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54. 35 tables at $8-10 a table and the fact that i don't have to tip

Sat Feb 9, 2013, 05:31 PM

Feb 2013

everyone mentioned in my initial post makes it pretty much a wash (and tips at a fine dining restaurant are closer to $18 a table at least). So saying you make $350 in a night, after you give $30 to the busser, $20 to the salad person and anywhere from $25-50 to the bartender (if they made you a fuck ton of ice cream drinks, it better be close to 50) you're down to around $275 which is about where you are at the greasy spoon. So yes, I should get tipped based on food cost because the fine dining experience is a lot more complex and the server has obligations to, for lack of a better word, support staff.

Also, those busy nights are not the rule, diners and dives have more reliably consistent business at least in my neck of the woods.

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I give God 0% so you get 28%...LMAO! [View all] Playinghardball Feb 2013 OP

Oh...I am so going to have to do that. Wait Wut Feb 2013 #1

You and me both! Fuddnik Feb 2013 #7

great idea this one. that 'pastor' obviously never read the red words in the new roguevalley Feb 2013 #13

I always tip $10 regardless of the bill. Then again I always eat with just 1 other person SWTORFanatic Feb 2013 #2

What an interesting thought. I had customers like you when I waited tables. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #16

Perfect. Zoeisright Feb 2013 #20

Since when is $10 a bad tip? LOL, in there for an hour (or less), server gets SWTORFanatic Feb 2013 #23

You do know that in most restaurants, the tip is split with the support staff Luminous Animal Feb 2013 #60

A $10 tip is BAD? Also, I never order booze, just so you know. When I delivered pizzas I was SWTORFanatic Feb 2013 #22

You really don't get it. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #24

Ok dork, why should a server at a place that charges $75 (and mind you, that SWTORFanatic Feb 2013 #25

OK Sunny Boy Slim - leave your $10 and when that bill goes over $50 GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #26

I am not male, thanks. Sadly I do eat at only said crappy type places. SWTORFanatic Feb 2013 #27

There is a difference Skelly Feb 2013 #35

So well said! tragicktruth Feb 2013 #36

Again it comes down to a difference of opinion, and not what I'd call a high end restaurant SWTORFanatic Feb 2013 #41

lol you are not the first Skelly Feb 2013 #63

THAT is a great post. pangaia Feb 2013 #52

When I tip Skelly Feb 2013 #65

Amen, brother or sister. Pat Riot Feb 2013 #56

That's fine but you also need to be okay with being perceived as cheap Politicub Feb 2013 #66

you neeed to defend your bad tipping practice withn name calling? whatever. nt TeamPooka Feb 2013 #42

Ok I'll now be leaving 15% tips at all times. Whether that's $15 or $1.40. ;) SWTORFanatic Feb 2013 #43

i don't care what you tip. Just don't call people names in a debate in this forum. TeamPooka Feb 2013 #44

I know it doesn't justify it, but it was started on me first, basically called bad tipping SWTORFanatic Feb 2013 #45

Cute how you excuse your behavior and blame others for "starting it". #rationalizinglikea3rdgrader TeamPooka Feb 2013 #46

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Bad tipping etiquette is not a pejoritive insult; it's an accurate description of what you do. dorkulon Feb 2013 #48

A much better than 15% tip the vast majority of the time, and slightly below 15% a tiny fraction SWTORFanatic Feb 2013 #49

Whatever. dorkulon Feb 2013 #50

I think it is great Skelly Feb 2013 #64

While it more than averages out just fine, I guess, it's problematic union_maid Feb 2013 #55

except that the job is not exactly the same job. mopinko Feb 2013 #57

I've been a server in both fine dining places and pub/greasy spoon places mcctatas Feb 2013 #28

So 20 tables at ten dollars a table is $200. What are you complaining about? A Simple Game Feb 2013 #34

If you work at a high end place your buy-in is more. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #37

I had to have shoes that cost about $200 dollars, not to mention clothes A Simple Game Feb 2013 #39

OK I was going to up the ante here - Though it's a useless exercise. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #59

35 tables at $8-10 a table and the fact that i don't have to tip mcctatas Feb 2013 #54

Okay, but what you're forgetting.. Permanut Feb 2013 #3

So are you saying their is a "minimum wage" for God? nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #53

Maybe, but.. Permanut Feb 2013 #58

Saw one yesterday that said abelenkpe Feb 2013 #4

The sky daddy never smiled at me and deliverd a nice meal so when he does I will tip him too. libtodeath Feb 2013 #5

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #6

Sweet malaise Feb 2013 #8

I saw something on the teevee this morning about a guy who gives $500 tips flyover22 Feb 2013 #9

Thanks for sharing this story. snappyturtle Feb 2013 #15

Thank you! I discovered my local TV station had a link to their story, it is very nice one flyover22 Feb 2013 #17

Thanks again! Great video....does my weak ol' heart good! nt snappyturtle Feb 2013 #21

That was at Puccini's in Lexington, Ky. The family is still giving random $500 tips. alfredo Feb 2013 #18

I read some years ago about a college student SheilaT Feb 2013 #38

oh. NICE! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #10

I think this is giving 28% to God SaveAmerica Feb 2013 #11

Agreed Sherman A1 Feb 2013 #12

I am Christian Heather MC Feb 2013 #14

Not to worry OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #61

Now I know what John Lennon meant by Imagine No Religion... DaveJ Feb 2013 #19

God probably Cha Feb 2013 #29

surely.. if we can't take it with us when we die... SemperEadem Feb 2013 #32

NB for future reference: the poster did this one right eridani Feb 2013 #30

Agreed! In my line of work... mwooldri Feb 2013 #31

ROTFLMAO!!!! easychoice Feb 2013 #33

Cash versus credit card tips? kmlisle Feb 2013 #40

Actually what I do is timdog44 Feb 2013 #51

I give a 15% tip for crappy service ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #62