Current Events > It doesn't matter how much the food costs. Always tip 20%

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cheapskates
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I mean that is uncool. Unless the service is horrible, leaving less than 15% isn't right. I generally always leave close to 20 too unless it's real bad.

Or don't work in the service industry if you're unhappy with the tipping. Entitled little wench...
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People like that make me want to tip less tbh
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Be happy with 15%

Most servers aren't worth that
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If you order a $45 dish, there's no need to tip 15% if the waiter did the same amount of work it takes to bring you a $8 dish.
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its weird, i always see servers complaining about low tips but i never see them talk about how happy big tips make them, except when it's crazy like 80 bucks on a 20 dollar order or something else ridiculous like that
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I always tip no matter what. In fact, it's part of my method.

Behold:

The S.H.I.N.O.B.I. Method

My method makes the assumption that you have already met a woman and have her number, which I feel is the easy part because it can just be a girl you matched with through online dating or met in a group project or something. Anyway:

1. S - Send Vague Text Responses
Girls eat this shit up. Don't give her any definite responses or make her feel like she's worth any more time than a text message. If you are too much of a "nice guy" then normally the girl gets turned off, but you can't be a dick either. You need to be aloof; this girl KNOWS she can pull a thousand guys on Tinder in fifteen minutes, but if you aren't acting thirsty it will instantly elevate you above them.

2. H - Have Her Meet You For Dinner at Olive Garden
Olive Garden is the perfect casual dining experience. It is nice enough that it will feel like an actual date, but not too nice that your date is intimidated. It also offers ample parking. Make sure that you drive separately; this is important later on.

3. I - Indicate That You Would Like a Round of Breadsticks for the Table
As soon as the waitress attends to your table, order a round of Breadsticks. The Breadsticks are not only free, but they are unlimited, and that will be key here. As many of you know, I am a huge Amiibo collector, so I find it important to let the waitress know right away that you want the Breadsticks, as there will not be any wasted time.

4. N - Never Let the Waitress See You Taking Breadsticks Out of the Restaurant
Once your have received your basket of Breadsticks, you may empty them all out into your jacket pockets, but as this is uncomfortable, you will want to make sure you take trips to your car periodically to unload. This is where it becomes key that you drove to the restaurant separately. Make sure the wait staff does not see you leaving to unload either, or they will kick you out (has happened to me on rare occasions).

5. O - Order More Breadsticks
As soon as the waitress comes back, say "nummy nummy, breadsticks in me tummy, yummy yummy, more more!" or something to that nature. The waitress will think you are a big fat fuck and likely go back to provide more, as Olive Garden provides these Breadsticks for free and the restaurants are insured for thousands anyway (so they aren't taking a financial hit from the Breastick losses).

6. B - Bring a Trash Bag to Store Breadsticks
This part is key. You can only go out to your car so many times before you begin to rouse suspicion. I like to use the "Oh, I left my dog chained outside of the restaurant, better bring him water this time!" or "Methinks I have left my child in the hot car! Daddy's coming!" However, too many trips will start to get you looks, so bring a trash bag to fill up with Breadsticks (under your table).

7. I - Immediately Leave the Restaurant After Your Bag is Full
Once the bag is full, you can no longer unload in your car, so it is time to leave. If you have done this correctly, your bill will be $0.00 and you will have a car loaded with warm, garlic and parmesan covered baked goods.

From there, you can use these Breadsticks to make sandwiches for the month. I hope this advice helps some of you CEmen, because I know dating is hard and it's sometimes nerve wracking knowing how to behave on a first date.
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With service is fine - but if I'm picking up the food and taking it with me, I'm not tipping anything.
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the_cajun88 posted...

With service is fine - but if I'm picking up the food and taking it with me, I'm not tipping anything.

Same. Once in a while I might leave a few bucks if someone goes above and beyond when I pick up.

For example, I ordered lunch one time for pick up and asked for them to throw in some bread with it. The guy on the phone said it'd be 2 dollars extra for bread so I said forget it. When I came to get it, he told me he threw it in for free. So I gave him the 2 bucks as a tip. But otherwise yeah no.

If you're gonna be a bitch about it and whine like crazy I wouldn't really tip you.

Like sure she probably deserved more but don't whine about it to everyone it's not like you're entitled to it and at least you just made $15 you stingy fuck

IMO
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Why does tipping trigger CE so much?
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thanosibe posted...

Why does tipping trigger CE so much?

A lot of people on CE have worked in a restaurant so they know the struggles of feeling underpaid for doing a very exhausting job.

Anisoptera posted...

thanosibe posted...

Why does tipping trigger CE so much?

A lot of people on CE have worked in a restaurant so they know the struggles of feeling underpaid for doing a very exhausting job.

