Are you a good tipper?

[XOXO17]

Thats the problem with most servers, I believe. They expect a minimum of 20% and if they give good service, they expect more.

I expect 20% when i give GOOD service...15% is just OK..10% is an insult.

 

[mAlice]

I expect 20% when i give GOOD service...15% is just OK..10% is an insult.

That is a pretty good indication that you're not as good as you think you are.

 

[HollowSoul]

I expect 20% when i give GOOD service...15% is just OK..10% is an insult.

how about a cigarette butt in the mashed potatoes

 

[morganj614]

When a person EXPECTS or ASSUMES..they are usually disappointed alot

 

[Tigerlily]

how about a cigarette butt in the mashed potatoes

I actually found one of those in my homefries at a Ruby Tuesdays in Richmond.

 

[XOXO17]

well then lets all be trendy!!

haha did you notice that your metroactive.com website was written in 96? just about 10 years ago.....

 

[Tigerlily]

When a person EXPECTS or ASSUMES..they are usually disappointed alot

And class we all know what ass-u-me-s means.

 

[mAlice]

haha did you notice that your metroactive.com website was written in 96? just about 10 years ago.....

I challenge you to produce a current article that agrees with your

And what part of "A tip is a gift or sum of money tendered for a service performed or anticipated. It is given voluntarily or beyond obligation", did you not understand?

 

[XOXO17]

And class we all know what ass-u-me-s means.

any server who provides good,friendly service should expect and deserve 20%

 

[morganj614]

I challenge you to produce a current article that agrees with your

 

[Tigerlily]

I always appreicate any tip. If someone left me a penny I would be insulted but I would know it must have been me. I don't dwell on it I just move on.

 

[mAlice]

any server who provides good,friendly service should expect and deserve 20%

Wrong. A stellar server would "hope" 20%, but never expect it.

 

[Tigerlily]

any server who provides good,friendly service should expect and deserve 20%

That is your opinion. I do not necessarily agree. If you look at the bottom of the credit slip they sign it figures the amounts from 10% _ 20%. So if you think they should start at 20% what is the upper % then?

 

[Bogart]

I expect 20% when i give GOOD service...15% is just OK..10% is an insult.

I'm insulted when my waitress performs poorly.

 

[morganj614]

I need to go find Trouble

 

[Nickel]

A recent nationwide survey suggests 18 percent has become the tipping standard at restaurants across the country, Zagat says. That means a tip between 15 percent and 20 percent is perfectly appropriate, he says, and that diners rarely go above or below those extremes unless the service is extraordinarily good or bad. "Our recommendation is if you're really unhappy, leave 10 percent and don't come back," Zagat says.

From 2001

 

[Bogart]

haha did you notice that your metroactive.com website was written in 96? just about 10 years ago.....

haha did you notice that you quoted the wrong post.....

 

[mAlice]

A recent nationwide survey suggests 18 percent has become the tipping standard at restaurants across the country, Zagat says. That means a tip between 15 percent and 20 percent is perfectly appropriate, he says, and that diners rarely go above or below those extremes unless the service is extraordinarily good or bad. "Our recommendation is if you're really unhappy, leave 10 percent and don't come back," Zagat says.

From 2001

Same article:

"The thing people ought to understand is a tip is not something the waiter is guaranteed, and that you as a customer ought to relax and do what you think is right and don't be scared,"

A recent nationwide survey suggests 18 percent has become the tipping standard…

That tells me that the survey was asking what the customer typically tips, not what they’re supposed to tip.

 

[XOXO17]

I'm insulted when my waitress performs poorly.

so am I

 

[Nickel]

Same article:

"The thing people ought to understand is a tip is not something the waiter is guaranteed, and that you as a customer ought to relax and do what you think is right and don't be scared,"

A recent nationwide survey suggests 18 percent has become the tipping standard…

That tells me that the survey was asking what the customer typically tips, not what they’re supposed to tip.

Right, and the publisher of the Zagat guide, who frequents restaurants, and writes about them, says that between 15% and 20% is appropriate. To me that says that if I feel like tipping 15%, that's okay. And if I feel like tipping 20%, that's okay too. Who decides what you're supposed to tip?