You're a mean one, Mr./Mrs. Scrooge!

[aangel]

about the tipping scene....

People! If you want "fast" food or like buying from the "value menu" then two words for ya McDONALDS WENDY'S! Do not come to a sit down restaurant, order your kid a child's meal and then bitch about how expensive it was when the brat doesn't eat it... again I say to you McDONALD'S WENDY'S and you just made yourself look like a complete asshat... Here's your sign!

If it's you and a couple people, plan on 15-20% of your bill to tip descently ... if it's a larger party of 6, 8 or more plan to tip at least 20% or more depending on your service... It's not that difficult and if you just don't want to come off a descent tip.... McDONALDS WENDY'S!!!

If you go for a sit down meal, be it Frisch's or the local cafe/pub, then be prepared to tip at least 1/2 ass descently! I just don't get how people can put down 30 or more bucks on a good meal but leave 4 or less bucks as a tip? What is that couple extra dollars to take care of those that have "SERVED" you? And while you're at it Mr./Mrs. Scrooge lighten up, smile, be nice or DON'T GO OUT IN PUBLIC STAY HOME BEHIND DOORS WHERE YOU BELONG!!!!

LISTEN... Pass it along and don't be afraid or embarassed to speak up when you're in the company of someone that is a cheap ass tipper! Sadly, some people A) just don't know how to tip properly or B) are just too big of a scrooge tight wad, mean, spiteful, grumpy, unhappy, or what ever their cheap ass deal is...

On the other hand, you have no ideal what a nice person you are and what a good impression you leave when you are a generous, caring tipper! If my husband ever sat there and nit picked about our bill or drug out the menu and added every single charge or if he didn't tip well, I would be so humiliated and believe me you, he would know about it! Or for those that leave "exactly" 15% to the frig'n penny (one lady brings her desk calculator!) -->

This is pretty simple, people!

Shitty service, shitty food, etc. - $1-2 if they're lucky....
MINIMUM 15% - service "okay" or only 1-3 guests / food was good....
20% - good service and good food and if you're server was exceptionally good, what's an extra buck or two?
23% - good service, good food, and you and your guests ran your server's ass off the entire time (esp. with beer, liquor, desserts, lots of refills, this that and the other)... and again, what's an extra buck or two?
25% - good service, good food, party of 8 or more again, especially with beer, liquor, desserts, refills, etc.) BE GENEROUS!

That may sound like a lot but it's really not...go ahead pull out that cell phone, it has a calculator on it....

What a lot of people also don't realize is that your server, too, has to "tip out" their bartenders, host/hostess and bussers!!! Where I work, I have to tip out 15 percent of my gross sales (regardless of what I make) to my bartend and 5% to my bussers... I usually round that up to 20 and 7/10 depending on how busy we were, how hard we busted our humps, etc. I certainly walk with less than I was given!


Sorry to rant... I feel better. Good night.

[DeckerEnt]

You work in the food industry. I applaude you for putting up with more than you should. When I go out to a nice place, I start my scale at 15% for a tip. If the waitress even shows that she gives a sh*t about me and my family, bingo, it goes to 20%. It doesn't take much for me to realize that you are doing a job and if you do it well, you should be rewarded for it. I understand that you don't make crap on your hourly pay and you are working for tips. I delivered pizza for a few years so I understand.
[I] think everyone should have a job where you are graded on your performance on a daily basis, or even hourly. See the good or bad when it comes to customers and learn that if you do your JOB well, you will make money. If you treat the customers like crap, you getnot much. I am all for tipping a good waitress, but if heor she doesn't care, then neither will I.
Keith

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

My mother worked for many years when i was really young serving food....she worked long hard hours and she earned a damn good living because of how she treated people and more or less earned it.


Now because of that, when i go out to eat, i pay close attention to the server. In most cases to be completely honest, i would prefer seeing my server no more than 2-3 times max....once a few moments after the meal is served to make sure things are ok, then once or twice after that for refills and that's it. Hell if he/she would bring me 2 glasses of coke with the food, chances are she could go off about her business and i wouldn't need her again at all except for the bill.

