tipping

if i may cross threads for a moment here, i thought one of the best jokes in the new arrested development was lucille abt tipping the bathroom attendant.

Sippin' sizzurp in my ride, like Three Six
Now I'm tippin' so high like a Treeship

i tipped $3.50 per $16 drink in the end

i mean, my friend did.

Tipped u an fp

thanks for the tip

Oh, you earned it

it was my privilege

Check, pls

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i ate at a sushi place yesterday where we were literally not allowed to tip, it was pretty great

was it Sushi Yasuda

yes : (

hah i didn't realize it was a recent change

lets ban tipping

i go to a brewery that has a "taproom" that only serves their own beer, has a three drink maximum, closes at 9pm, does not accept cash, and does not accept tips.

you can however, have a "beer for the bartender" put on your tab as a gesture of gratitude (which i assume just funnels revenue in to an "employees drink for free" sub-account).

Is that around here?

naperville

That would have been my guess.

is there also a little paragraph on the fancy card they presumably have somewhere that tells you how this setup works, or does the bartender earn the gratitude mostly by explaining to people how to tip the bartender

there's a paragraph on their website about it and a brief note printed on the bottom of their beer list

http://consumerist.com/2013/06/07/nyc-restaurant-tells-customers-that-tipping-is-not-allowed/

The restaurant worker justice org that I used to work with says:

just talked to them. They claim to pay workers $20 + / hour. Now we just need to verify that with some actual workers.

i went to this place where you stood around in a line, cafeteria style - kind of like chipotle. the difference was, they had a server who would come up to you before you ordered and asked if you wanted to stay or take out. if you wanted to stay, she'd tried to coordinate it so that there would be an empty table by the time you got to the end. when it came time to pay, i paid by credit card and on the receipt there was space for a tip. everybody had been very cordial. i became confused, and didn't tip anything, but now i am thinking maybe i should have. it was an unpleasant experience. in conclusion, i would never yelp there again.

When did you pay? On your way out, after you finished eating?

If that's the case, 10 percent for the hostess and tea lady, if this place was cafeteria style.

I once forgot to tip at a restaurant. I drove 10 miles back to the restaurant, and gave the dude his tip along with an apology. He looked at me like I was insane. It was probably the worst I've ever felt.

you paid after you got your food but before you sat down, like chipotle xp

Never been to chipotle.

If they're making you pay before you leave, asking for a tip while you're still standing over your tray of food, I'd say fuckit. Throw a dollar or two on the table when you're done.

yeah... a lot of places by virtue of being a restaurant will have the tip section on the credit card receipt, even if you're just getting takeout or w/e. it's terrifying

Do I have to tip in Belgium?

in Austin right now, there are a bunch of trendy restaurants that are set up so you wait in a long, slow moving line to get up to a counter where you place your order. Oftentimes, you will be served drinks as you wait in line. In some cases you get your food when you order and in others it is brought to you. Either way, it is a somewhat less service-intensive model than a regular restaurant, but I think they still expect you to tip as if they were identical.

As far as I can tell, the whole purpose of this is to reduce the space of the restaurant and make it look like it is extremely popular because there is always a big line. Suffice it to say, I have mixed feelings about this model.

Those places where you have to take back some plastic flag with a number or a postcard of Jane Russell inside an acrylic stand back to your table are low on my list. You're caught in this purgatory zone of having officially become a customer without any of the benefits. I mean, places get slammed sometimes and that's necessary, but as part of the regular routine, it sucks.

Like at fast food drive-thru places where they take your money, give you a Coke and then tell you to pull up a little bit and someone will come out with your order. I had that purgatory last me 20 minutes once. I can't pull away since I already paid. I can go inside and wait or complain, but that defeats the whole point of a drive-thru.

