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Dennis · Apr 26, 2015

So I am European but living in the US. And as gaffers know tipping culture is quite different in the US compared to most other places.

But what I have found is that I quite like to give tips. It makes me feel like a big man when I give a generous tip. Tipping flows quite naturally and elegantly here while in Europe it is kinda awkward because it is not so much part of the culture - at least not in Northern Europe.

Disclaimer: I am at a conference in Washington DC, quite drunk already and the bartender is batting her eyelashes at me.

LyleLanley · Apr 26, 2015

Dennis said:
Disclaimer: I am at a conference in Washington DC, quite drunk already and the bartender is batting her eyelashes at me.

If you tip her enough she will have sex with you.

Sharpeye · Apr 26, 2015

Dennis said:
So I am European but living in the US. And as gaffers know tipping culture is quite different in the US compared to most other places.

But what I have found is that I quite like to give tips. It makes me feel like a big man when I give a generous tip. Tipping flows quite naturally and elegantly here while in Europe it is kinda awkward because it is not so much part of the culture - at least not in Northern Europe.

Disclaimer: I am at a conference in Washington DC, quite drunk already and the bartender is batting her eyelashes at me.

Give her your tip

TheDrizzlerJ11 · Apr 26, 2015

Dennis said:
Disclaimer: I am at a conference in Washington DC, quite drunk already and the bartender is batting her eyelashes at me.

She wants the tip

JJDubz · Apr 26, 2015

Dennis said:
Disclaimer: I am at a conference in Washington DC, quite drunk already and the bartender is batting her eyelashes at me.

My best tips came from when I was flirting with female customers.

Take that as you may.

Floridian · Apr 26, 2015

I usually give a small tip for other people's services if i'm pleased with it. I see no problem in that.

Log4Girlz · Apr 26, 2015

Just the tip

no maam · Apr 26, 2015

Dennis said:
So I am European but living in the US. And as gaffers know tipping culture is quite different in the US compared to most other places.

But what I have found is that I quite like to give tips. It makes me feel like a big man when I give a generous tip. Tipping flows quite naturally and elegantly here while in Europe it is kinda awkward because it is not so much part of the culture - at least not in Northern Europe.

Disclaimer: I am at a conference in Washington DC, quite drunk already and the bartender is batting her eyelashes at me.

You know you can just call for an escort. specially in dc.

vikki · Apr 26, 2015

Give her the tip, you big man.

Veritigo_X · Apr 26, 2015

Dennis said:
Disclaimer: I am at a conference in Washington DC, quite drunk already and the bartender is batting her eyelashes at me.

Keep tipping! Chances like this are the reason Americans like to tip in the first place.

no maam said:
You know you can just call for an escort. specially in dc.

Yeah maybe if he was a quitter.

ScottSullivan · Apr 26, 2015

They say tipping doesn't matter or doesn't effect service but when I was a server I know it motivated me and I vary anywhere from 10%-30% based on the quality of my service when I'm out

Fusebox · Apr 26, 2015

Me too.

Aussie here, I love tipping for good service.

I also love not tipping for shit service.

entremet · Apr 26, 2015

no maam said:
You know you can just call for an escort. specially in dc.

What's the fun in that? Flirting is half the fun.

NoblesseOblige · Apr 26, 2015

I don't like or hate tipping, but I basically tip anyone making minimum wage as I was once in their shoes, so I understand neither the job nor the pay is great. I'll even tip places that it's not customary to, like at a fast food place, or if someone bags my groceries.

Technosteve · Apr 26, 2015

do you need a wing man?

LyleLanley · Apr 26, 2015

no maam said:
You know you can just call for an escort. specially in dc.

The chances of him getting laid because he tipped the bartender decently is practically 0. That being said, if he can pull it off that's a much better story than having sex with a hooker in your hotel room.

Anno · Apr 26, 2015

I like tipping as a way to support places that I like and that I frequent. I wish people were paid a bit better on top of those tips, though. I certainly wouldn't tip any less if they made a more normal wage.

no maam · Apr 26, 2015

entrement said:
What's the fun in that? Flirting is half the fun.

You're right. I love flirting. Hiiiiiiiiiii.
Dennis use this pick up line.
Are you tired?
because you're making me tired.

Currygan · Apr 26, 2015

I like tipping, but I like the choice of not doing it even more

TTUVAPOR · Apr 26, 2015

I hate tipping, but I do enjoy tipping someone who actually puts for the extra mile. Normal service, I rarely give more than 15%. If the place is crowded and the waiter is being overworked, ill throw in a bit more, but if special attention to detail is given to me, meaning, constant refills, good pacing between asking if I need anything, etc. That will get a great tip from me.

Otherwise....

SquiddyCracker · Apr 26, 2015

Yeah, I can see the appeal in it.
It makes you feel important, as you seen them practically grovelling before your feet just to please you. I hold their day's worth in my hands as I ponder the amount to give them, and seeing them sweat before me as I pretend to evaluate their services brings me great joy. I don't care about rewarding them, I care only about the power I hold over them as part of the tipping transaction.

I'm a golden God that decide the fate of these men and women, and I relish every moment of it.

LyleLanley · Apr 26, 2015

Currygan said:
I like tipping, but I like the choice of not doing it even more

You do understand that you're not forced to tip people right?

Syriel · Apr 26, 2015

Dennis said:
Disclaimer: I am at a conference in Washington DC, quite drunk already and the bartender is batting her eyelashes at me.

