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

[antiv6]

i tip for everything but bathroom attendants, even the people at sonic get my money.

[PhatbacK]

Dont forget to add THE PEOPLE THAT CUT YOUR HAIR! I am a barber and I am so suprised how many guys don't tip

[AirMax95]

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?

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.

What they said.....

I tip when I feel like it (97% of the time), but I should still get good customer service due to it being a service oriented job, whether I tip or not. Yet it is dumb for an establishment to expect someone to live 80% off tips. That is probably why I never wanted to be a waiter.

[thecrazyone]

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.

x2

[BobbyFresco]

Dont forget to add THE PEOPLE THAT CUT YOUR HAIR! I am a barber and I am so suprised how many guys don't tip

LOL..Sorry..forgot about you guys..

I don't get haircuts because I shave my head but I do get my brows waxed, no homo, so I tip...So for instance, the charge for my waxing is 10 bucks and I usually tip 3 or 4 bucks and 5 when she is friendly.

[PhatbacK]

Yea guys are pretty bad sometimes. And I love how some guys thinking tipping $1 on a 16 dollar haircut is making my day. get the F outta here. Now if they are old ment aht is fine cause they are old school. But I am so tired of this guys coming in here with this shaggy wanna be abercrombie and fitch haircuts and are SOOOOO high maintance and then dont tip. Its pretty bad when some men are worse than women when it comes to getting their hair done!!

I have even had a guy ask me if I could flat iron his hair for him!!!! F A G

[oneSLOWex]

Yea guys are pretty bad sometimes. And I love how some guys thinking tipping $1 on a 16 dollar haircut is making my day. get the F outta here. Now if they are old ment aht is fine cause they are old school. But I am so tired of this guys coming in here with this shaggy wanna be abercrombie and fitch haircuts and are SOOOOO high maintance and then dont tip. Its pretty bad when some men are worse than women when it comes to getting their hair done!!

I have even had a guy ask me if I could flat iron his hair for him!!!! F A G

I get cheap ass hair cuts cause im pretty simple LOL....I tip unless the bish gaps me up

[ultm8mind]

I don't like tipping the bathroom attendant guy, why is he even in there? I could see if the place was upscale but these guys have set up shop anywhere there is room. By the time you leave a club you gotta tip this person, that person, and then some guy in the bathroom? I mean come on, in some shitty hang out? They should only be in the "upper crust" type places. WHo knows how legit they are anyways.....

[ultm8mind]

Yea guys are pretty bad sometimes. And I love how some guys thinking tipping $1 on a 16 dollar haircut is making my day. get the F outta here. Now if they are old ment aht is fine cause they are old school. But I am so tired of this guys coming in here with this shaggy wanna be abercrombie and fitch haircuts and are SOOOOO high maintance and then dont tip. Its pretty bad when some men are worse than women when it comes to getting their hair done!!

I have even had a guy ask me if I could flat iron his hair for him!!!! F A G

Aren't you getting paid from the haircut itself? You want $100 tip for a $16 haircut? Maybe $1 is cheap, should just leave a 20, but don't complain. LOL. Not everyone is in a job that's deemed tip worthy....

[PhatbacK]

Aren't you getting paid from the haircut itself? You want $100 tip for a $16 haircut? Maybe $1 is cheap, should just leave a 20, but don't complain. LOL. Not everyone is in a job that's deemed tip worthy....

I get paid hourly Im not commision so I get nothing from the haircut. But Im physically doing to the job and you see my cutting your hair and if you sit there and rant and rave how great it is and then tip me a $1 and then go hope in your 2009 750li and drive home to your mansion...then wth. Im not saying everyone should tip 20bux. But I think if I do a good job and you know it then you can tip better than $1

So your telling me that you don't think barbers and cosmetologist are deemed as people who deserve tips?

[Buttons]

I was on a date with some guy. and I went to the bathroom. The waiter apologize to my date for having to eat alone. Later the waiter came with our food. we had ate for awhile and was about half way done. the waiter asked "is the food okay?" and we said, "yes, it's good." he then said "no spit or hair or anything in there?" .. we literally dropped our silverware at that moment like WTF. he did something else, forgot what, that was also disturbing, and he never brought us anything when we asked. We ended up giving him either no tip or a very SMALL tip.

i tip usually very good. at least 20%, however bad services =no tip or small tip.

[lanning]

fawk i didnt read it all before i voted, i tip everybody but the folks in the potty

[Buttons]

I get paid hourly Im not commision so I get nothing from the haircut. But Im physically doing to the job and you see my cutting your hair and if you sit there and rant and rave how great it is and then tip me a $1 and then go hope in your 2009 750li and drive home to your mansion...then wth. Im not saying everyone should tip 20bux. But I think if I do a good job and you know it then you can tip better than $1

So your telling me that you don't think barbers and cosmetologist are deemed as people who deserve tips?

don't rant & rave about what he drives & what house he owns. everyone knows the richest people are the cheapest people. real rich people can tip and will tip.

