Current Events > Waitress angry at only getting a $70 tip from Europeans.

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I'm pretty sure she's publishing a tweet but whatever

BurmesePenguin posted...

If they actively want to trade security for the potential of greater profit then you can't complain when you get poor results.

Good answer.

she should be complaining to her shitty ass boss.

Some people in the comments are wanting to add automatic gratuity whenever they see foreigners.

Never eat anywhere that adds an automatic gratuity. Tips are a reward you get for good service not something you're entitled to.

TsunamiFox posted...

Never eat anywhere that adds an automatic gratuity. Tips are a reward you get for good service not something you're entitled to.

Look at this 12 year old person with redneck parents posting.

BurmesePenguin posted...

Look at this 12 year old person with redneck parents posting.

Bro my account is older than that. Try harder if you want to troll

The tip should have been at least $140. She probably thought they'd tip more than 20% and it's her fault for not adding auto gratuity

TsunamiFox posted...

Bro my account is older than that. Try harder if you want to troll

"Someone said I acted like an immature brat, they must be trolling!"

She might not have DINK so this is offensive from a human rights perspective

If she works for a restaurant where $700 bill is possible then I get the hunch she doesnt have as much of a reason to be fuming about a 10% tip than some waitress at your local diner for instance

15% is customary. Fuck that 20% standard. I have eaten at a couple restaurants in Europe and it really was different. You don't get in and get out even if you are trying to be quick.

Never tip a percentage. It never makes sense. The server isnt doing more or less work for expensive meals.

cuttin_in_farm posted...

Never tip a percentage. It never makes sense. The server isnt doing more or less work for expensive meals.

Did you really need to make this about adblock?

My contribution to the Discourse is: if you don't or under-tip when servers get paid shit wages, you're an asshole.

I always thought tipping based on how much the meal costs is really stupid.

How much harder is it for a servant to bring out a $40 steak than a $10 tray of nachos? The nachos would probably be even more awkward

I tip 12-15% across the board, or $1 per drink at a bar. There's nothing anyone can do or say to make it different. This is the compromise I'm willing to do for stupid tipping customary. Get a different job, or unionize and strike, if the occasional "bad" tip bothers you.

There are some occasions where the waiter gives me food on the house for a long wait or something in which case I'll tip more

Dakimakura posted...

Woman lives in New York

Good luck with that 23 dollars an hour

Presumably she had more than just that 1 table. She's getting more than 23 an hour, and if it's cash she's not paying taxes on it.

How would you feel if your boss gave you an extra job role?

Tipping is stupid, but so is getting mad at waitstaff over it. Not their fault that America allows businesses to pay employees like that.

Why do these people feel entitled to 5, 10, or even 20% worth of our meal cost for handing us food or drinks?

They aren't doing us a favor, nor doing a job worth anywhere near that much labor to us.

Kios machines are a thing now and personally I'd rather grab my own food and drinks to save a few bucks everytime.

Fair, next

some of the comments are going, "if you respect our culture you should pay more".

People really thought typing that out was a good idea.

AzNDarkSamurai posted...

This. Anyone who has worked a waiter job before that relies on tips knows this.

All non tippers are doing is taking up space for someone who will actually tip better

If they chilled for 3 or 4 hours total then she just made $17.5-$23 an hour off one table. No waiter/waitress serves just the one table. Very entitled!

Since when is 20% the standard? I thought that it was 15%?

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...NOT!

They probably only tipped 10% because they kept trying to push them to leave before they were done with their food and enjoying their time among themselves.

Ah, one of those moments where my empathy meter sits at a whopping 0%

WAit, the manager had to explain to the customers that "tips are usually 20 percent."

I hate tipping so much and I waited tables for several years. Like imagine thinking that because of "tipping" it's okay for a manager to go to a customer and say "hey, YOU aren't paying MY employee enough money."

Is exactly why tipping should not be a percentage. If the food is more expensive that doesnt mean the waitress or waiter is doing more work for you that should warrant such a high tip. I had a $30 check recently and the waitress was really great, but the 20% would be $6. I gave her $10 instead. They dont make your drink or your food yet they expect to make more in tips than what the people who make the drinks and food do lol.

--Zero- posted...

