I finally see the problem with tipping in America

[Messier_Object]

So what exactly was the problem with tipping in America? You being too cheap?

The entitlement? Actually the problem is with the minimum wage that is set for the restaurant industry.


BRB get paid $4.00 a hour so you have to expect tips.

http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/q-a.htm


 If an employee's tips combined with the employer's direct wages of at least $2.13 an hour do not equal the federal minimum hourly wage, the employer must make up the difference.

[Autopilot]

The owners of the restaurants that pay the waitresses $2/hr and having the customer make up for the rest in tips are laughing their way to the bank.

[eglionz]

Tipping is stupid.

They should just pay a more reasonable wage.

The argument about tipping is stupid as well. The whole tipping scheme just offloads the cost of employees onto consumers and then you all argue and neg each other over it.

[FLChamp]

They tell you not to go out if you don't want to tip. That's fine with me.

You can go to a gas station and get about 15 beers for about maybe $15. Go to a bar and one beer itself costs half of that. Same piss quality, cheap ass beer. Going to bars is already a rip off as it is. I have friends who serve, bartend, etc., and if I explain to them that people are not obligated to tip them then they get mad as ****. It's a fact of life. Not tipping doesn't make someone cheap, rude, etc. Hell, if I get ****ty service, I'll go find the manager and let them know that I'm not paying for ****. I've done it with success more than once.

[i1983]

waitress, ok. you take my order and bring my food and you fetch me things that i ask for. a bartender though? thanks for pouring me a beer, but you don't deserve a 25% tip. maybe 10% if i order a cocktail and you make it really nice.

brb open fridge
brb open beer bottle
brb "that's $8 please"
brb
brb

[walshyn93]

Every thread...

http://www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm

Tipped employees make minimum wage no matter where they are. If they hit minimum wage via tips, all other tips just increase their hourly wages. If they want more money than minimum wage they should probably do more with their lives than pour a beer or bring a plate of food out to a table.

It's not like they're ****ing doing tumbling and dancing by my table while I'm eating or drinking. A tip used to be a reward for an excellent job, now it's just insurance against your food/drinks getting ****ed with by the server or staff. Hostage tips.

This.

[dryst]

In your case, she was acting entitled to a tip, and I agree on not tipping.

In other cases I always tip.

Waiters/waitresses earn $2-4 per hour. So tip your waiter you cheap *******s or dont go out to eat

Fml I hate these threads


And I used to be a waitress so fukk off

Ur such a skeezer....its hard for me to even finish reading one of ur posts without vomiting in my mouth

[Bella518]

We were allowed to add 18% of the bill as a tip automatically for groups of more than six people, and most of them would leave extra tip on top of that 18%

You mad?

[midniteOG]

my tip?
buy low, sell high..

she handed you a fawking over priced beer.... bish needs to get a real job...

that being said, i do tip pilots, mailmen, etc based on service

[nm1891]

Bartenders getting butthurt when I dont tip them for opening a dam beer is my tipping pet peeve. I would open it myself if it wasnt illegal for them to give me a closed one. Sure if I order a mixed drink ill tip accordingly depending on how annoying it was to make what I ordered, but in my experiences bartenders are even worse than waiters when it comes to being little biches about tips and having an entitlement complex. No offense to bartenders in here cuz I know a lot of cool ones as well, but some, especially chick bartenders, have this constant attitude unheard of for any other job that makes 10 bucks an hour plus tips......

[Bella518]

Ur such a skeezer....its hard for me to even finish reading one of ur posts without vomiting in my mouth

Ask me if a give a phukk about your opinion?

[walshyn93]

I don't know why waiters expect tips all the time. You'd think that if someone stiffed them every once in a while you'd just take it on the chin and move on because more often than not you'll still make a good bit more than minimum wage. It's to be expected as an occupational hazard. I can't stand people who lose their chit over the same stuff all the time.

[NRidder]

Used to be a waiter, got paid 20$ an hour, and only got tipped if I really did well. It boggles my mind how the system works in the states.

[maxnas]

Employers pay chitty wages, so the customer has to contribute their own money (not part of the bill money) to the servers wage

lol WUT?

lol 'murica

[dryst]

Ask me if a give a phukk about your opinion?

