Why are waiters and waitresses so rude when you don't tip them?
Okay so there is this girl I have been trying to get with for weeks and I finally convinced her to let me take her to dinner. I was wanting to drink at the restaurant so I had two bottles of wine and a few jack and cokes but I guess she wasn't really wanting to drink too much and only had a glass of wine. Anyway, it was a pretty nice place and we ended up running close to a $200 tab. All I had was 200 dollars cash on me (the only credit card I have is a joint one with my grandmother and she put a block on it a few weeks ago) and I still needed to pick up some cigarettes on the ride home so I didn't leave a tip. As we were leaving the waiter basically chased us out the restaurant and was very indignant asking if he'd done something wrong to not warrant a tip. You could tell my date was very embarrassed by him and she ended up giving him $20 to make him shut up. This is not the first time this has happened to me. Get this straight: TIPPING IS OPTIONAL!!!! Besides waiters make almost minimum wage, it is not my responsibility to pay them. THEY WORK FOR THE RESTURANT, NOT ME!!
Can waiters ask for more tip?
Here's the thing. and this is sort of a touchy subject, that no one really would be happy with. Every restaurant has a different policy when it comes to tipping. Some restaurants include it in the bill already, some tip share, and most will leave the tipping decision up to the customer. With the latter there is usually a "tip rule" set in place for the servers. This would mean something along the lines of; the server can not refuse service and may not ask for or expect any certain percentage of tips. and this is where the semantics come in. Whether or not they deserve the tip, whether or not the customer is rude or abusive and deserves to be waited on, whether or not you tip through tip sharing, yadda yadda yadda. The fact remains that under NO circumstances should any waitress ask for more of a tip. If one table leaves 2 dollars on a 20 dollar check; that obviously is not a great tip, but can be made up potentially on the next table. As a customer would I say something to management about it? ABSOLUTELY. because as a server, YOU NEVER EVER ASK THE CUSTOMER FOR MORE MONEY. and will telling her manager get her in trouble. YES. Most likely she'll get fired over it. Now, if you wanted to go out to eat, and have a good relaxing night out, then that's fine. Everyone likes to have fun now and again. but if you know that you have a limited budget and might not be able to afford a deserving tip for the server, save everyone the embarrassment and take your food to go. Take it to the beach, or take it to a park. Or better even; go to a place where you don't have to tip. Say a deli, or an over counter seafood market, or along the lines there of. Bottom line, the waitress should never have asked for more money from her customers, but the customers have to be aware that servers only make money through their tips. If she was a bad server, then tell her, "you were a bad server. I don't think you should get anymore." but if you don't have money to tip a waitress when you go out to eat, don't go out to eat.
Why do waiters get mad if you don't tip well or don't tip at all?
As a former waitress, who waited tables throughout college....in most states servers only make $2.13/hr. This wages is basically to cover the taxes that are earned from tips. In restaurants where there is tip out/tip share, if a table doesn't tip over a certain amount, the server basically ends up paying the restaurant to work. If the tip out percent is 2% of the total sales and a table only tips 1% of their total bill, the server has to make up the difference. I have found that people that have never worked in the food industry have no clue how hard it is to earn a living wage and think that a servers job simply consists of taking an order and bringing the food....but there is so much more to it. And even when we are at work before opening and after close, we are still only making $2.13/hr. So tip your servers. They didnt cook the food, they didn't make your wait in the lobby long, and they are not in the back hiding....Pay for the service you get. 15% and if you cant afford that dont go out to eat...cause thank you's dint pay the bills.
How to make more tips as a waitress?
Always be nice and smiling (like you already are), don't pay too much attention to the diners (by this I mean give them some space, be sure to check on them once or twice, but checking in on them too much can be annoying. If they really need you for something, they'll call you over), if something goes wrong, don't apologize too much (this one I cannot stress enough. Last week I ate at a restaurant with some family and our ticket got backed up waaay too much [we had to wait for more than an hour for our food], and we were mad, but the waitress apologized too much. Surely you need to act sincerely sorry, but apologizing too much is very annoying.), strike up small talk and conversations (if you are working in a restaurant in a town that is a popular tourist destination ask something like where they're from, how long they're in town for, or if they're enjoying they're stay. If it is a place where mainly locals come in, learn to recognize regular diners. People like to feel like you are their friend, and not just their servant), and if something does go wrong, take action. Talk to your manager, chef, or someone in charge in order to solve the problem that has come up. You are the direct passage between the diner and their food, and even if you are not responsible for their food, the diners view you as responsible.
I have decided that I'm never going to tip a waiter in an American restaurant. Do you think I've made a good choice?