Is exactly why tipping should not be a percentage. If the food is more expensive that doesnt mean the waitress or waiter is doing more work for you that should warrant such a high tip. I had a $30 check recently and the waitress was really great, but the 20% would be $6. I gave her $10 instead. They dont make your drink or your food yet they expect to make more in tips than what the people who make the drinks and food do lol.

Ffs, might you have an allergy?

Her twitter profile is cringelord shit so I'm not surprised by the absolute entitlement.

AzNDarkSamurai posted...

This. Anyone who has worked a waiter job before that relies on tips knows this.

All non tippers are doing is taking up space for someone who will actually tip better

If the next 3 groups that come in only spend $100 each for their dinner, it's not like her tip will be any better.

I want to get off this ride immediately

imagine personally paying other peoples employees for them

couldnt be me

I tip for good service. If I go to Applebee's and the server can barely take the time to take my order never offers to refill my drinks and I have to wave them down just to get the check well then enjoy your 2 dollar tip. I worked as a dishwasher when I was younger so I know how much these servers make compared to the other staff that actually works. The tips should be shared amongst the entire staff not just the people with the easiest job.

MedeaLysistrata posted...

I want to get off this ride immediately

Why do people get so weird when it comes to defending tipping? Wait staff is worried if they get paid a normal wage based on the work they do itd only be $10-15 hr. Its not the customers fault and it never will be.

refmon posted...

imagine personally paying other peoples employees for them

couldnt be me

Not tipping is stupid and shitty. We are stuck with this system until it changes, but would you want to live in poverty and be fired as a small sacrifice to push to abolish tipping? Do you think the large corporations will actually see it as a protest of tipping, or will they just fire "underperforming" employees?

I think the bigger issue here is that they tipped so low after staying so longassuming she has about 4 to 8 tables shes assigned to for a shift, and shes expected as a server to turn a table about once an hour or so during dinner rush, if the average bill is, lets say $200 (Im being conservative here and assuming that the $700 bill was unusually high) and the average group tips 20%, then over the course of 3 hours on a busy night she could expect to make about $120. If Im wrong and the average bill is actually closer to $500-700 for that particular table (maybe its an eight top or something) then shes looking at $300-$420 in tips over the course of 3 hours. Instead she gets $70.

Keep in mind this is a Sunday night shift, and tipped workers make the vast majority of their money on weekend nights. Average rent for a 1 bedroom in New York City is like $2,000 a month.

So yeah, Id be a little ticked off too if a customer wasted three or more hours of my time, costing me potentially hundreds of dollars of earnings during the prime earning hours of my week.

(Obviously the solution is to end the tipping system, unite all workers as a class, seize the means of production by force and put an end to wage slavery once and for all, but in the absence of the ability to presently do that I think the occasional tweet to vent ones frustrations is fair.)

She's upset for getting more then most people get tipped? What a spoiled bitch.

15% is the customary amount, not 20%

--Zero- posted...

Why do people get so weird when it comes to defending tipping? Wait staff is worried if they get paid a normal wage based on the work they do itd only be $10-15 hr. Its not the customers fault and it never will be.

You start paying servers 10-15/hour, all you're doing is ensuring mid tier service. Those are high school wages.

Prismsblade posted...

Why do these people feel entitled to 5, 10, or even 20% worth of our meal cost for handing us food or drinks?

They aren't doing us a favor, nor doing a job worth anywhere near that much labor to us.

Kios machines are a thing now and personally I'd rather grab my own food and drinks to save a few bucks everytime.

Tell me you don't know what you're talking about without telling me.

Fuck tipping

I mean, tipping is kind of stupid, and complaining on twitter also is stupid, but so many people in here saying $70 is a great tip is just wrong. 20% of the bill is customary, more if you had really good service, less if you had bad service. $70 was a very low tip for a $700 bill.

10% is simply cruel. Unless the cruelty is the point.

When did 20% become customary

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R1masher posted...

I dont even bother tipping, its my way of protesting tipping culture

How does that work out? I live in a country where it's okay to not tip. People sometimes round up, but service is paid the equivalent of $23 an hour and are guaranteed 25 days of paid leave (without public holidays) so no one ever flips out like how TC described it.

Where you're from, do you get bad eyed all the time because of it?

Thats still a big tip, how entitled