race, not at all.
gender, of course. i noticed i usually tip more at a hooters than at say a ruby tuesdays.
Does play a role in a way I tip?
No… great service, excellent food and an overall good experience does.
No. I don’t think it does.
I don’t tip when I eat by myself. I don’t ask for anything other than one soda refill. If your pay doesn’ at least cover that, then that’s too fucking bad. It’s un-American to not work hard for your money, yet when you don’t tip it’s wrong? GTFO. And LOL @ this percentage shit.
Don’t make me bump me 200+ post thread on tipping.
tips don’t exist in england.
Yes they do, depends on what class of restaurant you go to.
you’re being facetious right?
I clean up other people’s shit, piss, period blood, vomit, cum, pubes, saliva, garbage, coffee, food, toilets, tables, desks, carpets, and other miscellaneous maintenance tasks for minimum wage and people spend their work days bitching about how I should get fired for shit that’s either out of my control or not my responsibility, not to mention janitors are grossly looked down upon by the white collar assholes I clean for. I do not get tipped.
That being said, waiters and waitresses of any color should be glad they get any tips at all. It aint all bad for them.
Pretty much this. I do 20%. If you suck, I do ten. There’s a pretty good chance you know why as well.
People don’t understand. You get what you give. You play on stereotypes, you get it back. We’ve had it where a white waitress at a Red Robins at Buffalo has openly looked at us in contempt and feigned the largest shit-eating smile that vanished as soon as she left the table. We though maybe we were being too harsh and looking for problems, but she went to two separate white couples and chummed it up (talked, laughed, made recommendations, discussed the Elvis over the radio) I got pissed and thought “Well shit, if you’re going to perpetuate a stereotype, I’m going to nudge that shit along”, but my wife was brighter. She simply dismissed her. Told her we wouldn’t be requiring her services, sought out the waitress we had the visit before this event and charmed her. Every time we came after that, we specifically asked for said warm hostess and she grew to be our personal server.
That’s pretty much how I’ve resolved that stereotype. You cock up, I get another server and give him or her your tip. 
that’s horrible, and is basically a slap in the face to the really good waiters. you’re encouraging crappy performance. shame on you!
Tbh, I only give like $3-5 every time I dine out.
That being said I’d like to let you know that tipping based on the waiter is bullshit. In most restaurants the tips are split, not only between the waiters/waitresses but the busboys and cooking staff as well.
I can’t control how the failing actress who is serving your food acts around you but by giving them a lower tip because she didn’t flirt back with you doesn’t harm the income of that single waitress, its the whole restaurant’s staff that suffers. If the food was good, and the atmosphere was good and the waitress didn’t fill your glass often enough then you should still give a decent tip.
- The Cooking Community.
Amordien and Irennicus bringing the truth. Man, I wish I could sig that entire post Irennicus just made.
I usually tip 15% for average service. I’ll go as low as 10% for servers with attitude problems and bad service. I’ll even go as high as 20%-35% if the service is really good. I’ve even given 20% when the food is average when I know it could be better and the server was nice and went out of their way to correct the problems we had with the food.
On another note, black people tipping. Yeah, I’m black, but I look to tip well more often than not, because I have the money to do so. However, what’s up with black people you go out with and don’t leave a tip at all, like say in a group setting where there’s separate bills? I went out for my birthday last month and had a triple date thing going on. The food was pretty expensive, and my wife and I and another couple tipped, but one couple didn’t at all. So we said our goodbyes outside the restaurant when I asked my wife why her friend’s date didn’t tip the server. So, rather than being a jerk and leaving, I went back in and gave the guy 20% of the couple’s meal myself. That’s the last time I do that…
I have yet to have a good female black waitress in my 31year… Seriously out all the time i’ve eaten out, they just have that i dont give a damn attitude! Its different though for the black guys, they seem to do whatever to get dat tip money!
Here’s my tier list for waiters in order
Hot asian girl
Gay White Guy
Black Guy
Hispanic Girl
Hispanic Guy
White Guy
White Girl
Asian Guy
Ugly Asian Girl
Black girl
I kid, I kid.
I still tip even if the service is underwhelming, but it depends on why it was underwhelming. I’ve been fortunate enough to not have a terrible server or anyone with a bad attitude. Most of my disappointing experiences stem from circumstances beyond their control such as the floor being super busy because other servers called off, the restaurant is understaffed, and/or inept management. But if I see that they’re still trying to do a good job regardless of the aforementioned circumstances, then I won’t hesitate to leave at least 15%.
Another tip thread? Really?
Race doesn’t really factor into it much for me. I go off rack size on girls. Big titties, 20 percent. Small titties, the contents of the nearest ash tray. Waiter is a guy? Then I’ll go by service and quality.
Tipping is not a city in China.
I tip according to the service I receive.
If you do an average job, you’ll get 15%.
If you go above and beyond what’s expected, you’ll get 20%, maybe 25%.
If you suck, fuck you.
The wife and I got some sushi last weekend. We sat at the bar and our food arrived long before our plates, chopsticks or even napkins arrived, we had to order drinks from someone else, he never came by offering to refill our drinks, and he took forever to get our bill and the place wasn’t even that busy.
I voted for 0% tip but my wife left 2%. I think it came out to like .79 cents.
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It seems there are lots of people (in the U.S. at least) who believe not tipping is rude or less then socially acceptable and this is one of the most glaring falsities out there. Deciding not to pay extra money to people for doing what they already get paid to do is not selfish nor is it benevolent it’s within the customers right to do so without having the threat of underwhelming service and/or food quality being hung over their heads and no one can refute that.
If everyone stopped tipping that would force employers to pay waiters normal wages like everyone else that way the tip would become as optional as intended. I strongly urge everyone who always tip regardless of the situation to stop and ask yourself what the benefit of doing that is over tipping only when service is at least decent. I really hope eventually more people follow structure; no tip for bad service, minimum tip for average service, and good tip for good service.
Weeks speaks da troof DON’T ENCOURAGE LESS THEN ADEQUATE SERVICE AND DON’T LET SOCIETAL PERCEPTION CONTORT YOUR BELIEFS!
Well it certainly doesn’t seem to be as big of a deal over here, never even realised people made such a fuss over percentages and stuff until I started visiting American forums online.
Maybe it’s a difference in expectations, people I’ve known who’ve worked in resturants and bars have never been complaining about the tips, said how good they were on some nights but never been moaning about people “stiffing” them or whatever.
Its all about service for me. If its good then the person is tipped well. If the food is cold, takes forever to show up, and the waiter is a dick then there’s a damn good chance of them getting absolutely nothing. Its only fair.