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Old 12-04-2010, 02:35 AM
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It's black or white for my wife and I. Bad service, no tip. Good service, good tip.
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Old 02-17-2011, 02:48 PM
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While I consider myself to be a good tipper for sit-down restaurants, hairdressers, and service personal at Christmas, I have always been a little irked by the "tip cup" at counter places.

This reached an all new low yesterday, when I went to a SELF-SERVICE yogurt shop. In other words, I walked in, got my own cup, pulled the lever to get my own yogurt, sprinkled my own toppings, and grabbed my own spoon and napkin. I even had to weigh my own yogurt to determine the cost.

You guessed it. I go to the counter to pay, and big as day "Tips Appreciated" on a cup right next to the register! In other words, this buffoon wanted a tip simply for taking my money. He didn't do anything else for me!

Um, no. Where has all this entitlement come from?
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Old 02-17-2011, 03:24 PM
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Old 02-17-2011, 04:01 PM
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I was floored by the tip cup at the DD drive-thru window the other day.
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Old 02-17-2011, 07:40 PM
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I was floored by the tip cup at the DD drive-thru window the other day.
We don't have Dunkin Donuts here, so that one took me a minute.

/What kind of drive thru are YOU going through *eyebrow waggle*
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Old 02-17-2011, 09:48 PM
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I always feel really bad when there's a tipping cup, because I rarely carry cash on me, and if I do, it's a few dollars and that's for coffee or something. I don't like throwing the left over change in the cup, because I just think that's kind of an insult. For tipping at a restaurant, I give really good tips.
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Old 02-18-2011, 12:19 AM
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Most of the pizza places I use state that the delivery service is NOT paid to the driver, I understand this, as I know a smallish place whose owner says up front that he has to pay x amount extra to keep a delivery man on at lunch hours. Rain/Snow = higher tip.

But when all the takeout person has done is bag my order, I'm not really wild about a tip. I'll give a token one, but unless you've offered me something to drink while I've waited, or taken one of your seats, I'm not very happy about it. After all, I can remember when fast food places based their wages on your getting a tip!
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Old 02-22-2011, 02:17 PM
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But when all the takeout person has done is bag my order, I'm not really wild about a tip. I'll give a token one, but unless you've offered me something to drink while I've waited, or taken one of your seats, I'm not very happy about it. After all, I can remember when fast food places based their wages on your getting a tip!
Regarding this, while I don't work To Go, I can say that (at least at Olive Garden) the To Go Specialist does do a lot of work. The only real difference between what he/she doesn't do for you that servers do is fill your drink and grate your cheese. The To Go Specialist does everything the same, just in a shorter amount of time. You may not want to tip the 20% I hope you like to tip, but they definitely do a fair amount of work that earns some sort of tip
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Old 02-18-2011, 12:23 AM
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We don't have Dunkin Donuts here, so that one took me a minute.

/What kind of drive thru are YOU going through *eyebrow waggle*
Oh, you thought it was the DD boobie drive-thru? Sounds like a place k_s would frequent. "I have your order as one Double D cup feel-up. Would you like to super-size your order for only $10 more? No? Ok, your total is $20, please pull around."
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Old 02-18-2011, 01:15 AM
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Oh, you thought it was the DD boobie drive-thru? Sounds like a place k_s would frequent. "I have your order as one Double D cup feel-up. Would you like to super-size your order for only $10 more? No? Ok, your total is $20, please pull around."
"Oh, it's you, again k_s?" $50, pull around."
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Old 02-21-2011, 01:29 AM
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Oh, you thought it was the DD boobie drive-thru? Sounds like a place k_s would frequent. "I have your order as one Double D cup feel-up. Would you like to super-size your order for only $10 more? No? Ok, your total is $20, please pull around."
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"Oh, it's you, again k_s?" $50, pull around."
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Old 02-21-2011, 01:24 AM
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You guys know people in Asia don't tip right?

As for me, it depends on how big the bill is and how good the service is.
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Old 02-22-2011, 02:06 PM
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This thread is long, and what I'm gonna say was probably said somewhere in here, but as a server I ask for you to get off your high horse and tip what you want to tip, regardless of whether or not a gratuity was added. The manager can remove it if you seriously don't want it. If the server was good enough, add more. There's nothing more pleasing, as a server, than when someone says "You did such a good job, I'm willing to add more than what your company says you deserved."
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Old 03-23-2011, 04:09 PM
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Bump because we are having a good tip/gratuity convo in the "What do you feel like saying..." thread.
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Old 03-24-2011, 09:44 AM
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I always prefer to tip with cash on the table vs. leaving the tip on my debit/credit card. I know the server is told/given the tip from my card, but I always think that when they see my cashless, recently vacated table their first words or thoughts are "oh hayle naw, that &$%^%$^ didn't tip me."

So, even when I'm leaving the tip on my card, I try to tell the server that's what I'm doing...
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