Posted on 11/26/2005 9:50:03 AM PST by smoothsailing
Good idea. Cook for your lazy self @ 2 T-bones and a bag or charcoal for under $20. No tip expected.
It makes a difference. Believe it, I know.
I can understand John Effin Kerry not tipping much. He probably hadn't received his allowance that week from Terry Heinz.
So back off with slammin' Kerry, mmmmkay?
I told them I'm already rich. My life is blessed.
Yes you are and it will continue to be blessed. I learned the following lesson from my late father when I was a kid in the early 60's.
We had stocked up on groceries for an ocean fishing trip. Along with us was one of the subcontractors that worked for my Dad's construction company. When the box boy finished loading my Dad's station wagon, Dad gave the box boy a dollar tip. That was "Big Bucks" then. When the sub-contractor saw this he went ballistic at my Dad and said that; "..it was the kid's job to lug out the groceries and load the car". My Dad replied that: "Someday , (my Dad) might loose everything he had and need to look for a job and this box boy might just wind up being the manager of the store and he'd ask him for a job" (I remember the box boy smiling at this speculation). Between my Dad and the sub-contractor, one became more prosperous, the other poorer. My Dad never did need to ask the box boy for a job.
My father would have been pleased to know you.
Two stories that ran in the very liberal Cleveland Plain Dealer in the past year. If it happened here, chances are that its the same in your city too.
Heres a little tip about gratuities
Thursday, April 1, 2004
By Connie Schultz
Plain Dealer Columnist
If youve ever used a coat check, you probably noticed a tip jar on the counter at evenings end.
You might stick a bill or two into that jar without even thinking about who is getting the tip. You probably assume the person behind the counter, usually a woman, is getting the money.
Thats certainly what I always assumed. From now on, Im going to ask.
In the last year, I have attended three charity events at Windows on the River, a banquet hall at the Powerhouse in the Flats. At the end of each dinner, I picked up my wrap at the coat-check counter.
One of those times, I pointed to the large tip jar bulging with bills and said to the weary clerk, Well, at least you get a decent amount of tips for standing here.
She shook her head and said, Oh, we dont get to keep those.
I thought I misheard her. What?
We dont keep the tips.
Who does? I asked.
Management.
When I asked her how that made her feel, she sighed. They say they use it to give us a Christmas party.
Nowhere was there a sign indicating that the pile of bills in the tip jar was going, not to the clerk, but to management.
Recently, I attended another dinner at Windows on the River. This time, the tips were stuffed into a large, opaque box. I watched as one person after another shoved bills into the slot on the top.
Who gets these tips? I asked the coat-check clerk.
She resisted telling me, but I pressed. Management, she said softly.
more at...
http://www.cleveland.com/schultz/plaindealer/index.ssf?/schultz/more/1.html
and
No living wage for airport aides
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Connie Schultz
Plain Dealer Columnist
To most of us, they are invisible.
They are the wheelchair assist ants at airports, the folks we rush past on our way to somewhere else.
They push elderly and disabled passengers through the concourses; sometimes, they lift them directly into their seats on the planes. Many of the assistants are elderly themselves; some have physical or mental disabilities.
Some are retirees just looking for fun money or a way to meet people. Others augment meager fixed incomes. For many, though, this is their only income, and they must rely on our tips to make minimum wage. Too often, they don't.
more at...
http://www.cleveland.com/schultz/index.ssf?/base/living/1122543397121290.xml&coll=2
Depends if you are doing business meetings.
My biggest bill I can remember was over 1100$ US.
LOL
I do the same - I eat out for lunch quite often, and where I go the most (two or three places) I leave a 2 or 3 dollar tip for a 7 dollar meal (lunch place remember)
Next time I come, the staff is right there - and at my regular places, my meal is at the table shortly after I sit down. So the extra couple of bucs is a good yield if I happen to be in a bit of a hurry that day.
BTW - I met my wife while she was working in a cafe - out in the middle of nowhere in the West. Liked the service so much, I came back and took her home with me - that was 30+ years ago.
I usually go with the 25% unless the server was loser.
Ahhhhh, that nuanced 1/2 percentage point .... /chuckle
I tip differently depending if I'm dining out personally or picking up the tab for business. I tip about 5% more on business.
The help at a place which charges $750 make an awful damned lot more than $2.50 an hour. Trust me.
Well, I always order the same thing so, at some point in the last four years, I've stopped even ordering at that particular place. I just sit down and, poof, my meal appears after a few minutes.
Best Fish & Chips I've ever had. I'd eat there every day, save for the obvious downside of such a diet.
No that didnt offend me at all, I agreed with you.
Sorry if it wasnt clear. Im going to cook more and eat out less as I cant keep up with how much the tip is supposed to be anyway.
:')
emphasis mine and no it is not just you!
But on a $20 bill with $2 tax, paying tax on the tip only means $0.40. I'm not going to concern myself with $0.40. whats the difference in paying $4.00 or $4.40 in a tip. If someone is so worried about $0.40 on a tip, they can't afford to eat out in the first place, and should be staying home and eating, and saving their money, so that some day they can afford to go out.
I worked at a few restaurants when I was younger, and I know what its like to earn tips. For those who think tipping is strictly for extra stuff, they need to RETHINK their tipping. Our societal norm is that you tip at certain restaurants. 15%-20% being the usual standard, and 10% being considered cheap. For a person not to tip, or tip less than even 10% is down right rude.
One last thing. To all you Born Again Christians (of which I am one). DON"T EVER leave a skimpy tip and a tract. Not only do you embaress me, but you embaress Christ. Nothing enrages waitstaff more than to work hard for someone hoping/expecting a desent tip, and instead getting a tract. All they'll do is throw it out. And it removes all credibility from you, AND YOUR MESSAGE. If you want to attract your wait staff more, leave a GENEROUS tip with the tract.
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