Restaurants - please ask who gets the tips

JReacher1

Kim_kim wrote: »

Lol - you've just lost any remains of credibility you had.

Yes you're right America is a backwater......

ViolaLass

JReacher1 wrote: »

Yep like I said in my post people like to come up with good excuses to justify why they don't tip in restaurants. I like the "I'm not going to tip you because me giving you 10% is patronising and demeans you as a person".

Great excuse for being tight.

At that rate, why not tip 20%? Why not 30%? Why not double the bill?

Or are you tight?

Detroit

JReacher1 wrote: »

Detroit wrote: »

It's because your argument was poor. It was based on the assumption that tips in a restaurant only go to the person who served you directly. Anyone who has worked in a restaurant knows that is incorrect.

If that is so, why not say so, rather than making sarcastic remarks? That at least adds something to the discussion.

However, there is no blanket approach to this and I made no assumption. In some restaurants waiting staff keep their tips, and they are not shared with others.

JReacher1

ViolaLass wrote: »

At that rate, why not tip 20%? Why not 30%? Why not double the bill?

Or are you tight?

10% is the accepted amount for decent service. For outstanding service I will give 20% for poor service I will give either less than 10% or sometimes nothing (if the service is very poor).

Georgiegirl256

JReacher1 wrote: »

Yes but it's never going to be abolished so the correct behaviour is to reluctantly agree to the custom of tipping.

But why though? Serving staff don't get paid any less than retail staff for example, so their wages should be adequate.

Kim_kim

JReacher1 wrote: »

Yes you're right America is a backwater......

In terms of the standards of living of all of its citizens it is.

Until Obama there was hardly any medical treatment for the poor, it's still very basic.
We have homeless sleep in the streets here - they have families sleeping in tents/cars.
I think the annual leave is about 2 or 3 weeks in most jobs per year.

No we are streets ahead of the US.

Detroit

JReacher1 wrote: »

Well tipping is a way of life in America and that is the most advanced country in the world.

You have me seriously conflicted now JR.

I can't resist a at you for that.

JReacher1

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

But why though? Serving staff don't get paid any less than retail staff for example, so their wages should be adequate.

It's harder work being waiting staff and is a more skilled job than someone who works in a shop.

You have to remember the tips also go to people in the kitchen as well e.g trained cooks etc.

JReacher1

Kim_kim wrote: »

No we are streets ahead of the US.

Don't be ridiculous. Of course we are not.

You've taken a small section of daily mail headlines and think that makes the UK are more advanced country than the US.

WibblyGirly

JReacher1 wrote: »

It's harder work being waiting staff and is a more skilled job than someone who works in a shop.

You have to remember the tips also go to people in the kitchen as well e.g trained cooks etc.

Who says its harder? Is there proof of this somewhere? They all get paid at least NMW and likely the chefs will be on more. Why should I pay extra when I don't get that in my retail job which I work bloody hard at!