re: Millennials are the worst when it comes to tipping

Even shitty service for me still get a good tip, especially if I feel like management set them up for failure (e.g: too may tables for one person). But I'll usually write something on the ticket.

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Young people with less money and 100k in student loans don't tip as generously

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Shouldn't be eating out. Bologna sandwiches at home would help curtail that debt a little faster I'd think.

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Even shitty service for me still get a good tip, especially if I feel like management set them up for failure (e.g: too may tables for one person). But I'll usually write something on the ticket.

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I tipped about 10% a couple weeks ago. Too many tables, eh, you can still come by the table and say something. This guy had us waiting for 20 minutes and we had to get a hostess to take our drink order. Then he never refilled waters, never came by to check, never really did anything to show he was a good server.

Food was good, but I’ll probably never go back there just because the service was horrendous. 2 hours for a 30-45 minute meal.

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This guy had us waiting for 20 minutes and we had to get a hostess to take our drink order. Then he never refilled waters, never came by to check, never really did anything to show he was a good server.

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I had something similar happen recently. Server showed up initially to take our drink orders, but another girl brought them out. Which is fine...it happens. Then he shows up for our meal orders. Again, same girl brings out the meals when they're ready. She also was the only one that refilled our drinks. I thought initially she was a trainee, but wasn't the case. She had her own tables. Needless to say she got the tip, not the original server. It was just bizarre.

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Paying 20 percent on a tip has been a standard for a long time now.

Period.

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It really hasn't.

2008 Esquire article

I hate not tipping well, but sometimes it’s deserved. My wife waited tables in high school and paid her way through college waiting and bartending so I usually default to her opinion. I gave him a little more than what she said to give.

I'll go to $0 if I get annoyed enough. Those guys can go frick themselves, and if they have a problem with their $0 tip, we can have a conversation about it in front of the entire restaurant.

That's only happened a few times in my life though, so I have no problem with it. I'm not paying anyone for me doing all of the work

Yeah communication is key. Especially when the 2 waiters that had tables in the same area were far more visible than ours was.

A waiter or waitress has to really piss me off to tip them less than 15%. I find that the basics of serving are slowly but surely going by the wayside:

1. Approach a table and introduce yourself and get drinks within the first five minutes of them being seated.
2. Make sure you keep the drinks filled while eating, no matter what.
3. Bring salads out and space it out to where the people actually have time to eat the salad as opposed to putting the salad in front of them and then 2 minutes later, the entree comes out.

I actually had to explain to a waiter once that salad doesn't come out with the entree. He didn't get this, which shocked the shite out of me.

Even then, it's hard for me to screw over the waiter. They have to willfully neglect my table while spending all their time on a neighboring table for me to screw them on tip. It sucks bad enough to wait tables. But sometimes, that's the only option a person has at work for the time being. I get that.

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the standard 20 percent suggestion for tips at restaurants

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WTF is this shite?

While I generally tip 18-20%, the "rule" has always been 15% for acceptable/expected service with 20% or high fore outstanding/exemplary service.

I am in my late 40s and con only think of one instance where I did not leave a tip. Even when the service is abhorrent, if there's any possible non-server explanation for any of it, I will leave something (but way less than 15%).