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i dont mean to tread on another post but its kinda related and i dont know where to put it
subject: tipping, lunch time
so my bill was a hair under $16 the other day, meal was good, just bbq, nothing fancy, just me. nothing abnormal. So I left a twenty, so four dollar tip, thats like 23%
Was that enough? they didnt go out the way for me, one glass of tea, had no issues, it was a nice meal. I know time is hard for wait staff. I didnt think nothing of it till I got down the road. $4 good enough?
If I want to tip, other than a food establishment, I'll just hand the person cash. Had my state inspection last week, in 105 degree temps, so I gave $5 to the two folks running the inspections, told them to get themselves a cold drink. Just courtesy, really. The guys at Jiffy Lube when I got car oil changed the same day refused a tip. Go figure.
i dont mean to tread on another post but its kinda related and i dont know where to put it
subject: tipping, lunch time
so my bill was a hair under $16 the other day, meal was good, just bbq, nothing fancy, just me. nothing abnormal. So I left a twenty, so four dollar tip, thats like 23%
Was that enough? they didnt go out the way for me, one glass of tea, had no issues, it was a nice meal. I know time is hard for wait staff. I didnt think nothing of it till I got down the road. $4 good enough?
They didn't really do anything extra for you. I think 20% is a good tip so yours is more than sufficient. If you had wanted to tip more, that would have been fine too, but not expected.
My wife and I went to Five Guys a couple of days ago, and a really nice young lady took my order and I put my Visa into the card reader. So up pops a request for a tip, giving certain percentages up to 20% and one of "other". Like I said, the girl was really nice and friendly, so I gave the machine $2 for a $25 or so bill.
But really, there should be no tip involved. All she did was take my order. No one brought my food to me, refilled my drink, or cleaned up my table. It was almost totally self-service and the store shouldn't put the customer in the embarrassing position of refusing to tip for nothing more than a smile.
I guess I'll pay cash next time and not have to deal with it.
I can see a carryout service charge added to the bill at a restaurant. Especially if it is mainly a sit-down place. Everything costs something and people are in business to make money.
There should be a carryout service DISCOUNT, not additional charge. The carryout customer does not make a mess that must be cleaned up at the table. The carryout customer does not generate more dishes that need to be washed. The carryout customer does not use the restroom which needs to be cleaned. The carryout customer does not send the soup back because it isn't hot enough, or send back the steak because it is medium-rare instead of medium, etc.
I tip 10% on carry out orders from full service restaurants because there’s typically a waiter who has to take time away from their tables to package up my food.
I haven’t tipped counter service ever since I saw the tip jar out at a self-service frozen yogurt place and it was like ‘the madness must stop now’.
If i order from a restaurant or other local business and someone has to wait on me and fill out my order, I tip 25%. I tip 20% for delivery. If somebody has to fill out my order online and leave it for me on a counter for me to walk in and ask for it I tip 10%. I tip 15% at a buffet if no one takes any order from me and I pay a blanket charge at the cash register. If I walk into a store, find and fetch the item from the shelf, and carry it to the counter, I tip zero percent even when their app says I should tip 25%. Screw that.
My wife and I went to Five Guys a couple of days ago, and a really nice young lady took my order and I put my Visa into the card reader. So up pops a request for a tip, giving certain percentages up to 20% and one of "other". Like I said, the girl was really nice and friendly, so I gave the machine $2 for a $25 or so bill.
But really, there should be no tip involved. All she did was take my order. No one brought my food to me, refilled my drink, or cleaned up my table. It was almost totally self-service and the store shouldn't put the customer in the embarrassing position of refusing to tip for nothing more than a smile.
I guess I'll pay cash next time and not have to deal with it.
This sudden requests for tips everywhere has me puzzled. Went through a self-service drive-through car wash where the "basic" is $10. Because it was sunny, there was a young lady standing there shading the screen so customers could swipe card. The screen then pops up requesting a tip + verbally asks for one. For what Makes me think of all the many starting out jobs, even food service, where there was no tip jar, customers never offered, and we didn't even think of it. Later, there were jobs where tips were not allowed. A drive-through car wash
A few days ago, we joined another couple at Bacchanal, a high-end buffet at Caesar's Palace with quite a variety of food. It isn't a place we would ever go, but the out-of-town couple had set their sites on it.
Including tax but no alcohol (which is extra), but without a tip, it is about $175 per couple. It isn't worth it, IMHO. It is a buffet, after all, and some of the interesting things sit under the warming lamps for quite a while.
Our waitress delivered water at the beginning, and nothing else. We flagged her down mid-way through and asked for more water and extra napkins. She begrudgingly complied. Other staff pick up used plates when you go back for other items. At one point we asked for fresh silverware, and again she appeared put-out, but brought back some fresh silverware and just sort of dumped it on the table.
The other couple suggested we each leave a 20% cash tip on the table ($35 per couple). For what? This is a buffet. I didn't think she either earned or deserved a 20% tip at a buffet.
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This sudden requests for tips everywhere has me puzzled. Went through a self-service drive-through car wash where the "basic" is $10. Because it was sunny, there was a young lady standing there shading the screen so customers could swipe card. The screen then pops up requesting a tip + verbally asks for one. For what 
Makes me think of all the many starting out jobs, even food service, where there was no tip jar, customers never offered, and we didn't even think of it. Later, there were jobs where tips were not allowed. A drive-through car wash 
