Tips

[Nessa 23]

To be honest I hate tipping. I wish I could never tip. There. I said it. I'm cheap! I'm a terrible person.

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!! Oh Nessa! you made me laugh!!!! :lol:

[no name 1]

It's just, I'm so used not having to tip in brazil it's always weird.

Have you ever been a waitress/bartender/etc?

[♥JP♥ 5]

I hate the fact that tips are expected. I'm terrible too Nessa!

[MKCT 0]

It's just, I'm so used not having to tip in brazil it's always weird.

I got you. I was in NY once, my fiance was at work and I was waiting for the cablevision guy to come and install our home phone and internet. He was very nice but also lazy doing his work...anyways, he left. When my fiance came he asked me how much did I tip him? and I'm like.....excuse me? Tip? Was I really supposed to tip him? He looked at me with this face like....kind of mad and surprise of not doing it...and he said that the guy probably thought I was cheap......Come on! Was I really supposed to know that I had to tip him!!!!! He said he didn't mention it to me cause he thought I was gonna do it.....

[Fandango 1,440]

how did we get from tips to dvd players?

LMAO!!!! I was gonna say the same...! :lol: And don't forget levity... :lol:

Mirla, you were the catalyst with your fancy Res Dogs post

Wow! Now it's my fault..... Come on, MR. PINK was talking about tipping! He didn't change the topic! hahahaha! :lol:

We at VJ have collective ADD.

You: *Res Dogs clip about topic*

Someone else: I love Mr Pink

Another someone else: One of my fave movies...

Me: I just bought the DVD

Dev: It might not work in the UK

Me: Hey look at that butterfly....

Someone else: speaking of which, I've given up butter for good!

Another someone else: My cholesterol is high as well...I just went to the Dr

Another: I went to the doc as well and can you believe it cost $200!!!???

Another: That's cos we're paying for all the illegals damnit! ...

and so on

and so forth!

See, it's all your fault, Mirla

[Ban Hammer 13,656]

It's just, I'm so used not having to tip in brazil it's always weird.

I got you. I was in NY once, my fiance was at work and I was waiting for the cablevision guy to come and install our home phone and internet. He was very nice but also lazy doing his work...anyways, he left. When my fiance came he asked me how much did I tip him? and I'm like.....excuse me? Tip? Was I really supposed to tip him? He looked at me with this face like....kind of mad and surprise of not doing it...and he said that the guy probably thought I was cheap......Come on! Was I really supposed to know that I had to tip him!!!!! He said he didn't mention it to me cause he thought I was gonna do it.....

i don't tip them either. cable installers get paid by the job, not the hour.

[caybee 21]

But the big bottom line for me is that I refuse to let anyone act as if any amount of tip is "entitled to". They are working in a service delivery profession - its the quality of the service that I am tipping for. If the service is non existent or bad, I have no problem to not tip at all.

Exactly. There's simply no entitlement on tips. I've read over and over in this thread that people "tip only 10%" in a restaurant if the service was bad. Not me. I sure as hell won't leave a tip that wasn't earned. It will create the impression with the server that this sort of non-service is something acceptable or that he/she did an alright job. It isn't and (s)he didn't...

Actually, if you'd been an employer, and especially in the food service industry, you'd quite possibly change your approach to this matter. An employer has what is referred to as a 'tip credit" option and if he or she chooses can pay a server only a fraction per hour with the understanding that the employee will make it up with tips. Even a bad server MUST earn minimum wage, per the FLSA. So, it's better to make your discontent known to the manager/owner than to short change the server.

May a restaurant owner pay servers nothing per hour?

[MKCT 0]

It's just, I'm so used not having to tip in brazil it's always weird.

Have you ever been a waitress/bartender/etc?

:lol: I was for like two weeks or so in Tahoe, it was a kinda fancy restaurant....so I wasn't bitchin at customers for tips but other girls who were working there for a while, they used to complain about bad tips sometimes...

[Sister Fracas 5]

It's just, I'm so used not having to tip in brazil it's always weird.

