The only reason I'm in favour of tips is because tipping is essential in a way to keeping restaurants like mine afloat. Get rid of tipping and servers, as well as any other job there such as busser, host, bartender, and in some places kitchen staff which receive a percentage of the tips are going to require pay increases. To facilitate this, price of meals increases.
Now you're probably thinking, what's the big deal, the guest is already paying the difference with their tip, right? Well yeah, sure, sometimes they are but tips are up to the guest to decide so that really depends on how the guest values his/her dining experience and his/her opinion of their server, but when you start to raises prices you lose business. Would anyone go to the Olive Garden if a steak dinner cost you $35?
And say what you will about the correlation between server performance and actual tip is, there are places where servers will bust their ass because one misstep with a table and they lose a good tip or the shot at a return guest. You want to create regulars, you want them to come back and you want them to request you and build up a report, but that drive starts to weaken when you remove that one big incentive.
Excellent post! Here is a tip of $100 internet dollars!
Fuck you guys, there were only 3 Indiana Jones movies, Henry and Marcus are still alive, riding off into the sunset with Sallah, and laughing about how Indie was the dog's name.
The only reason I'm in favour of tips is because tipping is essential in a way to keeping restaurants like mine afloat. Get rid of tipping and servers, as well as any other job there such as busser, host, bartender, and in some places kitchen staff which receive a percentage of the tips are going to require pay increases. To facilitate this, price of meals increases.
Now you're probably thinking, what's the big deal, the guest is already paying the difference with their tip, right? Well yeah, sure, sometimes they are but tips are up to the guest to decide so that really depends on how the guest values his/her dining experience and his/her opinion of their server, but when you start to raises prices you lose business. Would anyone go to the Olive Garden if a steak dinner cost you $35?
And say what you will about the correlation between server performance and actual tip is, there are places where servers will bust their ass because one misstep with a table and they lose a good tip or the shot at a return guest. You want to create regulars, you want them to come back and you want them to request you and build up a report, but that drive starts to weaken when you remove that one big incentive.
Excellent post! Here is a tip of $100 internet dollars!
By the way: I love you, [chat]. I was expecting to get some bullshit for ranting about this, but I had to vent anyway. Thanks for not being all sarcastic and shitty at a Froth.
Why would you get bullshit for being a victim of what I see to be a broken system of wage payment?
Because the internet is the place where people come to anonymously cut off their nose to spite their face.
Mostly because people get pretty nasty on the intarwebs. Also because I can be kind of a douch around here. And lastly because I just today realized I need to start medicating again, and I sort of expected somebody to say "life is hard. nobody understands."
Fuck you guys, there were only 3 Indiana Jones movies, Henry and Marcus are still alive, riding off into the sunset with Sallah, and laughing about how Indie was the dog's name.
You're like a Scandinavian kitten playing in a sheet of wax paper, rolling around on the floor all content-like with your golden sun and your bubble poppin
Fuck you guys, there were only 3 Indiana Jones movies, Henry and Marcus are still alive, riding off into the sunset with Sallah, and laughing about how Indie was the dog's name.
They've been doing that for 72 years.
They must be tired.
JONESES DON'T GET TIRED THEY DRANK FROM THE CUP OF CHRIST
Fuck you guys, there were only 3 Indiana Jones movies, Henry and Marcus are still alive, riding off into the sunset with Sallah, and laughing about how Indie was the dog's name.
They've been doing that for 72 years.
They must be tired.
JONESES DON'T GET TIRED THEY DRANK FROM THE CUP OF CHRIST
i was always scared of that scene as a kid, when the nazi dude drinks from the wrong cup
You're like a Scandinavian kitten playing in a sheet of wax paper, rolling around on the floor all content-like with your golden sun and your bubble poppin
I am skipping lectures today purely so I can do this all day.
Fuck you guys, there were only 3 Indiana Jones movies, Henry and Marcus are still alive, riding off into the sunset with Sallah, and laughing about how Indie was the dog's name.
They've been doing that for 72 years.
They must be tired.
JONESES DON'T GET TIRED THEY DRANK FROM THE CUP OF CHRIST
i was always scared of that scene as a kid, when the nazi dude drinks from the wrong cup
Fuck you guys, there were only 3 Indiana Jones movies, Henry and Marcus are still alive, riding off into the sunset with Sallah, and laughing about how Indie was the dog's name.
They've been doing that for 72 years.
They must be tired.
JONESES DON'T GET TIRED THEY DRANK FROM THE CUP OF CHRIST
i was always scared of that scene as a kid, when the nazi dude drinks from the wrong cup
I watched it again recently, and I only just realised the German lady probably deliberately chose the wrong cup so as to get him out of the way.
