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Jul 11, 2012 11:40 AM
Which is perfectly acceptable.
This was in response to not tipping because the waiter made a scene.
Jul 11, 2012 11:40am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:40 AM
hasbeen;1223359 wrote:It's been explained before but i'll say it again:

The restaurant business set up their pay scale to allow the customer to decide the value of the service they received. This allows the CUSTOMER to decide if a server is better than minimum wage. If they aren't, the restaurant covers the minimum by law.

Other industries don't use this system.
McDonalds workers make min wage - do you give them extra because you feel they're worth it?
Jul 11, 2012 11:40am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:41 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;1223360 wrote:do you or don't your tip other people who provide you services you don't do yourself?
If I appreciate the service, sure. Barbers, concierges, taxi drivers, cleaning lady, lawn mowers, pizza delivery guy, bartender, etc.

It's not required, but I do. In my experience, tipping well tends to get you recognized as someone people want to do a good job for. I value a good job being done, so I be sure to add an incentive for such a job.

Aside from that, it's also just nice to tip someone well who looks like they're trying to make the best of a bad day.
Jul 11, 2012 11:41am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:42 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;1223365 wrote:You tip because of a broken system and call people who don't douchebags and horrible humans. It's not my fault you took a min wage job and expect tips.
If you receive good service and don't tip, you indeed are a douchebag. That is the bottom line.
Jul 11, 2012 11:42am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:43 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;1223365 wrote:You tip because of a broken system and call people who don't douchebags and horrible humans. It's not my fault you took a min wage job and expect tips.
Lol the system is broken because you say so? I've never heard of anyone bitching as much as you about leaving a tip at a restaurant.
Jul 11, 2012 11:43am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:43 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;1223355 wrote:Do you tip everyone who does a service for you that you don't do yourself? Mechanic, dry cleaner, hair dresser, barista, car wash guys, fast food employees etc etc etc - do you give all of them 15-20% of your pre tax bill?

Tell me why someone who serves me food deserves a tip over everyone else who provides me a service. Seriously, don't like not getting a tip, get a better job.
Sometimes. But not 15-20%. Like hasbeen has said, it's different for restaurants because that's how the system is set up here. I don't think it should be that way but it is and me not tipping someone isn't going to change anything but make that person's night a bit shittier (unless they sucked in which case fuck them).
Jul 11, 2012 11:43am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:46 AM
Rotinaj;1223373 wrote:Lol the system is broken because you say so? I've never heard of anyone bitching as much as you about leaving a tip at a restaurant.
I just think it's funny people do it cause society says so. Only restaurants/bars hand me a receipt with a tip line and expect it to be filled out.
Jul 11, 2012 11:46am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:47 AM
I Wear Pants;1223374 wrote:Sometimes. But not 15-20%. Like hasbeen has said, it's different for restaurants because that's how the system is set up here. I don't think it should be that way but it is and me not tipping someone isn't going to change anything but make that person's night a bit shittier (unless they sucked in which case fuck them).
Why is it my responsibility to make their job better? they took the job knowing the parameters of it.
Jul 11, 2012 11:47am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:49 AM
And for the record i tip - I just think it's a retarded practice. You get paid to do a job, don't like the pay? find a new job or deal with it, simple as that.
Jul 11, 2012 11:49am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:50 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;1223378 wrote:Why is it my responsibility to make their job better? they took the job knowing the parameters of it.
It isn't your responsibility and you don't have to. But if you got good service you're an asshole if you don't tip unless there's good reason for it.
Jul 11, 2012 11:50am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:53 AM
I am pretty sure rawdawg is white trash. He wears affliction and ed hardy shirts, chills in the "woods of maine" aka his camper, and literally can't get the concept of this whole tipping thing.

Let me guess...mountain dew, well done burger plain, with ketchup?
Jul 11, 2012 11:53am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:54 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;1223383 wrote:And for the record i tip - I just think it's a retarded practice. You get paid to do a job, don't like the pay? find a new job or deal with it, simple as that.
LOL so you are bitching this much, but yet you tip? Talk about being a bitch. Either don't tip and bitch about it, or tip and shut the fuck up.
Jul 11, 2012 11:54am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:54 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;1223383 wrote:And for the record i tip - I just think it's a retarded practice. You get paid to do a job, don't like the pay? find a new job or deal with it, simple as that.
But the pay includes tips. What's so hard for you to get about that? They took the job with the understanding that a significant portion of their income would be tips. If they constantly get small/no tip you are correct that they probably suck at their job or work at a shitty restaurant.

