it is,it always is
― post you had fecund thoughts about (darraghmac), Friday, 10 April 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
ty for yr input - i am but a humble scotchman set to visit californian airbnbs in a couple of months and your arcane american tipping practices confuse and frighten me
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 10 April 2015 17:06 (nine years ago) link
i only learned recently that i have been overtipping a) delivery, going 15-20 and b) service staff, tipping 18-20 on the bill + tax (tax is 15% here) so yay more money for me i guess!
― GGGOAT: greatest goat game of all time (Will M.), Friday, 10 April 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
15-20%/18-20%, not $15-20/$18-20
― GGGOAT: greatest goat game of all time (Will M.), Friday, 10 April 2015 17:25 (nine years ago) link
one of the best things abt tipping is how it makes visitors incredibly nervous
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 April 2015 17:26 (nine years ago) link
or at least the british which i guess speaks well of them as most continental euros seem content to just shrug and throw like 65 cents on the table
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 April 2015 17:27 (nine years ago) link
weird tipping masochism
― conrad, Friday, 10 April 2015 17:28 (nine years ago) link
i speak loudly in a british accent so ppl know not to take it personally when i don't tip. i pay 20% less than the bill in case it was already added in.
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 10 April 2015 17:32 (nine years ago) link
youve only been here like ten years so its understandable
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 April 2015 17:33 (nine years ago) link
tipping is short for toodle-pipping iirc an old british custom of grinding the underclass to dust
― post you had fecund thoughts about (darraghmac), Friday, 10 April 2015 17:34 (nine years ago) link
i've never bribed anyone before, i imagine it's quite thrilling
― brimstead, Friday, 10 April 2015 21:15 (nine years ago) link
i'm British and living in the states and the tip when collecting take-out is the one that confuses me most. how am I to know what proportion of a pizza clerk's wage is tip-based? is there a 20% or nothing rule? i feel like a single dollar will only ever be seen as a diss.
― + +, Friday, 10 April 2015 23:33 (nine years ago) link
a dollar is fine u dont really have to tip on takeout imo but its nice if theres a jar there u know
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 April 2015 23:44 (nine years ago) link
I'm sad when I see "Please don't tip our employees" signs at groceries stores and retail outlets it sort of seems like the company is admitting it doesn't pay its employees enough, and that fact is apparent enough to impress itself naturally to paying customers, who should repress their reflex to care for their servants. It comes across real petty and anti-human, like something an insurance adjuster would recommend.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 11 April 2015 00:09 (nine years ago) link
Starbucks locations inside grocery stores/bookstores often don't even have tip jars per company policy which is pretty wrong imo
― rip van wanko, Saturday, 11 April 2015 00:21 (nine years ago) link
Starbucks employees don't make $2.15 an hour. Just because it's coffee and not a cheeseburger doesn't mean you're entitled to a tip jar.
― pplains, Saturday, 11 April 2015 02:31 (nine years ago) link
everyone shd have a tip jar i carry one around with me
― lag∞n, Saturday, 11 April 2015 02:32 (nine years ago) link
Congratulations did not know you were a mohel.
― pplains, Saturday, 11 April 2015 05:42 (nine years ago) link
He's a mohel and he's looking goodHe'd like to circumcise my cock it's understood
― 'come around to your house and fuck your ho' (paraphrase) (Bananaman Begins), Saturday, 11 April 2015 07:16 (nine years ago) link
very disgusting and gross u guys
― lag∞n, Saturday, 11 April 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link
i tip and bribe according to cultural norms, h8 the patronage not the player is the only way― ogmor, Friday, April 10, 2015 2:15 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Real question, just because I find your stance genuinely interesting: If tipping is something you're really appalled by, do you stick to a consistent 15% or 20%? Do you adjust based on the experience you have?
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Monday, 13 April 2015 12:40 (nine years ago) link
I have my venmo username tattooed to me forehead
― 龜, Monday, 13 April 2015 12:56 (nine years ago) link
what is it, i owe you for the cab on friday?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 13 April 2015 20:52 (nine years ago) link
@sorryimessedup
(Everybody else also feel free to venmo me)
― 龜, Monday, 13 April 2015 21:01 (nine years ago) link
One of the tricky bits about tipping protocol is if you are getting something free or less, you should try to tip as though it were full price. My head cannot always math that, but I try. My employer frequently gives out gift cards for the Palm restaurant, and they can be awkward to use. They're supposed to work only for the food and booze, not the tax or tip. One time I had a $51-ish bar tab and a $50 gift card. I didn't have any cash with me for tipping purposes (I'd been expecting a credit card slip for the overage and the taxes, to which I could then add a tip that reflected the real amount). The bartender just accepted it and said, "Yeah, we're good." It was too much trouble to reopen, and I felt bad - made a concerted effort to go back another time and tip generously to make up for it.
