25% Gratuity plus Tax - Seriously?

[Errakus]

Originally Posted by Yumyums Inmahtumtums [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sounds like a great system.


Pay the people who handle your food 50% of what you'd pay a babysitter/hour in 1996.

Hey, I don't work in the industry anymore, but some servers make more money than I do. (All depends on where you work) It's also cashed and untaxed as long as it's not on a credit card.

[Tenlaar]

Honestly, I would let loose some harsh words and refuse to pay a 25% gratuity added on to my bill if I wasn't informed of it before hand. Adding an extra quarter of the bill back on top so that the business doesn't have to pay their employees a normal wage? Fuck that noise. Fuck it right in it's stupid bullshit ear.

[Jontheripper]

A stripper will take off her clothes and grind on me for $1. Unfortunately for waitresses, this set the bar exceptionally high for tip-worthy service.

[Tongpow]

20% for 8+ when i waited tables, made my day when retards questioned it and/or when people didn't even notice and tipped me on top of the grat. didn't have to split with kitchen or other waiters who had to help carry out all the food

grinding 2 or 4 tops was better though, big parties always camped your 2 tables put together for a fucking hour n a half at the least

[TheBlackSheep]

Originally Posted by Tongpow [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

20% for 8+ when i waited tables, made my day when retards questioned it and/or when people didn't even notice and tipped me on top of the grat. didn't have to split with kitchen or other waiters who had to help carry out all the food

grinding 2 or 4 tops was better though, big parties always camped your 2 tables put together for a fucking hour n a half at the least

I bet you loved big groups of Pentecostals.

[eqholmes]

Why should someone that brings me food get 20% of what I pay for my dinner. Waiters that work 4hr can make as much as me that works at a bank managing 5 other people. And its bullshit that most don't tip out the cooks/dish washers. They get 10 tables over 4 hr. There wage of 9 per hour plus the 15bucks at each table. 186 for four hours. Say they tip out 10%. Still at 160 and if in cash wooooo no taxes or reporting. Basically get a real job and don't expect the ones that do to give you their hard earned money or don't bitch when you get five bucks on a 75tab. If I got tips for dealing with dipshits that want me to reverse fees all day, shit I could afford the 25%.

[Ahldagor]

Originally Posted by eqholmes [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why should someone that brings me food get 20% of what I pay for my dinner. Waiters that work 4hr can make as much as me that works at a bank managing 5 other people. And its bullshit that most don't tip out the cooks/dish washers. They get 10 tables over 4 hr. There wage of 9 per hour plus the 15bucks at each table. 186 for four hours. Say they tip out 10%. Still at 160 and if in cash wooooo no taxes or reporting. Basically get a real job and don't expect the ones that do to give you their hard earned money or don't bitch when you get five bucks on a 75tab. If I got tips for dealing with dipshits that want me to reverse fees all day, shit I could afford the 25%.

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[katrik]

Some high end waiters and waitresses take in 1k+ a week. Not bad, I say. Still hard to live comfortably on.

[Pookieson]

Its funny, ive always been a veru generous tipper because my friends have always worked in the food industry. I averaged around 25-50%, especially on low cost bills. I thought of myself as helping out people putting themselves through college, etc.

Then i moved to China.

I tried to tip here, paid my bill plus some and got up and left. The waitress/hostess literally chased me down to give me my change back. I was baffled. Tipping is not a part of their culture, they simply do not understand why you would offer more money than the price tag was. I tried to tip my delivery food driver, same deal. He was baffled as to why i would just give him more money then the price was. It just doesnt compute here.

Not to say that the service here isnt excellent. Waitresses are on point, they know there job well and they have no incentive to be good or bad, either way. Its just their job. Their job is to wait tables. Being good at it is part of the job description, not part of earning more tips.

I will tip less now when i go back. Eat dicks servers, your entitled. The people in China who refused my money make less than 600$ a month and are absolutely happy in their lives, and they bust their ass every day to pay their bills. There is no welfare in china. if you dont want to work, someone else does, and your ass will be on the street. seeing this in china made me sad for america. we have lost that hardworking spirit which helped us become such a great nation, now all these entitled fucks are ruining our country.

[FatMice]

Originally Posted by Pookieson [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Its funny,... ...we have lost that hardworking spirit which helped us become such a great nation, now all these entitled fucks are ruining our country.