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*Steven*
post Aug 14 2007, 12:52 PM
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What do you look for when deciding how good of a tip a waiter gets?

I see how many of the free appetizers they bring me rofl. Outback Steakhouse bread. Mexican restaurants, better keep the salsa/guacamole sauce filled. Italian restaurants, I want a lot of bread/oil.


Oh man, what if someone was a great waiter, and you left them a tip on the receipt that said "Brush your teeth before you go to bed"
 
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*stephinika*
post Aug 14 2007, 12:53 PM
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Steven, you're on a roll with these topics today!

Um, basically I look at the service and how well they treat me. Like if I need anything, how quickly do they handle it, and so on.
 
*Steven*
post Aug 14 2007, 12:54 PM
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Man, it's all about the free commodities.
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 12:57 PM
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At the Chinese restaurants, those guys have tendencies to forget to bring something when you ask for it - seeing how busy the restaurant is and the loud volume within it...so my dad just leaves the change from the bill. Which is always like a couple dollars.
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 12:58 PM
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Chinese restaurants.. hmm. If they bring me a lot of rice, I'm happy.
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 12:59 PM
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Rice is better at restaurants instead of my mom cooking it.
Free fortune cookies = bonus points
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 01:00 PM
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Hahahah pei wei. We always take like 15 fortune cookies because they just leave a big bin of them there. I mean, it's just so tempting!
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 01:02 PM
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Last time they gave us one less, so we asked for one more and they gave us like 10 more.
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 01:03 PM
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That's cuz they're like, OH SHEET FORGOT A COOKIE, GOTTA EARN TIP BACK!
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 01:08 PM
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Nah, they already took it.

Ugh you know what I feel sorry for?
The fishies in the tanks. THEY'RE SO CRAMPED.
 
*Steven*
post Aug 14 2007, 01:08 PM
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And they swim in their poo. What if you got fed a poo swimmin fish?
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 01:12 PM
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Then it would stink.


One time I saw this guy covering up the tank where you can see it. I bet they were strangling the poor thing behind it.
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 01:17 PM
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hahah you guys are funny.


anyways, i usually see how well my service is. and how fast it takes them to bring out what i need. usually if their busy, i'll give them a little more because their trying their hardest to satisfy everyone in the resturant.
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 01:21 PM
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how they treat me, if they're nice and smiling :o
bring me what i want with no fuss

lol i think the resturant rice is nast.
i make beter rice :o
but usually you can tell if itsold rice they serve you or not.
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 01:22 PM
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QUOTE(Steven @ Aug 14 2007, 10:54 AM) *
Man, it's all about the free commodities.

Amen!! They better be keeping that shit coming, as well as the drinks filled. And what Steph said, it's also based on how well they served me. If they took twenty minutes just to come get my drink order, it's not looking good.



Side note, just ate at Pei Wei and they took about a year to bring us a Pei Wei spicy chicken salad..wtf
 
*Elba*
post Aug 14 2007, 01:22 PM
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If they do not give me a refill for my soda BEFORE I finish the one I am drinking and I have to WAIT to get another one, then I wont give them anymore than 15%. Armond and I usually tip at least $5 and then we go from there.
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 01:26 PM
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Oh yes, soda refills. I hate waiting like 15 mins for another drink. I f**k w/ the waiter/waitress if they sux0r at that. Well, not really, but I unscrew the light bulbs and screw them back in each time they pass by and it confuses them.


There was this one waiter we had, this one time. Okay so it was I think 5 guys and a few girls (I say few because they don't matter in this story). Maybe 6 guys. We were @ Outback Steakhouse. They brought the entire table 2, I repeat TWO, loaves of bread. Those things ain't THAT big. Anyways, my friend and I each grab an entire loaf for ourselves rofl, leaving none for anyone else. Mean, yes. Anyways, the waiter ends up bringing us each our own loaf, and our own thing of butter. It was awesome. He walked out of the kitchen with like 9 loaves of bread.
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 01:27 PM
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Well, from watching my parents tip at fancier restaurants, it usually depends on how drunk the waiters get them (you know, pushing refills on the alcohol). The drunker my dad is, the higher the tip. laugh.gif

If it was up to me though, it would definitely be the service, and how quick they are to notice if my drink is empty or something.
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 01:35 PM
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I love Americans.

Y'all are SO good with tips, you know. I love when we get people from the airbase in.