That said, i consider myself a heavy tipper. In some special cases i've actually paid 100% tip...but that's a long story. I do now however feel that a tip is manditory. If he/she acts like a twat and gives me attitude or never comes to my table, they're going to get a $.50 tip just as an insult. Really young kids are the worst for this usually and it rarely ever happens.

A typical example is when me and my boy go to Frisches (hey...it's cheap and it's actually my second favorite restaurant ever). Our bill is usually no more than $12, but i almost always leave a $5 tip. That's pretty generous considering, like i said earlier, she really just needs to bring the food and get me a refill....if i could just get 2 cokes and the check with my food she'd be done with me and make a pretty good tip for 2 trips total to my table, one to take the order and one to bring the food. (well i guess a 3rd if she cleans up after me and/or to get her tip).

[Mista Bone]

might wanna explain to LOW base min. wages the girls at places like awful waffle get.

what, something like $2.25 a hour now?

Best way a waitress can get a good tip from me, chew the cooks out for slacking while doing nothing watching the reds game, Big Bobs in Fairfield for example. She was busting her ass at tables (not just mine) and the kitchen was screwing everything up.

Now Ms. aangel, if I have a shitty waitress who does NOTHING and too busy texting friends or to sorry to even help the other girls.......nothing. No tip, you fail, find another line of work.

About your rant........people RARELY hear your side of the SLAVE labor at times.

In Vinnyspeak. if I have to raise my voice and say "It's like this, only full!" your not getting a tip. When you ask me at 1/2 glass how should you should bring another IF I choose another beer........thats a easy 20% tip.

[Mista Bone]

For example.....our crew would invade Perkins on Route 4, we would need 2 servers/waitress.........on a Friday night.

Average tip was $100 divide between both, those girls who busted ass (never went dry on a cherry coke!) would earn more in tips from our party than they did for 8 hours on the clock @ Perkins.

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

The case where i tipped 100%....i was with my ex eating at the Red Lobster on Beechmont. The girl serving us was pretty young and i think pretty new at it, and she was really REALLY busting her ass....like sweaty forhead and she must have had half the tables and it was prom night on top of that so the place was lined up out the doors. Some older guy and his wife were across the isle from us and they were really pounding this poor girl....she was almost in tears. At one point he went so far as to pretty much raise his voice at her and cause a bit of a scene. They ended up leaving before us, and the next time she came to our table was to give us our check. I stopped her and told her to just stand there for a few minutes like she was helping us...and CHILL OUT! I believe our bill that night was around $45-50 so i handed her a $100 and told her to keep the change. She just about cried on the spot...i told her to keep her chin up

[Mista Bone]

There be a country song about like that.......

[mach_u]

Tipping, isn't a city in China... I'm with ya, I've worked food service for the last 5yrs. I only served for 2 of those however and I have food ran Friday and Saturday nights ever since. You would think servers, who base their existence on tips would appreciate me carrying heavy trays of food non-stop for 4hrs without slowing down but after busting my hump for hours I get a couple of them toss me $2 - talking about pissing me off. The thing is I make sure their tables are happy once the food is out, get refills on drinks, rolls, etc. One of the biggest reasons I quit serving(and more likely than not the reason I'd quit food running) was due to lazy servers. Anybody that has seen me work @ the restaurant knows that I am a hustler - always busting my bump, running my ass off, generally keeping busy. I get so tired of seeing lazy ass servers, sitting on their butts during a rush, chain smoking outside the back door, or just bull shitting with each other. When I served I did have the odd bad tip but I generally banked almost every night(unless we were just super dead), had regulars that tipped really well, etc. but the majority of servers I work with today complain about not making anything. The problem is they come in with an attitude - which the table sees, everything is a hassle, they don't smile and to top it all off they are lazy! I'm usually a great tipper but if we are at a restaurant and I can see clearly that Sally Server only has two tables but spends 90% of her time sweet talking the "hot" bartender instead of serving her tables she is not getting a good tip. All that been said, I REALLY struggle giving less than 15-20% - I can count on one hand in the last 5yrs I have left less than that and they were HORRIBLE!

