re: Yet another tipping thread

frick your mother; this shite is not that difficult.

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20% for lunch at the diner is going to be a whole lot different than 20% at dinner in an up-scale. Yet almost the same amount of effort goes into serving you at both.

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It really depends on the place. As td pointed out the number of tables the servers has can cause the amount they make to average out. However, some of the more upscale places also don't just allow college kids to work as waiters. They actually get very experienced career type waiters that inevitably demand more money because they go beyond just knowing the menu.

Yeah the first place I bar tended at was a bowling alley and eventually I ended up at a 3 star Village Tavern in Alpharetta. You can probably guess which one I made more money at but it also demanded a lot more menu/alcohol knowledge.

The real debate here is whether you disciplined your wife publicly or privately for second guessing how you spend yall's money.

Pretty much, I was royally confused for the longest time until I figured that out. I knew that he was notoriously bad at tipping to the point where family members were often slipping bills under their plates to help out. He's even been called out about it at various family gatherings.

Also, because we were getting multiple margaritas, it was actually less effort for him compared to us drinking a coke because he just had to go pick it up at the bar as opposed to getting our glass and bringing it back filled many more times. Perhaps he had to cut the bar in on his tips, but even then I think he was making off pretty well.

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frick your mother; this shite is not that difficult.

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Thank God an e-badass showed up to set me straight. You insightful thoughts on the subject are really appreciated and I thank you for your comments. I wish you all the best in your future posts and endeavors.

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Hotel cleaning ladies-no

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I've routinely leave tips for hotel maids if we left the room a wreck on the first night. Always tip after the first night and tell them you will take care of them on the final night if they take care of sheets, towels and basic cleaning. And generally attentive. Not much $3-5.

But they should always take of you.

It really all depends on the kind of restaurant him and his grandpa are attending. Even with a low % tip it could still be more than the average table in that restaurant if their bill is that high, which is why a certain waiter always wanted it.

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You are a straight jackass who has never worked in the service industry

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Dude, have you eaten at Superior Grill? Each double margarita is $10. 5 margaritas is easily $50. The fajitas are ~20 a plate, so multiply that times 2, and my grandpa rarely got food that cost more than $10.

Seriously, he could have had to work just as hard if not more if we would have all ordered cheap taco plates and soft drinks that often require multiple refills apiece.

Many people treat tipping as a straight percentage of the bill regardless of service. So should I tip him better on the nights I decided to get a coke instead because even though that coke was $2 dollars as opposed to a $10 margarita, he'll be refilling it 3-4 times instead of maybe getting a second margarita?

I'm not an arse. I just understand how math works, and how tipping on the percentage of the bill really makes little sense when you look at it that way. However, if you the server look at it as a dollar cost averaging method the server should in theory find a middle ground as he/she will have some tables with higher bills paying better tips and some patrons with lower bills that include lower tips.

The effort can be identical at the same restaurant, but because it is a percentage of food cost it doesn't always mean that each table got any different service.