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[robotech_master]

Yesterday was not a very good tips day. One woman outright stiffed me on an order...which doesn't make a whole lot of sense, given that she was working in one of the biggest building complexes in town. It's not like she couldn't afford three frigging dollars for a fifteen dollar order. By the end of the day, I had made about $6, when if people had tipped 15%, I should have made $18. Poo. I was so annoyed that I finally went ahead and wrote a 500-word editorial to send in to the local paper. Maybe they'll run it, I dunno. Either way, it made me feel better.

An interesting discussion on tipping.

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Re: To Insure Proper Service...

[izzylobo.livejournal.com]

Waitstaff in the US are a weird category of employee, because tipping is so ingrained into the culture, so the wage laws are weird around them - and it varies a lot (fast food places pay minimum, or more; delivery places sometimes pay less, sometimes pay more. Waitstaff are almost always paid less, although three bucks an hour is pretty low).

How much I tip generally depends on the situation. In most cases, I tip twice the tax - which in Rochester means a 16% tip, *for a sitdown meal*. For other stuff - it depends a lot. Pizza and sub delivery generally get a buck plus the change part of the change, two bucks if it was fast service - otoh, when a friend was doing pizza delivery, for Pizza Hut, he was averaging six-seven deliveries an hour, and making seven bucks an hour from the Hutt, not counting a mileage per diem to cover normal wear and tear/gas/whatever on his car.

Other places that deliver get larger tips for the delivery guy, depending on the service, and the cost of the meal. I will admit I don't tip delivery guys as much as sit-down. OTOH, I'm also not expecting as much from them - get me my food, on time or early, without killing anyone.

If it's wrong, it's not your fault, and I don't take it out on you (and if the food is wrong in a restaurant, it *is*, to an extent, the wait-unit's fault - a really good waitstaff can look at a tray of meals, know exactly what table it's for (even if he or she is managing a dozen tables), who gets which plate, and what, if anything, is missing, or incorrect. Alas, such service is *really* hard to find these days). Although, otoh, if it's wrong, I expect it to be fixed, quickly, without hassle (unless I just don't care - If I ordered Chicken Makhani, and got Chicken Tikka, it really doesn't matter. If half my order is missing - that's another thing).