Guest Incandenza Report post Posted October 30, 2002 As a fellow former fast food worker (dig that alliteration!), I never, ever received a tip, either. I never expected one, but, I'll remember with fondness the time a customer actually thanked me for making their food. I liked that. Another thing: I've seen some Dunkin Donuts have tip jars. There's one near my place with a jar, and I find this absurd. They don't even make the donuts themselves! Why should I tip these people? If I had my druthers, I'd just hop across the counter and get the goddamn donut myself. Why do they expect money? Because they make the coffee? Because they make those shitty breakfast sandwiches? Good lord.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted October 30, 2002 yeah, the people who make minimum wage (or above) and have tip jars piss me off. i used to hate hearing about the hostesses bitch about how somebody didn't tip them on their take-out order. they somehow thought they deserved tips just as much as we did, even though their job was easier and they were already earning twice as much as us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Paranoid Report post Posted October 30, 2002 1. where did this "against my will" crap come from? did somebody hold a gun to your head & force you to go into a restaurant? this is the way the game is supposed to be played, you have a choice whether or not to participate in it. 2. that's right, i'm sorry about entitlement. servers are in no way entitled to anything remotely resembling a living wage, even though everyone else in this country is. 3. if you're in such financial peril that you can't afford a $2 tip, just get the take-out and eat it in the lobby or at the bar. when you pay the check, you don't pay for the SERVICE, you pay for the FOOD. if you're not going to pay for the SERVICE, don't get it. I am glad somebody gets it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted October 30, 2002 i can completely understand why people are pissed off about tipping being customary, cause the customers are getting fucked in the ass by it too. unless you're in real estate or something, you're supposed to be paid by your BOSS, not directly by the clientele. the owners are just too cheap to pay their own front end employees, and the customers suffer for it. and when the customers don't suffer for it, the employees suffer for it. but the way to show you're pissed off about the way it works just isn't to screw the employees. the employees are not the enemy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest My Eyebrow is on fire Report post Posted October 30, 2002 I tip 20% if the service is good, 10% if it's average or bad, and if it's horrible I will pour what's left of my drink into the ash trays and spit all over the table Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LooseCannon Report post Posted October 30, 2002 A couple of times I've eaten at TGI Fridays and service was horribly slow, but having spent my time working at restaurants, I know that it's not really the waiters fault. It's the management's fault for understaffing the place and whatnot. So I skipped out on the check, but still left the server a pretty good tip. Though one time, a waitress pissed me off, not just with slow service but by being a fucking bitch about it too, so at that place I left no tip and just casually turned a couple of plates that still had food on them and spilled all the leftover sodas and ice all over the place, and walked out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest the pinjockey Report post Posted October 30, 2002 Doesn't it fuck over the bus boys though to make a mess of the table? Unless the table is a disgrace when I get seated I would not screw over the bus boy just because the food or service sucked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LooseCannon Report post Posted October 30, 2002 At this place, they didn't have busboys. that's the only reason I did it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
