I always tip, not too much as to think I have money to throw away but enough to show I care about getting good service.
I go to the same places and see the same faces every week.
Last yr wife and I were in a casino. Normally she only plays the slots but this time she wanted to try blackjack but by this hour I was well into the liquor cabinet and just trying to keep my eyes from blurring. So I tip the dealer a 100 chip and ask him to help her out a little bit as she was new to the game.
Call it beginners luck or whatever you may. I came back an hour later and she had tripled what she started with. So I wholeheartedly agree with tipping the dealers in a casino.
Also with the cocktail waitresses my drink never was empty and I always had cigs at the table. Pit bosses may get paid bonuses off of what you lose but they appreciate it when you tip their dealers and most of the time you will get comped accordingly.
I go to the same places and see the same faces every week.
Last yr wife and I were in a casino. Normally she only plays the slots but this time she wanted to try blackjack but by this hour I was well into the liquor cabinet and just trying to keep my eyes from blurring. So I tip the dealer a 100 chip and ask him to help her out a little bit as she was new to the game.
Call it beginners luck or whatever you may. I came back an hour later and she had tripled what she started with. So I wholeheartedly agree with tipping the dealers in a casino.
Also with the cocktail waitresses my drink never was empty and I always had cigs at the table. Pit bosses may get paid bonuses off of what you lose but they appreciate it when you tip their dealers and most of the time you will get comped accordingly.
Used to tip quite a bit -- now I only do when I receive good/adequate service... Doesn't have to be over the top (though if it is I will tip more).
Too many times I've gotten poor service from some young waiter, and I've started leaving 0 tip when the happens and I don't see a problem with it.
Another example -- the other night at a sports bar I frequent I asked them to flip on the LOCAL Texas Rangers game... They had baseball on 6 stations above the main bar -- 2 showing the same Yankees game. When I bought a drink I asked politely if they would switch one of the TV's to the Rangers game, I didn't care which. 20 minutes go by, nada. I go up to get another drink and ask again. 20 minutes go by, nada.
I left no tip that night.
As I said before, I don't mind tipping for average/adequate and good service -- but too often shitty waiters/waitresses/bartenders are getting away with shitty service and still getting tipped for it which is a load of crap.
And please don't start the "they only make $2 an hour" arguement -- its completely pointless and laughable.
Too many times I've gotten poor service from some young waiter, and I've started leaving 0 tip when the happens and I don't see a problem with it.
Another example -- the other night at a sports bar I frequent I asked them to flip on the LOCAL Texas Rangers game... They had baseball on 6 stations above the main bar -- 2 showing the same Yankees game. When I bought a drink I asked politely if they would switch one of the TV's to the Rangers game, I didn't care which. 20 minutes go by, nada. I go up to get another drink and ask again. 20 minutes go by, nada.
I left no tip that night.
As I said before, I don't mind tipping for average/adequate and good service -- but too often shitty waiters/waitresses/bartenders are getting away with shitty service and still getting tipped for it which is a load of crap.
And please don't start the "they only make $2 an hour" arguement -- its completely pointless and laughable.
I don't understand this expectation that you should be able to "make a living" from any job. Not every job is designed nor pays well enough to support you/your family/dog/car/etc. Why should you be paid a lot for a job that isn't that important.
The reason for tips is to cover the difference between their wage and minimum wage.
I personally, am not going to try to make a living off of minimum wage, whether that be working at Taco Bell, an amusement park or any other job that most people take for a summer or to make extra cash while in college, few people can.
You don't have the Constitutional right to "make a living" from any job you feel like. If you can't "make a living" at your chosen job, than move to a cheaper neighborhood, sell your car for a bus pass, get another job, stop whining.
The reason for tips is to cover the difference between their wage and minimum wage.
I personally, am not going to try to make a living off of minimum wage, whether that be working at Taco Bell, an amusement park or any other job that most people take for a summer or to make extra cash while in college, few people can.
You don't have the Constitutional right to "make a living" from any job you feel like. If you can't "make a living" at your chosen job, than move to a cheaper neighborhood, sell your car for a bus pass, get another job, stop whining.
I have a friend that is more than a handful at the craps table. Works the dealers to death. Late bets, lots of bets, etc. He rarely tips, and when he does its like a $1 prop bet for the dealers. I've explained to him many times how horrible that is, and the dealers don't like him very much. But get this, everytime he cashes out at the cashier window, he tips the girl $2! I'm like, wait a minute, you'll tip her $2 for something that takes like 20 seconds, but won't toke the dealers that you work to death? In his own sick way of thinking its like he tips the cashier cuz she's giving him his money, while the dealers spend all night trying to get it!