YES.I’m taking the less popular road here. I work for my money and expect others to as well. Nobody comes to my job and gives me an extra 20% just for showing up so why should you have to?If they don’t make minimum wage GET A BETTER JOB. it isn’t my job to supplement your wages and you will never convince me that it is. My job is payroll, tons of people get paid because of me. Why don’t they all have to tip me? Oh right, it’s my job.It’s a broken system but we don’t have the power to fix it. The power we do have is not to be compliant and give our money to people we don’t think deserve it. YOU as servers have the power to fix it but you don’t and instead you whine and blame the customers when your boss is the reason you think you need tips. Don’t work for peanuts, don’t take a job that’s less than your worth and certainly don’t blame me when you do because I make better choices than that so I do not empathize.Tipping is completely unnecessary otherwise all countries would have to do it. The restaurant owner is who is making all of the money and that’s whose job it is to pay your salaries. I frankly don’t care about the “innocent victims” of the tipping argument because nobody forces them to work in a tipping industry. The flip side is that if minimum wage is all they can get hired for it might be all they are worth. WHY THEN should they make more? Better employees are hired for more money, period. If you can’t get a better job you’re probably not worth more money.Also, the majority of you are incorrect in assuming your server doesn’t get paid if you don’t tip:“Federal laws states:The American federal government requires a wage of at least $2.13 per hour be paid to employees that receive at least $30 per month in tips.If wages and tips do not equal the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour during any week, the employer is required to increase cash wages to compensate.As of May 2017, the average hourly wage – including tips – for a restaurant employee in the United States that received tip income was $11.82.”Tipping is at the customer’s discretion. It is not mandatory and it is most definitely not immoral or illegal not to.
How much are students expected to tip waiters, taxi drivers, food delivery persons, salon staff, etc.?
A student is expected to tip the same as any other individual. Tipping etiquette for each of the services mentioned above follows the same guidelines in the USA; 15% for acceptable/reasonably good service, 20% for very good service, and 25% for excellent, exemplary service.Believe me, I understand your perspective. You only make $16,000-$18,000/year. You can't afford big tips!Well…If you can afford a steak dinner at a decent restaurant at $20/person, you can afford an additional $4 for a tip!If you can spring for a $15 cab ride instead of waiting for a $1.75 bus ride or throwing a friend $5 for gas, you can spring for a $3 tip!If you can manage $120 for a cut & color at the local high-end salon, you can manage $24 for a tip.If you absolutely must have that $30 of pizza & breadsticks delivered to you (after smoking an eighth of good weed ($60) and drinking ($30) beer with your friends in your dorm room or off-campus apartment, you absolutely should pay a $6 tip.If you can't afford the “service fee” (tip), you can't afford the service.Believe me, I'm a waitress. No insurance. No student loans. I'm lucky if I make $20,000/year.If I can't afford to tip, I'm taking a long walk to 7-11 for a lunch of two day old 99 cent Taquitos, then begging one of my girlfriends to cut and dye my hair in her kitchen while I cross my fingers and toes in hopes that this box of hair dye doesn't send me to the ER with an allergic reaction like the last brand (cause I’ll finally have that out-of-pocket medical bill paid off in 8 months- woo-hoo!)
Should you leave a tip for the waiters if the service charge is added to the restaurant bill already?
A service charge usually means you had something extra done, like off the menu special dietary foods made or seating requirements, but I assume you take it to mean a gratuity or tip added on to the bill.Most restaurants will only add on that OPTIONAL tip/gratuity for larger parties because at the end of a meal it saves the customers the hassle of having to figure out each persons share of the tip (or forgetting it completely).If the SUGGESTED gratuity is already included then no you do not have to add on more. However you can elect to add on or take off that gratuity because it is optional. If the service or food was lousy you can take it off completely and don’t worry, they will not hose you down with their AR-15. On the other hand if you felt the service and food was above what you expected you can add on to that tip.With me I will usually just add the tip on the credit card because it is easy (and the tip put on the credit card is usually credited to the server) but if I felt the server did their job really well I will usually leave an additional cash tip that they can put in their pocket rather than wait to get paid at the end of their shift or on their paycheck.It won’t be as much as the primary tip that was paid on the credit card but it will usually be enough to put a smile on their face and encourage them to keep doing their job better and hope the next time I am in they get to serve me.
Do waitresses get money back on their tax return?
You get a refund if you overpay your taxes through withholding. Same as for anyone. If you report your tips properly your employer should withhold the proper amount of tax. BTW, you don't claim 8%, you claim ALL tips received! Several employees claiming the same tip income percentage from one employer is an audit waiting to happen.
Why do people think it's rude that i don't tip ?
First of all-waiters & waitresses get paid by the hour.So why am I expected to have to throw down even more money after I pay for my bill after dining out?Their job is not all that hard.And the fact that tips are expected these days is absurd.Especially since it seems that as the years go by, good customer service is few & far between.If I go to buy a meal that is advertised at a lower price-then what's the point of me paying extra money on top of that?That kills the whole idea of me saving a couple bucks.But hey waiters & waitresses-keep the dirty looks comin -because I'LL NEVER TIP ya