Lol again with the pretentious kent antics, u disgust me. Keep hustling cuz














Sloot

[scotyg]

Every thread...

http://www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm

Tipped employees make minimum wage no matter where they are. If they hit minimum wage via tips, all other tips just increase their hourly wages. If they want more money than minimum wage they should probably do more with their lives than pour a beer or bring a plate of food out to a table.

It's not like they're ****ing doing tumbling and dancing by my table while I'm eating or drinking. A tip used to be a reward for an excellent job, now it's just insurance against your food/drinks getting ****ed with by the server or staff. Hostage tips.

I've worked in a couple restaurants and the whole ****ing with food thing is not common. I never saw it once in the 4 years I worked in the industry.

There are horror stories about it sure, but those people usually end up fired.


The movie "waiting" came out and now idiots assume that's what a restaurant is like.

[BootneckBrah]

Yeah weird situation in the states it seemed as though your meant to tip everybody, me and my hombres forgot to tip a taxi driver in Jacksonville and he went a little red with anger, we didn't feel awkward as we were drunk and just walked off laughing while he mumbled something about Limey *******s and drove off.

So let me get this straight, the wage for waiters/waitresses is intentionally low, basically relying on people's generosity/charity to pay the rent?

No ta J

[11lemon11]

[Bella518]

Lol again with the pretentious kent antics, u disgust me. Keep hustling cuz

Sloot

Woah never heard this one before. How do you come up with such unique word? You truly hurt my feelings ... Brb crying myself to sleep.

[scotyg]

Used to be a waiter, got paid 20$ an hour, and only got tipped if I really did well. It boggles my mind how the system works in the states.

At its core it's pretty simple.
Do your job well= get paid well
Suck at your job= minimum wage for you
Be average and you get average money.

It's when 20% became the expectation that it's a problem.

[JGisPotato]

Wait so the employer has to make up the difference, to equal it to minimum wage. Why the phuck was this bish complaining? These waiters are greedy as phuck. We all knw they earn more than minimum wage, phuckers.

[illesBKLYN]

would rip her a new ******* for tipping herself with my money

[TreesOpenDoors]

I always tip, but i also lol at the under minimum wage excuse.
Like employers don't cover the difference to make minimum wage. And that is a minimum wage(or slightly higher) job

Usually they do a good job. I see the whole point "why do we have to tip for someone who's just bringing food and not doing anything else" BUT they get paid half the minimum wage. How is that their fault.?

Almost never had bad service in my life, maybe one or two times but that's it.

No they don't

[LMW]

lol @ this dumbazz attention whore saying waiters deserve to be tipped

SERVING IS SO EASY A MONKEY CAN DO IT, THEY DESERVE NOTHING

[scotyg]

I always tip, but i also lol at the under minimum wage excuse.
Like employers don't cover the difference to make minimum wage. And that is a minimum wage (or slightly higher) job

Many places won't cover it because they are run by ****ty people. I quit working at a bar (security) for that very reason.

[brahdawg]

If tipping was replaced with a decent/minimum wage the number of waiters/waitresses would drop significantly. Im sure the majority are making more money compared to if they got payed a minimum wage.

[Bella518]

They obviously dont get paid "half the minimum wage" as legally its er...below the *minimum* wage.

If tipping is expected, staff would not be feel a need to provide a better service.

Youre wrong. I work for an independent living community. They have their own restaurant but the waiters get paid per hour $14 and the elders are not allowed to tip. In fact, if any of the waiters receives a tip they get fired immediately.

Best service ever. Theyre happy all the time and no one has yet complained about them.

[EvanStroud]

Every thread...

http://www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm

Tipped employees make minimum wage no matter where they are. If they hit minimum wage via tips, all other tips just increase their hourly wages. If they want more money than minimum wage they should probably do more with their lives than pour a beer or bring a plate of food out to a table.

It's not like they're ****ing doing tumbling and dancing by my table while I'm eating or drinking. A tip used to be a reward for an excellent job, now it's just insurance against your food/drinks getting ****ed with by the server or staff. Hostage tips.

This so much.

[i1983]

das it mane

[dryst]

Woah never heard this one before. How do you come up with such unique word? You truly hurt my feelings ... Brb crying myself to sleep.

Lmao im sure u haven't.