Do you tip in a restaurant ?

SunnyDub1 · 26-10-2012 02:32PM #1

A post on a different thread got me thinking about this one....

If I receive a good service in a restaurant I will tip. Not because I have to but for me I feel it's the right thing to do , it's manners and don't feel like a stingy sh*t leaving the restaurant.

do you all tip and why?
or if not , why ?

eyescreamcone · 26-10-2012 02:33PM

Why do we tip in restaurants but not in the supermarket?

26-10-2012 02:33PM

Thinly veiled "I can afford to eat out" thread.

bbam · 26-10-2012 02:34PM

Only if the service is "Excellant" and providing there is no service charge already on the bill... 5-10%

I don't think its necessary to tip for "good" service, thats what I expect as a minimum when I decide to eat somewhere..

Rented Mule · 26-10-2012 02:35PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-qV9wVGb38

jfallon · 26-10-2012 02:35PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Thinly veiled "I can afford to eat out" thread.

Thinly veiled "I'd like you to bestow thanks upon my post" post.

Stheno · 26-10-2012 02:35PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Thinly veiled "I can afford to eat out" thread.

Somebody please add thinly veiled to the swear filter.:(

leonidas83 · 26-10-2012 02:35PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Thinly veiled "I can afford to eat out" thread.

Thinly veiled thanks whore;)

2ndcoming · 26-10-2012 02:36PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-qV9wVGb38

Ah sick! Beaten to it. Great minds and all that

davet82 · 26-10-2012 02:36PM

yes i tip, good service equals reward, if you can afford to eat out, you can afford to tip

now we'll have all the mean bastards saying how they cant afford this and that but can spend 60 quid on a meal but cant spare 2 euro

FatherLen · 26-10-2012 02:37PM

thinly shut up.

Seaneh · 26-10-2012 02:38PM

For me depends on a few things.
If there is a service charge, they can **** off right away.

Id service is ****, I leave what I basically consider an insult, like, on a bill of €35 I might leave an euro. I once just wrote on a reciept, your tip for today, smile when greeting people, show an interest in being a good server, don't just throw food at people, don't sigh when asked questions and don't act like a **** to people you rely on for tips.

Usually leave 15%ish though.

Rented Mule wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-qV9wVGb38

Not valid in Ireland, there isn't two different minimum wages in Ireland like there is in the US for tipped and untipped jobs so nobody is making $4 an hour.

Malari · 26-10-2012 02:39PM

eyescreamcone wrote: »

Why do we tip in restaurants but not in the supermarket?

I don't sit down in a supermarket, order my items from a list, and have someone bring them to my trolly

Yeah, I've been that waitress, so I do tip usually. But not if the service is poor.

davet82 · 26-10-2012 02:40PM

and before we have the 'its an american thing' its not, its a decent human being thing appreciating a smile with their service from somebody who is on a small wage and takes alot of crap too i'd imagine

26-10-2012 02:45PM

jfallon wrote: »

Thinly veiled "I'd like you to bestow thanks upon my post" post.

I'll settle for being quoted. Cheers.

girl in the striped socks · 26-10-2012 02:45PM

For good service I always tip.
However I can't stand bad manners, a bad attitude or a sulky face & therefore will not tip for those reasons.
I'm also not fond of someone wearing too much make up, too much jewellery, coloured nail varnish, someone fixing their hair, chewing gum, going out for a fag break & coming back in wreaking of smoke.
Usually I only come across the above at a large function but it really annoys me that a hotel/ restaurant would be that stuck to hire someone who does some of the above.

eyescreamcone · 26-10-2012 02:46PM

Malari wrote: »

I don't sit down in a supermarket, order my items from a list, and have someone bring them to my trolly

Yeah, I've been that waitress, so I do tip usually. But not if the service is poor.

Hello.
The waitress does her job - minimum/close to min wage and expects a tip.

A checkout girl does her job - minimum wage/close to min and gets nothing.

What about a shoe shop?
Or a petrol station?
Or a chemist?

I know why we tip - we saw it in a movie - The Yanks do it so it must be cool.
I tip begrudgingly, 10% - Am I'm cool too?? :cool:

OldNotWIse · 26-10-2012 02:48PM

Malari wrote: »

I don't sit down in a supermarket, order my items from a list, and have someone bring them to my trolly

Yeah, I've been that waitress, so I do tip usually. But not if the service is poor.

