I hate being asked to tip on to-go orders. Today I just hit "no tip", it was for a salad.I never tip when picking up to-go orders.
I hate being asked to tip on to-go orders. Today I just hit "no tip", it was for a salad.I never tip when picking up to-go orders.
This. The front of house staff have very little influence on the back of house staff, and they didn't make your meal. A lot of places don't do tip sharing because it can be considered illegal to take tips designated for one employee and give them to another employee (depends on the location, I'm sure). But back of house staff almost never get tips and make a normal wage, vs wait staff and hosts who will probably not be paid a living wage because someone, somewhere said "this job normally receives tips for a job well done, so the restauranteur no longer has to pay a living wage."So, tip sharing is usually done with the service staff, meaning the host, server, bartender and expediter (the person who gets the plates ready to serve and compiles the tables' orders) but not the kitchen staff. They make normal hourly wages or salaries. So, I would not consider the food quality when tipping. However, I definitely would have let the server know of the issue and considered the reaction to it in determining the tip.
Restaurant have a cash price and a credit card price?What's crazy to me is the 3.5% credit card fee I paid at a restaurant last night. Add in a 20% tip, and that's a significantly higher bill.
Yep. Seems relatively common these days.Restaurant has a cash price and a credit card price?
To be honest, i haven't noticed at restaurants, although we don't eat out often.Yep. Seems relatively common these days.
Was Sweaty Betty your server?RHC has been known to steal Cash Tips left on the Table.
Over the years, I have known many servers and bartenders. The good ones have always told me they make much more money from tips than they would if they were paid a "living wage" working for an hourly wage. Most bartenders do pay the bar backs part of their tips and table servers generally have some arrangement with the bartenders regarding splitting of tips if the table orders drinks the bartender has to make.This. The front of house staff have very little influence on the back of house staff, and they didn't make your meal. A lot of places don't do tip sharing because it can be considered illegal to take tips designated for one employee and give them to another employee (depends on the location, I'm sure). But back of house staff almost never get tips and make a normal wage, vs wait staff and hosts who will probably not be paid a living wage because someone, somewhere said "this job normally receives tips for a job well done, so the restauranteur no longer has to pay a living wage."
I dislike the system we have for that reason. But generally, tipping your sever will only help the servers, not the cooks. So if your food tastes bad, don't hold it against your server.
The point is the customer should not be the one to pay that money. If the person does a good job, they get a tip. If not, then they're being paid enough to live. The idea that you have to tip, or should feel like you have to tip regardless of quality of service in order for your server to survive is ridiculous.Over the years, I have known many servers and bartenders. The good ones have always told me they make much more money from tips than they would if they were paid a "living wage" working for an hourly wage. Most bartenders do pay the bar backs part of their tips and table servers generally have some arrangement with the bartenders regarding splitting of tips if the table orders drinks the bartender has to make.
A friend in college was a part time bartender at Applebee's. He was good and developed a loyal group of regulars. He made around $30,000 a year in the late '90s, much more than any of his friends who had part time jobs with hourly wages and no tips. His first "real job" out of college he actually made less per hour than he did at his bartending job. Working for tips can be very lucrative if someone works hard and has a good attitude and does a good job. People with a poor work ethic, a rude personality and a sense of entitlement generally do very poorly in jobs where tips are the bulk of their income.
Server certainly bear some responsibility for food quality.You are tipping for service not for food quality, you should bare some of the responsibility for ordering steak and potatoes at an Italian restaurant lol.
Your approach is good. One thing I always take into consideration is whether my glass of tea, coffee or water is being re-filled.Curious to see what folks on this issue of tipping I recently encountered.
Went out with a big family gathering the Friday before Mother's Day to an Italian restaurant. I was not in the mood for pasta, so I ordered meal that had a steak and mashed potatoes. It was, hands down, the worst steak I ever had, and that includes Ryan's and Golden Corral. For starters, it was barely warmed. It had a sickly gray color to it. I ordered it medium but it was cooked well. It tasked about like a dish sponge. It gave every appearance of having been previously cooked and then warmed up for my order. Also terribly tough. My father also got the steak and his was terrible, so it wasn't worth sending it back to have them try again. Also, I didn't want to wait for them to cook another steak while everyone else was eating. Potatoes were also barely warm. I'll add, I'm not even a steak snob like a lot of dudes pretend to be. Sure, I thoroughly enjoy a truly great steak, but I can make do with a family steakhouse kind of steak as well.
Here's the dilemma: the service was good. I wouldn't say it was GREAT, but it was good. Nothing to complain about.
I know all these restaurants split/share tips, so it killed me to know the person who served me a steak that should be illegal would get some tip money. I've been in restaurants where I've had good food and bad service or bad food and good service, but this was the biggest discrepancy I've ever had between food and service quality. So the question....
Do you factor food quality into the amount of your tip? I would say I typically do not, but when it's genuinely one of the worst food items you've ever had, I don't see I couldn't take that into consideration.
The customer pays either way. Tipping allows the customer the ability to actually determine the level of pay for the quality of service the server provides. If the restaurant owner paid the server as much as you feel they should be paid, the customer would be paying higher prices for the meal and, indirectly, paying for the service regardless of how poor the service might be. If the server isn't doing a good job, the job they are hired to do, they shouldn't be paid at all in my opinion, they should be fired. Paying a server a "living wage" is a disincentive for the server to do a good job since they will be paid the same regardless of the level of service they provide.The point is the customer should not be the one to pay that money. If the person does a good job, they get a tip. If not, then they're being paid enough to live. The idea that you have to tip, or should feel like you have to tip regardless of quality of service in order for your server to survive is ridiculous.
You know, I almost never got bad service anywhere I went in Europe, and they don't get tips at all. They look at you funny if you try to tip them. And the food wasn't exceptionally expensive, either.The customer pays either way. Tipping allows the customer the ability to actually determine the level of pay for the quality of service the server provides. If the restaurant owner paid the server as much as you feel they should be paid, the customer would be paying higher prices for the meal and, indirectly, paying for the service regardless of how poor the service might be. If the server isn't doing a good job, the job they are hired to do, they shouldn't be paid at all in my opinion, they should be fired. Paying a server a "living wage" is a disincentive for the server to do a good job since they will be paid the same regardless of the level of service they provide.