelings to so what do you think gives you the right to act that way?



I ask this cuz i am always astounded by how people talk about servers, here are some examples:





';snickers';

I have never understood why we have to tip waiters. why?? don't they have a monthly salary?? don't they get paid for what they do?? do I get tipped while working at the office or in a school or whatever?? Waiters are all so rude, always expecting people to leave them smth. It's just no fair for the rest of us working people!



';Rishabh J';

WHY DO WE TIP THE WAITER?

WHY DO WE TIP THE WAITER WHEN THE COOK MAKES ALL THE GOOD FOOD THE WAITER IS JUST THERE TO GIVE US THE WATER AND FOOD



';Infantry Skunk';

.50 cents per drink...or if credit card $3.00...at restuarants i tip 3 bucks whether my meal is 10 bucks or 100 bucks.





service people really don't rate tips..they dont work hard enough..while bartenders and strippers are making $500/day...construction workers and mechanics are working 10 times harder and lucky to make that in a week...you have to think..all they are doing is pooring a drink and walking over to you and placing it down...how does that rate extra cost? but since it is our culture to tip..i usually do lay down $3.



';fattyboy';

Is stupido they carries the foods they expects tip

Other jobs too greedy

if they be's good then ok i dont mind





';Here's your answer or questi';

I have a tip policy. Hope it will help you or someone else out. If I go to a restaurant an eat I start out with 10% tip. If my tea glass gets empty I deduct 2 percent each time. If the waiter/waitress passes the food down the table I deduct 5%. If the waiter/waitress doesn't smile or isn't friendly I deduct 3%. If the food isn't good I call for the manager and the waiter/waitress gets 10% they can't help the food. I have left a note for a waitress saying that she owed me money and left.

3 years ago



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you know that is a very interesting way to do it, make it like a point system......... thanks i just might have to try that the next time i go to an actual restaurant... lol, it might be cool to see how they measure up..... thanks....

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Really? see how we ';measure up';? What makes them think they are so much better than us? and how would you stuck up jack a's feel if all the servers in the US went on strike at the same time? The truth is you NEED us!! So quite acting like jerks for no freak'n reason. Explain to me just why servers don't deserve some respect?This Question is for People Who Don't Ever Tip and/or Treat Their Waiter/Waitress/Server Like...?
Your problem shouldn鈥檛 be with your customers but your employer. Why are we customers the bad guys for not tipping when the service we use is usually ridiculously overpriced as it is?



You took that job and that way you agreed to the money you will get. I am an administrator who serves people but in a completely different way and I never get any tips. Is it fair? The problem is with you people that you expect tipping and take it for granted.



How many years have you learned for this fantastic job? See, the money you get for it is exactly as much as you deserve for the qualification required for such a job. People don鈥檛 complain in McDonads for not getting any tips. :D

Strike? Don鈥檛 be ridiculous. You need the job and you wouldn鈥檛 risk a strike in the present economical situation, because another people would take your place in a second. The fact is that you need us.

In my country those people complain and strike the most who have the lowest education. They want the same money as everyone else, but did they learn hard for years to deserve it? Hm?

No they didn鈥檛. Why sholud they get the same money? Out of the kindness of people heart? If this would work nobody would have to go to university, just pass elementary and that it! Gimme gimme gimme!



If you are not satisfied with the money, go learn something that actually pays. Until then, accept that some will tip, some won鈥檛.

But if a lot of people don鈥檛 tip you maybe you should check your attitude, because a phlegm, flat, smileless waitress rarely gets (good) tips. I hate when they make me feel obligated to tip and when I don鈥檛, they won鈥檛 say hello. If I did that in my job, my boss would fire my sorry a s s and with good reason.

So stop complaining and be happy that you even have a job, because you can lose it any time and then you won鈥檛 be thinking about how many tips you didn鈥檛 get, but how to get another job like this that requires minimal training and hundreds of people are waiting in line to get it.

BTW the last time I gave a big tip(about 2 weeks ago) I was trimmed, there were two extra drinks on the bill we didn鈥檛 order. Maybe the waiters wanted to make sure that we will tip? That is a chance that they did this on purpose, there is the chance that someone just miscalculated. Why would I care?