My employer frequently gives out gift cards for the Palm restaurant, and they can be awkward to use. They're supposed to work only for the food and booze, not the tax or tip. One time I had a $51-ish bar tab and a $50 gift card. I didn't have any cash with me for tipping purposes (I'd been expecting a credit card slip for the overage and the taxes, to which I could then add a tip that reflected the real amount). The bartender just accepted it and said, "Yeah, we're good." It was too much trouble to reopen, and I felt bad - made a concerted effort to go back another time and tip generously to make up for it.
lol this wd stress me out so much tbh
― gybe horses (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 12:09 (nine years ago) link
I went to a restaurant with no money it stressed me out!
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 12:15 (nine years ago) link
xp I definitely just go over the gift card amount no matter what it takes
― And let’s say a new Hozier comes along, and Spotify outbids you (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 14:38 (nine years ago) link
buy a t shirt if you have to
― And let’s say a new Hozier comes along, and Spotify outbids you (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 14:39 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the worst thing in the world is having the card handed back and the cashier says "You've got $2.73 left!"
― pplains, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 15:23 (nine years ago) link
"Would you like to refill it?"
waiter who can't break that news gently just talked his way out of a tip imo
― 'come around to your house and fuck your ho' (paraphrase) (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 15:26 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5ZWOmz1.jpg
― lag∞n, Saturday, 25 April 2015 16:31 (nine years ago) link
A friend of mine once tipped £70 in error. The waiter was like "are you sure you meant to tip this much?" and he was too embarrassed to admit his mistake
― neetsooh ebebay (wins), Saturday, 25 April 2015 16:42 (nine years ago) link
aw
― lag∞n, Saturday, 25 April 2015 16:46 (nine years ago) link
I put a $100 bill in the little folder last night to pay for a $50 tab. Waitress asked me if I wanted change.
― pplains, Saturday, 25 April 2015 17:03 (nine years ago) link
i immediately whipped up my apple watch and st rated going bleep bleep bloop bloop on my tip calculator.
― pplains, Saturday, 25 April 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
if the blue man is sad is the red man angry, that's a weird mouth
― j., Saturday, 25 April 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
pplains why you walkin around with hundos
― brunch technician (silby), Saturday, 25 April 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link
NB some of Seattle's fine-dining establishments are implementing service charges in response to the start of the minimum wage rollout, eg
http://seattle.eater.com/2015/4/21/8463303/three-renee-erickson-restaurants-will-eliminate-tipshttp://seattle.eater.com/2015/3/30/8315525/ivars-salmon-house-is-eliminating-tipping
― brunch technician (silby), Saturday, 25 April 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
(and presumably indicating that tipping 15-20% is not expected)
― brunch technician (silby), Saturday, 25 April 2015 17:18 (nine years ago) link
will probably still tip something on top next time I go to The Whale Wins b/c that was one of the most enjoyable dinners out of my life
― brunch technician (silby), Saturday, 25 April 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link
― brunch technician (silby), Saturday, April 25, 2015 12:15 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Because Applebee's won't accept Bitcoin?
― pplains, Saturday, 25 April 2015 17:56 (nine years ago) link
pplains is baller
― neetsooh ebebay (wins), Saturday, 25 April 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
lol that is incredibly presumptuous, unless she just said it reflexively w/o looking at how much was inside, which now that I think it thru is prob what happened
― gybe horses (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 26 April 2015 13:33 (nine years ago) link
It is what happened. But STILL.
What if I had stuck my credit card in there? I don't always use that weird card pocket that's in the folder.
― pplains, Sunday, 26 April 2015 14:43 (nine years ago) link
got a check yesterday that included helpful calculations for 15 17 and 20% tips that were totally wrong lol
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 11:37 (nine years ago) link
Stay woke
― 龜, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 11:42 (nine years ago) link
Wrong in which direction?
― Who M the best? (Will M.), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 14:36 (nine years ago) link
Man, dropping a digit, doubling, and rounding up to the nearest dollar is just the easiest thing, why doesn't everyone just do that?
― gybe horses (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 14:51 (nine years ago) link
otm
― Bookmark No Bingus Permalink (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 15:24 (nine years ago) link