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Post by Freeborn on Sept 19, 2022 7:35:06 GMT -6
This is a thread I have been meaning to start for some time but I just had not gotten it done. My experience at the Pie Shop in Custer SD is why I am posting this.
We just returned from a week in the black hills where we were out and about eating out much more than usual.
I don't think we went to any coffee shop, bakery, pie shop, take-out pizza place or restaurant that did not expect a tip. I understand tipping but do I really have to give you 15-20% for pouring me a cup of coffee.
The black girl with the bad attitude at the pie shop watched the computer screen like a hawk and when I only gave her 10% she slighted us on our coffee. By the way, 2 pieces of pie with coffee were $16 not including tip. Does handing me a pre-cut piece of pie and pouring a cup of coffee justify a 15-20% tip?
My mother waitressed when she was young so I know tipping should be appropriate, but do I need to tip if there is almost zero service?
Sorry for the rant but seems like the expectation does not fit the effort.
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Post by badgerfowl on Sept 19, 2022 8:38:12 GMT -6
I'll tip 15% at any sit down/waitress type of place. I don't tip at subway. lol.
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Post by biglakebass on Sept 19, 2022 8:42:55 GMT -6
Agree on the overall tipping stance you have.
I have never tipped at any fast food restaurant. Never even crosses my mind.
In my head, if i sit down at a table, and the server is doing the running, I tip.
I have never been to a coffee shop, but I see no reason to tip there, just like I dont at a fast food joint.
If I do tip its 15 to 20%. I never go higher. It costs enough already to go out and have a basic dinner for 2..... :/
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Post by Catscratch on Sept 19, 2022 10:38:00 GMT -6
A tip is extra. I give extra for hard work and great manners/experience. Don't do those don't expect extra. I do tip at Sonic (fast food). They deliver food outside to my car. Cold, wind, rain, heat, etc sometimes warrants a pity tip. Locally most of those workers are either at their first ever job, or their last.
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Post by smsmith on Sept 19, 2022 10:49:49 GMT -6
I tip 20% pretty much most of the time. Getting people to show up for work now isn't easy. Those who do show up warrant a tip IMO. We don't go out for fast food or coffee. If we did I wouldn't tip at the fast food places but probably would at a coffee place
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Post by benmnwi on Sept 19, 2022 11:02:51 GMT -6
We went to the north shore this summer and on the way there stopped in Duluth for lunch. That Mexican restaurant now includes an automatic tip for the kitchen staff. That really irritated me since in my opinion they should just raise the price of the food and pay the staff more rather automatically adding a non-negotiable fee on top of the posted prices. So I just tipped less than my normal 20%, which essentially short changed the waiter. I wouldn't go back to a place like that just because of that stupid fee.
Tip expectations seem to be overboard these days.
We ate at a chinese buffet yesterday and they printed the tip amounts at different %'s on the bill. I got the food myself and they now use foam plates that were started during Covid, so I'm not entirely sure who the hell I should be tipping. I probably deserved a tip because I provided myself great service when I filled my foam plates way too high.
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Post by Tooln on Sept 20, 2022 9:38:39 GMT -6
Popr service = poor or no tip Good service = good tip Excellent service = excellent tip Easy peasy
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Sept 20, 2022 12:26:44 GMT -6
30-50% is common for us. 100% around Christmas time. Can’t take it with you.
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Post by smsmith on Sept 20, 2022 12:38:03 GMT -6
I'm curious if anybody tips differently "locally" than when out somewhere you likely won't be at again for a long time (if ever)?
I tend to overtip bartenders and servers locally...mainly because I like getting really good service. It's pretty rare for us to have to even order a drink when we walk in places we frequent around here. They know what we're having and they're sitting in front of us about when we sit down. Even at places we hit maybe once a month, they usually know what we're drinking and that I tip well. Like Mo at Christmas time we are more generous. Usually leave at least one $100 tip for a bartender(s) we really like. Many folks are far from well off in this area. An extra few bucks really helps them out.
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Post by Foggy on Sept 20, 2022 17:22:16 GMT -6
I have a hard time tipping more than 20% or so. Tho that is customary these days at most of the sit down restaurants and bars. I think it seems like allot....especially in light of the high cost of dining out. I like good service....but I'm not sure waitressing should be a career at many places. Tho the high-end places seem to be different to me.....and some folks really earn the tips. I'm a bit torn on this.....as was said it's come to be expected to tip huge these days.
That said....it's hard work when a GOOD waiter / waitress is on the job. Those folks earn the tips. Others....not so much. Dunno about you....but I never received a tip in my entire life.
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Post by kooch on Sept 20, 2022 17:29:53 GMT -6
Well I just tipped 30% at a taco joint in Sioux Falls. To be fair, 30% of $10 bucks won’t break my budget. And the nice gal behind the counter complimented my Spanish. So…. I really had no choice.
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 20, 2022 19:44:57 GMT -6
I have a hard time tipping more than 20% or so. Tho that is customary these days at most of the sit down restaurants and bars. I think it seems like allot....especially in light of the high cost of dining out. I like good service....but I'm not sure waitressing should be a career at many places. Tho the high-end places seem to be different to me.....and some folks really earn the tips. I'm a bit torn on this.....as was said it's come to be expected to tip huge these days. That said....it's hard work when a GOOD waiter / waitress is on the job. Those folks earn the tips. Others....not so much. Dunno about you....but I never received a tip in my entire life. I have received two tips during my career. Occasionally farmers would give some cheese, cookies, or homemade sausage at Christmas.
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Post by caveman on Sept 20, 2022 20:21:29 GMT -6
To this day if I drive through a neighborhood where 25 years ago the homeowner bought us peasant landscapers a lunch pizza it is remembered.
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Post by Foggy on Sept 20, 2022 21:06:00 GMT -6
I have a hard time tipping more than 20% or so. Tho that is customary these days at most of the sit down restaurants and bars. I think it seems like allot....especially in light of the high cost of dining out. I like good service....but I'm not sure waitressing should be a career at many places. Tho the high-end places seem to be different to me.....and some folks really earn the tips. I'm a bit torn on this.....as was said it's come to be expected to tip huge these days. That said....it's hard work when a GOOD waiter / waitress is on the job. Those folks earn the tips. Others....not so much. Dunno about you....but I never received a tip in my entire life. I have received two tips during my career. Occasionally farmers would give some cheese, cookies, or homemade sausage at Christmas. Okay......I also have received some gifts like you say here. Also have had some business relationships where I was bought a dinner or a few drinks, etc. And they are / were appreciated. But I cannot remember a time when I got a cash "tip" from a customer. I got paid my wages.....and in some cases bonus money or commission money for doing my job. Tips were never part of my life. Thinking back....I bartended a few weekends at a local dancehall....mostly for chits and giggles. I do not think I ever received a tip for that job in those days. It just didn't happen. I likely made a dollar or a dollar fifty per hour back in those times.
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Post by smsmith on Sept 21, 2022 5:47:45 GMT -6
I suppose any of us who don't want to pay extra via a tip have an easy solution, just don't go out. With dining/drinking prices what they are, that is probably the best solution.
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