Tipping Your Server

[BobbyFK]

I go to Dutch Bros every once in a while and they always ask me after my order if I want to leave a tip. Put me in kind of an awkward situation if I say no

 

[Enikk]

Every coffee joint I go to they hand you the tablet. Big foot Java only has option for $1, $2, $3 or click on other and type in. I always give at least 20%. Those girls put love into those drinks and get sloped up.

Even if getting take-out from a restaurant since Covid hit I give at least 20%. All those workers don't get paid shit and now lose out on tips because no dine-in or restricted dine-in.

 

[Wagerallsports]

Unacceptable

But that's youth these days expecting everything to be handed to them

 

[RudyRuder]

thats why i dont go to places like that

 

[BobbyFK]

Every once in awhile I'll give a few dollars but not every time. My order is usually expensive enough. Makes me wonder how much they are making a day in tips

 

[keithrichard]

Everybody EXPECTS a tip nowadays. It's freaking gotten so ridiculous. You can't buy anything anywhere without being expected to pay a tip tax. A tip doesn't mean shit if it isn't given sincerely.

 

[MinnesotaFats]

I go to Dutch Bros every once in a while and they always ask me after my order if I want to leave a tip. Put me in kind of an awkward situation if I say no

I agree. I love Masons Lobster rolls. But the kiosk has a fukking tip screen?? There's no server, I'm literally grabbing a bag of chips & a 20 oz from a fridge while waiting on my lobster roll.

15% for what? Swiping my card?

 

[BobbyFK]

I agree. I love Masons Lobster rolls. But the kiosk has a fukking tip screen?? There's no server, I'm literally grabbing a bag of chips & a 20 oz from a fridge while waiting on my lobster roll.

15% for what? Swiping my card?

If you're doing it at a kiosk then I agree no tip but the way it's set up a Dutch Brothers you're actually talking to a server who's taking your order and then either bringing you your drink or you pull up to the window and they give it to you. Still I very rarely tip

 

[MinnesotaFats]

If you're doing it at a kiosk then I agree no tip but the way it's set up a Dutch Brothers you're actually talking to a server who's taking your order and then either bringing you your drink or you pull up to the window and they give it to you. Still I very rarely tip

Yeah no Bobby we got that from Stoogies one & the 1st wife beater lol

 

[Wagerallsports]

Often I will ask our waiter/waitress if they keep their own tips or have to split them

I do not believe in the latter

If I have cash on me I will give to them and tell them that is for them only and if their boss has a problem with it to come see me

 

[Wagerallsports]

What do you guys think about this story?

Was the tip left for his waitress only? Did the restaurant have the right to split it amongst all staff?

Customer shocks restaurant staff by leaving $10,000 tip — then they found out the heartbreaking reason why​

Alex Mitchell
2/16/24

Staffers at a Michigan restaurant were floored after finding a $10,000 tip left on a recent bill — and stunned to learn of the reason behind the generous gift.

“Typically, we’ll see every now and then $100 [tips],” Tim Sweeney, the manager of Mason Jar Cafe’s manager in Benton Harbor told The Hill. “But not ever anything of this gratitude or magnitude.”

It was two Mondays ago that the overly generous patron, identified as only Mark, left the 30,835% tip on his $32.43 tab.

Sweeney was hit with “absolute disbelief” when he saw the receipt — the restaurant didn’t reveal who waited on him — and ran over to speak with the generous customer.

“We went back and forth. I had a conversation with him. He wanted to proceed,” the manager said.

It was then that Mark revealed the sorrowful reason for his unexpected gift.

“It was in memory of a friend who had recently passed and he was in town for the funeral,” waitress Paige Mulick explained.

“It was just really an act of kindness that impacted so many people,” she said.

The restaurant opted to split the outrageous tip nine ways amongst coworkers. Each took home a little over $1,100.

Mulick, a recent college graduate who is putting her cut toward student loans, also cheered that “so many incredible women working that day, so many hardworking mothers…just who really deserve this.”

“We work hard. We know that some days you’re going to make more and some days you’re going to make less,” she added.

“A little bit goes a long way. In this situation, a lot goes a long way.”

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Often I will ask our waiter/waitress if they keep their own tips or have to split them

I do not believe in the latter

If I have cash on me I will give to them and tell them that is for them only and if their boss has a problem with it to come see me

Wager, did any boss every come over to talk to you?

