Captain Cavalier
Posts: 208
Nov 19, 2009 4:34pm
This is the problem I have with a mandatory tip...bad service.
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Time-In-Prison--70426052.html?yhp=1
I personally think that they should do away with a mandatory tip.
But I guess I don't have to support the place either.
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Time-In-Prison--70426052.html?yhp=1
I personally think that they should do away with a mandatory tip.
But I guess I don't have to support the place either.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Nov 19, 2009 4:46pm
Lol, so the restaurant offered to comp their meal but called the cops after they paid the bill but refused to tip? I call bullshit on that one. No way the restaurant ever offered to comp the meal if it ended with a couple in handcuffs. Absolutely ridiculous.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Nov 19, 2009 4:47pm
Yeah my Bullshit detectors were alarming as well.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Nov 19, 2009 4:49pm
I'd make sure none of my friends/family ever went to that restaurant ever again.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Nov 19, 2009 4:49pm
There are mandatory tips?
We need to switch to the European method of tipping. That is, tips are for above average service, not merely adequate.
We need to switch to the European method of tipping. That is, tips are for above average service, not merely adequate.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Nov 19, 2009 4:50pm
That would be nice. I don't mind tipping but I hate leaving tips for "blah" service. I'll tip upwards of 25% if the person is good, though.I Wear Pants wrote: There are mandatory tips?
We need to switch to the European method of tipping. That is, tips are for above average service, not merely adequate.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Nov 19, 2009 4:54pm
If the service is heinous, no tip. but i usually tip 5% if service is bad, 10 for okay. 20 for good and more if it's really good.
If waiters/waitresses made better hourly money I wouldn't tip for anything less than good.
If waiters/waitresses made better hourly money I wouldn't tip for anything less than good.
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Tim Tebow
Posts: 241
Nov 19, 2009 4:55pm
I tip based on a.) service b.) looks hahaha
BigAppleBuckeye
Posts: 2,935
Nov 19, 2009 5:00pm
Fair enough, but be prepared to spend more on the food itself, as the restaurant would have to pay their staff higher wages to keep them happy with crappy tips.I Wear Pants wrote: There are mandatory tips?
We need to switch to the European method of tipping. That is, tips are for above average service, not merely adequate.
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raiderbuck
Posts: 1,623
Nov 19, 2009 5:02pm
Some places tack on mandatory tips based on the size of the party. In fact, a good majority of restaurants do that with parties with at least 6-8 people.I Wear Pants wrote: There are mandatory tips?
We need to switch to the European method of tipping. That is, tips are for above average service, not merely adequate.
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Swamp Fox
Posts: 2,218
Nov 19, 2009 5:10pm
raiderbuck wrote:Some places tack on mandatory tips based on the size of the party. In fact, a good majority of restaurants do that with parties with at least 6-8 people.I Wear Pants wrote: There are mandatory tips?
We need to switch to the European method of tipping. That is, tips are for above average service, not merely adequate.
I'm not planning to go to Bethlehem, Pennslyvania now or probably ever but if I ever do, I will most certainly never darken the door of the Lehigh Pub. Their behavior was outrageous. They called the police???? I would sue them for everything I could think of and make sure no one I knew would ever patronize the place.
tk421
Posts: 8,500
Nov 19, 2009 5:22pm
You can also get that mandatory tip removed. At least at the places I've seen before.
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Manhattan Buckeye
Posts: 7,566
Nov 19, 2009 5:22pm
Raiderbuck is correct, a lot of restaurants have a mandatory tip for large parties, but that doesn't mean you should have to pay if if the service that was promised wasn't delivered. If you ordered food (totalling whatever $$$) and the restaurant didn't deliver it, would the cops cuff patrons that refused to pay? I'm not going to make any judgments on this case since I wasn't there, but even a "mandatory tip" doesn't mean you should be paid no matter what, just like all other services that charge fees.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Nov 19, 2009 6:20pm
No, not really. They would just earn minimum wage if they were terrible waiters.BigAppleBuckeye wrote:Fair enough, but be prepared to spend more on the food itself, as the restaurant would have to pay their staff higher wages to keep them happy with crappy tips.I Wear Pants wrote: There are mandatory tips?
We need to switch to the European method of tipping. That is, tips are for above average service, not merely adequate.
It would provide an incentive for better service.
Cat Food Flambe'
Posts: 1,230
Nov 19, 2009 7:10pm
If a restaurant mandates 18%, I'll pay it without protest (if the service is THAT bad, I'll "reason" with the management instead of taking out on the server - most problems are not the servers fault). But the server is losing money on the deal - left to myself, I'll usually start at 20% and work up
thePITman
Posts: 3,867
Nov 19, 2009 7:12pm
I have a very scientific process for divvying my tip:
If my service is absolutely terrible, the worst possible: $0.25
If my service is bad: 10%
If my service was average "at best": 12-13%
If my service was average but pleasant: 15%
If my service was surprisingly good: 17-18%
If my service was exceptional: 20%
If my service was exceptional, and the waitress is good looking: 23-25%
I follow this to a T every time.
If my service is absolutely terrible, the worst possible: $0.25
If my service is bad: 10%
If my service was average "at best": 12-13%
If my service was average but pleasant: 15%
If my service was surprisingly good: 17-18%
If my service was exceptional: 20%
If my service was exceptional, and the waitress is good looking: 23-25%
I follow this to a T every time.
Glory Days
Posts: 7,809
Nov 20, 2009 1:35am
it would be interesting to see what the prices really did do. but i dont think they would go up 20-25% a meal. plus here is another thing. right now when someone has bad service, for the most part, they will just tip less or not at all and not think about it again(unless it was really bad), the manager might never find out. if there is no tipping, maybe it would incline more people to complain to a manager or supervisor about the service and the manager can actually hold the server accountable.BigAppleBuckeye wrote: Fair enough, but be prepared to spend more on the food itself, as the restaurant would have to pay their staff higher wages to keep them happy with crappy tips.
newarkcatholicfan
Posts: 3,199
Nov 20, 2009 1:39am
I do not eat at places that tell me how much I will tip.
dwccrew
Posts: 7,817
Nov 20, 2009 1:41am
I will too.justincredible wrote:
That would be nice. I don't mind tipping but I hate leaving tips for "blah" service. I'll tip upwards of 25% if the person is good, though.