Sharpeye said:
Give her your tip

TheDrizzlerJ11 said:
She wants the tip

hal9001 · Apr 26, 2015

squidyj · Apr 26, 2015

i hate the obligation to tip, i wouldn't mind if tipping were an optional thing and people weren't horrified at you if you didn't tip but that's not the way things work.

Fusebox · Apr 26, 2015

LyleLanley said:
You do understand that you're not forced to tip people right?

Yeah, it isn't as though people have ever been chased by waiters or berated for not tipping.

Aeriscloud · Apr 26, 2015

I would bat my eyelashes at you too Dennis.

dekline · Apr 26, 2015

I can't stand tipping, but I'm usually quite generous when I do. I'm not that picky. If I don't leave you a tip, you really fucked up.

LyleLanley · Apr 26, 2015

Fusebox said:
Yeah, it isn't as though people have ever been chased by waiters or berated for not tipping.

And you're free to ignore them and walk away. I'm not saying you shouldn't tip.

no maam · Apr 26, 2015

dekline said:
I can't stand tipping, but I'm usually quite generous when I do. I'm not that picky. If I don't leave you a tip, you really fucked up.

I got a huge Maine lobster last week. As a tip I left a claw. On the bill under tip I wrote, claw.

MattyG · Apr 26, 2015

Dennis, did you tell her that you mentioned her in a post on The GAF? Tell her we said hi.

KdylanR92 · Apr 26, 2015

I hate tipping and wish it was abolished.

WesternHeretic · Apr 26, 2015

See people say prostitution is illegal in the United States, but in reality yall just ain't tipping enough.

RiccochetJ · Apr 26, 2015

The people who don't tip and know what these people actually get paid are some of the cheapest scum on the planet who hide behind the shield of, "If no one tipped they would have to raise their pay!"

Fusebox · Apr 26, 2015

RiccochetJ said:
The people who don't tip and know what these people actually get paid are some of the biggest scum on the planet who hide behind the shield of, "If no one tipped they would have to raise their pay!"

And we're off!

SneakyStephan · Apr 26, 2015

RiccochetJ said:
The people who don't tip and know what these people actually get paid are some of the cheapest scum on the planet who hide behind the shield of, "If no one tipped they would have to raise their pay!"

bahahaha

It's not the employers exploiting their employees, no it's the customers refusing to turn their dinner into a charity xD

dekline · Apr 26, 2015

WesternHeretic said:
See people say prostitution is illegal in the United States, but in reality yall just ain't tipping enough.

everyone has a price

Currygan · Apr 26, 2015

LyleLanley said:
You do understand that you're not forced to tip people right?

ah I thought it was mandatory in America, my bad

LyleLanley · Apr 26, 2015

Currygan said:
ah I thought it was mandatory in America, my bad

Culturally it essentially is but there's no law stopping you from not leaving a tip.

Veritigo_X · Apr 26, 2015

Currygan said:
ah I thought it was mandatory in America, my bad

Not mandatory, but it does make you a dick if you don't. Best not to return to that restaurant again.

Currygan · Apr 26, 2015

LyleLanley said:
Culturally it essentially is but there's no law stopping you from not leaving a tip.

that's good. I suppose it would make you kinda unpopular though, wouldn't it

The Atticus · Apr 26, 2015

What if I tipped an entire neighbourhood at once? Would I become King Mayor of Burgertown?

Veritigo_X · Apr 26, 2015

The Atticus said:
What if I tipped an entire neighbourhood at once? Would I become King Mayor of Burgertown?

What service would you be tipping an entire neighborhood for?

Wag · Apr 26, 2015

Came into thread, left disappointed.

RiccochetJ · Apr 26, 2015

SneakyStephan said:
bahahaha

It's not the employers exploiting their employees, no it's the customers refusing to turn their dinner into a charity xD

Bahahahaha! There we go. Keep justifying fucking over people who are working in that reality with your stand.

You can push for change in how these people get paid without punishing the people working in that reality in the process. In the mean time I'll maintain that you're a cheap piece of shit hiding behind the barrier of what these people are going through as an excuse.

Monocle · Apr 26, 2015

I like to insert the whole thing.

LyleLanley · Apr 26, 2015

Currygan said:
that's good. I suppose it would make you kinda unpopular though, wouldn't it

I don't imagine there are many people who repeatedly go to the same restaurant and skip out on the tip every time but in that scenario yeah you probably would be pretty unpopular with the staff. Every time I declined to tip it was because something was especially fucked up with the meal/service so I wouldn't be going back anyways.

vikki · Apr 26, 2015

Fusebox said:
Yeah, it isn't as though people have ever been chased by waiters or berated for not tipping.

I've been chased out for leaving a bad tip. The only reason I left a tip at the restaurant was because the shithead kids that I went there to meet didn't leave One. I didn't get shot, but I left a few bucks and the dude runs me down to throw money at me? Sorry that some of the neighborhood kids were such rats, but I tried to do the right thing.

Claude Kenni · Apr 26, 2015

dekline said:
everyone has a price

DarkHeartedKill · Apr 26, 2015

The amount of sexual innuendos present immediately after the OP doesn't surprise me int he lest. Gotta love the corruption of the internet.

As for tipping, I like to tip depending on the service received. If I get really good service, they get a good tip, if I get bad service, well, sucks for them.

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