I got you. I was in NY once, my fiance was at work and I was waiting for the cablevision guy to come and install our home phone and internet. He was very nice but also lazy doing his work...anyways, he left. When my fiance came he asked me how much did I tip him? and I'm like.....excuse me? Tip? Was I really supposed to tip him? He looked at me with this face like....kind of mad and surprise of not doing it...and he said that the guy probably thought I was cheap......Come on! Was I really supposed to know that I had to tip him!!!!! He said he didn't mention it to me cause he thought I was gonna do it.....

what????? the cable guy does NOT need a tip.

We at VJ have collective ADD.

You: *Res Dogs clip about topic*

Someone else: I love Mr Pink

Another someone else: One of my fave movies...

Me: I just bought the DVD

Dev: It might not work in the UK

Me: Hey look at that butterfly....

Someone else: speaking of which, I've given up butter for good!

Another someone else: My cholesterol is high as well...I just went to the Dr

Another: I went to the doc as well and can you believe it cost $200!!!???

Another: That's cos we're paying for all the illegals damnit! ...

and so on

and so forth!

See, it's all your fault, Mirla

Mirla is harbouring an illegal alien????????????????

[Nessa 23]

It's just, I'm so used not having to tip in brazil it's always weird.

Have you ever been a waitress/bartender/etc?

nope never. but like I said, in Brazil the tips are included so even if I had been a waitress in Brazil my tips would be always 10% at least of the bill, unless the client wanted to tip more, which is unusual but can happen.

Edited November 28, 2007 by Nessa

[MKCT 0]

how did we get from tips to dvd players?

LMAO!!!! I was gonna say the same...! :lol: And don't forget levity... :lol:

Mirla, you were the catalyst with your fancy Res Dogs post

Wow! Now it's my fault..... Come on, MR. PINK was talking about tipping! He didn't change the topic! hahahaha! :lol:

We at VJ have collective ADD.

You: *Res Dogs clip about topic*

Someone else: I love Mr Pink

Another someone else: One of my fave movies...

Me: I just bought the DVD

Dev: It might not work in the UK

Me: Hey look at that butterfly....

Someone else: speaking of which, I've given up butter for good!

Another someone else: My cholesterol is high as well...I just went to the Dr

Another: I went to the doc as well and can you believe it cost $200!!!???

Another: That's cos we're paying for all the illegals damnit! ...

and so on

and so forth!

See, it's all your fault, Mirla

oh Lisa! Ok, I admit it. I can be a little bit guilty cause I did post the clip (about tipping though) and I also said I love Mr. Pink and someone else Mr. Pink was his or her favourite actor.....but why did the rest started to talk about DVD players!!!!! :lol: hahaha! Well, we're back on topic now! Sorry guys!

[Sister Fracas 5]

I gotta say, I went to a restaurant with this German lady once (not German-American), and was mortified when she left a $4 tip for a $75 restaurant tab...and this was no Applebees, but a Brazillian steakhouse, the kind where they walk around with endless trays of meats and just keep bringing them to you until you explode.

Edited November 28, 2007 by Sister Fracas

[MKCT 0]

See, it's all your fault, Mirla

Mirla is harbouring an illegal alien????????????????

:cry: I'm an alien now!!!!!!!!!!?????? :lol: Alright!!! Back to topic otherwise everybody will start saying it's my fault!!!

Case closed :D

[Nessa 23]

We at VJ have collective ADD.

You: *Res Dogs clip about topic*

Someone else: I love Mr Pink

Another someone else: One of my fave movies...

Me: I just bought the DVD

Dev: It might not work in the UK

Me: Hey look at that butterfly....

Someone else: speaking of which, I've given up butter for good!

Another someone else: My cholesterol is high as well...I just went to the Dr

Another: I went to the doc as well and can you believe it cost $200!!!???

Another: That's cos we're paying for all the illegals damnit! ...

and so on

and so forth!

See, it's all your fault, Mirla

that was hilarious :lol: :lol:

[Fandango 1,440]

Mirla is harbouring an illegal alien????????????????

Well, I don't know for sure, but that's what I heard too...

oh Lisa! Ok, I admit it. I can be a little bit guilty cause I did post the clip (about tipping though) and I also said I love Mr. Pink and someone else Mr. Pink was his or her favourite actor.....but why did the rest started to talk about DVD players!!!!! :lol: hahaha! Well, we're back on topic now! Sorry guys!

It's all in good fun, M

but don't hold out for this staying on topic