I have no problem tipping when i receive good service, and in that order. I can't stand the fact that tips are expected, and your service is based on your tip. Tips should be earned. Good service shouldn't be earned, IT should be EXPECTED.
I have no problem tipping when i receive good service, and in that order. I can't stand the fact that tips are expected, and your service is based on your tip. Tips should be earned. Good service shouldn't be earned, IT should be EXPECTED.
I tip, but I don't like it. I once waited tables in college at a Black Eyed Pea. The thing I noticed very quickly was that I was expected to do all sorts of things before the customers arrived in the morning and after I finished the shift. Roll silverware into napkins. Mop. Slice lemons. Make coffee. All this work, for $2/hour. I can tell you right now, if only 25% of the people stopped tipping, this intire silly practice would go away. The waiters and waitresses would all have to quit their jobs with just a 25% boycott on tipping.
Employers should pay their employees. To expect your customers to pay your employees is very classless.
I tip when it's expected. Probably too much. But I tip. I don't want to be an a-hole. But I despise the very practice. In my opinion, restaurants should raise prices and pay their staff accordingly. If the table games aren't lucrative enough to support payroll for cocktail girls and dealers, then they should alter things such that they can afford to pay their employees.
Later,
Books Worst Enemy
Employers should pay their employees. To expect your customers to pay your employees is very classless.
I tip when it's expected. Probably too much. But I tip. I don't want to be an a-hole. But I despise the very practice. In my opinion, restaurants should raise prices and pay their staff accordingly. If the table games aren't lucrative enough to support payroll for cocktail girls and dealers, then they should alter things such that they can afford to pay their employees.
Later,
Books Worst Enemy
DATA BASE OF BAD (shitty) TIPPERS
http://www.bitterwaitress.com/std/index.html?page=1
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=10 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=text>Tipper's Name: Scottie Pippen</TD></TR><TR><TD class=text>Restaurant: Adagio 1995</TD></TR><TR><TD class=text>Where it happened: Chicago</TD></TR><TR><TD class=text>Total bill / Tip amount / Percentage: $125.00 / $0.00 / 0%</TD></TR><TR><TD class=text>What happened:
"No Tippin' Pippen" used to come in where I was a bartender back in 1994-95. He never tipped and expected you to fall all over his ugly celebrity self. He quickly earned his "No Tippin" nickname, and bartenders used to fight each other to NOT work with him... </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
http://www.bitterwaitress.com/std/index.html?page=1
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=10 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=text>Tipper's Name: Scottie Pippen</TD></TR><TR><TD class=text>Restaurant: Adagio 1995</TD></TR><TR><TD class=text>Where it happened: Chicago</TD></TR><TR><TD class=text>Total bill / Tip amount / Percentage: $125.00 / $0.00 / 0%</TD></TR><TR><TD class=text>What happened:
"No Tippin' Pippen" used to come in where I was a bartender back in 1994-95. He never tipped and expected you to fall all over his ugly celebrity self. He quickly earned his "No Tippin" nickname, and bartenders used to fight each other to NOT work with him... </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Fishead, why on EARTH would you tip on a SLot machine jackpot???
I mean you feel real good about winning, but no reason to tip someone who had NOTHING to do with your win.
Here is how I tip on poker tournaments. I give roughly 3-4% of my payout to the tournament director who disseminates these out to the various dealers.
When I won $36,000 3 months ago at Harrah's Lake Charles, I tipped $1400. Now maybe that was more than my standard 3% but it was a higher win.
When I won $12,500 last month at Harrahs Lake Charles in the end of the month WSOP tournament, I gave them $520. A few players at the final table thought that I was a dumabss to give anything for that tourney since they take a piece out of each tournament for the dealers. But you know, ever since then, the dealers are real nice to me and actually are pulling for me to win the end of the month tournament this month and they pull for me every other night since most other regular nightly tournament players do not tip at all
I mean you feel real good about winning, but no reason to tip someone who had NOTHING to do with your win.
Here is how I tip on poker tournaments. I give roughly 3-4% of my payout to the tournament director who disseminates these out to the various dealers.
When I won $36,000 3 months ago at Harrah's Lake Charles, I tipped $1400. Now maybe that was more than my standard 3% but it was a higher win.
When I won $12,500 last month at Harrahs Lake Charles in the end of the month WSOP tournament, I gave them $520. A few players at the final table thought that I was a dumabss to give anything for that tourney since they take a piece out of each tournament for the dealers. But you know, ever since then, the dealers are real nice to me and actually are pulling for me to win the end of the month tournament this month and they pull for me every other night since most other regular nightly tournament players do not tip at all