Now you're probably thinking, what's the big deal, the guest is already paying the difference with their tip, right? Well yeah, sure, sometimes they are but tips are up to the guest to decide so that really depends on how the guest values his/her dining experience and his/her opinion of their server, but when you start to raises prices you lose business. Would anyone go to the Olive Garden if a steak dinner cost you $35?
"and the morning stars I have seen
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
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TehSlothHit Or MissI Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered Userregular
edited November 2010
Usually, if I'm really disappointed in my service, I'll still tip, but it'll be ridiculously small, and although I almost always put tips on my card, in those case I prefer to use change, so I'm like, enjoy your 6 pennies and a nickel, try not to be so awful at your job next time. I remember I went to this sports bar place one night with some friends, and they were packed, but it was literally over a half an hour between the time we asked for our check and got them, and it's not like our server ever stopped by and just forgot to bring them or anything, we were just sitting there waiting. I think my food and whatnot was like, 11.94 and I tipped 6 cents to round it to the dollar.
Dr Mario KartGames DealerAustin, TXRegistered Userregular
edited November 2010
I am totally for people paying the actual cost of things directly rather than doing so through taxes/subsidizes. I would kill farm subsidies, oil subsidies, and the mileage exemption. That $35 Olive Garden steak should be $200 under the way its currently produced.
Usually, if I'm really disappointed in my service, I'll still tip, but it'll be ridiculously small, and although I almost always put tips on my card, in those case I prefer to use change, so I'm like, enjoy your 6 pennies and a nickel, try not to be so awful at your job next time. I remember I went to this sports bar place one night with some friends, and they were packed, but it was literally over a half an hour between the time we asked for our check and got them, and it's not like our server ever stopped by and just forgot to bring them or anything, we were just sitting there waiting. I think my food and whatnot was like, 11.94 and I tipped 6 cents to round it to the dollar.
Usually, if I'm really disappointed in my service, I'll still tip, but it'll be ridiculously small, and although I almost always put tips on my card, in those case I prefer to use change, so I'm like, enjoy your 6 pennies and a nickel, try not to be so awful at your job next time. I remember I went to this sports bar place one night with some friends, and they were packed, but it was literally over a half an hour between the time we asked for our check and got them, and it's not like our server ever stopped by and just forgot to bring them or anything, we were just sitting there waiting. I think my food and whatnot was like, 11.94 and I tipped 6 cents to round it to the dollar.
be a man and just leave nothing, sheesh
make a statement with your tipping. six cents is just passive aggressive. nothing is like 'fuck you'
Usually, if I'm really disappointed in my service, I'll still tip, but it'll be ridiculously small, and although I almost always put tips on my card, in those case I prefer to use change, so I'm like, enjoy your 6 pennies and a nickel, try not to be so awful at your job next time. I remember I went to this sports bar place one night with some friends, and they were packed, but it was literally over a half an hour between the time we asked for our check and got them, and it's not like our server ever stopped by and just forgot to bring them or anything, we were just sitting there waiting. I think my food and whatnot was like, 11.94 and I tipped 6 cents to round it to the dollar.
be a man and just leave nothing, sheesh
make a statement with your tipping. six cents is just passive aggressive. nothing is like 'fuck you'
As someone who worked in the food industry, if you want to make a 'fuck you' with your tip, leave a very small amount of change (preferably a penny) because the server can rationalize no tip as 'oh they just forgot'
a penny is like 'no I didn't forget and FUCK YOU'
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TehSlothHit Or MissI Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered Userregular
Usually, if I'm really disappointed in my service, I'll still tip, but it'll be ridiculously small, and although I almost always put tips on my card, in those case I prefer to use change, so I'm like, enjoy your 6 pennies and a nickel, try not to be so awful at your job next time. I remember I went to this sports bar place one night with some friends, and they were packed, but it was literally over a half an hour between the time we asked for our check and got them, and it's not like our server ever stopped by and just forgot to bring them or anything, we were just sitting there waiting. I think my food and whatnot was like, 11.94 and I tipped 6 cents to round it to the dollar.
I once left a frowny face in pennies.
This is seriously the best thing I've ever heard. I'm going to start carrying enough pennies to do this just in case.
I am totally for people paying the actual cost of things directly rather than doing so through taxes/subsidizes. I would kill farm subsidies, oil subsidies, and the mileage exemption. That $35 Olive Garden steak should be $200 under the way its currently produced.
