Should Christians leave tips for waiters and waitresses?
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Why shouldn't we? Not sure how it's a Christian topic.
Sad reality is many places give lower pay to their wait staff because they figure it will be compensated by tips. So tips have actually become a form of paycheck. As long as the waiter/waitress does an adequate job, i tip. If they do a really good job, i tip a little more.
I say tip according to what you can afford, the place, the service. Personally i just average $2. $3 if they do a better job. I can't afford to spend much on tips, or even afford to often eat at places where there is a tipped wait staff.
Sad reality is many places give lower pay to their wait staff because they figure it will be compensated by tips. So tips have actually become a form of paycheck. As long as the waiter/waitress does an adequate job, i tip. If they do a really good job, i tip a little more.
I say tip according to what you can afford, the place, the service. Personally i just average $2. $3 if they do a better job. I can't afford to spend much on tips, or even afford to often eat at places where there is a tipped wait staff.
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I believe we should tip based on how they perform there job, do to every penny counts these days and a lot of waiters and waitresses get low balled in salary.
I do not believe in tip sharing as a lot of places have gone to, because that means even the bad staff will get the same amount of tips as the good staff gets. Should it also be a set amount like 5% or 10%...no I don't believe that either cause that would still mean a bad waiter/waitress would get the same amount. It should be left up to the person that was served how much to give.
I do not believe in tip sharing as a lot of places have gone to, because that means even the bad staff will get the same amount of tips as the good staff gets. Should it also be a set amount like 5% or 10%...no I don't believe that either cause that would still mean a bad waiter/waitress would get the same amount. It should be left up to the person that was served how much to give.
I tip roughly 20% whenever I go out to eat and have someone waiting on me. I do the same at bars. These people rely on their tips to make a living. If you can't afford to tip well then you shouldnt bother going out in the first place. Even if the service is below my standards I'll still leav about 15% because you don't know whats going on in their life, maybe they are just in a rough spot and its a lot for them to handle at the time. Everyone has bad points. Of course for great service I've tipped up to 50%.
I always tip waitstaff at sit-down restaurants where someone brings the food and drinks to the table, comes back to check on us, etc. Fast food places where you don't really have a waitress, no. I'm not sure who made up the rules... I'd really prefer to just have everything built into the cost so there's no guesswork, but it IS nice sometimes to be able to tip according to the service given, if it was extremely wonderful or utterly lacking.
Other services I tip for would be taxi rides, haircuts, bellboys or valets, street musicians and party entertainers. I'm a party entertainer myself, and though it's rare, some people do give tips. I never expect tips, but I've had people insist that I take them based on how pleased they were with my skills or services.
It is odd that some service professions get tipped and others don't. I don't really know what the set "rules" or expectations are. Many are just unclear.
Other services I tip for would be taxi rides, haircuts, bellboys or valets, street musicians and party entertainers. I'm a party entertainer myself, and though it's rare, some people do give tips. I never expect tips, but I've had people insist that I take them based on how pleased they were with my skills or services.
It is odd that some service professions get tipped and others don't. I don't really know what the set "rules" or expectations are. Many are just unclear.
This shows that some states require all employers to pay minimum wage to all employees before tips. Then you see the ones that don't and the ones that make $2.13 an hour. What do you think about this with tipping? Many are under the belief that all waitstaff makes pennies and needs tips, but this shows us otherwise.
http://www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm
Let me take one moment to state that I am not against tipping.
I tip waiters and random other folks in the service realm.
http://www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm
Let me take one moment to state that I am not against tipping.
I tip waiters and random other folks in the service realm.
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Seems a Christian should be the first person to bless somebody in a situation where we have been waited on or helped. I'm not sure what the standard amount is, maybe 20%, but I almost always go more than that. I feel bad for them because many people think it is funny to not tip at all. And if you can afford to eat out you can afford to go the extra mile and give to the person who took care of you.
I dated a man once who never left a tip, and as I got to know him that told me a lot along with a bunch of other things. I always carried money with me so I could slip something under the placemat for the wait person.
I dated a man once who never left a tip, and as I got to know him that told me a lot along with a bunch of other things. I always carried money with me so I could slip something under the placemat for the wait person.