See... when you mandate the tip, it's not a tip anymore. It's simply part of the price. You eliminate the emotional bullshit each direction and are left with simple business. Waiters would still be fired for slacking off, exactly like they are now. If tips are the sole motivation for a waiter not acting like a lazy douchebag, then the waiter isn't going to be employed very long anyway.

I think this needs to be hidden in a NSFW Spoiler and then a link to an external website which then would play this NSFW video....

****ing Menstrual Bitch rules and all.

Dude, if someone stiffs you on a $30 bill, no biggie, you may get pissed, but you'll live. Getting stiffed on a $300 bill will make many contemplate murder.

Here we go again on the tipping drill. For my daughter's sake, I hope she gets tipped a bunch. But I really don't know what' so special about wait staff that deserves tips. I just went to Home Depot and the guy spent 15 mins with me. Should I have tipped him? That's probably more cumulative time than the waitress spent with the preacher.

yes

I know hootie, most places do 30-60K per week. We did about $200-250 per week. The GM liked to brag about her $60K Saturdays.

I've been a General Manager that deals with drivers and let me tell you, regardless of if the tip is included or not, they still slack off if not given the proper management. That point is essentially pointless, my drivers, some of the best I had, would take orders to houses that had a $2 tip already on them after the blank tipped orders just in case getting that pizza there faster would give them a greater tip than $2. Hell when I drove I did it.

I would also find it so hilarious when people would start their sentences with, "Well I waited tables/delivered pizzas/worked in the restaurant industry so I know that blah blah blah." More times than not, they're speaking to a relation to your situation and not basing their argument off of factual knowledge. If some jackass tips my driver or me with a $2 tip, you think I give a shit if you waited tables or delivered pizzas. Because it obviously didn't teach you jack shit.

Plus let's call a tip what it is, Gratuity. Now if someone gives you a $2 tip on a $30+ order, they are basically saying my limit for gratuity to you getting my pizza here on time is worth $2, which is setting the bar exceptionally low. Why try to please a customer that has little to no respect in offering extra gratuity if I get the pizza there before the time we quoted? Because they pay our paycheck? Leave that bullshit to the restaurant, it has no effect on the driver what so ever and you really expect a 19 year old to think more of the situation?

In closing, its funny to see posts like this and see the insane amount of people that defend themselves with stating they tip 15-20% every time. There's two ways this ends, either the restaurants I worked in over my 12 years in the industry were some of the unluckiest restaurants to get a tip and I hardly ever got a customer as great as you.... or many of you are lying your asses off and saving face. You can say this situation is shitty and the guy is a douche, but don't lie and say that shit when I know if your girlfriend/wife/friend you hang out with all the time saw you post that shit they'd laugh their ass off.

Hell, I may go to church this weekend and do this. I usually only go on Christmas eve every couple of years when the wife (Catholic) makes me go.

I got roped into this year just because I wasn't thinking about it and didn't have a plan in place to avoid it. It was kind of funny though. One of the dudes that hand out the collection baskets was there with his two teenage kids. The boy never took his earbuds out and the daughter (who was dressed like a hooker) never quit playing some game on her phone. So at least I was mildly entertained.

FYP. If I had to guess I would say servers prefer the tip system. But that is just my guess based on no experience at all.

When I was at Piropo's servers tipped out more then that to bar and SA's..

So maybe it depends on how nice a place you work at.. I would walk out of there with 80bucks in tips plus my hourly as a SA for 4-6 hours of work.. Servers would make 100-400 a night... So it might just be where you are at.. My tips were split between the 2 servers I helped.. Then they tipped out the bar more..

If you get rid of the service industry and them working for tips they wage goes up way higher then that.. Minimum wage would be the lowest, then you would have a mass exodus of quality servers.. Prices/wages would have to go up more to get them back.. Unless illegals took over the floor work..

Then add Obama's healthcare system..

Your home depot guy is getting $8-$10 an hour. The waitress is getting $2.10 an hour. Her willingness to work for $2.10 is based on the assumption of tips by customers.

Has anyone made a Jewish Pastor joke yet?

I don't think it's 2.10 anymore old timer. It's based on the current minimum wage which has risen in the last 50 years.

**Edit**Holy shit. After I looked it up I found out some states it's $2.13, which is the fed minimum. Most states are higher. I apologize and deserve the kick in the ass for opening my trap.

34 bucks for a party of 20?
wtf did they eat?
crackers?

The total bill was over $200. That cheap ass man of god was trying to get out of paying the 18% by having seperate bills

It's all there in the OP

Reading - how does it work?

JFC.

Instead of learning and growing as a person since you joined CP, you've regressed as a human, Big Time.

Un****ingreal.

Bullshit

More proof that you're a ****ing moron.

Good luck with that.

Stop tipping. See how good of service you get.

I wonder if the same people would support paying more for their meal when the prices went up after the tipped wages credit was removed.

