Posted on 11/26/2005 9:50:03 AM PST by smoothsailing
Actually waitrons was a term used by the old Sierra On Line Co. that made the space quest games. Waitrons were used in Space Quest 6.
As a side note: I am not responsible for what waiters and waitresses are paid. This is the responsibility of the employer. Take a smaller profit and pay your people a decent wage, quit picking my pocket every time i eat out!
LOL!!!
As was posted earlier, serving staff can be, and often are, taxed on what the tip is expected to be.
Smart. Tipping up front and as the meal progresses is money well spent, too.
You'd stay sloshed too if you had to go home and have the Alpha Male all over you.
"If I am dining with my grumpy old father-in-law, I start tipping up front to pre-emptively counter-act his insults to the employees."
Yup. I occasionally eat with one of those people who is a pain in the butt. I always warn the server in advance and tip an obscene amount.
The only time I mention tips is when I take the little one's out. I know and the staff know they are going to be messy. Usually a joke about how big a mess they make determines their tip and laughs and special attention to the kids result. The best way to get a bigger tip with me is to give my lil "darlins" VIP treatment:') Only a few times have I left without a tip and I followed up with a call to the manager. Yall are talking about higher scale "diners" though. I try to tip all food related service people. Sometimes I have to complain to the manager because they aren't allowed to accept though. I would have expected Kerry to have left a dollar or two on that Wendy's table.
AMEN.
Leave the customer out of payroll. Just charge me more for the food.
It's not all that bad, but I thought you should know.
I base my tipping, in general, based upon the probability that I'll be eating there again (for example, I have lunch at a local Fish & Chips place at least once a week - and I tip about 30% there, but that's on a $10 Bill) and, beyond that, on the attractiveness of the waitress.
I really shouldn't, but I just can't help myself.
Use the same one you use to calculate your 10% tithe ... whether pre-tax or after-tax.
We've had this discussion on here before, but my baseline tip is about 10%. In other words, 10% (probably a little more since I round up to make things even out in $.25 increments) is what I give for average service. They have to earn it over that. But since I don't go places where I've been burned by bad service, it usually ends up being around 15%.
ATTAGIRL!
A shame the father didn't show the backbone. Now he knows a real woman has more testosterone than he--and must live with it until he finds some, God help him to be a man.
Maybe the best explanation for their low tipping is their general, multi-faceted disconnect from reality.
He was probably just following the example of Her Heinousness who left a cafe in New York without paying.
Oh, yeah, I never leave less than a couple bucks on a cup of coffee.
and, beyond that, on the attractiveness of the waitress.
I really shouldn't, but I just can't help myself.
You dog!
That's a bit low, but it's your money.
Unfortunately, that waitperson is paying income tax on 15% of your food bill. Restaurants send W-2's to their employees, using 15% as the amount earned as tips.
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