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For me it has more to do with at ude and politeness than it does any particular action.
I consider myself to be a very good tipper, my parents always taught me since I was little that you always leave a good tip for good service, so I have been doing that since about the time I was 10 and needed to take a cab or tipping the skycap at the airport, but one thing that really effects what I leave at a restaurant is when my drink goes for about 10 minutes of being empty and the waiter or waitress lets it stay that way. I understand when the place is packed and there's people running everywhere, but other than that I go from leaving a 20-25% tip to about 10%, but usually if theres water in my glass I'm pretty happy with the service, anything that particularly gets to you when you're out eating?
For me it has more to do with at ude and politeness than it does any particular action.
Needlessly slow service, and more impoliteness than a ty day would cause are about the only things that make me tip less. I usually tip 15 to 20.
When I was working off tips and stuff I don't think I once ever let the customer know if I was having a ty day or wanted to stab em in the face with a popcorn scooper. More often than not I would go in the back and punch the fridge or something then come back out and pretend everything was fine. Sometimes I get the feeling from wait staff that they would rather not serve me because they think a younger hispanic kid is going to stiff them on the tip or something, I ing hate that.
The last time I can remember leaving a low tip was when we had waited for a long time for our check (after an already poor dinner experience) and finally had to ask another waiter for it. He even processed it and brough the receipt out. We never even saw our original server again before we left.
Interesting. I work in a deli. I *wish* I could get tips. I make my customers laugh, what with my bad puns and such.
When the waiter flirts with my date.....
That's a good one.
I've also had several waiters/servers "accidentally" slowly drag their arm across my boobs when putting a plate down, and that's a pretty good way to lower a tip.
Gives stiffing the waiter a new meaning huh
Yeah, that'll do it....if I'm being waited on by someone I hated in high school, I tip ty. Petty, vindictive, spiteful. I know.
correcting my pronunciation while im ordering.
How the do you up BIG MAC
Kidding, but I don't think a waiter has ever done that to anyone I've been out with or myself, and I know i've butchered a few words
If I feel that might be a problem, I usually try to address wait staff by their names and I make sure to speak with a manager if the service is great.
I do that, too....ever since I started working in the deli of the grocery store I work at, I've got a new outlook on people in the food service industry. Like, I'm not saying I was an unbearable prick to waiters/servers in the past, but I address them by their names, ask for a comment card if the service was good, and all that good stuff.
I tip 25-40% no matter what. It would have to been god aweful service for me to stiff someone, they'd have to assult me or spit on my grandmother or something...
I know how unbelievably annoying the general public is. I fully understand that every 3rd person that they serve has unrealistic demands and an even worse at utude because somehow they think that they are better than the person serving them. I sypathized with anyone who works with the public because its impossible to please most people. Just because these people hate their lives or are unhappy with themselves this somehow gives them a right to on anyone thats there to help please and serve them. Sevice is an endless hole of and at ude.
So if I don't get stellar service its likely not the servers fault but the fault of the endless amout of assholes that stroll through the door and make this hard working saps day basically unbearable. I never stiff.
Not following exact directions has cost me a tip.
I think if we required all 18 year olds to work on a restaurant waitstaff for three months, things would be a lot different.
We'd sure have a lot more tolerant respectful society if we could. I'm appauled at the I hear daily and I can only imagine how bad it is for most of these guys/gals, no wonder the high turnover rate for an otherwise potentially good paying job.
I hate it when your drink is empty and has been for a while, then you see your waiter across the restaurant talking/laughing/joking around with another waiter.......
Ugly people.
When she won't let me make change out of her G-string.
Usually takes a lot for me to get really pissed. Mandy and I were at a restaurant and the waitress brought out our check with the food. The place wasn't very busy, and I got pretty angry over that. Empty drinks, dirty plates, and orders not being taken promptly usually don't bother me unless it gets to be too long a wait.
Why would that make you angry? I think that's good service.
It happens to me a lot and it's like they're trying to push you out of the door as fast as they can, then it's also like you feel weird about ordering desert or anything like that
I very rarely do not tip. You have to be real bad not to get a tip. To me a good at ude and a smile go a long way with me. Only when I get a sense of "I don't care" at ude do I not tip.
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