I heard a guy on radio once saying that "TIP" stood for "To insure promptness". And in the old days, you pre-tipped the waiter to ensure he or she did a good job. Seems to me like a better model to get the service you deserve. If you give no tip or a crappy one, expect no service or crappy service. And vice versa!

Depends on the restaurant, its location, etc.

I ****ing tip everyone.

I tip before I get service. You know why?

Because then, you're treated like a king.

That's all good until the ****er who's taking your order never comes back and has your tip in his wallet. Then it's your word against yours.

**** that.

I'm untrusting.

This dick-head pastor took a gamble and struck gold! He's getting lots of publicity and has plenty of bullshit material to fill boring Sundays with for months to come. He's a regular Lindsay ****ing Lohan!!!We can only hope his flock is smart enough to see the evil in the man doing the preaching, but they stay around just long enough to drop a note in the tray that says, "I tip at 28%, 10% above what you were asked, so there no 10% left for you. I'll donate time to a worthy cause to make up for the lack of cash I'm sticking in your greedy suit-wear ass's pockets. **** off asshole. God hates you by the way!!"

Then they find somewhere else to go on Sundays... Sleeping in might be a good choice too if this is the clown they were seeing flap his gums!!

I absolutely would. Get me out of the middle of that whole compensation system. Give me a price and let me choose to pay for it or go somewhere else or eat at home. Absolutely. Jack up the price. Tell me what it really costs. Don't put me in a no-win situation of having to provide the paycheck. Bring it on.

Sorry, Man.

I've never had a bad a bad experience but I live in a different state, city and (gulp), mindset.

That would work for about 1 hour, until a couple patrons told the owner and he was fired for hurting business.

Ministry is a profession that attracts among the highest levels of sociopaths. **** this guy in the neck. I hope we wakes up with stigmata in his dick.

Pizza drivers get their job so they can drive around and get high while being paid for it. You should know that if you manage them. Serving is a bit of a different animal. In Branson there are a ton of older, professional, servers. They don't need that "management" and their managers love them for it.

Other than that, your post is spot the **** on.

Something is very fishy about this.
1. I've never heard of a 200 dollar bill
2. The receipt looks like a credit card
3. Most pastors think they are above tithing

To insure proper service, to insure promptness, both work. I wish it worked that way. People would learn some hard lessons. Except for the con thieves, and there's tons of them. I'd like to see restaurants comp them once, and put them in a system that would be tied to all chains nationwide. 3 comps in a year, **** you, go somewhere else to eat or refuse service period. It would lower prices overall or at least stop them from going up so rapidly. I guarantee it.

It was rare, but I had it happen, and I treated them like kings. Imagine that.

I have a family of 6. If we invite 2 guests, I have to pay a mandatory 18%. It's bull.I should get to decide what my tip will be. If I go to a Japanese steak house with 8, by bill is pushing $200 or more... And I have another $36 that I have to pay a chick for keeping our tea filled for an hour?! Uh no.

I worked for a seafood chain restaurant and I sold bottles of wine that cost close to that. So, I've seen bills upwards of $1000 for parties of 12.

You can't afford to eat out. Really. Because you could get the best service in the world and it wouldn't be worth $5 to you. That bill would be $400 if it weren't for decent people who subsidized you by paying your fair share. They make $3 an hour dude. You must have voted for Obama. ROFL

ooops ....read that all wrong
Thought they were suggesting a 200 dollar bill

Carry on with the chastising....

Then don't eat out. It's really that simple.

Like it or not, it's the way the industry works. Don't take your anger of the system out on the server who in most cases bust their asses to make your dinner an enjoyable experience

ROFL

Mother****ing 'Hamas' Jenkins.

This is the first posting of "stigmata in his dick" in net history.

Heh, nice. I really feel bad for them because I worked with servers in their 30's. That's the town I live in. It's not just a bunch of kids.

And I've written down the "**** this guy in the neck" part to use at a later time. I love well thought-out insults!

Clay needs him some Jesus.
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"Jehovah, Jehovah, Jehovah!"

"You're only making it worse for yourself!"

"How could it get any worse!"

To be completely honest, I was taught by a very special guy that this was the way to behave.

And lo and behold, it works! It works whether it's the limo driver to pick you up in Vegas or for the server at a fine restaurant or for just about anything.

Now, I realize that not everyone has the means to do so but if you're on vacation or have a special weekend set aside, an extra $20 here and there can go a long, long, long way into making that weekend or vacation special.

It's simple common sense: The more you appreciate others, the more they'll do for you in return.

:deevee:

I swear, i'm ALWAYS shocked at not only the amount of posts, but the passion in them in these tipping threads... want a red hot 100+ post thread? make it about tipping LMAO

If i cant leave a solid tip, i wont go out to eat, its a pretty simple rule to follow.

Having been a server and bartender, i know just how much you have to rely on them to make any kind of a living.

You have the right to not tip, or to tip meagerly... but if you frequent the same place often enough, word gets around and you WILL be the very last person to get what you want if your server can help it.

lol. That boy so crazy...
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It's ****ing crazy.

