Thoughts on tipping...

[scooterbug44]

Most of the servers I know make a nominal hourly wage that is below minimum wage. This is allowed because the wage when you factor in the tips is more than minimum wage. Unfortunately when they have a slow night the gas to drive there often is more than they made all night.

My parents were bad about tipping until they had a kid in the food service industry and saw the basic paycheck. Tell yours their server not only makes less than minimum wage, they have to divide their tips w/ the busperson etc.

 

[DuneAHH]

Starbucks...I've stood in line behind customers at Starbucks who place such complex orders ... IMO sometimes that tip jar @ Starbucks is truly warranted!!

 

[DuneAHH]

My parents were bad about tipping until they had a kid in the food service industry and saw the basic paycheck. Tell yours their server not only makes less than minimum wage, they have to divide their tips w/ the busperson etc.

Yeah...we've been telling them that for years, along w/ tipping % guidelines. Then we get the stories about the depression years when folks were HAPPY to work a 15 hour day for a buck & the joy of a job well done. Gotta Love 'Em!!

 

[scooterbug44]

Yeah...we've been telling them that for years, along w/ tipping % guidelines. Then we get the stories about the depression years when folks were HAPPY to work a 15 hour day for a buck & the joy of a job well done. Gotta Love 'Em!!

One of my first jobs (as a camp counselor) I made $.07 an hour because it was a 24/7 job that included room and board..............and that was in the 90s! No tips either!

 

[beachmouse]

I lump counter service in with fast food, and assume they're making market hourly wage for the area. (Which actually isn't bad. Destin Burger King got to the point where they were advertising $12/hour for adult closers last summer) So the counter service places I tip at tend to be the ones I go to at a regular basis because when it gets to the point where I feel like I've got a relationship with the people who work there, I want them to have a little extra because they do take good care of me.

Full service restaurants, our normal tip is in the 20% range, and we'll tip a little extra during the winter when we know business is slow.

 

[John R]

So, do you tip the owner of the hair salon, who cuts your hair?

 

[Beach Runner]

My daughter and I always are embarrassed at how bad of a tipper my husband is. He thinks 15% is for good service, and then he'll usually round down. He does this even with waiters who wait on us frequently. Believe it or not, they're actually friendly with us to the point that sometimes they'll sit down at the table and talk to us! My daughter and I are afraid they'll put a bugger in our food or something. But maybe that's why they're smiling.

I tend to overtip, perhaps to compensate for my sweet husband. What I really like is when we go to Houston's and on the check they show how much a 15%, 18%, and 20% tip would be. I don't know about you folks, but I can't do arithmetic after a few glasses of wine, and it's embarrassing for me to get out a calculator.

 

[Ocean Lover]

So, do you tip the owner of the hair salon, who cuts your hair?

Good question...normally I do but not quite as much. Last night I made an appt for my daughter for a brow waxing. The last time she had it done the price was $15. Yesterday it was $20. :shock: I did not tip additonally.

So what about stylists that rent and operate their own business within the salon...kind of like owners...do you still tip them?

 

[seacrestkristi]

Oh Yeah

 

[Beach Runner]

So, do you tip the owner of the hair salon, who cuts your hair?

The owner of a salon in Atlanta does my hair, and I don't tip him. When I went to another owner before he semi-retired, I didn't tip him either. I was told that wasn't expected. But then the owners also charge a lot more than the other stylists. I do give a nice tip or gift at Christmas.