Now that my mini-rant is over... I really do understand where you are coming from - there is nothing worse than working your ass off, making 20 trips to the table, smiling, spending time making your table happy, only to get a 10%(or worse) tip. It's like a slap in the face. I have always said that every person should work in food service for at least 6 months to get an appreciation for it. It's back breaking work, long hours but it gives you a real appreciation of the job.
PS: What restaurant do you work for?

[dedpedal]

I tip based on how I feel the service was. I dont give a rats ass about percentages. I worked for tips for a couple years and I know how it is. Now Im the one giving the tips and simply dont care one way or another.If Im at a table for an hour and leave a 5 for a tip, I feel that the server just made over minimum wage, anything else from the ten or more table he/shes working is bonus. Deal with it or get a better job.

[bobtsgt]

we usually take care of our waitresses and waiters depending on the service. There has been a couple of times where I have left about $.50 due to lack of service. Like getting your first ice tea after the meal has already come and being the only table the guy has since the place is dead. but if the service is good and they attempt to act happy we will leave $6+. Or if its a repeat waiter we will dish out some more like Rick at O'Charlies.

[95redstang]

I tip based on how I feel the service was. I dont give a rats ass about percentages. I worked for tips for a couple years and I know how it is. Now Im the one giving the tips and simply dont care one way or another.If Im at a table for an hour and leave a 5 for a tip, I feel that the server just made over minimum wage, anything else from the ten or more table he/shes working is bonus. Deal with it or get a better job.

Those percentages are just numbers that some jackass made up. I tip the same way. Usually we tip great. Some servers are just asswipes. They think because we have kids they won't get a good tip. If you take care of usbut don't hassle then you will be rewarded. Now is you let the drinks run low and aggrevate me you will get a big $1 tip...

[Kevin Doe]

Here is my view on tipping.

Great service 25%
Good service 20%
Bad Service 5-10%
Rude and or offending, 0%

My logic. The server knows they only made $2.XX an hour otherwise. They know that service is their job, and that their paycheck depends upon it. If you do your job well, you should get paid for it, if you do your job only decent, you get paid....decent. If you kinda do your job half assed, then you get half assed paid for it. If you are rude to me or my party, you get nothing. If you basically call me a liar after you fuck up my food order, and insist thats how I ordered it, you get nothing. If a server is bad, but continually gets paid for it, then they'll never change. Its definately a performance based pay scheme, and to get paid, you have to perform. Period.

[aangel]

I know the percentages are just a number but a lot of people "just don't know"... I don't tip by percentages, I'm more like the $5, $10 depending on the bill... And it could even be construed as an insult putting up numbers. It's funny how it's all men that responded... My rant was more for the people that you bust your ass and they leave a $1.25 and say "that's all for you sweetie keep it". WTF? I'd like to throw it at them and tell them to keep they obviously need it more than I...

KEV? What an insult? Get a better job? I said it's a gig while I get through nursing school... I could go back to nursing aid work and make more on the hour...but I don't want to whipe ass....now I'm serving "asses" good food. I gave up a job of 16 years, $45k a year to become a nurse... I know, my choice and the hubby reminds me of it EVERY day of my life. How about I remember when you when you're old and gray and I'm saving your life some day? Just kidding. $5 is generous! Kudos.

A big THUMBS UP for those of you who are generous... My mother too was a barmaid or waitress so I guess I come from a background that was taught better. Same goes for your hairdresser / barber.... OF COURSE, some lazy ass server who does nothing but flirt and chit chat or play on her cell phone, neglects the customer--we got a couple of those and I could knock their head off b/c that makes the entire establishment look bad.

MACH_U -- I'm working at Main Street Cafe... Newtown. I'm told it was once the "Yacht Club" back in the day. The owner's son/the family also owns ZIPS in Mt. Lookout. AWESOME food, AWESOME service. The owner is very involved and she will not tolerate half ass or rude servers/bartenders... I've been there about two months now and I have never once had any customer complain about food or service. It's a good place, good food, good people. It's a tight fit in there and when we're busy that place is packed like sardines.