[Catnip]

The only place I generally go that would require a tip would be a restaurant. Fuck tipping at Sonic. If I like the server I'll generally tip around 20% give or take.

[ScrapMetalDSM]

I as well deliver pizzas, and because of that, I always tip at least 5 dollars at restaurants, more if i got drinks, etc and the bill is high. I tip my hair cutter person 6 bucks because the bill is 14 and I just give a 20 and say keep it. They are grateful for that.

As a pizza delivery driver, let me tell you we DO NOT get the delivery charge that is put on your bill. Well technically we get 15 cents out of the 2 bucks. I got 95 cents per delivery before gas shot up, and now I get 1.10 after the instituted the delivery charge. That is supposed to pay for wear and tear AND gas and mileage. We like to see a minimum of 3 dollars tip on a delivery, and at least 10 percent on order above 30 dollars. and if you are far away form your store in which you get delivery, please tip more because it takes us much longer to get there and back. I HATE it when I delivery to a person 15 minutes away one way for a 2 dollar tip or less. That's 30 minutes of my shift taken away for one delivery and a measly 2 dollars. Also, if you order on the web and leave a shitty tip online, more than likely your order will be taken with 1 or 2 other orders and yours will go last, because those that tip better on an online tip, are obviously going to get their pizza first.

[AirMax95]

real rich people can tip and will tip.

So not true. Whether or not someone tips is based on their ability to, but more so thier will to. That is determined by your personality.

[1SICKLEX]

I tip depending on service and I write compliments or remarks on the ticket. I commend great service to managers and even call corporate.

I would say 20% average for good service and even 40% depending if you kick ass.

Also I look for the same people that served me. They take care of me, I take care of them.

I don't go out to eat with people that don't tip.

[tandem]

I try to tip when I have the money.
I know being a waiter/waitress isn't a good job, or have a good pay.

[Buttons]

So not true. Whether or not someone tips is based on their ability to, but more so thier will to. That is determined by your personality.

i said real rich people. not people who think they have money & flash it around.

[AirMax95]

i said real rich people. not people who think they have money & flash it around.

Trust me, real rich or fake rich, long wealth or new money.....it's in your personality. I know someone of every income classification and they will even tell you it is in your personality first. I know broke people who tip and I know 7-figure people who are stingy as hell!

[Atlblkz06]

I think tipping is based on an understanding of the profession AND personality.

I will admit, I used to tip 15-20% before I knew what went into waiting. These days its between 20 and 35%. If you cant "afford" to tip well: skip the diet coke and put that $2 towards tips. You make a healthy choice and helped someone pay the bills.

Haircuts are EXPENSIVE. 15 bucks for a mediocre haircut (shave with a #2 + neck shave) is a lot for something that requires no skill (I do it myself these days).
Here's the best part about haircuts - they screw it up...wth! They leave fuzzies all over the place, and I have to go home and clean it up.

I ordered a shake for 2.50 at Chick fil A once and left the rest as tip - her reaction pretty much made my day

[Atlblkz06]

Trust me, real rich or fake rich, long wealth or new money.....it's in your personality. I know someone of every income classification and they will even tell you it is in your personality first. I know broke people who tip and I know 7-figure people who are stingy as hell!

Examples cannot add up to a proof, but I agree with you in essence. I know way too many rich people who tip worse than they umm "should". If I had that kinda money I'd tip 40% everywhere I get a service $40.

[AirMax95]

Examples cannot add up to a proof, but I agree with you in essence. I know way too many rich people who tip worse than they umm "should". If I had that kinda money I'd tip 40% everywhere I get a service $40.

I shall throw a bowling ball at thy balls

Of course not all, but you a smart and got my point, lol.

[americanctm]

I'm a pretty cheap person until it comes to tipping. I've always been a very generous tipper. Just seems that many of them need the money more than i do and i've always had that mindset when tipping.

[IntegraXTR]

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.

[BobbyFresco]

I'm a pretty cheap person until it comes to tipping. I've always been a very generous tipper. Just seems that many of them need the money more than i do and i've always had that mindset when tipping.

That's not always the case...

I personally waited tables through school and not because I had to but for spending money.

Some ppl do it part time to supplement their income...and then there are those who do it as a career.

Keep in mind, if you were at some of the higher scale restaurants in Atlanta, you have the potential to make just as much as a salaried employee. I had a friend that worked at the Renaissance downtown and she cleared 60k a year, only working 4 days a week.

[PhatbacK]

don't rant & rave about what he drives & what house he owns. everyone knows the richest people are the cheapest people. real rich people can tip and will tip.

Sometimes yes but not all the time. and Im not ranting and raving about what they have or live...usually they are the ones that tell me this information.

[PhatbacK]

Trust me, real rich or fake rich, long wealth or new money.....it's in your personality. I know someone of every income classification and they will even tell you it is in your personality first. I know broke people who tip and I know 7-figure people who are stingy as hell!

Yup!

[PhatbacK]

I think tipping is based on an understanding of the profession AND personality.

