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**Suvuseh** · 06-01-2009, 08:15 AM

I thought the whole point of tips was to reward good service? Why should you have to tip if the service is "awful"?

Think of it this way: Restuarant food in the US is at a 15% discounted rate when you walk through the door. Unless you think they spit in your food, or messed up your order due to pure carelessness, that 15% is just standard rate for you getting your food in a reasonable time, and drinks taken care of at a reasonable pace. You tip more for better service. I walk into a bar, and barkeep see me from across the room and has a beer waiting for me by the time i reach him, that deserves more than the standard 15%, sincei didn't have to wait. If a waitress, doesn't bother me, as in i do not notice her, but at no time am I in need of them for something, because everything was well taken care of, then that definetely deserves more, because my dining experience was better because of it.

Alot of waiters just make average money because for the most part they suck. Even so, i was once a waiter, and though i worked my ass of and had tons of regulars and made plenty doing it, unless there was something drastically, and intentionally wrong with my dinner, i tip 15%, because i know that is what i should pay for it.

06-01-2009, 08:15 AM	#50
Suvuseh Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 405 Senior Member	I thought the whole point of tips was to reward good service? Why should you have to tip if the service is "awful"? Think of it this way: Restuarant food in the US is at a 15% discounted rate when you walk through the door. Unless you think they spit in your food, or messed up your order due to pure carelessness, that 15% is just standard rate for you getting your food in a reasonable time, and drinks taken care of at a reasonable pace. You tip more for better service. I walk into a bar, and barkeep see me from across the room and has a beer waiting for me by the time i reach him, that deserves more than the standard 15%, sincei didn't have to wait. If a waitress, doesn't bother me, as in i do not notice her, but at no time am I in need of them for something, because everything was well taken care of, then that definetely deserves more, because my dining experience was better because of it. Alot of waiters just make average money because for the most part they suck. Even so, i was once a waiter, and though i worked my ass of and had tons of regulars and made plenty doing it, unless there was something drastically, and intentionally wrong with my dinner, i tip 15%, because i know that is what i should pay for it.
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