How Has Tipping Personally Affected You?

[master_shake_]

I have eaten many great things in my life - I have never said "goddamn that shit was so good, I'm going to give the chef 20% because that meal changed my life"

yet servers want 20% for bringing me a check, refilling my water, and telling me the specials for the night. GFY. You don't even bring the food out to the table, your goddamn food runner does that for you. You don't even have to know shit about wine, your sommelier does that for you. Finally, you don't even clear the tables, your fucking busser does that for you.

In conclusion, do your fucking job and stop bitching - my cup is empty and I need a refill.

this.

all of this.

especially the GFY part.

 

[JSt0rm]

this.

all of this.

especially the GFY part.

The dude is ignorant to how things actually work and you agree with him. lol.

 

[master_shake_]

The dude is ignorant to how things actually work and you agree with him. lol.

yep i do.

i've never been to a restaurant with forced gratuities until my family and i visited a restaurant in michigan.

20 percent so the waitress could get our order wrong, ignore us, and flirt with some drunk guys 2 tables over.

she totally deserved it.

oh and when we didn't pay their ransom she came running out and exclaiming that she didn't do anything wrong.

yes, yes you did.

forcing people to tip enforces a negative behaviour.

kinda like a bratty kid that always gets their way, they can be assholes and get away with it.

Yes. Its true.

 

[brianmanahan]

That's about what my martini or glass of wine costs usually.

that's a lot of money to pee out in a few hours

 

[JSt0rm]

yep i do.

i've never been to a restaurant with forced gratuities until my family and i visited a restaurant in michigan.

20 percent so the waitress could get our order wrong, ignore us, and flirt with some drunk guys 2 tables over.

she totally deserved it.

oh and when we didn't pay their ransom she came running out and exclaiming that she didn't do anything wrong.

yes, yes you did.

forcing people to tip enforces a negative behaviour.

kinda like a bratty kid that always gets their way, they can be assholes and get away with it.

Yes. Its true.

Who said anyone should be forced to tip?

 

[JSt0rm]

that's a lot of money to pee out in a few hours

oh it gets a lot worst then that

 

[master_shake_]

Who said anyone should be forced to tip?

the question was "how has tipping affected you personally?"

i told my experience with forced tipping.

these are my feelings toward it.

is forced tipping not tipping?

is it some kind of dinner fee?

 

[JSt0rm]

ok but nobody is arguing here that you should be forced to tip.

 

[master_shake_]

ok but nobody is arguing here that you should be forced to tip.

i know that.

but i was telling the story of how tipping affected me personally.

you know, the question in the op?

unless you are concluding that, that was part of my agreement i had with Ns1.

it wasn't.

i just added my answer to you in that charming little anecdote i had written.

 

[JSt0rm]

ok well im sorry you had to experience that.

 

[Platypus]

it hasn't, because I try not to waste my time worrying about insignificant things

 

[highland145]

'sup, Platy. Hope all's well.

 

[rh71]

I just don't understand if a waiter complains about a 15% tip when they expect 20% and it's a difference of 2 whole dollars.

I know this to be the case because fine dining waiters are too high class to bitch about tips.

 

[TeeJay1952]

Tipping is not about the servers it is about the guests. Do you feel involved, connected and a part of a larger whole? Tip.
If you feel these lazy jerks need to hurry up and do their job, Don't tip.

(but please tell your server so they can adjust accordingly)

 

[IronWing]

Not sure why this thread but I just want to say "hey". Hey.

 

[child of wonder]

When I go to a chain restaurant like Chili's or Ruby Tuesdays I HATE tipping, but I still do. 90% of the time the server added nothing to our dining experience but simply took our order, brought our food (sometimes), asked if everything was OK, tried to up sell us on dessert, then collected the check.

Why am I paying a $5-$10 tip per meal for that?

Contrast that to a fine dining establishment where the server is keenly aware of the foods on the menu, can give us food recommendations as well as what wines that pair well with them, genuinely makes us feel like a valued guest, and goes out of their way to make sure we enjoy our experience. For example, we struck up a conversation with one waiter about our sake flight and how strange the aged sake was. He volunteered to get their wine and sake expert over to our table and comp us a glass of 30 year aged sake.

That was an experience that made me feel like the tip was adding value. Places like Chili's and Applebee's should just have an iPad at the table and runners to get the food that we don't have to tip because most of their servers do nothing to add to the experience.

 

[IronWing]

When I go to a chain restaurant like Chili's or Ruby Tuesdays I HATE tipping, but I still do. 90% of the time the server added nothing to our dining experience but simply took our order, brought our food (sometimes), asked if everything was OK, tried to up sell us on dessert, then collected the check.

Why am I paying a $5-$10 tip per meal for that?

Was it worth it for the re-assurance that no matter what you requested, said, did, or failed to do, it was "no problem"? Absolutely.

 

[BudAshes]

I've decided to stop tipping. Going balls deep from now on.

 

[Anubis]

zero effect

 

[Midwayman]

You guys are crazy. I already broke down all these arguments in the other thread. Go find them there.

If you mean your delusional rambling, yes you did.

 

[Phokus]

Just raise the prices of food at restaurants and do away with tipping, everyone wins.

 

[JSt0rm]

If you mean your delusional rambling, yes you did.

You not being able to comprehend what I'm writing is your problem not mine.

 

[IronWing]

Home Alone with difficulty set to realistic?

 

[JSt0rm]

I wish I knew lol.

 

[KMFJD]

Just raise the prices of food at restaurants and do away with tipping, everyone wins.

Everyone but the waiters, which is why they bitch so hard in every tipping thread