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    Default LET'S SEE HOW MANY OF YOU CAN BE HONEST.....

    The idea of this thread came to me after reading the responses in the " Bathroom Attendant" thread...


    How many of you are self proclaimed cheap asses that will not tip bartenders, servers, valets, bellboys, strippers, or anyone else that works in a job where tips are encouraged?

    If you'd like to list your reasons for not tipping then please elaborate.

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    i deliver pizzas.. i live off of tips sometimes..


    I dont remember the last time i didnt tip 40% or more.
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    I tip everyone EXCEPT bathroom attendants...I hold my own junk to piss and i wash my own hands...untill that changes they get nothing from me

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    i'm doing way better..i use to do 10% religiously..now i'm doing better w/ it...i generally do $4-5 at least..BUT...i'm no baller so they arent gettin no big boy tips yet



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    I don't go anywhere that uses bartenders, valets, bellboys or strippers so I'm good.

    I leave a deserving tip for restaurant servers/waitresses. Bad service equals bad/no tip. It's all up to the server/waitress. Later, QD.
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    Quote Originally Posted by quickdodgeŽ
    I don't go anywhere that uses bartenders, valets, bellboys or strippers so I'm good.

    I leave a deserving tip for restaurant servers/waitresses. Bad service equals bad/no tip. It's all up to the server/waitress. Later, QD.

    I go out with the mind set to tip rather well, take for an example my girl and I went to PF changs last night, Expensive place. The waitress was really nice. our food drinks and desert (well my drinks because she's still pregnant) rounded out to be 64 and some change.. I paid with four 20's and left the change.. She was really nice plus the guy she was waiting on behind us was an ass to her because he didnt like what HE ordered... if I'm feeling generous I'll tip but if your an ass to me or act like you dont want to be at work I'll say something like thanks and walk away

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dracc
    I go out with the mind set to tip rather well, take for an example my girl and I went to PF changs last night, Expensive place. The waitress was really nice. our food drinks and desert (well my drinks because she's still pregnant) rounded out to be 64 and some change.. I paid with four 20's and left the change.. She was really nice plus the guy she was waiting on behind us was an ass to her because he didnt like what HE ordered... if I'm feeling generous I'll tip but if your an ass to me or act like you dont want to be at work I'll say something like thanks and walk away
    i still tip them pretty good but give it to them in person and say not everyone will do this with the way you treated us tonight and then walk away



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    Quote Originally Posted by quickdodgeŽ
    I don't go anywhere that uses bartenders, valets, bellboys or strippers so I'm good.

    I leave a deserving tip for restaurant servers/waitresses. Bad service equals bad/no tip. It's all up to the server/waitress. Later, QD.
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    Quote Originally Posted by quickdodgeŽ
    I don't go anywhere that uses bartenders, valets, bellboys or strippers so I'm good.

    I leave a deserving tip for restaurant servers/waitresses. Bad service equals bad/no tip. It's all up to the server/waitress. Later, QD.
    I agree, I tip depending on how the service went, normally 15% unless its a small bill then I would leave a minimum of $5 or more.

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    [QUOTE=quickdodgeŽ

    I leave a deserving tip for restaurant servers/waitresses. Bad service equals bad/no tip. It's all up to the server/waitress. Later, QD.[/QUOTE]

    this basically. I left a 20 for a teenager once, and 13 cents for a bad waitress in Vegas

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    If they fuck with my food and I notice or if they're being major assholes. But now and days a lot of restaurants have good service so I don't complain about it.

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    Poll added.

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    Only people I don't tip are fuckin' sonic car hops. I mean they don't even wait on me. All they do is walk out and hand me a bag of food.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain-Obvious™
    Only people I don't tip are fuckin' sonic car hops. I mean they don't even wait on me. All they do is walk out and hand me a bag of food.
    They make enough there to not worry about tips anyways

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    Quote Originally Posted by oneSLOWex
    They make enough there to not worry about tips anyways
    But they always stand and look at me like I'm gonna give them extra money. And I'm like "Was there anything else?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by oneSLOWex
    They make enough there to not worry about tips anyways
    I wouldnt call minimum wage enough....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain-Obvious™
    Only people I don't tip are fuckin' sonic car hops. I mean they don't even wait on me. All they do is walk out and hand me a bag of food.

    exactly!

    I was actually supposed to start working there as a carhop like 6 months ago. I finished the interview, they told me the pay rate. it was 2.14/hour.

