tip rates, what are your standards? Options

[queen]

how good of a tipper are you? what do you consider a "good" tip? what types of services rendered affect the amount of tip you give? define "good" service.

i think i'm a fair tipper. i never tip more than 20% 'cause i don't believe any service is worth the additional 5 above that. also, there's no such thing as "excellent" service to me --essentially, nothing above "good".

my tip rating:
0% for crappy service: basically, doing everything wrong. so far, i haven't had service that would be deserving of this title.
5% for noob service: obviously a new guy. you could tell the person has putforth effort, but s/he's probably just not fit for the job. again, it's rare that i tip this low.
10% for "close-but-no-cigar" service: nothing goes particularly wrong. server is already familiar with the job but is apparently just slow and/or having a bad day.
15% for decent service how i expect to be served every night! fulfillment of all requests in a timely and orderly fashion. server is nice, but not too clingy, maybe even funny, good people skills
20% for good service speedy fulfillment of all requests. giving a little extra. excellent people skills, basically kissing the ground i walk on.

just curious because i know people who tip 5% for what i would consider "good service" and others who tip up to 30% for the same.

[*paperplane*]

I pretty much always tip 15%, because that's what my cellphone can calculate for me, and percentages give me a headache.

[The-March-Hare]

Pretty much never under 20%, as a waiter, I hated people who didn't tip. I do understand that sometimes the servce is just bad, but a lot of the time, the problem is in the kitchen, and it's not really the fault of the waiter who has to make do with the situation.

[illriginal]

15% by default. So my tips range between 5-15 dollars, always.

And it's 15% not because of their service but because it is the norm at least here in South Florida. If you ever go to a restaurant that automatically takes the tip within the bill... you'll see it's 15%.

One place is Cheese Cake Factory, they take 15% by default for tip.

[Just_Dream]

Usually 15%. I rarely give out more because I have yet to find a place that consistently gives me quality service. Although occasionally I do give more depending on the situation, but those places would give me good service one time, and blah or shitty the next.

I did leave a $2 tip for my $12 meal, but the total bill was $60 for my and my friends. They didn't tip at all, since the waiter was sooo crappy. You can't blame me since I tipped on my part. Even though the waiter was realllllyyy crappy.

[misoshiru]

no one tips in asia wtf. good service is expected, and therefore it should not be rewarded.

[DoubleJ]

no one tips in asia wtf. good service is expected, and therefore it should not be rewarded.

LMAO!

It depends. Cab drivers always get a 3 dollar tip.

My barber gets 50 percent tip

Depending on the restaurant, the tip can range from 20 to 30 percent.

[*paperplane*]

I never know what to tip pizza deliverers.

[illriginal]

no one tips in asia wtf. good service is expected, and therefore it should not be rewarded.

Do they get paid well? Or are they just as bad as your slave labor, in China?

[libertie]

I don't calculate my tips. I just add a number that looks good to my total - if the bill is $33, I'll bump it up to $40. Typically in a casual restaurant I'll add at least $5 as the tip, sometimes more, depending on the total.

Someone mentioned a barber.. I usually do my own hair unless I want something major done. But every once in a while (at least once a year) I go get my hair trimmed and re-shaped just to make up for the silly things I might have done to it. I feel sorry for her, so I'm usually extremely generous with what I pay my hair stylist, she does quite amazing things. :P

[DoubleJ]

I get my haircut every week at 15 dollars a clip. I have to tip my barber well, because he has gotten me out of some tough jams.

[rnicron]

I never have a set amount. I usually just add something to it.

[illriginal]

I get my haircut every week at 15 dollars a clip. I have to tip my barber well, because he has gotten me out of some tough jams.

true.. the haircut is initially $12... but I give my barber $20

[DoubleJ]

My haricut is always 10, but I always tip him 5. When its emergency time though, I give him a straight 20.

[Tung]

I don't have an actual % I give, it just depends how I'm feeling that day. So if the bill is like $14 for my share, I'll just put in $20 straight up without no change.

And sometimes I'll do like %60 tip occasionally. Like if my share of the bill was like $30, ill just throw in $50.

[superstitious]

I know that there's a standard, but I refuse to tip more than a couple of dollars if they give terrible service.

[illriginal]

I know that there's a standard, but I refuse to tip more than a couple of dollars if they give terrible service.

true.. this is very true. I hate when I ask for a refill and I don't get it til nearly the end of my meal (which pisses me off). or when I ask for a specific perk in my meal... like if I asked to add chicken to my meal and they say, "ok, it'll probably be like a 2-3 dollar on top of the meal" and I'm like cool no problem.. only to receive my meal no effin chicken on it ><

[DoubleJ]

At this hookah bar I usually crash, the waitress told us that we HAD to give her a tip. She had to be the absolute worst waitress of all time. We all just looked at her laughed and left.

[Detective]

I simply take out my phone and just tip what it tells me, regardless if they sucked or not. They should get something after dealing with my crap.

[xTINAA]

I'm a waitress and I hate when people don't tip. Especially when I haven't done anything wrong. One time someone with a $60 meal left zero tip. I think that even if they are doing a poor job you should at least give 10% or so because majority of the time, they depend on tips. Personally I almost live paycheck to paycheck so if I get shit tips then maybe I can't afford to pay bills or something. I mean people get set wages whether or not they treat you nicely at other places but waitresses/waiters usually depend on tips.
My boyfriend tips pretty high. If they do poorly he still gives at least 15% but if they're really good waitresses/waiters he can sometimes give up to %50.

[aaayotiffany]

I'm a waitress and I hate when people don't tip. Especially when I haven't done anything wrong. One time someone with a $60 meal left zero tip. I think that even if they are doing a poor job you should at least give 10% or so because majority of the time, they depend on tips.

omg, i hate that! when i used to work at this 4-star restaurant at the sonesta hotel in key biscayne, [people are money-ballin' there] i was a hostess so i didn't get much tips. however, whenever i did have to be a waitress, i expected something. i got tips that ranged from like $5 to like $25. its pretty cool, but i could be like the most perfect waitress and a lot of people would just give $5 because they're cheap, i guess.

i usually tip around 15% to 17% because my parents usually tip like that. so i'm used to it. however, sometimes i think they're too nice but they think i'm being too harsh. if they're really bad and bitchy or something, i usually leave like a dollar, if not anything at all.

[1angel3]

I usually tip five dollars.

[misoshiru]

Do they get paid well? Or are they just as bad as your slave labor, in China?

i'm not from china you dumbf**k. and no one who works in restaurants anywhere ever gets paid well.
racist dipshit.

[1angel3]

I think they get paid like around 2 dollars an hour because most of their money comes from tips and sometimes restaurant include the tips in the bill.

[Glamourouz]

I always give at least 15% since that's what my parents always do & always taught me to do. I only give 20% if it's just that darn good, but if you suck, you'd get one buck & I'm making sure I let the manager know &/or corporate know if it's that serious. I'll never forget when I went off on the asst. manager & waiter at Applebee's at my old college town & my friends & I wrote corporate but my online submission was the one that got them both fired. It was that serious or I wouldn't have bothered.