I will admit, I used to tip 15-20% before I knew what went into waiting. These days its between 20 and 35%. If you cant "afford" to tip well: skip the diet coke and put that $2 towards tips. You make a healthy choice and helped someone pay the bills.

Haircuts are EXPENSIVE. 15 bucks for a mediocre haircut (shave with a #2 + neck shave) is a lot for something that requires no skill (I do it myself these days).
Here's the best part about haircuts - they screw it up...wth! They leave fuzzies all over the place, and I have to go home and clean it up.

I ordered a shake for 2.50 at Chick fil A once and left the rest as tip - her reaction pretty much made my day

OK WOW something that requires no skill? Granted a shaved head isn't hard...but I have had people come into my shop that have attempted that and screwed it up and ask me to fix it. I love when people thinking cutting hair isn't hard or requires "no skill" and then they attempt it themselves and screw up just to come in and have someone fix it.

[Vteckidd]

i tip 20-30% routinely, sometimes more. I cut my own hair though lol

Phatback i think you were at the XGames movie premiere , swear i saw you there

[PhatbacK]

I worked at restaurants before I started doing hair and it is the same kinda of customer service except with hair I do everything. Serving you have help from other servers and kitchen cooking your food and what not.

Regardless I think everyone should work in that type of atmosphere for atleast 6 months to have a better appreciation if they don't already. Even if I don't get the best service I still tip because everyone has bad days or isn't performing there best. But if someone is just an out right ass to me for no reason and could care less about my business..then thats a diff. story

[PhatbacK]

i tip 20-30% routinely, sometimes more. I cut my own hair though lol

Phatback i think you were at the XGames movie premiere , swear i saw you there

I sure was!!! With MMS right? that movie was sweeeeeet! I had never seen a 3D movie before!

[Vteckidd]

I sure was!!! With MMS right? that movie was sweeeeeet! I had never seen a 3D movie before!

Yup that was it. That movie theater was badass never even knew it existed.

You looked familiar but i think i heard you after the movie say something like " i wanna go get the STI" so i figured it was you, i was like 5 feet from you, CREEPY I KNOW (I swear im not a stalker)

[Vteckidd]

I worked at restaurants before I started doing hair and it is the same kinda of customer service except with hair I do everything. Serving you have help from other servers and kitchen cooking your food and what not.

Regardless I think everyone should work in that type of atmosphere for atleast 6 months to have a better appreciation if they don't already. Even if I don't get the best service I still tip because everyone has bad days or isn't performing there best. But if someone is just an out right ass to me for no reason and could care less about my business..then thats a diff. story

My aunt is a stylist, hair cutter, whatever the professional term is. Its def a job i can see where most people dont get tipped. I always tipped like $2 for a normal hair cut back in the day. I thought that was customary. Nowadays i think its totally different.

How much should a girl "tip" for like a $50 hair cut? isnt that what it costs most of the time now haha. Interested

[BobbyFresco]

i tip 20-30% routinely, sometimes more. I cut my own hair though lol

Phatback i think you were at the XGames movie premiere , swear i saw you there

Remember that night we all went out to that bar and our server took forever to bring our drinks and I had to run her down for the check?

We tipped her damn well, I believe..
IIRC, I tipped her 20 bucks myself and I think you threw in 10...and that was for 60 bucks worth of drinks.

[americanctm]

That's not always the case...

I personally waited tables through school and not because I had to but for spending money.

Some ppl do it part time to supplement their income...and then there are those who do it as a career.

Keep in mind, if you were at some of the higher scale restaurants in Atlanta, you have the potential to make just as much as a salaried employee. I had a friend that worked at the Renaissance downtown and she cleared 60k a year, only working 4 days a week.

Yea i'll tip proportionately to the cost of my meal at higher end restaurants because by that time their already about to wipe me clean, but i've always had no problem giving away a little more than usual or what is standard to waiters, barbers, ect.

What really pisses me off though is when i have paid and left a more than generous tip at a restaurant, and later realize on my receipt that they had already charged me a percent on my bill for a tip and they don't even tell you. So i double tipped because of a deceitful practice.

[ultm8mind]

So your telling me that you don't think barbers and cosmetologist are deemed as people who deserve tips?

Ummm, I tip my barber. I said MY, this guy, me, MY job is not deemed "tip worthy."

[ultm8mind]

...I also tip servers at McDonalds, lol, just kidding....

[Echonova]

I tip generously, I have worked in the food service industry as a yout, and I know I hate every mother fucker that ever stiffed me to this very day.

The only place I refuse to tip is Starbucks. Maybe I would if I didn't just pay $29.36 for one Mocha Latte half-calf de-calf with a shot of espresso and a twist of lemon made from beans that were grown on the plains of the Serengeti. But come on... you just ran water over some grounded-up coffee beans. Was it really that hard?

[PhatbacK]

Ummm, I tip my barber. I said MY, this guy, me, MY job is not deemed "tip worthy."

oh ok I won't have to hurt you then. hah jk