Jeff: at a restaurant add 10% or so, though it's not really compulsory. At a bar: no. I round up a cab fare and add a euro, generally.

yeah... a lot of places by virtue of being a restaurant will have the tip section on the credit card receipt, even if you're just getting takeout or w/e. it's terrifying

― 乒乓, Thursday, June 20, 2013 1:02 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

in a lot of restaurants you're supposed to tip for takeout tho

(i'm guessing this has already been discussed itt a million times)

the thing that gets me is when i'm using a card for my $6 sandwich at a pit beef stand, just an easy walk-up-and-order deal, and there's a tip line on the receipt and they just stare at me until i sign the receipt and give it back. i always end up not writing anything but then i empty the change in my pockets into the tip jar and hope they hear it

tip for takeout, really?

in places where you'd tip a waiter, yeah, just not as much as you'd tip a waiter

http://www.chow.com/food-news/55584/should-you-tip-on-takeout/

See I'm always torn on that. I always want to give something if it's a sit down restaurant, because I know they're probably tipping out on it, but since I drove up there to get it, wasn't waited on, and this wasn't a delivery, I feel like 10% is usually enough (whereas I give 20% when sat at a sit down restaurant, hell even at places like Golden Corral).

but yeah, a place like Chipotle, fuck that.

But the majority is in the wrong. You should tip Amazon.com, because filling your order takes work. Someone has to take your order over the internet, and that order could be different items from opposite sides of the warehouse — in other words, complicated. Or worse, it could be vague. Many times orders are returned because the customer ordered the wrong thing.

If Starbucks baristas didn't make five times what a Waffle House waitress makes, I'd consider it.

tipping on take out? fuck that. the sushi restaurant across the street from me AUTOMATICALLY adds a 10% tip to your bill for take out. we haven't been back.

I agree with some of the conclusions that author makes, but not how they arrived at them. Otherwise, why didn't I get tipped at fucking Arby's?

those sandwiches were hard to make. and I worked there when they required us to open and clean the slicer. I literally got wounds and grease burns FOR YOUR FUCKING BEEF 'N CHEDDARS. had you all tipped me maybe I wouldn't have had to keep stealing food while on the job

Because you were horrible at Arby's - my horsey sauce didn't even taste like horse.

;_;

tipping is a nice thing to do

I'm going to start wearing shades into restaurants so that I can tip them at servers and say "there you go" on the way out the door

I am pro-tipping waitstaff btw as opposed to giving them 'livable wages', cuz I think they do better in the tip scenario. One of the advantages of the industry is that if you get into some financial trouble and need money quick, if you work for a good and busy restaurant, it's fairly easy to get some immediate cash, and pick up shifts to make extra (rather than having to wait for that paycheck to hit, which will be the same amount check to check).

We have talked about tipping on takeout before and it is the right thing to do if it is a place that is primarily a sit-down place. The person who prepared your take-out order didn't just "do work," she did work that she ordinarily gets tipped for, and preparing your take-out took time away from them giving the best possible service to these tables. In an aggregate way it is eating into their tips. When you are running around in the kitchen and have like eight things you should be doing to get your tables served and then you have to get a fucking to-go order together, it takes some kind of pride in your job to say "okay, I'm going to take the time to make sure this order is right, argue with the cook if it's wrong, make sure they have the condiments they might want but haven't specifically asked for" - all that stuff.

If it's just primarily a take-out place and they have a beat-up plastic jug there, I would still throw your change or a buck in there because a) why not, b) it might be going to, like, the delivery person to cover for the people who under-tip. Or for all I know they empty it out at the end of the shift and buy a six-pack to share - wtf do I care, it's 65 cents or a dollar or whatever.

I got a slice and a salad to go today, fully intending to dump the change in the tiny little jar on the counter. Total came out to $5.93. So what the fuck am I gonna do.

1.) "Oh, go ahead and keep the change."

2.) Get out my wallet, with the line behind me, and fish out a buck, hoping rainbows and bluebirds don't fall out in front of everyone when I stick it in the jar.

3.) Take the change and get out of there, noting in my head that I'll get them the next time, maybe even stuff a dollar in my shirt pocket.

Went with (3.)

in that situation you are supposed to give them your watch.