Why Do We Suckers Tip?

Gunny G's Globe and Anchor Sites & Forums! ^ | 27 September 2003 | Dick Gaines

[Tree of Liberty]

By the way, I believe (as others have stated before me) that tipping is extortion paid to insure that nothing unseemly happens to my food and drink before it arrives in front of me.

For those that call me a monster for not wanting to graciously pay the "protection money" of my own volition, I believe in capitalism. If a person accepts a waitstaff position for $2/hr, then that is what they believe the marketplace views their services as worth. If they believe they are worth more than that, they have two options: 1)convince the marketplace and the employer that they are worth more, or 2) find another profession where they believe their worth is truly realized.

As for "rectifying the minimum wage", why would any of you want to encourage yet another government imposed subsidy that will have a deleterious effect on the goods and services we consume?

[lewislynn]

1.Certain demographic groups who always tip poorly (black folks, nascar hillbillies), or 2. People who come from countries where tipping doesn't happen.

You left out brash, grumpy old Jarheads on the government dole.

[tiamat]

It's nice to be appreciated!

Wait-staff wages are lousy and no one could live on them. Good servers deserve their tips and I do not stint either.

Tia

[P.O.E.]

If it's on the credit card, it goes on their employers record and on their W-2.

[wizardoz]

I'm pretty much without compassion, yeah, if compassion means "give to those who don't deserve it, cause if you don't they'll hate you."

[btcusn]

some employees garnish foods with various bodily fluids gratis.


Mainly their blood and teeth, if I catch them.

Jack

[Ed Straker]

Domino's Pizza does not charge for delivery. Other places might, but that is against Domino's policy. Always free delivery. If you had a Domino's tell you they charge for delivery, you need to call that store and ask for the area supervisor, or go to dominos.com and tell them about it.

[boris]

A fellow invented a pad of forms to be left in lieu of tip for bad service. It included check boxes telling the waiter exactly what was wrong.

The first time he used one of his forms, the waitress became enraged, followed him into the parking lot, and brained him with an iron skillet.

Let this be a cautionary tale.

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On the other side of the coin (so to speak), I was once in an enormous group at the Hollywood Hamburger Hamlet. Unknown to me, a guy at the other end of the table (in the next county) got into a dispute with the waiter. With the result that the waiter disappeared and we (all of us) got no service. I had to get the manager to get service.

As things worked out, I became the "banker". I was so angry at the waiter that I placed a nickle on the table. He picked up the bill, saw the nickle, and asked, "Is this for me?"

"Oh yessssss...." I told him.

He pushed it back across the table at me.

I picked it up, substituted a penny, and pushed it back at him.

I hate bad service. Only later did I discover what had happened at the other end of the table...but I really didn't care; in my lights there was no reason to punish the group because one idiot had made the waiter angry.

The only thing I cannot endure is being ignored in a place which--after all--is ultimately only about service.

--Boris

[boris]

Two minds with a single thought...but mine misspelled.

Alas.

--Boris

[netmilsmom]

>>Funny, she knew I was the one to speak to when she yelled across the room as we were exiting because I had only left a nickel.<<

I love when waitstaff get rude when one points out how bad of a job was done. The last time that happened I went to the manager and informed him I would not be returning to his establishment. I got a free dinner. Oh right, I'm going to return to have my food spit on! I don't think so.

[The Coopster]

ROFLMFAO! Good one!

[packrat35]

I quit tipping for pizza deliveries several years ago as prices rose to double what they used to be and indifferent service and delivery time.

The only exception is bad weather, where I will tip, because I don't want to go out myself.

At resterants, I usually tip well, except pisspoor service.

[Chemist_Geek]

You can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat people who wait on them.

Very true.

[trussell]

The customer would still end up having to pay the extra for the server. To pay the server minimum wage or more, they would have to raise the price of the meals.

Wouldn't you prefer to show an opinion of how much the server is worth by paying for the value of the service? Good service-good tip. Bad service-no tip or give a few pennies.

[trussell]

I think that even Gunny will tip a "hard working waiter".

Let's ask Gunny.

gunnyg, do you tip any server? Your post seems to suggest that you do not, but this poster believes that you will tip a "hard working waiter".

[Huck]

It's rare that I encounter someone so bad that I don't think they deserve a tip. In fact, someone that bad deserves to be complained about to the manager. Otherwise, decent tips for all, better tips for good service, or just when I am feeling jolly, which is hopefully as often as possible. Of course, I don't dine out that often, so it's not like I'm going broke from tipping. It just feels good to leave a little extra on the table, beyond what's expected. I don't go to church, so maybe it's my way of giving "tidings", if that's the right word for it. It's my pleasure. There must be better things to get cranky about than tipping.

[tiamat]

I don't go to church either, but I DO believe as do you, that it is right to spread some of the good stuff around when you have it!

I call it "paybacks to the universe" and I USUALLY mean "paybacks" in a GOOD way in this instance! LOL!

I don't go out often either, but I do try to give more, especially at holiday time!

I don't usually complain to the manager. it takes a LOt to rile me, and if I am that angry it is just better for everyone if i just leave.
Besides.
Maybe the person is just having an off day.
I don't want to get someone canned because their dog just died or something!

Tia

[Rebelbase]

gunnyg = skinflint-tightwad.

[avenir]

"I wasn't saying the 8% should be some sort of guideline for reporting."

I misunderstood you.

[Xenalyte]

Couldn't find that "word" in three different on line dictionaries, even spelling it as another poster did, watron. I suppose if it is not a word, you can spell it any way you want to.

"Waitron" is the unofficial generic noun for one in the food-server profession. If you've ever been a waiter, you know that the "tron" ending is appropriate - especially if you did time in a chain restaurant.