 

[Tanko]

What do you guys think about this story?

Was the tip left for his waitress only? Did the restaurant have the right to split it amongst all staff?

Customer shocks restaurant staff by leaving $10,000 tip — then they found out the heartbreaking reason why​

Alex Mitchell
2/16/24

Staffers at a Michigan restaurant were floored after finding a $10,000 tip left on a recent bill — and stunned to learn of the reason behind the generous gift.

“Typically, we’ll see every now and then $100 [tips],” Tim Sweeney, the manager of Mason Jar Cafe’s manager in Benton Harbor told The Hill. “But not ever anything of this gratitude or magnitude.”

It was two Mondays ago that the overly generous patron, identified as only Mark, left the 30,835% tip on his $32.43 tab.

Sweeney was hit with “absolute disbelief” when he saw the receipt — the restaurant didn’t reveal who waited on him — and ran over to speak with the generous customer.

“We went back and forth. I had a conversation with him. He wanted to proceed,” the manager said.

It was then that Mark revealed the sorrowful reason for his unexpected gift.

“It was in memory of a friend who had recently passed and he was in town for the funeral,” waitress Paige Mulick explained.

“It was just really an act of kindness that impacted so many people,” she said.

The restaurant opted to split the outrageous tip nine ways amongst coworkers. Each took home a little over $1,100.

Mulick, a recent college graduate who is putting her cut toward student loans, also cheered that “so many incredible women working that day, so many hardworking mothers…just who really deserve this.”

“We work hard. We know that some days you’re going to make more and some days you’re going to make less,” she added.

“A little bit goes a long way. In this situation, a lot goes a long way.”

Yeah.... Split it.

Normally, I would say the one person who waited on them should get it but the customer gave the money in memory of a friend and not so much specifically for the waitress.

 

[carolinakid]

most of the time i do 25% if the service was good

 

[Tanko]

I tip regularly when service warrants. I do not tip at Starbucks, Dutch Brothers, or anywhere else that is not a sitdown and get served location. That is ridiculous to tip in those places.


We had a Corner Store (conveince store) set out a tip jar. It did not go over well. People were arguing with the staff about how it was BS. After a couple weeks it was gone. Tipping crap is getting out of hand.

 

[carolinakid]

let me add like haircuts ect, most of the time i use that 25% tipping thing for most everything here

 

[Wagerallsports]

Wager, did any boss every come over to talk to you?

Nope

 

[Wagerallsports]

Yeah.... Split it.

Normally, I would say the one person who waited on them should get it but the customer gave the money in memory of a friend and not so much specifically for the waitress.

I think you are right

But I wonder if they asked him his preference or intention

 

[djefferis]

The “splitting” tips thing is BS.

Someone gives excellent service and waits on 70 tables in a shift - another does the minimum and handles half as many (because they are slower - unable to turn tables as fast or handle as many) - why should they “split” ? What other jobs do this - ever hear of cat salesman “splitting” commissions earned in a month because one got lucky and had better luck with walk ins ? No - you sold more because you did the job better.

Now “extra ordinary” tips are different. But day to day - it’s every person for themselves.

At the same time - it’s on the servers to “share” with their support staff - bus boys and the like. You got some who think only of themselves. Got to remember the support staff is what enables you to do more and keep people happy. Doesn’t always have to be cash - but cash is certainly easiest. Little things mean a lot to these people.

Oh - and tip cash - to many employers charge for processing on credit card tips and don’t turn over until payday - nothing like waiting 2 weeks on that tip given today.

 

[Wagerallsports]

I tip regularly when service warrants. I do not tip at Starbucks, Dutch Brothers, or anywhere else that is not a sitdown and get served location. That is ridiculous to tip in those places.


We had a Corner Store (conveince store) set out a tip jar. It did not go over well. People were arguing with the staff about how it was BS. After a couple weeks it was gone. Tipping crap is getting out of hand.

It is indeed out of control

They expect these days instead of being aimed to please to earn it

Once we ate at Red Lobster and they charged us twice for the same entree

Our waiter was a young guy and when he had the manager correct the mistake, when he was showing us the new receipt and explaining he added "But that total doesn't include tip"

I'm thinking seriously kid lol