Who generally tips better, men or women?
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Well, first of all, I would never spit in someones food. But the one customer who was obnoxious and cheap got toilet water in his drink once. Oh yeah, one of my friends rubbed a piece of bread on the bottom of her shoe and then toasted it up for a jerk. But those are the only times that has ever happened.
merge, I would remember a good tipper if they came back more than once, and I might spend a bit more time considering them than others.
Flyboy88,Usually when you screw something up with a customer, you do your best to save the tip by being good to them if they’re nice people, if not, Screw 'em.
Most of those really bad waitresses are sorta oblivious to their stupidity and they will think that they deserve a good tip, but most of the time we can relate to the amount of the tip.
Surreal, Men, women are not good tippers most of he time.
Who gets better tips- waiters or waitresses? I’ve heard waitresses nearly always do. However, I’ve also heard a waitress pretty much has to smile, but it really doesn’t matter for a guy…
I never spit (or did anything else) in anyone’s food either, but after waiting tables for a few months, I could understand the urge.
Flyboy88, I’ve got a question for you. What do you consider an inordinate time, and does that time frame vary according to factors like what you’ve ordered, how busy the restaurant is, and whether your server is dealing with a pack of whiny assholes at the next table? I can’t count the number of times people would come in during their lunch breaks, order the longest-cooking dish on the menu, then bitch about how long it took and take it out of my tip.
Oh, and Flowerchild, WHERE do you work that you get minimum wage plus tips? In Kentucky it’s $2.13/hour, even for the time after closing when you’re cleaning and rolling silverware and stuff.
CCL, I’m not sure how to quantify it. If it’s really busy I’ll expect it take a while, just as I’ll expect to see less of my waiter, as he/she has more to deal with.
This really only applies to scenarios where it’s not very busy, and I cannot for the life of me understand what’s occupying my waiter’s time to the point where he/she can’t even stop by our table and offer an explanation.
I’d say, if it’s not busy, 20-30 minutes of wait (after ordering) without so much as a quick fly-by from the waiter to check on us will start my meter. And I’m not sure why what I order should have a bearing on this. Yes, some things take longer to prepare than others, but how am I supposed to know this? If the waiter stops by every now and then, I’ll at least assume he/she is on the lookout for and checking on our order, and I’ll be happy. All the better if there’s an explanation or update. But if he/she is a no-show for a half hour, I can only assume the worst. Hopefully I’m not coming off as an ass… I’m a very nice and polite guy.
If people were stiffing you for their dish taking a while to cook, why couldn’t you start asking people, upon ordering such a dish, if they’re in a hurry? As a customer, I’d appreciate the question, and if my answer is yes, the warning about cooking time.
Who do you think would get a bigger tip from a male customer, a waitress who was very attractive but was very slow and got the order all screwed up, or a waitress who was not physically attractive but provided outstanding service?
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Flyboy, the folks I’m talking about are folks who would wait fifteen minutes for a table, then start bitching at the 8 minute mark because their food wasn’t out yet and they’re “on a timeframe.” Sorry bout your luck, but if you’re in that big a rush, go to McDonald’s or to some other restaurant that doesn’t have a wait to be seated. Or, and here’s a truly novel concept, tell your server about your schedule and ask for suggestions.
As for asking about their schedules, or warning them about the cook time, I can only assument that if someone comes in for lunch after 2, continues their chitchat with a companion rather than placing an order, and stops midway through to answer an inane phone call, they aren’t in much of a hurry. (Besides, it doesn’t take Einstein to figure out that a well-done steak is going to take more than five minutes to cook.)
Surreal, that would depend ENTIRELY on the customer, but on a general basis the unattractive waitress with the great service would get a better tip.
Hey, Surreal, I just wanna add my 2¢ on that subject, as someone who eats out at least three times a week.
I’ve never noticed, in my 20 years of eating out “a lot,” a pattern relation “looks” and “efficiency.” And I’ve never tipped anyone higher because they were cute. And, I have known quite a few servers over the years that I absolutely dreaded having because their service was as dreadful as their personality was charming–the people I wanted to leave a crappy tip, but couldn’t because they were so nice.
So, for the server (specifically, waitress) who is just plumb awful, but flashes the falsely ingratiating “but look at how cute I am” smile–to quote a certain *TV minister, “I don’t give them squat-doodley.”
However, those cases, in my own personal experience, are statistically small, even despite the fact that I seem to attract an inordinate amount of trainees. I chalk that up to the fact that when I’m out alone, they typically send me to a two-top, which is where they seem to train the new hires. The A-team servers seem to get more of the bigger tables. So, I usually end up with the same several people over and over, until they’ve proved themselves, then it’s on to the next batch of trainees. Hey, I think I should be paid to eat at some of these restaurants, since I help train the staff.
*I don’t recall the name, but he reminded me a little of Isaac, and his ministry was called the “Ever Increasing Faith.”
What do you think of the Rutles song, “I Am the Waitress” ? 
Crazycatlady, I do make 2.13 plus tips, I just have always called it minimum wage, (dont ask me why).
Well, Zoggie, I have never been a male waiter.
RTFirefly, I have never heard that song before.
If I asked you “Is today’s special yesterday’s leftovers?” would you answer me truthfully? Or make up a story?
Can you come up with convincing tales to steer me onto something good?
Based on my experience last night, the waitress providing better service would get the better tip. My friend and I had a very attractive waitress who was incredibly slow at everything - when it took her several minutes to go fetch a beer (and it then sat on the bar for another several), we asked the bartender to move our tab to the bar. So, pretty girl got zero tip and no tab - bartender cleaned up.
But then again, I’ve waited tables and I have expectations of service no matter how pretty she might be.
Prior to the clampdown, the staff @ my place use to battle for the tables in the smoking section.
It may be more of a local thing, but he overwhelming majority of the waitstaff (dubs for those of you @ TGIF) prefer to serve smokers.
The reasons:
Smokers, as a rule,
- Tend to drink more (increasing the bill & hence the tip)
- Tip a higher % (20 to 25 range)
- Are less demanding
- Aren’t as concerned about how long it takes to get out the apps, entree or dessert
- Don’t complain as often.
Agree / Disagree?
John has made a good point , although I dont like the smoking sectionbecause the smell can give me migraines.
For the most part, that’s about right, except that I worked in a place that didn’t serve alcohol, so the smokers just sat there smoking and talking. Their tabs were no higher, but the tables turned slower, so you actually made less money. Plus, the people in the smoking section had to do the to-go orders, which counted toward your totals for the night. You wound up getting taxed for sales that you never had a prayer of getting a tip for, because you never actually served that customer.
I didnt even see Unclviny’s post, yes every now and then some guy will make an attempt to hit on me, but that is rare and once, just once, a guy called me honeycakes and pinched my ass.
Zebra,a guy once had nothing but coffee and a piece of pie, and he tipped me like 10 bucks.