We haven't had a conversation about tipping in awhile

[Alidar Jarok]

SmoothieX wrote:

---

Too bad it's not like that in the States.

Keep in mind that there's a 10% service charge regardless of quality of service, if you think that's preferable.

[Yoda]

I can't remember the last time I tipped 10 percent or less... so I say bring it.

[MacLeod]

Service charge in the UK is fairly often only applied to large groups. So if was only a few people eating it wouldn't be included.

If the service is poor you could ask for it to be removed.

[SmoothieX]

I hate that. Nothing like the imposed gratuity of 18% for a party larger than 6.

[Scout101]

Usually doesn't work out in their favor when they do that for me. If they say tip is included, here's the amount; I pay that amount. If there's no tip included, they'd normally get the 20%, maybe slightly more if they went nuts or we're splitting it and paying cash, whatever. When the 18% is already on there, I either sign it, or just round up to nearest dollar or round number...

[JoeZhang]

MacLeod wrote:

---

Service charge in the UK is fairly often only applied to large groups. So if was only a few people eating it wouldn't be included.

If the service is poor you could ask for it to be removed.

Some places try it on by then adding a tip - which is calculated by including the service charge!

[MacLeod]

Never come across that myself, and for a couple of years I was eating out more or less 5 nights a week. (When I was working away from home)

[SonOfMogh]

I'm in the UK, and I find this tipping thing very strange....... It seems to be creeping in there in certain restaurants, and some people I know tip, others do not.

Why the HELL do the employers not increase all prices by 10% or whatever and give all staff a payrise? I can't get my head around being given a price on a menu and then discovering the person who brought the food from the kitchen is not getting paid enough to carry out even that basic function- surely the employer has it wrong.

I'd prefer the option to go to the kitchen and collect my own food and then wash up, if the waiter/waitress service is mandatory then employers need to pay their staff more and include this cost in their pricing structure.

[RoJoHen]

SonOfMogh wrote:

---

I'm in the UK, and I find this tipping thing very strange....... It seems to be creeping in there in certain restaurants, and some people I know tip, others do not.

Why the HELL do the employers not increase all prices by 10% or whatever and give all staff a payrise? I can't get my head around being given a price on a menu and then discovering the person who brought the food from the kitchen is not getting paid enough to carry out even that basic function- surely the employer has it wrong.

I'd prefer the option to go to the kitchen and collect my own food and then wash up, if the waiter/waitress service is mandatory then employers need to pay their staff more and include this cost in their pricing structure.

Honestly, if servers were paid a "real wage," they'd probably make less money than with the current system of tipping in the US.

[Maestro]

Gosh, it's nice to be back living in Northern Wisconsin... I walked into this thread and thought it was about tipping over cows.

[iguana_tonante]

RoJoHen wrote:

---

Honestly, if servers were paid a "real wage," they'd probably make less money than with the current system of tipping in the US.

I want a tip every time I solve an equation. Double if it's a partial differential equation.

I would surely make more money than I currently do with my research fellowship.

[Robert Maxwell]

RoJoHen wrote:

---

Honestly, if servers were paid a "real wage," they'd probably make less money than with the current system of tipping in the US.

Then maybe the people griping about poor tips should knock it off, lest they get their wish.

[Robert Maxwell]

This story reminded me of this thread, so I hope no one minds a bit of necromancy.

Earlier this week, we posted a story about a restaurant customer who not only chose to deny the waitress a tip, but also wrote “I Give God 10% Why do you Get 18?” on the receipt. Now we’ve learned that the server who posted the receipt online has been fired.

“I originally posted the note as a lighthearted joke,” says Chelsea, who was dismissed from her job at Applebee’s on Wednesday, as the story began to spread across the Internet. “I thought the note was insulting, but it was also comical. I posted it to Reddit because I thought other users would find it entertaining.”

Chelsea tells Consumerist that the receipt was actually not even for her table. Rather, the server on the receiving end of the note showed it to Chelsea, who snapped a photo of it later that night.

As posted originally on Reddit’s Atheist page, the image contained the customer’s full signature. Chelsea says she didn’t think to edit that out because she had assumed the name was illegible.

But the Internet is a remarkably curious place, so sleuths began trying to identify the self-described “pastor” on the receipt.

[doubleohfive]

Yeah, that story was awful. Not only did this pastor get their congregation to stir up shit for that Applebee's, but the waitress in question was fired. Fucking ridiculous.

[Robert Maxwell]

doubleohfive wrote:

---

Yeah, that story was awful. Not only did this pastor get their congregation to stir up shit for that Applebee's, but the waitress in question was fired. Fucking ridiculous.

Yeah, my response to a message like that would be, "Because I have bills to pay and God doesn't, you sanctimonious shitbag." I mean, if I'm gonna get fired anyway...