    They expected me to work for 2.14 an hour and I was not aware the people at sonic were supposed to be tipped. I would have never thought of that as being a reason to pay someone.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Humphries
    exactly!

    I was actually supposed to start working there as a carhop like 6 months ago. I finished the interview, they told me the pay rate. it was 2.14/hour.

    They expected me to work for 2.14 an hour and I was not aware the people at sonic were supposed to be tipped. I would have never thought of that as being a reason to pay someone.
    the sonic here pays a little above minimum wage and they took the tip line off the credit card slip

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    Quote Originally Posted by Humphries
    exactly!

    I was actually supposed to start working there as a carhop like 6 months ago. I finished the interview, they told me the pay rate. it was 2.14/hour.

    They expected me to work for 2.14 an hour and I was not aware the people at sonic were supposed to be tipped. I would have never thought of that as being a reason to pay someone.
    That's how it is here. I feel sorry for them, but not sorry enough to tip them for the little work that they do.

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    i ALWAYS tip my bartenders. i dont do strip clubs but IF i did and she was hot id tip her. i always tip my bellboys. but mainly they get there cut anyway cause when you take a cruise your required to do it. and servers always get paid unless they were really shitty. not like haveing an off day shitty. but stuck up bein all pissy with you for no reason shitty.. then they get up upside down penny.

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    I usually always tip, but the problem is I rarely carry cash, luckily my girlfriend has a few bills with her. Does that count? lol

    Pizza guys I usually tip a few bucks. I try to never let anyone valet my car. Bartenders? I guess i would, but im not a bar guy. I always tip 15 percent on meals in restauraunts, more if the service was exceptional.

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    I over tip most times. Why isn't that an option?

    If the waiter/waitress did their job with some personality, they will generally get more than expected.

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    I tend to tip more than the norm, to be honest...
    Call me a sucker, but I tip almost everyone that works a job where the money they make depends on being tipped...Maybe I'm too nice but at the end of the day, those ppl, regardless of whether they are working a job you respect or not, are busting their ass to make ends meet just like the rest of us.

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    I over tip anyone that can receive tips.

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    when i go out to eat most the time i tip $5. if im at a bar and the bartender takes care of me i take care of him/her. even at the club i give the bathroom atten. $1 everytime i go in there



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    Only people I dont tip are @ buffets.. I mean all they do is get ur drink. U gotta get up to get ur food ..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Turbd4DE
    Only people I dont tip are @ buffets.. I mean all they do is get ur drink. U gotta get up to get ur food ..
    Ewwwwwww...



    I don't eat @ buffets. It's like a human feeding trough...

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    I had a waitress spill a drink on me one time...didnt say she was sorry just walked off and took 20 minutes to get back with a towel. Then has the nerve to walk outside as I was leaving asking what was wrong with her service...I was like....the drink in my lap....you not saying sorry....the fuck is wrong with you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by oneSLOWex
    I had a waitress spill a drink on me one time...didnt say she was sorry just walked off and took 20 minutes to get back with a towel. Then has the nerve to walk outside as I was leaving asking what was wrong with her service...I was like....the drink in my lap....you not saying sorry....the fuck is wrong with you?
    SAME THING happened to me at taco mac in Lawrenceville. She spilled sweet tea all over me, took forever to come back and I didn't get another drink for awhile. I think, if shit like that happens, the food should be comped. Then the manager came over, knowing she just spilled shit on me and asked if everything was ok?

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnthonyF
    SAME THING happened to me at taco mac in Lawrenceville. She spilled sweet tea all over me, took forever to come back and I didn't get another drink for awhile. I think, if shit like that happens, the food should be comped. Then the manager came over, knowing she just spilled shit on me and asked if everything was ok?

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    I had a chunk of glass in the bottom of my beer glass once at Hooters...ALMOST drank it. I called the waitress over....showed her....she freaked out and got the manager...."uhhh...im really sorry about that...it happens sometimes when the dishwashers slam glasses together."

    I said...So since I almost drank a piece of glass I get my food free right? He said "no sorry I cant do that..." I was like....dont expect to see me or any of the other 12 people I have with me in here ever again. He just walked off....i was like

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    I can understand not tipping at Sonics but I also wasn't aware that they only made the server minimum wage...that's insane...