Again, KUDOS to ya'll that are thoughtful and courteous! KHARMA people KHARMA....

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

we usually take care of our waitresses and waiters depending on the service. There has been a couple of times where I have left about $.50 due to lack of service. Like getting your first ice tea after the meal has already come and being the only table the guy has since the place is dead. but if the service is good and they attempt to act happy we will leave $6+. Or if its a repeat waiter we will dish out some more like Rick at O'Charlies.

Hey i know that guy....he serves us almost every time we eat at O'Charlies. He's a pretty cool guy...he used to always compliment my piercings/tattoos....i dunno if he's kinda ya know weird like that or just kissing ass trying to build a tip but he's always pretty fast and i like anyone who doesn't write down your order and memorizes even my picky special orders.

[aangel]

Sorry for the double post, I got knocked off line....

[aangel]

The case where i tipped 100%....i was with my ex eating at the Red Lobster on Beechmont. The girl serving us was pretty young and i think pretty new at it, and she was really REALLY busting her ass....like sweaty forhead and she must have had half the tables and it was prom night on top of that so the place was lined up out the doors. Some older guy and his wife were across the isle from us and they were really pounding this poor girl....she was almost in tears. At one point he went so far as to pretty much raise his voice at her and cause a bit of a scene. They ended up leaving before us, and the next time she came to our table was to give us our check. I stopped her and told her to just stand there for a few minutes like she was helping us...and CHILL OUT! I believe our bill that night was around $45-50 so i handed her a $100 and told her to keep the change. She just about cried on the spot...i told her to keep her chin up

I think I have a tear in my eye. You ROCK! Wish there was more in the world like you! Make your way down to Main Street someday!

Where abouts you at in Amelia/Beechmont? We're right off 125 in WT... Any pics of the ride? I'll have to keep an eye out for ya.

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

I think I have a tear in my eye. You ROCK! Wish there was more in the world like you! Make your way down to Main Street someday!

Where abouts you at in Amelia/Beechmont? We're right off 125 in WT... Any pics of the ride? I'll have to keep an eye out for ya.

I'm down Bennett Rd which is like 2 miles from 275 heading towards Amelia. I've got pics here http://www.cardomain.com/id/evil85ssp It's the only heap like it around here, you can't miss it lol.

[aangel]

Our house is exactly two miles off the 275 exit... Is Bennett the road next to Ameri Stop? We're right off Dieckman, next to ProTech Auto care... They just paved our neighborhood streets so they could redo the water drainage system...(yeah, dig'n up my front yard!). Can't miss the 'ole rust stang the hubby is refurbishing... Our dead end little street backs up to Southwind Apts. Our boyz started football, it's faster for us to walk to WT park than to drive... We cut through Southwind through the woods and end up right in the park...

HOWDY NEIGHBOR!

[aangel]

Our house is exactly two miles off the 275 exit... Is Bennett the road next to Ameri Stop? We're right off Dieckman, next to ProTech Auto care... They just paved our neighborhood streets so they could redo the water drainage system...(yeah, dig'n up my front yard!). Can't miss the 'ole rust stang the hubby is refurbishing... Our dead end little street backs up to Southwind Apts. Our boyz started football, it's faster for us to walk to WT park than to drive... We cut through Southwind through the woods and end up right in the park...

HOWDY NEIGHBOR!

[Mista Bone]

My favorite servers.......

Veronica at Golden Corral, Forest Fair area, she's a black Jamican lady (love her accent!) and I make it a point to sit in her area if she's working.

Never run out of pop or dinner rolls (unless the bakery is behind, not her fault) or clean plates.


"Jose" at La Pinata on Briel in Middletown, not sure it thats his real name, but again great service......same with Taquira Mercano in Fairfield were you'll find the OWNER running food.

Worst service, Logo's in Blue Ash, mostly since the owner won't hire more help. On a friday night you have just two girls serving tables, not good.