Pastor refuses to tip "I give GOD 10% why do you get 18%"

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

Does anyone ever tip ON TOP of the gratuity?

Not on purpose, not unless a BJ was part of the service....

[QuikSsurfer]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

Does anyone ever tip ON TOP of the gratuity?

I would almost ALWAYS get tip on top of gratuity -- especially around holidays.

I should also mention that when I worked as a waiter, it was fine dining.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer

I would almost ALWAYS get tip on top of gratuity -- especially around holidays.

I should also mention that when I worked as a waiter, it was fine dining.

Nah. Auto-grat is a tool to be racist. I hated it. I'd have people ask me all the time..."should I grat them?" "Should I grat them?" They'd grat every black table and they'd leave it off of every white table. It's a ****ing sham. If I owned a restaurant I'd have the staff vote to either have it be mandatory or never have it. It's bullshit.

And I know EVERY server has the choice...so when I get auto-gratted they get the auto grat and with my friends they just robbed themselves of a lot of $$$ because we tip well and the auto grat adds GRATUITY TO THE SUBTOTAL, not to the total in which most everyone tips. (You're supposed to tip 15-20% on the subtotal, not the total with tax)...

so an 18% auto grat is like a 15% tip

what I'd run into is some people who would circle the auto grat to acknowledge they saw it and then tip it up to 20-25% OR some who just didn't see it and then you'd get double tipped which is pretty shady on the servers part

[Bump]

Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess

Nah. Auto-grat is a tool to be racist. I hated it. I'd have people ask me all the time..."should I grat them?" "Should I grat them?" They'd grat every black table and they'd leave it off of every white table. It's a ****ing sham. If I owned a restaurant I'd have the staff vote to either have it be mandatory or never have it. It's bullshit.

that's a poorly ran restaurant. I've been a restaurant manager in the past. We had a policy for parties of 8 or more they get 18% added. No exceptions. It was the servers responsibility to come to the managers and get the gratuity added. If they didn't, they got written up. 3 write ups in 6 months for the same thing = fired.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by Bump

that's a poorly ran restaurant. I've been a restaurant manager in the past. We had a policy for parties of 8 or more they get 18% added. No exceptions. It was the servers responsibility to come to the managers and get the gratuity added. If they didn't, they got written up. 3 write ups in 6 months for the same thing = fired.

well I guess you didn't work in a restaurant that would do $50,000 in sales on a Saturday night...

that paperwork would be impossible

and I doubt you worked as a restaurant manager as well; you don't know enough about the business. You're always so full of shit.

[Reaper16]

If some of y'all would eat at real restaurants instead of places like Applebees then you'd be able to recognize what legitimate service is. A server does so much more for your dining experience (again, at a real restaurant) than bringing out a plate of food.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

If some of y'all would eat at real restaurants instead of places like Applebees then you'd be able to recognize what legitimate service is. A server does so much more for your dining experience (again, at a real restaurant) than bringing out a plate of food.

I've always enjoyed the "ninja waiter" that can refill my drink without interrupting my conversation or me even being aware that the drink was refilled.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by loochy

I've always enjoyed the "ninja waiter" that can refill my drink without interrupting my conversation or me even being aware that the drink was refilled.

I despise being in the middle of a sentence and the server comes over and talks over the top of me. I kind of understand why it happens, but man, that's annoying. Just come over and fill my water and smile. If we want something we'll tell you.

[KCUnited]

I like a server who can recognize that I have a mouthful of food and now is not the time to come by and ask me something. Thumbs up, head nod. It's amazing how often that happens.

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

If some of y'all would eat at real restaurants instead of places like Applebees then you'd be able to recognize what legitimate service is. A server does so much more for your dining experience (again, at a real restaurant) than bringing out a plate of food.

Sounds like you were born with a silver spoon. Grad student spending hundreds of dollars on beer per month and eating at real restaurant tipping 30%

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by Rudy Was Offsides.

Sounds like you were born with a silver spoon. Grad student spending hundreds of dollars on beer per month and eating at real restaurant tipping 30%

I doubt I spend hundreds per month on beer. Consistently anyway. I don't drink beer every day, and I rarely have more than one beer when I do drink. And I tend to tip 20% and no more. And I came up in a single-parent home with that parent being a teacher in a rural school district. No silver there.

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

I doubt I spend hundreds per month on beer. Consistently anyway. I don't drink beer every day, and I rarely have more than one beer when I do drink. And I tend to tip 20% and no more. And I came up in a single-parent home with that parent being a teacher in a rural school district. No silver there.

It just doesn't add up. Plus the shoe collection. Tell us, Reaper! Drug dealer? FWIW I'm pretty much a silver spooner.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by Rudy Was Offsides.

It just doesn't add up. Plus the shoe collection. Tell us, Reaper! Drug dealer? FWIW I'm pretty much a silver spooner.

because people spend money on beer and like to buy shoes they are a silver spooner? Maybe he has a job?

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

If some of y'all would eat at real restaurants instead of places like Applebees then you'd be able to recognize what legitimate service is. A server does so much more for your dining experience (again, at a real restaurant) than bringing out a plate of food.

VERY true.

[Strongside]

I tip what the service warrants. Nothing more, nothing less. My grandpa used to put a $50 out on the table when we'd dine out. He'd tell the server that it was his/her tip. If they ****ed up, he'd reduce it. It was usually pretty funny but it got good service.