I should have been more clear. I was directing that at the people bitching about having to tip. Every time there's a thread about tipping people show what cheapskates they are despite wanting to eat at sit in restaurants. I always tip heavy because I've thankfully never had to work in a restaurant.
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MC_BatCommander posted...

People like that make me want to tip less tbh

Yea I'm iffy about tipping already, but when I see people whine about tips that makes me want to tip less than I already do. It's like, if you don't want the $15.86....I will GLADLY take it.
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My policy is a 0% tip. I always put lines through the tip section of receipts too so nobody writes one in.
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WhinyZach posted...

lmfao imagine complaining about getting a free $15.

lmfao imagine thinking something is free when you're working for it
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Yaridovich posted...

My policy is a 0% tip. I always put lines through the tip section of receipts too so nobody writes one in.

i bet you don't actually do this IRL because you're afraid of the repercussions and you just want to sound like a tough guy on CE
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Erica is a bitch who only gets tips at all because of the mask of non-bitchiness that she has to put on at work.
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Giant_Aspirin posted...

Yaridovich posted...

My policy is a 0% tip. I always put lines through the tip section of receipts too so nobody writes one in.

i bet you don't actually do this IRL because you're afraid of the repercussions and you just want to sound like a tough guy on CE

That's not true. I really don't tip. Ever. I feel like I'm wasting money when I do. I go into a restaurant expecting to pay 20 dollars for my meal than that's all I'm paying. There's no reason to essentially pay extra for nothing.
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thanosibe posted...

I should have been more clear. I was directing that at the people b****ing about having to tip. Every time there's a thread about tipping people show what cheapskates they are despite wanting to eat at sit in restaurants. I always tip heavy because I've thankfully never had to work in a restaurant.

it has been an edgy thing to claim you dont tip ever since reservoir dogs came out 25 years ago
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TheDarkCircle posted...

the_cajun88 posted...

With service is fine - but if I'm picking up the food and taking it with me, I'm not tipping anything.

Same. Once in a while I might leave a few bucks if someone goes above and beyond when I pick up.

Your server does MORE work when you order take out than when you sit down to eat.
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I generally always tip just above 20%. It's an expected cost to eating at a restaurant, just like taxes. People who don't are basically robbing the service, and they're stupid assholes
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I'm a server. And even I say the only people that get screwed by the tipping system is the customers. The tipping system allows for many servers to make well, well over minimum wage, often coming home with a couple hundred a night in cash for just a few hours work. I guarantee you if there was a set wage and tipping was eliminated, servers would make way less than they do now. So while when I do get a check with little or no tip, it does kind of bum me out sometimes but I don't throw a hissy fit over it. Oftentimes there are those that overtip to make up for it. At the end of the night very few can complain about the entire night's payout, I never understood why some servers focus on those one or two people that gipped them. Move on.

Employers basically get to pay their employees shit, which makes the restaurant more profitable. The customers are the ones that get the short end of the stick in this scenario. So yeah, servers singling out those one or two people and shaming them while they go home with hundreds of dollars after a few hours, just a bad attitude and is probably the reason many are so miserable because they focus way too much on negative shit than the positives.

Just my .02 on the issue. Can't complain about my job at all honestly. My biggest issue with customers are the ones that are straight up rude to you out of the gate
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Yaridovich posted...

Giant_Aspirin posted...

Yaridovich posted...

My policy is a 0% tip. I always put lines through the tip section of receipts too so nobody writes one in.

i bet you don't actually do this IRL because you're afraid of the repercussions and you just want to sound like a tough guy on CE

That's not true. I really don't tip. Ever. I feel like I'm wasting money when I do. I go into a restaurant expecting to pay 20 dollars for my meal than that's all I'm paying. There's no reason to essentially pay extra for nothing.

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Giant_Aspirin posted...

Yaridovich posted...

Giant_Aspirin posted...

Yaridovich posted...

My policy is a 0% tip. I always put lines through the tip section of receipts too so nobody writes one in.

i bet you don't actually do this IRL because you're afraid of the repercussions and you just want to sound like a tough guy on CE

That's not true. I really don't tip. Ever. I feel like I'm wasting money when I do. I go into a restaurant expecting to pay 20 dollars for my meal than that's all I'm paying. There's no reason to essentially pay extra for nothing.

I mean, it's the internet and there'll always be that line between everybody, so you pick what you want to believe but I'm honest when I say I don't tip.
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At least it's better than certain people
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WaterLink posted...

I'm a server. And even I say the only people that get screwed by the tipping system is the customers.

Servers get fucked too, they just don't notice. How much do you think the average server makes a year with tips?

