Do you tip?

[VictorCharlie]

I think what some of yall are mising is that many bartenders and waitstaff make pretty damn good money in only a few shifts and at a relatively small price to the consumer. This is actually a much better system for the US considering what the price for goods would be if the food and beverage industry had to pay a reasonable rate to keep good help. If I had to pay my barstaff what they were worth it would cost me a at least 400% increase in hourly wages paid which would probably account for at least a 30-40% increase in overhead. You can bet your ass that my owner would have made sure to pass this increase along to you the consumer.

[Nameless]

Personally, I always tip when I go to restaurant or when I buy alcohol in a bar, in canada i always give 15% as it is normally what we could give to servers, in Luxembourg, service is include in the price you pay but I always add a little euro or 1.5 euros when the service has been good (i.e not trying to force us to buy more than what we want, a nice smile and a correct speed for the occupation of the restaurant at that moment). For the rest, I rarely tip though, sometimes if the taxi Driver was nice I give him an extra dollar but that is it.

[Drago]

i tip when i am on holiday (strange really)

but when i am in the states & sum guy pours me a beer, why the fk should i tip him for that? took him like 10 seconds & its his fkin job

[Gandalf]

i tip when i am on holiday (strange really)

but when i am in the states & sum guy pours me a beer, why the fk should i tip him for that? took him like 10 seconds & its his fkin job

It seems he is earning $2.14 per hour. I agree with you, but it seems the Americans still have a thing for slavery. It's just that the punters are expected to prop up the wages instead. It's a crappy system obviously. Civilised countries don't have this kind of nonsense.

The UK tip system seems to be based on merit. The US one is based on a case of "tip or the waiters die hungry".

[VictorCharlie]

i tip when i am on holiday (strange really)

but when i am in the states & sum guy pours me a beer, why the fk should i tip him for that? took him like 10 seconds & its his fkin job

First of all you don't have to tip and when you do it is completely up to you how much. If I am just drinking bottled beer I won't tip everytime either. But basically ask yourself would you rather pay $3.50 a pint over the course of a night and toss the guy 3-5 dollars cumulatively for his "good" service or pay $6 or more per draft and not be expected to tip at all? It is providing you the same product cheaper and in theory with better service.

8 beers at 3.50 plus a total of 4 dollars in tip (assuming good service) = $32
8 beers at 6 dollars = $48

seems pretty simple math to me

[amat]

I make $8 an hour and most comparable entry level jobs don't pay more then 11.

[Andre]

I make $8 an hour and most comparable entry level jobs don't pay more then 11.

Fuk you deserve a tip! Thats rough.How old are you?

My oldest daughter 18 is a waitress in a pub and started on 18 and now gets about 22 per hr and 33 on holidays more on the big ones! Not many tips though,maybe 1 a month is all.

[Gandalf]

I make $8 an hour and most comparable entry level jobs don't pay more then 11.

Fuk you deserve a tip! Thats rough.How old are you?

My oldest daughter 18 is a waitress in a pub and started on 18 and now gets about 22 per hr and 33 on holidays more on the big ones! Not many tips though,maybe 1 a month is all.

It seems that a lot of service staff in the U.S. only earn $2.13 an hour as a basic hourly rate. No doubt that they deserve to be tipped working for that.

The U.S. system seems to be very different from that of the U.K. and I struggle to see the merit in it really. Though I'm sure it might work out well for those working in places doing good business.