Where DON'T you tip

Does anyone really tip cash at tip jars? I've always just seen it as a way to collect people's change.

Men's restroom attendants at Las vegas strip clubs. I generally am a very generous tipper but do I need a guy to attend to me while I pee? Even if it is the longest urnination on record? No.

EVERYWHERE!!!

Hooters. Though if you count slapping the waitresses perfect ass tipping, then I ALWAYS tip. They always pretend like they hate it but I know how girls work. ;)

Hard to get...I like it.

I tip bartenders, waitresses, and cab drivers. That's it.

And actually I'm pretty bitter about the whole thing, that's their f'ing job. I don't get tips at my job.

Salmon P. Chase Memorial 10K wrote:

I gave my mailperson a pocket size Intaglio print of Andy Jackson executed on cotton/linen rag paper for Panholiday season.

Danno wrote:

2) believe they are not allowed to accept cash, however they can accept gifts not exceding $20 in value.

your post tells me you know your money, as does your name. What would prompt a mother to name her child Salmon?

Tip cows ... unless your waitress is a cow, then don't tip her.

We recently made a connection in the Charlotte airport (CLT). I do not recall which terminal, but there was a tip jar in the restroom. My wife confirmed there was in the women's restroom as well. Given that airport restrooms are generally automated, there is very little for a restroom attendant to do aside from keeping it clean, which is admittedly no small task and certainly not a pleasant one. Still, I had to laugh when the attendant waved his hand in front of the automated paper towel dispenser, remove a section, and place it next to me on the wet sink. Sorry sir, but no tip for you. I prefer to use a clean towel or no towel at all.

wineturtle wrote:

The latest fad Tipping Opportunity is the supermarket checkout lane cashier station. What used to be the give a penny/take a penny cup now says TIPS. That has to take the cake as tipping hubris.

The guys at the local pizza counter have a tip jar, the news-stand guy just about everyone. What is next--- the bank teller?

I feel awkward whenever I buy pizza now and the tip jar is sitting on the counter.

Maybe if I was tipping the cook or something, but the whole point of me going to the pizza place myself was so I didn't have to tip anyone. If I wanted to tip someone for handing me a pizza, I could have just stayed home and gotten it delivered.

How many people tip a bartender after you order a bottle of domestic beer that has a twist off cap? I sure as hell don't. The bartender didn't do anything to earn the tip.

Tipping is a foolish concept, especially at restaurants. If I order a $30 steak and a $50 bottle of wine, did that waiter do any more work than if I had ordered a $5 salad and a $2 soda with 3 refills? No, absolutely not. Yet I am supposed to pay him more? I don't think so. Restaurants should pay their employees enough money and raise their food prices accordingly. Of course, some people will cry that the waiters won't be accountable and will then provide terrible service. Here is a solution: if they provide terrible service, their asses get fired. In fact, everyone that does a terrible job should be fired. Forget tips. Just do your job and earn your salary.

The video for this was down and then somebody else said not in hotels because they don't know what is going on there. I don't get it - what is the reason for not tipping hotel maids? They have a dirty job with a low wage - why not tip them?

On that point, why not tip the gas station attendants in NJ?

when I pick up food to go at an Asian Restaurant.

Why not hotels wrote:

The video for this was down and then somebody else said not in hotels because they don't know what is going on there. I don't get it - what is the reason for not tipping hotel maids? They have a dirty job with a low wage - why not tip them?

On that point, why not tip the gas station attendants in NJ?

They shouldn't get a tip because they are just doing their job. I don't get tipped at my job, and I bet you don't either. Is being a hotel maid their ideal profession? Maybe, maybe not. But it's a job, it pays, and it's what they are qualified to do. They do the job, they get their pay, they go home. If they do a damn good job, maybe they will get a raise. I'm already paying $100+ per night to sleep. I don't think I need to give them more money. Besides, they aren't doing anything that I don't do on a weekly basis at my house. Yes, I clean at my house, which is what they do there. Is there job more disgusting than my cleaning? Probably, but that's only because I don't make a filthy mess for them. I am very clean at hotels, and I usually don't want the maids in my room. Unless I am going to be there for more than 3 days, the do not disturb sign is up the whole time. I get my towels from the front desk. Maybe that is my tip, not requiring the maids to do their job.