Tipping didn't use to be a thing. It was considered insulting in the US. Then prohibition made restaurants less profitable and they lobbied for "Tippable Wages" to be a thing...
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i always tip big because:

* if i get it delivered i feel like a lazy fuck
* if i go out i've kept the absolute worst company before in a restaurant, so my sympathy and patience and money go to the people who literally wait on me, because there's always that slight chance one of those horrible fuck-ups is somewhere else in the restaurant pissing everyone off
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It would be nice if more places just banned tipping, increased their prices, and payed a fair wage. The whole system is stupid. I'd rather just pay the money up front. That said, until that happens you should always tip unless service is absolute garbage.

MC_BatCommander posted...

People like that make me want to tip less tbh

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I had an experience at one of those buffet places a couple years back that really soured my opinion on tipping culture. The restaurant was clearly understaffed, and the waitress didn't come around a single time during our entire stay. Keep in mind that, while understaffed, there was just one other person besides my group in the place. When the time came to pay the bill, I stopped my gf from placing a 5 on the table. We received terrible service, so why tip? This disgusting practice has become so deeply rooted in society that even trash service is met with a tip. And that's unacceptable. Period.
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You win some, you lose some. I bet she wasn't pissed when someone overtipped.

In all honesty, I don't understand tipping at restaurants. Why do I have to tip when you're performing your job duties?
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The Deadpool posted...

WaterLink posted...

I'm a server. And even I say the only people that get screwed by the tipping system is the customers.

Servers get fucked too, they just don't notice. How much do you think the average server makes a year with tips?

Tipping didn't use to be a thing. It was considered insulting in the US. Then prohibition made restaurants less profitable and they lobbied for "Tippable Wages" to be a thing...

Varies a lot depending on the restaurant. At mine though my tips alone pay for my rent and utilities, my car note and insurance, phone bill, and I still have well enough to pay for gas and groceries and going out on the town, etc. Luckily I also live in Nevada so I get an 8.50 base wage and I just direct deposit it straight into my savings because I never really need it.

But at the end of the day, the tips alone are enough to live on and have leftovers. Not to mention you often can bring home food for free or at a big discount.
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Monday posted...

I had an experience at one of those buffet places a couple years back that really soured my opinion on tipping culture. The restaurant was clearly understaffed, and the waitress didn't come around a single time during our entire stay. Keep in mind that, while understaffed, there was just one other person besides my group in the place. When the time came to pay the bill, I stopped my gf from placing a 5 on the table. We received terrible service, so why tip? This disgusting practice has become so deeply rooted in society that even trash service is met with a tip. And that's unacceptable. Period.

I agree. I don't give two shits that they don't get paid more, I hardly get paid what I'm worth, so find another job. That's what's wrong with society. This victimized BS.
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Went to a beergarden with some friends about 2 weeks ago and we ended up getting a table and a server because the high tops by the bar had no place to sit.

Our bill came on one big tab and we all chipped in what we thought was a reasonable amount. (Remember, she's just serving us drinks). So as we're leaving the waitress tracks us down. I thought she was going to say we forgot something or to thank us again. Instead she says "Thanks you cheap fucks, glad you could spare some change for me!" Apparently my friend who calculated the bill and handed the cash over only left her like 10 bucks on a $100+ tab. Not a good look but whatever.
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never change murica

ridiculous fucking system
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I don't tip less than 15% ever, and usually shoot for 20%.

The whole thing is more complicated than it needs to be, tbh. I can see where servers are coming from for sure. For most of them, tips are the bulk of their pay, because social standards have allowed them to be. So customers who act like it's not their fault the server gets little pay aside from tips are not seeing the big picture.

Sure, it's not your fault individually that servers are paid little by the employer. It's also not your fault indiviually that there's a long line at the movie theater nor is it your fault individually that people get mad when you use racial slurs against them. But these are social standards and people who don't tip, people who cut in line and people who use racial slurs are all assholes and the victims of these random acts of dickery really just stating facts when they point it out.
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fenderbender321 posted...

The average server probably makes around $20-$25 an hour with tips. That's a very good wage for a job that essentially only requires one to have good people skills.

Supposedly, they only make something like 5/Hr, which I think is either a myth or downright illegal.
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This whole situation depends on WHERE the waiter is working. Obviously if you're at a Denny's or IHOP most people aren't going to tip you a lot. As opposed to working at a fine dinning restaurant, where the bill is usually $60-$200 at the most. So, people will generally tip more. Granted, some people are usually cheapskates. If I can do the simple math in my head for a meal that was like $14, then I usually tip like $5 or $6 just because I feel like it's a better thing to do than to be cheap.
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Pics_nao_plz posted...

As many of you know, I am a huge Amiibo collector, so I find it important to let the waitress know right away that you want the Breadsticks, as there will not be any wasted time.

Again?
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It would be nice if more places just banned tipping, increased their prices, and payed a fair wage. The whole system is stupid. I'd rather just pay the money up front. That said, until that happens you should always tip unless service is absolute garbage.

I second this.

But really even if service is total garbage, I'm more likely to still tip and just not go back.
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