Posted on 06/09/2014 1:28:05 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Be sure and tip your plumber rather than depend on his own motivation to do good and honest work, and I can guarantee you that a plumber can make a much bigger difference than a waitress in what he delivers, in terms of “service”.
According the the pro-tipping crowd, minorities must really be treated like scum when they need to eat outside of the home.
Because it corrects the issue of waiters underreporting their earnings to the IRS?
If the plumber expects a tip, in light of the fact that it is NOT a traditionally tipping business, he’s SOL.
So, that’s a nice straw man.
Would you care to try again?
So how much did you tip your AC repair guy?
You didn’t and don’t even pretend you did.
This policy is awesome. I actually waited tables for years and the Blacks, Women, and Euro trash really heart my pocket. TIPS are out dated. Everyone should get prompt service, period. I did not provide excellent service for tips... I did it to keep my job. There is NO OTHER SERVICE INDUSTRY on earth that relies on tips to pay their staff. IT support don’t work off tips, HVAC, Cable repair, they seem to get by just fine.
I currently work in IT and I provide a service. Are you suggesting that the model of paying me a wage is a failure because that is retarded. I always provide above the bare minimum because I want referrals and customer loyalty. The same goes for the restaurant.
So tell us, what do you do for a living? Are you in a service field? If so, how much was your last tip? Do you provide crap service?
I agree.
We consumers are stuck with crappy service. In our reataurants, our stores and everywhere.
If a waiter or waitress gives you bad service, let the manager know. If the problem is not fixed (immediate discount or free meal the next time in) then let everyone you know what kind of crappy service you received and then never go back.
Problem solved.
Oh so its tradition now? Tradition is your argument in support of this.
Get a clue captain strawman.
Which has led many a waiter throughout the years to say, "Dangit, I just got stuck with a bunch of Canadians at my table."
It isn’t a straw man, your plumber has a vastly greater range of service that he can deliver to you based on how he feels about you, or what mood he is in, or what type of man he is, yet you trust him to just do his job well, while you don’t trust us that have been in the food service business to do ours, unless we have the hopes of a bonus, of a tip.
“Because it corrects the issue of waiters underreporting their earnings to the IRS?”
Or, perhaps, it corrects the issue of the IRS ACCUSING servers of under-reporting their earnings.
Is that so?
When you go shopping for food or clothes, do you tip the clerks? Stores are a service business, we don't tip there do we?
When you buy a car, do you tip the salesman too? How about tipping your undertaker for maybe burying grandma extra extra deep?
Tipping is a strange American custom that needs to die.
You need to work on the sage part of your screen name, FRiend. You appear to have the other part down! ;-P
In my original post, I asked what the link to customer satisfaction was in the server’s motivation, as provided by this system. Perhaps you have an answer to that question, or are you unwilling to actually discuss the issue, preferring to miss it entirely?
We would complain about the cook, complain about the busboys, the dishwasher, the quality of the pre-cooked food product, anything and everything, but for a waitress, we think the only thing that can make her bring us the plates with a smile, is the hope of a form of bribe.
Unions won’t like it. They hate “Piece-Work” because it gives employees an incentive to be very productive, which makes the lazy and inept employees (generally pro-union types) look bad.
Actually tips generally get shared with everybody on your list.
Back in the 70s there was a restaurant in Little Rock that was so popular that waiters could actually “sell” their positions to the highest bidders.
Good idea. The price shown should be what you pay (including tax)
In essence, the price shown on the menu is a lie. There is tax. Then the tip.
But that’s the American way.
I would often say...
"Dangit, I just got stuck with a bunch of New Yorkers at my table."
I am a professional consultant and provide a service. Twice in 25+ years I have received a tip! The shock of getting an “at-a-boy” like that was nice. (Most of my “at-a-boys” come in the form of a call for more work from my clients, or a referral.)
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