What do we tip waiters for?

[Kathryn41 3,205]

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[Obama 2012 1,714]

You don't have to tip people, except if you have a large party. Serving food isn't that difficult of a job, I'm not going to dole out huge tips just because I feel sorry for them.

perhaps you shouldn't patron places with waiters then.

[The_Dude 1,142]

perhaps you shouldn't patron places with waiters then.

I have every right to do so. I understand your sympathies as I imagine you've worked in the food service industry. That doesn't change the fact that it's not skilled labor, and anyone can do the work. Normalize wages and get rid of the tipping system.

[DEDixon 39]

not the case in my experiences. Usually got really decent tips from certain races when I was a server. Teenagers were always the worst in my experience.

yeah, after it become prety much the rule in baltimore probably attitude of the server didn't help going forward.

[evli1966 88]

I want my server to be paid a good wage and let the EMPLOYER pay his employees!

And yes I expect to pay more for my food, but it would be worth it for a tip to return to being a REWARD, not something expected to help pay their salary.

I also know this has as much hope as a snowball in . . .

I Agree with this. Tipping was neevr meant to be part of a wage.

I still believe servers should be paid a good wage by their employer, if they are salesmen, let the restaurant pay them a commission on their sales, NOT the customer.

I have seen servers slight me because I was dining alone to take care of a large group because they feel they will get a bigger tip out of the group.

Tipping is getting out-of-hand. Tip jars are appearing everywhere, even in take-out only places where all they do is ring up your order and hand you a sack!

And let's not even talk about buffets where they don't even bring you silverware any more, just clear tables and refill drinks.

The Company I work for made it policy that Tip containers of any kind are not allowed.

We are in the Fast Food industry and it is self serve ...heck we do not even bag your food unless it was a delivery.

I have every right to do so. I understand your sympathies as I imagine you've worked in the food service industry. That doesn't change the fact that it's not skilled labor, and anyone can do the work. Normalize wages and get rid of the tipping system.

I am calling you out on this one.

I would bet you couldn't do have the work the managers/ PICs and some of the trained staff do. I am not even speaking of the Bar tending talents. This deosnt mean all workers in the industry are able to do this stuff acceptably well either.

Your ignorance because of your college education and cush job allows you to think this way.

I do agree with the normalizing wages and changiong the social system from a Tip society to one that does not do it.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I Agree with this. Tipping was neevr meant to be part of a wage.

Guess which states allow establishments to pay less than minimum wage to their servers because they count their tips as part of their pay?

[evli1966 88]

Guess which states allow establishments to pay less than minimum wage to their servers because they count their tips as part of their pay?

As far as I know all but Icould be wrong because Ido not work for a company that pays a tip wage for any of it's smployees whether delivery drivers or in shop.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

As far as I know all but Icould be wrong because Ido not work for a company that pays a tip wage for any of it's smployees whether delivery drivers or in shop.

It's the right-to-work states that allow establishments to pay below minimum wage. In California, they are required to pay minimum wage to servers.

[BishopM 114]

Maybe its because I'm a bit older and a very bitbit more mature, but no matter what, I always tip HUGE. Granted, perhaps the tip is 'self-serving' in my case...but, I feel as though the person who is tending to the table could use the tip more than I need it.

That is just me though...

[SuperDuper! 230]

I'll be honest, Steve. Most of your topics here are weird and irrelevant, but I really liked this one, because tipping has been a pet peeve of mine, and I don't always agree that everyone should be tipped. You hit the cover off this topic though.

Edited October 1, 2010 by Hopp

[TBoneTX 45,365]

I don't [...] agree that everyone should be tipped.

I don't tip people as often as I tip cows, si moo... er, man.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

It's the right-to-work states that allow establishments to pay below minimum wage. In California, they are required to pay minimum wage to servers.

the 'wage' offered by a company is to cover taxes pretty much...

It's kind of like how a beauty salon works too. They don't really "pay" the hairdressers a lot of times and the hairdressers pay rent for their booth, so their pay is dependent on the amount of clients they have, the amount they charge, and the tips they make.....

A server is really renting 4 tables for the night at the end of the day usually and whatever wages he makes for his services he gets to keep for the most part, unless there's the whole "tipshare" thing for bus boys and bartenders...

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

This thread is incomplete without someone posting the YouTube clip of Mr. Pink.

You do it. I don't believe in posting videos.

[The_Dude 1,142]

I am calling you out on this one.

I would bet you couldn't do have the work the managers/ PICs and some of the trained staff do. I am not even speaking of the Bar tending talents. This deosnt mean all workers in the industry are able to do this stuff acceptably well either.

Your ignorance because of your college education and cush job allows you to think this way.

I do agree with the normalizing wages and changiong the social system from a Tip society to one that does not do it.

Yay, I got called out by evli. Too bad you're dead wrong. I managed a restaurant when I got out of college. No, It wasn't a big restaurant, but I saw how it operated. It's not hard, just time consuming and tedious. Nice try though.

[SMOKE 1,426]

Yay, I got called out by evli. Too bad you're dead wrong. I managed a restaurant when I got out of college. No, It wasn't a big restaurant, but I saw how it operated. It's not hard, just time consuming and tedious. Nice try though.

taco bell does not count.

if you're really as obnoxious to wait staff, as you have implied you are. i hope they remember you & treat you to the 'special sauce' when you return...so, how much 'special sauce' do you think you've consumed in the last year?...oh yah its happened, don't think it hasn't.