I always laugh when people say "get a new job or deal with it" to people. Next time you bitch about absolutely anything at your job maybe you should just get a new one or deal with it. People have problems at their workplaces and they complain about them, get used to it.
Jul 11, 2012 11:54am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:55 AM
Well, he's on record as thinking a $20 steak is big time, chances are his address contains the word "lot".
Jul 11, 2012 11:55am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:58 AM
Pick6;1222259 wrote:People/places who try to get you to tip when you order takeout/get it to go are the worst. I never tip in that situation.
So i take your order. write it down get your drinks prepare the food bag it and bring it out to your car and you never have to get out. whats different than if you sat there and ate it? You dont tip the guy who cleans the table... I still served you your food.
Jul 11, 2012 11:58am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:59 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;1223360 wrote:do you or don't your tip other people who provide you services you don't do yourself? Idgaf about a system.
Rarely because the tip is not part of the salary.

You should care about the system because that's how it works.
Raw Dawgin' it;1223363 wrote:I had a waiter who confronted me about not having a tip on the credit card line. Was planning on leaving cash but he came by and made a scene before i left him his tip...needless to say, fuck that guy, didn't leave one.

Fuck him then. He doesn't deserve one.
Raw Dawgin' it;1223365 wrote:You tip because of a broken system and call people who don't douchebags and horrible humans. It's not my fault you took a min wage job and expect tips.
It's not a broken system.
Raw Dawgin' it;1223370 wrote:McDonalds workers make min wage - do you give them extra because you feel they're worth it?
No because I don't feel they are worth it.
Raw Dawgin' it;1223376 wrote:I just think it's funny people do it cause society says so. Only restaurants/bars hand me a receipt with a tip line and expect it to be filled out.

People do it because they see the value in the service.
Raw Dawgin' it;1223378 wrote:Why is it my responsibility to make their job better? they took the job knowing the parameters of it.
And you went there knowing the parameters. The parameters are the customers tip is payment for that portion of the service.
Raw Dawgin' it;1223383 wrote:And for the record i tip - I just think it's a retarded practice. You get paid to do a job, don't like the pay? find a new job or deal with it, simple as that.
They do get paid. The restaurant pays them for their end and the customer for theirs.
Jul 11, 2012 11:59am
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Jul 11, 2012 11:59 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;1223370 wrote:McDonalds workers make min wage - do you give them extra because you feel they're worth it?
min wage for a server is 3 dollars min wage for mcdonalds is 7.70.

BOOM ROASTED
Jul 11, 2012 11:59am
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Jul 11, 2012 12:04 PM
Big_Mirg_ZHS;1223397 wrote:min wage for a server is 3 dollars min wage for mcdonalds is 7.70.

BOOM ROASTED
Unless of course they somehow don't make enough tips and they ended up below $7.70 an hour. Because then the restaurant legally must pay them at least $7.70 an hour.
Jul 11, 2012 12:04pm
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Jul 11, 2012 12:05 PM
I think the true problem is that perhaps Raw Dawgin It is eating at restaurants where he feels the servers are only worth minimum wage (and they may be, I don't know). But at anywhere decent I think the people deserve a bit more.
Jul 11, 2012 12:05pm
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Jul 11, 2012 12:06 PM
I Wear Pants;1223402 wrote:Unless of course they somehow don't make enough tips and they ended up below $7.70 an hour. Because then the restaurant legally must pay them at least $7.70 an hour.
In the 15 years i spent in the service industry never saw that happen.
Jul 11, 2012 12:06pm
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Jul 11, 2012 12:12 PM
Big_Mirg_ZHS;1223404 wrote:In the 15 years i spent in the service industry never saw that happen.
I can't imagine someone that didn't receive enough tips to get to minimum wage would last long.
Jul 11, 2012 12:12pm
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Jul 11, 2012 12:13 PM
Raw Dawgin' it;1223363 wrote:I had a waiter who confronted me about not having a tip on the credit card line. Was planning on leaving cash but he came by and made a scene before i left him his tip...needless to say, fuck that guy, didn't leave one.
I would have left $0.01 just to spite him at that point.
Jul 11, 2012 12:13pm
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Jul 11, 2012 12:21 PM
queencitybuckeye;1223410 wrote:I can't imagine someone that didn't receive enough tips to get to minimum wage would last long.
Theres been times when we had no business to even make tips and the girls still only made 3.30 that day. Its made up the rest of the week basically. The hourly wage basically ends up paying the taxes on the tips.
Jul 11, 2012 12:21pm
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Jul 11, 2012 12:56 PM
Big_Mirg_ZHS;1223423 wrote:Theres been times when we had no business to even make tips and the girls still only made 3.30 that day. Its made up the rest of the week basically. The hourly wage basically ends up paying the taxes on the tips.
That's illegal.
Jul 11, 2012 12:56pm
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Jul 11, 2012 1:04 PM
I Wear Pants;1223440 wrote:That's illegal.
no its the system...dont trash the system!
Jul 11, 2012 1:04pm