Posted on 11/30/2009 10:29:46 AM PST by big black dog
> Servers are really sales people, and giving them a commision on what they sell is smart business.
Fine, I’m a salesman and my employer pays my commission — not the customer. At least, not directly: commission is built into the margin.
> What incentive would they have to sell an expensive bottle of wine, or a more profitable “Special,” if they only get a fixed charge for either one?
Why should the customer pay that directly? Incentivizing staff is an employer responsibility, because it is the employer who profits.
Tipping is Evil.
Let them eat cake.
You seem to lack faith in the efficacy of ambition.
But since you seem to prefer fast food places, why do you care?
I wonder how many of these one time things the service was bad. People think soandso is rich they should tip me even if I fart in their food.
I used to be a waitress at an upscale restaurant in downtown Chicago. Scottie Pippen was there all the time. He had a rep as No Tippin Pippen. Well the waitress that called the paper with that was a terrible waitress. He was always generous with me (and I’m not the type looks wise you’d think he’d tip hoping to get into my pants).
It’s been reported that Rush tips well...sometimes $1,000
However, I agree with some of the posters....when the service is no better or worse for a meal that costs $7.50, or one that costs $75.....the waitstaff doesn't get 10x as much from me.
Of course, the bill at Mom and Pop BBQ joints is never $75. If it was, I'd be finding a new BBQ joint. :-)
Tipping has gotten out of hand in the U.S.
The last time I was there, anything that moved had to be tipped.
HAHAHAAHHA!
I would probably be considered a bad tipper - the way I look at it, God only asks for 10% for a tithe. Like it was stated here in a previous post - it costs no more to bring out a $10 burger than it does to bring out a $100 meal. I will tip more if the service is really extraordinary - but, that seems to be happening less frequently.
They are all libs except Dog and Marino and they are flakes. Tiger is a friend of Obama.
An oasis of civilization. Keep it quiet until I get there.
“Rachel Ray Tipped $1 on a $10 tab”
And Don Henley only tipped 15%?
Ummm... Are either of those really so awfull?
In my experience, servers are usually liberals (probably cuz they’re young) who think they desreve all kinds of tips for the minimal effort they put out.
And while they love big gvt, of course they don’t report all their tips as income.
I'd bet that is partly because if he didn't it'd be front page news.
Do you really want people who make minimum wage waiting on you? Really good waiters and waitresses do the job because they make good money. The better they are at their job, the better restaurants they can work at, the more money they make.
A top line restaurant can bring a waiter several hundred a night in tips. And since tips are pooled, good wait staff tend to appreciate each other’s skills and will get a bad waiter fired if they are getting bad tips for bad service.
Waiting is one of the few team oriented work environments outside of sports. And winning teams make good money.
I know people who have waited on the Obamas. They tip the minimum when they are together. Barack basically tips nothing but here’s the shocker. Michelle tips nicely.
My friend who lives near Crawford has waited on the Bushes many times. They always tip very generously and cover for the secret service agents with them.
I guess the famous figure that having the pleasure and rare opportunity of waiting on celebrities such as they are is tip enough. I’m sure that these self-absorbed cheapskates get right on their cell phones right after they leave to call another self-absorbed friend to talk about how their waiter is probably telling everyone they know that they waited on them. Probably imagining to themselves that the common folk are swooning over the experience, when probably the wait staff are spouting nothing but cuss words to describe the self-absorbed cheapskate.
the level of service you receive from a high-end dining is light years ahead of what you get from a chain restaurant.
if you prefer to go to fast-food joints, that's cool. but if you go to a place and do not tip a certain percentage, then you deserve the ire of the staff and should get a good talking-to.
if you leave $6 on a $30 bill, that's 20%. if you leave that same $6 on a $300 bill, that's 2%.
if you think that is acceptable, then please stick to long john silver's.
Why would there be any when a lot of people in that profession seem to expect a tip?
You're wrong.
It may work that way at McDonald's, but when the choice of entree, an extra app or dessert, or a couple of extra cocktails can easily add $100 to the bill, I will hire the most ambitious waitstaff I can.
Most people, here on Earth, work for money.
It would be nice to think that pride is enough.
It's not.
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