Tipping at lunch

[NoCalMike 0]

The reason I ask this is because I have been going out to lunch a lot lately, and it is kind of annoying because I am going to all these resteraunts advertising "lunch specials" for various prices, which at first sight makes them appear to be as cheap or almost as cheap as going to McDonalds for a Value Meal.

 

However by the time you add in tax and a tip, it ends up being at least $2.50 more. So take a 4.99 advertised lunch special, and you actually end up paying almost $7.00.

 

This Sucks. I want my Pad-Tai for $5.99 dammit.

[Star Ocean 3 0]

Don't tip.

[Fökai 0]

Sit-down lunch does not equal a cheap lunch.

 

Choose one or the other.

[Guest Princess Leena]

If you get service, you must tip.

 

Sorry.

[Star Ocean 3 0]

I must not.

[daileyxplanet 0]

I just tip my spare change, unless they do an orgasmic good job.

[CBright7831 0]

 

"Uh-uh, I don't tip."

[CBright7831 0]

Just kidding, I'll leave a few bucks (usually three)

[Guest Smues]

Lunchtime doesn't magically make the employees' salary suddenly jump up to at least minimum wage. Gotta tip.

[Guest Vitamin X]

And I'm also magically not required to tip for bad to mediocre service, either.

 

So they can find another job that pays better, as well. Woo, free market!

[Kismet 0]

Man people are cheap. They serving you the food, you be a decent human being and tip. If they give bad service or don't do the job, don't. I'm usually about broke and I still tip whenever called for. People with office jobs going out to lunch can hack the 15% give or take.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Because it's SUCH A HUGE DEAL to toss a couple'a bucks someone's way.

[Special K 0]

Them's the breaks, man. I used to tip the local 7-11 guy when he gave me booze. Don't be a wanker. If you can't make the effort to mix up a tuna sammich, don't expect people to make your meals. Or go to a fast food restaurant.

[Red Baron 0]

I'm a huge tipper probably 20% tip.

 

Except for the bar. I don't tip there because more money for me=more alcohol in me.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I used to tip the local 7-11 guy when he gave me booze.

 

?

 

Oh I don't think so. Not for that.

 

Although if I'm at a sit-down place for lunch, I tip. Since lunch isn't as expensive as dinner, the tip isn't as much due to the lesser bill total.

[nl5xsk1 0]

If you're sitting there and bringing you food & beverages, it doesn't make a difference if it's breakfast, lunch, dinner, brunch, a mid-day snack or a late night drunk-meal ... you tip.

 

If you're too cheap to tip, than go to the grocery store and make yourself a meal. Or just get the food to go.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

People with office jobs going out to lunch can hack the 15% give or take.

 

Hear that NoCal? You're part of the yuppie rich now.

 

So you taking the Mrs. out to the Polo tournament on Sunday? Be sure to meet us up there in the Green Suite and we'll have spritzes, or whatever the hell they drink at those places.

[Black Lushus 0]

I don't tip at Buffets, even though they are bringing me my drink and cleaning off plates and such...usually...I think OCB is the only buffet I've been to that doesn't bring you your drink...joints like Valentinos, China Buffet, Golden Coral get no tip from me.

 

I don't tip at Chinese joints because it's usually the owners that do the serving...they're making enough money.

[Guest Princess Leena]

Plus, the tip isn't that bad. If it's a $5 meal, leave a $1 tip. Not exactly breaking the bank.

[Copper Feel 0]

You Americans suck, In England we don't add tax after the fact and tips are extremley rare.

[The Czech Republic 0]

To some cultures, tipping is considered highly offensive, as it insinuates that you, the customer, do not feel the employee is gainfully employed in a respectable job, and needs your charity just to survive.

 

 

 

That's basically what tipping is here, except the "considered highly offensive" part. aw nuts

[Guest Princess Leena]

But, our waiters/waitresses aren't gainfully employed.

[The Czech Republic 0]

I came off as pretty miserly there, so I'd better clarify: I generally end up tipping 15% or 20%, depending on service and my desire to impress whoever I am dining with. People who are assholes to food service employees have a special place on my list. I remember ripping that Lightning Flik mope a new one for bragging about what a dick he was to a McDonald's cashier. Seriously, what the fuck?

[The Niggardly King 0]

I always remember eating with my Uncle Bob. He'd usually get the most expensive meal, end up whipping out a $100 bill to pay with... and then tipping someone a $1. No matter how hard they worked.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I don't tip at Buffets, even though they are bringing me my drink and cleaning off plates and such.

 

Depends. And the Golden Corral in Middletown, Ohio, has people bring you drinks (Goddamn do I miss that place -- GC, not Middletown). If someone brings me drinks, I usually leave a tip. Other than that, I don't, although I should since people are clearing tables. And for the record, I'm a great customer because I never leave a mess and have all my plates/etc. neatly organized and ready for quick removal; I HATE families that have several brats who make a mess at their booth and only leave $1-2.

 

Here's another question -- do you just leave tip money on the table? For me, I always include it on the credit card, and if I have to give cash, unless there are no customers in the immediate area, I give it to the waiter/waitress. The reason for this is one time I busted someone not employed with the restaurant taking my tip money off the table. That was a fun moment.

[Black Lushus 0]

leave it on the card or, if cash, just leave it on the table...hey man, it's up to THEM to get that cash before someone else grabs it....sink or swim!

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

But it's your money. Enough of my loot gets taken by the government, I'm not having some shithead sitting a booth away eye up my gratuity like a vulture waitng for a dying zebra to take its last breath.

[Hawk 34 0]

I don't tip at Buffets, even though they are bringing me my drink and cleaning off plates and such.

 

Depends. And the Golden Corral in Middletown, Ohio, has people bring you drinks (Goddamn do I miss that place -- GC, not Middletown). If someone brings me drinks, I usually leave a tip. Other than that, I don't, although I should since people are clearing tables. And for the record, I'm a great customer because I never leave a mess and have all my plates/etc. neatly organized and ready for quick removal; I HATE families that have several brats who make a mess at their booth and only leave $1-2.

 

Here's another question -- do you just leave tip money on the table? For me, I always include it on the credit card, and if I have to give cash, unless there are no customers in the immediate area, I give it to the waiter/waitress. The reason for this is one time I busted someone not employed with the restaurant taking my tip money off the table. That was a fun moment.

 

 

I had lunch there yesterday.

 

I usually hit that specific GC twice a month, the others around here are good but not as good as the Middletown version. Can't say for sure why that is, because service is about the same all-around.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I could never just have "lunch" at the GC -- I usually fasted for at least a day before heading over there and filling myself up with all that goodness. It was my Mecca, and Allah didn't mind because he liked going there, too.

[NoCalMike 0]

I just want to say that I do tip during lunch visits to resteraunts, but my main gripe was the fact that I hate seeing advertised lunch specials for a certain price, but by the time you get out of the place you really are adding 2-3 more dollars to it, making it not so special after all.

 

Also, I dunno how many of you go to resteraunts during lunch, but the server/customer interaction is a lot different then dinner. I mean during lunch you probably see your server at the most 3 times, taking the order, bringing the food, and getting the bill, there is a lot less to fuss with, unlike dinner where the server is usually hitting you up or at least checking on you every 10 mins or so.