You do exactly the same, you categorize all non-tippers to be @holes. What if that customer saved all that money to take his family out for a nice diner once in a year and there you are, complaining and ruining their day because you think everyone who visit that establishment is made of money.

You should be ashamed of yourself.This Question is for People Who Don't Ever Tip and/or Treat Their Waiter/Waitress/Server Like...?
My policy is 10-15%. More if I am just satisfied beyond compare. Very rarely have I not left a tip at all. There have been times I have given my tip to a server that cared more about my table than my server.



I do agree that servers tend to be treated worse than anybody else in any other field except telemarketing maybe. But, if you can, get out of the industry and find a job that will allow you to make a better living for your family.
And my man says I over tip and too nice. I'm going to print this out and leave it on his pillow.
i tip too much as a rule, 20 -40%. some people are really just plain rude %26amp; others don't understand the principle that this is the biggest chunk of the servers pay. you sound very disgruntled, perhaps you work at a place where the clientell is below board %26amp; you need to go elsewhere. even then, tho, there are popel who always want something for nothing %26amp; cheating you is as close as they can get. i feel for you cuz those are always the loudest complainers too, just looking for a slip-up so they can jip you out of a tip. and then no one ever tips on the full amount during a 2 for 1. sorry, i'm doing more complaining than helping. i waitressed to put myself thru college so i way understand.
i was a waitress when i was really young and i made most of my money off of tips,i made $4.30/hr and made up to $150.00 tip a day well thats also because my brother is the owner and i worked everday all damn day. if they dont tip then its fine, its not included in my pay so that means its not necessary for them to just a moral thing, i tip whatever i have .





i wnt to the restaraunt with my cousin 1 time, and i bought alot of food about $100.00 worth of takeout, hell i love jamaican food and was eating with my eyes. i gave the woman $5.00 tip and my cousin said wow is that all your gonna give her? i found that surprising considering shes always talking about how broke she was, was that not enough? at my brothers restaraunt that how much someone would have given me
yes, I know where you are coming from and am with you 100%.



have worked in the casino/ hotel/restaurant area along side the wait staff and servers...the stupid comment and attitudes of people is amazing...





I was in gaming. keno runner that walked through the restaurant sold the gaming tickets and ran the game .$6 plus tips,





the wait staff, servers, and hostess that I worked along side had a much harder job and the same pay scale...





with out the tips that figures out to below minimum wage...those tips are the rent and groceries because the pay rate does not cover.



I had people ask me if we had a union...hahaha...it is a right to work state..AZ/NV...



that we get paid to work, why should the customer have to tip? this idea was mainly european/asian....



or the people who would leave a handful of dimes and pennies...



since I paid out on winning keno tickets the winners would tip out of the proceeds...had one lady that sat through 15 keno games and I had the info that there was a very big winner... this big winner came up after the last game was called and demanded her winnings....

was 2 or 3 thousand dollars!!



not a thank you, not a smile, not even a $1 tip!! out of a couple thousand winning!!





the norm for keno was ,for example they would win $50 and would tip $5...



it is common decency and common curtesy toward all service persons...
Being a former waitress, I think that all of those people (actually ALL people) should be required to work as a waiter/waitress for a month. That way they can see firsthand what it is like to work for less than minimum wage, work your butt off, deal with rude customers, not get tipped appropriately, and then at the end of it all, try to pay bills with what you earned.



And to the people who say ';just find a new job';, it's not always that easy, especially in small towns. Or in this economy. Don't you think if we could find a better job, we would leave? Or perhaps we are working though college, and can't work a 'better' 9-5 job yet.



I agree that waitstaff deserve respect too. And for the people who don't show respect to their waitstaff (unless the waitstaff is completely rude), it really shows your true character when you demean/belittle the waitstaff. If you do treat them that way, I suggest taking a good long look at yourself and ask if that is truly the person you want to be. Good hearted/nice/friendly/honest people treat everyone with respect, no matter who they are.



Just food for thought.