re: I hate self-righteous waiters who act like they're entitled to a tip

There's fewer people capable of working at a restaurant that sells a $45 prime rib than at one that server's an $11 burger.

If you have a problem with tipping more bc it's a more expensive restaurant then eat cheaper and have no service expectations.

Otherwise don't bitch about your dining choices.

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If you have a problem with tipping more bc it's a more expensive restaurant then eat cheaper and have no service expectations.

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I already stated my tipping habits. Mistakes are OK if you are genuine and act like you care. I am a good tipper unless you are rude or in some other way catch an attitude. In that case you might get a dollar.

You're entitled to nothing. Do your job effciently and politely and you will be rewarded.

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normal service 18-20% easily.

but if the service went like this (happened saturday...wasn't super busy either at 6PM)
1. 10 minutes for you to take my drink order from the time I am seated
2. then another 15 minutes to get me the drink
3. half an hour before i place an order (including an app)
4. still no refill
5. 30 minutes later i get all my food at once, but I'm watching the appetizer in the window the whole time..
6. ask for a refill for you to say okay as you leave.
7. still no refill 10 minutes later, so I have to ask another waiter/waitress/manager
8. see you sitting in a corner texting on your phone
9. finish my meal and wait for another 15 minutes before i flag down the manager for the check
10. then you notice i flagged down the manager, so you run and come by and ask how it was, ask for dessert, etc.

don't expect a tip.

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I think we ran into the same server, I left zero.
Had to mull it over a while but he decided his phone was more important than his job not I.

Poor service because they are overworked or shorthanded is excusable and not their fault, poor service because Bobby Joe posted a status update is another issue.

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My opinion is that I tip when you earn it. You're not entitled to a damn thing.

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My opinion is that your generation thinks that they are entitled to everything, including free service.

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Amen. Never judge from either side of the spectrum. When I served I always did well with all varieties of guests.

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LOL

i get a 90 min massage (not a happy ending massage a real massage) weekly. i take my massages seriously. I lift weights and I get sore as well as sit down in front of a PC all day my lower back is always screaming. Anyway, 90 min massage is 130 where I was going when I lived in in NJ and I would always leave $160 because well it's 20 dollar bills that's just easier.


My fiancee and my birthday are on the exact same day, so for our birthday we got a couples massage and it came out to be like 250 some shite like that i don't know, anyway i left 300 and she was like um that's not a big enough tip. I mean, i'm not cheap and i will leave more but i wanted to know her reasoning for thinking a 50 dollar tip on a 250 dollar massage was a bad tip and she was like you have to leave that for both. and she was like 20% is a shite tip anyway you need to leave 30%. so ever since then i leave a 35% tip on everything i do0

Then teach your fiance to give massages if you feel like your being exploited. I got a massage for my SO on Valentine's day and consulted with several ppl on how much tip they'd be expecting before the appt. I have her an amount told her the least amount I thought she needed to leave, and got $20 back.

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Amen. Never judge from either side of the spectrum. When I served I always did well with all varieties of guests. 



LOL

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Clearly you were one of the few exceptions

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she was like 20% is a shite tip anyway you need to leave 30%. so ever since then i leave a 35% tip on everything i do0

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She laughed about you with her coworkers.

I'm laughing at you now.

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If that's how you compute a tip then don't eat out. By your logic if it's a nice restaurant and you order a good bottle of wine you'd tip $20 on your $200 tab bc the other couple tipped $20 on their $100 tab.

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Explain how the server did something magical and marvelous to make serving my $200 bottle worth $20 more dollars in tip than he made serving a $100 bottle of wine?