Yes, because that is the world I'm sure we all wish to live in, a world where a meal at a franchise pseudo-Italian restaurant costs as much as a high-end blu-ray player.
Usually, if I'm really disappointed in my service, I'll still tip, but it'll be ridiculously small, and although I almost always put tips on my card, in those case I prefer to use change, so I'm like, enjoy your 6 pennies and a nickel, try not to be so awful at your job next time. I remember I went to this sports bar place one night with some friends, and they were packed, but it was literally over a half an hour between the time we asked for our check and got them, and it's not like our server ever stopped by and just forgot to bring them or anything, we were just sitting there waiting. I think my food and whatnot was like, 11.94 and I tipped 6 cents to round it to the dollar.
be a man and just leave nothing, sheesh
make a statement with your tipping. six cents is just passive aggressive. nothing is like 'fuck you'
As someone who worked in the food industry, if you want to make a 'fuck you' with your tip, leave a very small amount of change (preferably a penny) because the server can rationalize no tip as 'oh they just forgot'
a penny is like 'no I didn't forget and FUCK YOU'
I guess a penny is a little worse than nothing yeah
Server was awful to me and my brother. Brought us the wrong drinks repeatedly, rolled her eyes when we asked for them to be exchanged, put ice in no-ice drinks, refused to replace them, got our orders wrong, food was cold, we asked her to replace them and we saw her talking outside on her cellphone while we waited for our new meals.
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Excellent post! Here is a tip of $100 internet dollars!
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Fluffy only takes tips in NetBeanz and Flooz.
Mostly because people get pretty nasty on the intarwebs. Also because I can be kind of a douch around here. And lastly because I just today realized I need to start medicating again, and I sort of expected somebody to say "life is hard. nobody understands."
God I love Ricky Gervais so much it hurts me.
They've been doing that for 72 years.
They must be tired.
You're like a Scandinavian kitten playing in a sheet of wax paper, rolling around on the floor all content-like with your golden sun and your bubble poppin
JONESES DON'T GET TIRED THEY DRANK FROM THE CUP OF CHRIST
Sleepy.
Still haven't finished the damn foundation of my project. Bah.
Progress though. Progresssssss.
i was always scared of that scene as a kid, when the nazi dude drinks from the wrong cup
I am skipping lectures today purely so I can do this all day.
I am extremely content now.
He had chosen... poorly.
I watched it again recently, and I only just realised the German lady probably deliberately chose the wrong cup so as to get him out of the way.
Years later when I watched the film for the first time I recognized the score
It is my favourite film of all time
our dollars are called Loonies
our two-dollars are called Toonies
we are just a delightful people
I am an angry fish
An angry little fish who is a fish
I mean, WHAT.
We have the Queen on our money!
She was attractive like a hundred years ago.
America is still catching up with us in that regard.
of course it refuses to acknowledge my wireless
tech-lology
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
twitch.tv/tehsloth
Sell it for monies!
so virgin
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
I once left a frowny face in pennies.
be a man and just leave nothing, sheesh
make a statement with your tipping. six cents is just passive aggressive. nothing is like 'fuck you'
On the black screen
I HAD TO RESTART AFTER UPDATING MY DRIVERS
I HAVEN'T PLAYED IN LIKE THREE WEEKS BECAUSE OF THIS
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
As someone who worked in the food industry, if you want to make a 'fuck you' with your tip, leave a very small amount of change (preferably a penny) because the server can rationalize no tip as 'oh they just forgot'
a penny is like 'no I didn't forget and FUCK YOU'
This is seriously the best thing I've ever heard. I'm going to start carrying enough pennies to do this just in case.
twitch.tv/tehsloth
Yes, because that is the world I'm sure we all wish to live in, a world where a meal at a franchise pseudo-Italian restaurant costs as much as a high-end blu-ray player.
I guess a penny is a little worse than nothing yeah
On the black screen
why not kill housing subsidies and child care subsidies while we're at it! less taxes, small government, blah blah blah
after they have given me my food
they're all lazy sons of bitches around here
extremely talented. but lazy.
On the black screen
Isn't that song called Boulevard of Broken Dreams?
Also this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/107712/Boulevard%20of%20Broken%20Machines%20%28feat.%20Fred%29.mp3
Server was awful to me and my brother. Brought us the wrong drinks repeatedly, rolled her eyes when we asked for them to be exchanged, put ice in no-ice drinks, refused to replace them, got our orders wrong, food was cold, we asked her to replace them and we saw her talking outside on her cellphone while we waited for our new meals.
So she got a frowny face in pennies.