ProfessorLobo
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If I buy a meal at a nice restaurant for a hundred bucks, why should I tip 20? Does this guy deserve five times more than a waiter at a less expensive restaurant? I make twenty dollars in an hour of solid fucking work.
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Why should I tip 20% at an expensive restaurant?
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Jpop
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NEOPARADIGM
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You don't have to tip him anything.
Kurt Angle
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i do it to show off to the girl im with
djplaeskool
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If you can afford to spend $100 on a meal, then you can afford to not be miserly with the tip.
ProtoCents
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Luckily for servers, not many people with your mindset dine at expensive restaurants. I wonder why.
Pretty much.
Delta Assault
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A waiter who's knowledgeable about fancy dishes and wines deserves a bigger tip than a waiter at an Olive Garden. *shrug*
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'enry 'ollins
Technically, you should be getting better, more tailored service at high-end restaurants. But that's not guaranteed, and you might not want to take advantage of that anyway.
I subscribe to 15% for normal service, regardless of location. If they complain, I can always give 0.
I subscribe to 15% for normal service, regardless of location. If they complain, I can always give 0.
Mauricio_Magus
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I tip 10% if the service was good, nothing if it was shit. I don't give a fuck if they want more.
You don't have to pay 20%, btw.
You don't have to pay 20%, btw.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
Guilt and shame involved makes people tip. No one wants to be seen as that asshole who doesn't tip. We even have posters on GAF who will scold you for not tipping. People don't want to be scolded so they'll pay the $2 even if they don't really want to.
shadyspace
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Makes you look like a baller.
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The Everyman
it's 15 in canada and im pretty sure its still 15 almost everywhere in US except maybe metropolitan areas.
what's the logic behind a standard tipping percentage increasing anyway?
They do a better job they get a bigger tip....not really difficult to comprehend.
M0nochromatic
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If you feel the waiter deserves a tip, you tip. If you don't, you don't tip. You decide how much as well. I usually just put out a couple ones or a five. I don't go to high end establishments or eat with more then 3 people, so it's never really a concern how to split costs or added gratuities.
50% at least
If you make $20 hour then you shouldn't be buying a meal that is your entire take home for a day's work and you are being cheap.
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'enry 'ollins
Is everyone universally doing a better job?
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'enry 'ollins
What is with the people in this thread telling the OP what he can or cannot afford. Maybe it's his birthday and he wanted to splurge? Who cares what the reason is?
Is there a topic on GAF that gets more threads then tipping?
I swear "tipping" should just become a community topic so everyone who wants to ask questions, complain, argue, play what-ifs etc. can do so at their hearts content.
If it wasn't always the same questions I wouldn't be saying this but its always the same format. Like mad libs or something.
Anyways. What do you want? The economic argument? The moral argument? The philosophical argument? The political argument?
Are you actually interested in hearing it or is this just like most threads where the OP and subsequent posters aren't actually interested in a discussion and just want to say how you don't want to tip?
I swear "tipping" should just become a community topic so everyone who wants to ask questions, complain, argue, play what-ifs etc. can do so at their hearts content.
If it wasn't always the same questions I wouldn't be saying this but its always the same format. Like mad libs or something.
Anyways. What do you want? The economic argument? The moral argument? The philosophical argument? The political argument?
Are you actually interested in hearing it or is this just like most threads where the OP and subsequent posters aren't actually interested in a discussion and just want to say how you don't want to tip?
Kurt Angle
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depends if the owner is circumcised
DAMN.
Tipping |OT| Intensifies
20 in Canada (Toronto, Montreal).
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The Everyman
correction: what's the point of the standard increasing?
Didn't take it as him saying universally.
Inflation over a very long term I guess?
Right now there is no reason.
Because if you're going to an expensive restaurant and are worried about the tip, maybe you shouldn't be going to said expensive restaurant.
I will say, though, that waiters at fine dining established are typically expected to be a lot more attentive and knowledgeable than, say, your average diner staff
Allforce
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It is kind of strange that you tip on the total price of the food and not on the service so much. Like delivery guys for pizza, I throw them 3 bucks no matter what it is. It's like a flat rate. But at restaurants it's all based on the price of the food instead.
I've been from wing joints to fine dining where it's easily a couple hundred bucks and generally the service is exactly the same. It boils down to a slight variation of: Place drink order, get drinks, place app order, get apps, place entree order, get drink refill, get entree, "how is everything?" "Great thanks!". Check please. Maybe you get a grouch more often at a cheap diner or something but overall it's the same general service being preformed.
That said anymore I just tip 20% regardless of quality of service or food or whatever since waiters make shit for pay, but it's an odd custom compared to other services you tip for.
I've been from wing joints to fine dining where it's easily a couple hundred bucks and generally the service is exactly the same. It boils down to a slight variation of: Place drink order, get drinks, place app order, get apps, place entree order, get drink refill, get entree, "how is everything?" "Great thanks!". Check please. Maybe you get a grouch more often at a cheap diner or something but overall it's the same general service being preformed.
That said anymore I just tip 20% regardless of quality of service or food or whatever since waiters make shit for pay, but it's an odd custom compared to other services you tip for.
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The Everyman
i'm going off of this:
http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Travel-g153339-s606/Canada:Tipping.And.Etiquette.html
Orbis Tabula
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How fancy of a restaurant are we talking?
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
I can't wait until 30% becomes the new normal, and 20% are looked down upon is disdain. With the tip creep, it'll be within the next 10 years.
AllIsOneIsNone
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Disregarding the shitshow of a discussion of why tipping in America is right/wrong: When you go to a nice restaurant, you're going for the entire experience. The meal already is already costing you way more than the price of the food (especially in comparison to a cheaper restaurant). So you're paying for the chef's expertise, the atmosphere which includes having an efficient, friendly and knowledgeable server. The tip naturally becomes part of that.
styl3s
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I know a lot of people who just go to a fancy restaurant once or twice a year because they can't afford it, it's absurd to think that because someone eats somewhere nice they have fuck you money. I base my tips on how well the waiter/waitress does his/her job. You do a great job and are on top of things i usually just throw a fiver down which at most places i eat is above 20% or at 20%. If the waiter does a mediocre job i throw maybe $2 and if the waiter lets my glass stay empty for a long time, doesn't bring fresh rolls/bread or is just a lazy person they are lucky to get $1.
I don't reward lazy people but i also don't have to reward anyone for doing their job i only do it because of this weird social contract we have but 20% has never been the standard, at least not here and most states i have been to which about half of the US.
Subpar Spatula
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I never tip higher than 10%. I don't know why people tip more than that. :/
TheSadRanger
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At this point, I think some people are just doing this shit on purpose to troll for the lulz.
I mean come on OP, you've been a member since freaking 2007.
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