Thats what happens when we shop in Lidl/Aldi

Conall Cernach · 26-10-2012 02:50PM

davet82 wrote: »

yes i tip, good service equals reward, if you can afford to eat out, you can afford to tip

now we'll have all the mean bastards saying how they cant afford this and that but can spend 60 quid on a meal but cant spare 2 euro

It'd be the rare time I wouldn't tip at all. Maybe if the waiter/waitress set me on fire or something I wouldn't. If the service is average (which it usually is in Ireland) then I might just round up so if a meal was €56 I'd leave €60. For great service I'd spring for 10-15%. So for the €56 example I'd probably leave €65. I was out for a meal a few months ago and had a bottle of wine on the house as I had to wait 20 - 30 minutes or something for my main. I probably tipped the price of the wine that night (was only the house white @€;14).

During my holidays in Switzerland this year there was one bar/restaurant that I went to every night and tipped all the time. It was only on the last night that I noticed a service charge on the bill as usually I just stick them in my pocket and forget about them. The staff must have thought I was Croesus.

BBDBB · 26-10-2012 02:51PM

Good service gets a tip, ie prompt, pleasant and seemingly genuine concern for my dining experience

ignoring me, a cant be arsed attitude, late meal, something wrong with the meal, doesnt get a tip

5starpool · 26-10-2012 02:52PM

Stheno wrote: »

Somebody please add thinly veiled to the swear filter.:(

As an only occasional AH reader I'm starting to get why it's been picked out as a special case to be frowned upon. It's pretty irritating.

Supraman · 26-10-2012 02:55PM

if the waiter/waitress puts in an effort then yes I would tip , not a set % but certainly something for the service . Funnily enough there's a bar I regularly eat in where they have a separate restaurant upstairs . The staff that serve downstairs are always much more attentive than the dedicated restaurant staff and would always receive a tip .

SunnyDub1 · 26-10-2012 02:56PM

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

For good service I always tip.
However I can't stand bad manners, a bad attitude or a sulky face & therefore will not tip for those reasons.
I'm also not fond of someone wearing too much make up, too much jewellery, coloured nail varnish, someone fixing their hair, chewing gum, going out for a fag break & coming back in wreaking of smoke.
Usually I only come across the above at a large function but it really annoys me that a hotel/ restaurant would be that stuck to hire someone who does some of the above.

So to answer the question you don't tip anyone

girl in the striped socks · 26-10-2012 02:59PM

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

So to answer the question you don't tip anyone

Where did it say that?
Bad manners, bad attitude & sulky face won't get a tip.
I just listed things I'm not fond of after it but I didn't say I wouldn't leave a tip.
Read the post.

26-10-2012 02:59PM

I always tip (and generously).

I am also married to a former waitress.

These two facts are related.

eyescreamcone · 26-10-2012 03:01PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I always tip (and generously).

I am also married to a former waitress.

These two facts are related.

So you think if you tip well you'll get a ride, is it??

Malari · 26-10-2012 03:01PM

eyescreamcone wrote: »

Hello.
The waitress does her job - minimum/close to min wage and expects a tip.

A checkout girl does her job - minimum wage/close to min and gets nothing.

What about a shoe shop?
Or a petrol station?
Or a chemist?

I know why we tip - we saw it in a movie - The Yanks do it so it must be cool.
I tip begrudgingly, 10% - Am I'm cool too?? :cool:

I've done both waitressing and checking-out and the former is a much harder job I think. I think you go out for a dining experience and good service is part of that.

I think it's nice to tip, I don't think it's cool to tip. I don't judge people who don't tip either though.

Lord TSC · 26-10-2012 03:05PM

Tpyically, if my dinner comes to a certain amount, I pay to the nearest bill and tell them to keep the change.

So, today, lunch came to 17€. I gave them a €20 note and told them to keep the change. That stands true if I go up to €19.90 though.

If, though, the service is great, the food is great, I will tip them more. If they work hard to impress me, they deserve bonuses...

26-10-2012 03:05PM

eyescreamcone wrote: »

So you think if you tip well you'll get a ride, is it??

Well, if I don't I won't. That's how I would put it.

eyescreamcone · 26-10-2012 03:07PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Well, if I don't I won't. That's how I would put it.

Keep tipping, Sir

SunnyDub1 · 26-10-2012 03:10PM

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

Where did it say that?
Bad manners, bad attitude & sulky face won't get a tip.
I just listed things I'm not fond of after it but I didn't say I wouldn't leave a tip.
Read the post.

"For good service I always tip.
However I can't stand bad manners, a bad attitude or a sulky face & therefore will not tip for those reasons" - this is fair enough I wouldn't tip on that either,

however ...

"I'm also not fond of someone wearing too much make up"
- what has this got to do with a good or bad service ? Some woman like to wear a lot of make up it has no effect on their work

"too much jewelery" - again this has no effect what so ever on the service they bring

"coloured nail varnish" - That's just ridiculous

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