"I'm not giving you MY MONEY for SERVING ME! IT's YOUR JOB!!!!".

****ing rubes.

LMAO

Not. My. Problem.

LMAO

Either you're a joke account or one of the 1% dumbest ****ing Americans (or people) on the planet EARTH.

The shit you post, if it were actually funny and entertaining, could be reality show material.

Unfortunately, you're just boring and stupid.

The sad thing is that $6.29 is 18% of his income

Don't worry, plenty of blessings in my life. I'll repent on my deathbed for all my sins and everything is square. LOVE THAT LAWD.

Eating out is already way overpriced. They could cut most restaurants rates in half. Rather cook it myself. Every time I go out to eat I lose my appetite due to the exorbitant price of the food.

Then don't eat out.

Problem solved, Einstein.

LMAOLMAOLMAOLMAO

http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings...parents-rules/

http://www.jw.org/assets/m/ijw13tn/5...niv_lsr_lg.jpg

No bullshit here. I am a big dude. I had to work hard for my money. I was working one night and had a 4 top sat in my section while we were on a wait. I went to the table and there was $50 sitting on the edge of the table when I arrived. I greeted them and ignored it and after I took their drink order I was told it was for me. I gobbled it up with graciousness as servers do.

I was busy that night. I mean ****ing slammed and I was in the weeds which rarely happens to me because I understand I can only do what I can do. That said, I still believed that people deserved the best service in my restaurant because it wasn't a cheap place to eat.

I did the very best that I could for them, and at the end offered their $50 back to them because I believe in 100% service and they got 90% out of me. This lady laughed in my face. I mean, literally got in my face and laughed. She'd had a few. She looked me square in the eyes and said "You keep that money. The 4 of us have eaten all over the world and you are the best server we've ever had". She was drunk, I'd done better, I knew better. But it made my day. It was a rough night and those words were all I needed to know I gave everything I had.

It certainly didn't hurt my feelings when I found the other $50 they left for me after they were gone. $100 tip on a $165 tab was pretty damn good. Especially considering all I did was drop salad, alcoholic beverages, and dinner off to them. I didn't get a chance to chat them up like I did with other tables. Yeah Hooters, I knew how to do that too.

I work half the hours and make twice the money now, but I still miss it. It was an interesting dynamic.

And you are still the biggest asshole on this site. Which is saying a lot.

My fiancé's family is from another country and when they came here they never left a tip. When I went out to eat with them the first time they weren't going to leave a tip. At first I thought they were being cheap but then I started cracking up because I realized they obviously had no idea. They did this for about four years before I met her. LOL

Another Obama supporter.

Peoples callousness about this can really be a shocker, i remember being given a handful of change on a $200+ bill at a rib joint years ago... after standing there soaking it in for a minute i followed them out into the parking lot, didnt say anything because i didnt really want to lose my job, but i'm pretty sure my death glare said enough as they piled into the car, they all saw me one by one and quickly turned their heads as they did, the pukes.

That goes for ANY service industry. I will go above & beyond for someone who offers me a cold drink when I'm busting my ass for them in 95 degree weather. Sadly, there are a lot assholes out there who think that just because you wear a blue shirt, you are less than human.

And I'll bet you even money they'd remember you, too.

When you're good to others, they'll always remember it.

(Well, outside of Chiefsplanet :D)

LMAO

Holy shit son.

Can you go back to being a waiter cus I need you to serve me.

And I'll take my tip back, too.

Also, Branson people are so nice.

And this is my point about not tipping as well. I'm from Europe where this system of tipping doesn't exist. It's silly. Just because I want to go out for dinner doesn't mean I have to follow some silly system.

I may be the biggest asshole on this site, but I can goddamn guarantee that I've made more friends, and most likely, more lifelong friends on this site, than you have in your life right now.

I shit you not, I get Anniversary cards from a couple I waited tables on. They were a pain in the ass, they knew it, and I treated them well. If you don't believe it, I'll take pictures of the half dozen cards I got and post them to Facebook for you to see. LOL, I don't give a **** what anyone says, I took pride in my work and I love people.

Ha! It's just money bro. I'll make more. :D

It's customary to not tip in EUROPE! You live in AMERICA where it IS customary to tip.

Ahh. You don't know any better. That's okay. I'll still give you 100% while they give you 60% effort in Europe where they have nothing to work for but free vacation time and beer.

Dude, of course *I* believe you!

:D

Adapt or die, ****lord.

Maybe if they ****ing tipped the Germans wouldn't have gone all Blitzkrieg on them!

LMAOLMAOLMAO

Go back.

lol great plan...
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Definitely true. It's a polarizing issue, though I honestly don't understand why. It's an accepted standard in the U.S. People to undertip (or don't tip) are just being dicks, and that's about all there is to it.

Free health care baby.

My bad, I had no idea you're reeruned. I'll leave you alone now