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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 81316" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Lots of people in foodservice (ie servers) are paid a little more than $2 per hour. That is right, just 2 dollars and a few cents per hour. with-o tips they would starve.</p><p></p><p>I tip well in most instances. Servers I am rather generous with, esp if I can see they are shorthanded and management is expecting the server to deal with all the tables in the restaurant (or even half). You would be very surprised how often this happens. As a former restaurant mgr, I used to chip in and wait tables when we were in a crunch, but MANY managers would not. They would just expect a server to cover it all, as well as if they had a full staff. I have been known to tip 75% of the bill in some situations where a server was kind and gracious and obviously way overworked.</p><p></p><p>I do not respond well to hints for tips. My hairstylist is usually confused when I add a tip to her fee. She has tried to give me change back. We went to school together and we have kids who are freinds, so I laugh about it with her. She earns it.</p><p></p><p>Bad service deserves a very small tip. This lets them know the service was not good. I don't tip starbucks because I know they pay quite well and often their staff here has an attitude that they are being nice to me. </p><p></p><p>I used to work at a restaurant years ago where we all got minimum wage or more, and we all tip shared. A few clients wouldn't tip because the server got paid minimum. But for the server to do a good job, all the other parts of hte restaurant have to work. If the cook is not good, the server may be out of luck. It worked well because we all pitched in to do whatever had to be done. many a time I didn't have orders waiting and went out to clear a table or seat someone or deliver food. This still happens, and I still tip very well when I go there.But this is NOT the standard in the restaurant industry.</p><p></p><p>As far as nails, I don't have any experience with that. </p><p></p><p>I do hate it when someone acts like they expect a tip.</p><p></p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 81316, member: 1233"] Lots of people in foodservice (ie servers) are paid a little more than $2 per hour. That is right, just 2 dollars and a few cents per hour. with-o tips they would starve. I tip well in most instances. Servers I am rather generous with, esp if I can see they are shorthanded and management is expecting the server to deal with all the tables in the restaurant (or even half). You would be very surprised how often this happens. As a former restaurant mgr, I used to chip in and wait tables when we were in a crunch, but MANY managers would not. They would just expect a server to cover it all, as well as if they had a full staff. I have been known to tip 75% of the bill in some situations where a server was kind and gracious and obviously way overworked. I do not respond well to hints for tips. My hairstylist is usually confused when I add a tip to her fee. She has tried to give me change back. We went to school together and we have kids who are freinds, so I laugh about it with her. She earns it. Bad service deserves a very small tip. This lets them know the service was not good. I don't tip starbucks because I know they pay quite well and often their staff here has an attitude that they are being nice to me. I used to work at a restaurant years ago where we all got minimum wage or more, and we all tip shared. A few clients wouldn't tip because the server got paid minimum. But for the server to do a good job, all the other parts of hte restaurant have to work. If the cook is not good, the server may be out of luck. It worked well because we all pitched in to do whatever had to be done. many a time I didn't have orders waiting and went out to clear a table or seat someone or deliver food. This still happens, and I still tip very well when I go there.But this is NOT the standard in the restaurant industry. As far as nails, I don't have any experience with that. I do hate it when someone acts like they expect a tip. Susie [/QUOTE]
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