And I just tip generously, because speaking from experience, it's usually not the waiters' fault when something goes wrong... Generally it is in the kitchen/behind the bar, and we get to deal with it. Attitude is the biggest factor. At least bullshit with a smile on your face, you know?
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 01:43 PM
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I tip based on how well they treated me.
I'll give you an example: I was at Chili's and the lady came up to take my order, and then she came up to give me my bill.
That was it. Someone else brought out our food, and we didn't ever get refills on water or anything..
Soo yeah. That wasn't cool.

I agree with James about attitude as well.
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 01:47 PM
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How many times they fill my cup.
Did they interrupt me and my guest when they did their job, or were they smooth?
Did they have a personality (was it annoying?)?
Did they look clean?
Did they fuck up my order?
Did they apologize if the food took to long to cook?
Did they thank me for comming?
want me to keep going...
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 02:21 PM
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I have a confession to make......


Im not much of a tipper.Sorry. laugh.gif I tip usually no more then 10 dollars.
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 02:29 PM
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QUOTE(SayBloodyMary @ Aug 14 2007, 11:35 AM) *
And I just tip generously, because speaking from experience, it's usually not the waiters' fault when something goes wrong... Generally it is in the kitchen/behind the bar, and we get to deal with it. Attitude is the biggest factor. At least bullshit with a smile on your face, you know?

I think once you work in the industry, you tip a lot better. I know that after I was a waitress, I started feeling a lot sympathy for them and constantly find myself sticking up for them.
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 02:38 PM
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QUOTE(Steven @ Aug 14 2007, 12:58 PM) *
Chinese restaurants.. hmm. If they bring me a lot of rice, I'm happy.

FORTUNE COOKIESSSS biggrin.gif
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 05:17 PM
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I've had this question about fortune cookies for awhile - do they put the paper in, THEN cook it? Or the other way around? 'Cause then that's the only way that makes sense.


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post Aug 14 2007, 05:36 PM
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I look at their attitude and how well they treat me. Also, how often they ask to refill my cup and of course the free stuff _smile.gif

Basically I estimate the 15% and go from there.
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 11:30 PM
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I imagine they make the cookie before hand? Or maybe they have this bubble like thing w/ the paper in it, then it blows up to the proportion of the cookie, then when it's been made, it deflates, and leaves the paper in there?
 
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post Aug 14 2007, 11:36 PM
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I usually tip at least/around 20%. I notice how the service is and the attitude of the servers. Since I work in a restaurant, I notice those things a lot more and tip better because I sympathize with them.
 
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post Aug 15 2007, 01:43 AM
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i tip at least $2, regardless of what my meal costs. if its a $5 meal, i still tip $2 (and yeah, there are restaurants with nice food for $5!). if it's $10, i'll give $3 or so. if it's in the $15-20 range, i'll give probably $5. i thinkk i'm pretty generous with tipping. i don't really ever eat at restaurants that cost over $10 in general though.

i work in a restaurant and visit every single table to offer more free food, drinks, and just to be at each customer's beck and call like every 5-10 minutes. i get tipped nothing.

-shrug
it's hard work. waiters at other restaurants definitely should get tipped. at mine, getting no tips as a breadgirl is the norm.
 
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post Aug 15 2007, 01:48 AM
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My mom is completly rude at resturants she leaves like two dollars and if they are bad she just writes them a note as to why they don't deserve to be tipped and how to change it with no money. rolleyes.gif
 
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post Aug 15 2007, 02:04 AM
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i use a tip calculator.

its not a bad thing, i just dont see the point of giving excessive tips.

this isnt a one-sided opinion either. i'm a delivery driver and rely on tips for the majority of my paycheck.
 
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post Aug 15 2007, 02:10 AM
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QUOTE(x_curse_of_the_curves_x @ Aug 14 2007, 11:48 PM) *
My mom is completly rude at resturants she leaves like two dollars and if they are bad she just writes them a note as to why they don't deserve to be tipped and how to change it with no money. rolleyes.gif

Damn, your mom is a bitch. If I was her waitress, I would spit in her food.
 
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post Aug 15 2007, 09:34 AM
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Usually how quick they bring food out, how nice they are, how many times they ask if we need anything, etc.
 
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post Aug 15 2007, 12:02 PM
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things that i consider:

- if they were glad (at least pretended to be glad) to serve us.
- if they were active in serving us.

the standard tip for me is 20% but it can definitely go up/down.
 
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