And why the hell would a gas station attendant get a tip? They are doing their job, which is to pump gas.

iamnotconvinced wrote:

Tipping is a foolish concept, especially at restaurants. If I order a $30 steak and a $50 bottle of wine, did that waiter do any more work than if I had ordered a $5 salad and a $2 soda with 3 refills? No, absolutely not. Yet I am supposed to pay him more? I don't think so. Restaurants should pay their employees enough money and raise their food prices accordingly. Of course, some people will cry that the waiters won't be accountable and will then provide terrible service. Here is a solution: if they provide terrible service, their asses get fired. In fact, everyone that does a terrible job should be fired. Forget tips. Just do your job and earn your salary.

Agreed 100%

yep yep yep wrote:

iamnotconvinced wrote:

Tipping is a foolish concept, especially at restaurants. If I order a $30 steak and a $50 bottle of wine, did that waiter do any more work than if I had ordered a $5 salad and a $2 soda with 3 refills? No, absolutely not. Yet I am supposed to pay him more? I don't think so. Restaurants should pay their employees enough money and raise their food prices accordingly. Of course, some people will cry that the waiters won't be accountable and will then provide terrible service. Here is a solution: if they provide terrible service, their asses get fired. In fact, everyone that does a terrible job should be fired. Forget tips. Just do your job and earn your salary.

Agreed 100%

Sounds good in practice, but then you have essentially just transfered the wealth from the waitress/bartender to the owner of the establishment. It becomes a minimum-wage job and the quality of employee will show. Basically you'll have cashiers waiting on you.

You can keep firing people until the end of time, but you are most likely cutting the wage of the waitress or bartender in half or more depending on area and the quality of the venue.

iamnotconvinced wrote:

Tipping is a foolish concept, especially at restaurants. If I order a $30 steak and a $50 bottle of wine, did that waiter do any more work than if I had ordered a $5 salad and a $2 soda with 3 refills? No, absolutely not. Yet I am supposed to pay him more? I don't think so. Restaurants should pay their employees enough money and raise their food prices accordingly. Of course, some people will cry that the waiters won't be accountable and will then provide terrible service. Here is a solution: if they provide terrible service, their asses get fired. In fact, everyone that does a terrible job should be fired. Forget tips. Just do your job and earn your salary.

The fabric of society is very complex iamnotconvinced. Many restaurants do not pay their employees minimum wage because they can get away with paying them less due to the money made from tips. That's the hospitality industry in America. If you don't want to tip at a restaurant then don't go.

Strip Clubs

Surprise! wrote:

Sounds good in practice, but then you have essentially just transfered the wealth from the waitress/bartender to the owner of the establishment. It becomes a minimum-wage job and the quality of employee will show. Basically you'll have cashiers waiting on you.

You can keep firing people until the end of time, but you are most likely cutting the wage of the waitress or bartender in half or more depending on area and the quality of the venue.

You don't know this will happen, it is a complete guess. Why do you think this?

To me what seems more likely is that there would be a wide range of waitstaff salaries. Those with the most experience, best knowledge of wines of food, best personal skills, etc. will be paid top dollar by expensive restaurants, and there will be a continuum going all the way down to 24-hr diner staff or chain restaurants where, yes, people might make minimum wage. It would be like any other industry in the world. Hell, it would be just like the industry is now with tipping in place. The more expensive the restaurant, the more servers make. I don't think anything would change except this shadow system of paying people would go away.

Everyone should tip their mailman.

They work in extreme weather conditions, put up with our stupid dogs, and now get thrown around daily by management with mandatory OT, 3 times as many routes and cut backs on workers... but keep hiring more management (people who don't do shit).