    My question to those who refuse to tip is....why seek out a service and expect the service to be quality if you don't feel the need to tip?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobbyFresco
    .why seek out a service and expect the service to be quality if you don't feel the need to tip?
    In a customer service environment, quality of service is EVERYTHING. No matter the tip. Later, QD.
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    Quote Originally Posted by quickdodgeŽ
    In a customer service environment, quality of service is EVERYTHING. No matter the tip. Later, QD.
    I understand that however, most of us know the drill when we go out for meals at a full service restaurant...

    How can one demand or expect excellent service when you are not willing to compensate the giver of said service for their hard work?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobbyFresco
    How can one demand or expect excellent service when you are not willing to compensate the giver of said service for their hard work?
    I'm not a non-tipper, but I'm not a $5 tipper, either. I pay $20 for a meal/s and I tip about $2-3. I typically stay in the 10% bracket. I'm not rich. I don't eat out at restaurants like that but maybe 2-3 times a year.

    But I do believe that, tip or no tip, you should always provide the most excellent service that you can because it is, in fact, your job. If the diner doesn't tip, that sucks, but that's the nature of the business that YOU (the server) chose to get involved in. If you don't like your pay, find a job that pays what you do like.

    Bottom line, to me, is there is no questioning when (or under what circumstances) should it be ok to demand excellent service. It's always ok. Later, QD.
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    Quote Originally Posted by quickdodgeŽ
    I'm not a non-tipper, but I'm not a $5 tipper, either. I pay $20 for a meal/s and I tip about $2-3. I typically stay in the 10% bracket. I'm not rich. I don't eat out at restaurants like that but maybe 2-3 times a year.

    But I do believe that, tip or no tip, you should always provide the most excellent service that you can because it is, in fact, your job. If the diner doesn't tip, that sucks, but that's the nature of the business that YOU (the server) chose to get involved in. If you don't like your pay, find a job that pays what you do like.

    Bottom line, to me, is there is no questioning when (or under what circumstances) should it be ok to demand excellent service. It's always ok. Later, QD.
    I agree with most of your stance on the issue however...

    Conversely, for the sake of playing devil's advocate, most adults eat out on at the very least, a semi regular basis...that being said, you know that the server relies on tips to make ends meet. You may or may not know the server gets paid $2.13 an hour so you operate on the assumption that they make minimum wage, which is hardly anything at all....Knowing these facts and knowing that most servers work hard to make sure that your meal is enjoyable, why would one not want to compensate accordingly?

    Additionally, the argument could be made that if you do not feel tipping is something you should do (and when I say you, I'm not speaking of you specifically) then perhaps you shouldn't patronize establishments where tipping is someone's means of living.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobbyFresco
    I understand that however, most of us know the drill when we go out for meals at a full service restaurant...

    How can one demand or expect excellent service when you are not willing to compensate the giver of said service for their hard work?
    I have a couple friends who dont tip or just leave like a dollar on like a $20 ticket. Its so embarrassing so I make sure and leave them extra to cover for cheap asses.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oneSLOWex
    I have a couple friends who dont tip or just leave like a dollar on like a $20 ticket. Its so embarrassing so I make sure and leave them extra to cover for cheap asses.
    Reps.
    I find myself doing the same thing.
    I have worked service industry jobs in the past so I can say that I know what it's like to work your ass off for people who think your job is a joke.

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    I always tip, but i was in a situation several times.

    Tip bathroom attendant, damn drank too much, gotta go back...do I tip every time??

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    BARTENDER - not gettin tipped every drink i get, you're doing the same basic chit. vodka redbull. you already charged me $4 for 1 drink. and didn't use half the damn can of redbull, so now i gotta pay you to open ANOTHER can. whatever bro, i can make X3 as many at home for 1/2 the price in the long run. they get 5-8 bucks up front for my next 3 drinks.

    it takes less than a minute.

    servers - always get tipped well, as long as they do a good job, ie, i asked for a coke and got a coke, i asked for medium well got medium well. they get 20% everytime even with bad service but great service is rewarded 30-50% depending on bill.

    valet - never going to use it. i can park my own car just fine.

    bellboy - if i got 1 bag and its not that heavy like a few bucks... if my woman brought half the damn wardrobe and house i'll spot you decent cash $20 or so.

    strippers - why the hell am i even in a strip club? am i unable to pull ass myself? can i not have enough game to see tits on my own? why am i paying for blue balls again?!

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