Tipping tips?
 

How much tip do you leave at restaurants when you've have good service? Do you double the sales tax - less than 20% or do you double the entire check? I know some people who do not tip at all and that's their prerogative, I guess. What about valet parking? Do you tip the chambermaid? What about the doorman? OK, bellman? Lastly, the card dealer - how much do you tip him/her when you're done playing and are walking off with some winnings?

Will I get a tip for answering? :)

i just returned from oregon and they actually require someone to pump your gas at the station. i was wondering if i was to tip in that case too.

seems like all the guys pumping gas were recovering, or not meth users...

Good one.

Just wondering if I'm living up to my reputation as a cheap ba5tard. I usually double the tax at restaurants, give $2 to the valet, I never tip the chambermaid or doorman. I give a $1 per bag to the bellman, unless the bag is really big or heavy then I give $2 per. As for the dealer, I don't play anymore but I've seen some people give extravagantly to those guys.

I think a lot if it depends on region of the country and swankiness of the establishment.

Here's what I tip:

Restaurants--right around 20% of the whole bill. Sometimes a bit less but rarely more except at diners where the waitresses are so used to getting stiffed that they really appreciate a tip instead of just expecting it.

Bartenders--Never less than $1 per drink. More like 20-25% if it's a nice place and he/she's really using their skills.

Valet Parking--usually $2.

Chambermaid--$1 per night at motels, $2 a night at nice hotels.

Doormen--nothing. The thought of tipping a guy to open a door bothers me. If he gets me a cab from the street (not the cab line) $2.

Bellmen--$1 per bag, maybe more if they're strange sized stuff like skis.

eff the card dealer, especially when you are leaving. if you are winning big and you plan on sitting there, kick in a few. goes towards "keep the good cards coming" karma. as far as hotel staff, i always ask the concierge or hotel clerk. they typically are pretty honest about stuff like that. at the food joints, i go 15%, which i calc from after tax amounts. i mentally calc 10%, divide that number by two, and add the two answers together. at a cheap restuarant, where you can get a rice plate for $3.50, i typically leave a dollar. leaving two quarters doesnt make sense to me. i have waited tables.

strippers, get a different tipping scale. and so do fishing guides. haha

I would rather carry my own bags.

When it comes to eating / drinking, that all depends on how good the service was and how much the check is. If you stop at a bar for luch and get 2 beers and a sandwich and the bartender was really good. For a $15.00 tab i would just leave $20. But not if they were lacking. I once left a giel bartender a 100% tip, but she was reeeeaaaaaalllllllyyyyy nice and and it was really slow that day.

The one thing I've never been able to figure out is tipping the Host(ess) or Maitre D' at a restaurant and actually getting something in return. The only times I've seen them get tipped, it was by big-pinkie-ring guys who were just showing off. If someone actually gets seated before me because they bribed the greeter, that's a restaurant I'm not going back to.

When I ment my wife she was waitressing for $2.25/hr so no tips meant no roof. Now I tip 15-20% for marginal service and 100% or more if they get me all drunk.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RallyJon
one thing I've never been able to figure out is tipping the Host(ess) or Maitre D' at a restaurant



In my experience, the wait staff tips out to the bar, bussers, host(ess), and sometimes the cook/maitre d..

20% at restaurants, wine excluded, if wine is under $100, a flat $15, over $100 then a flat $25. cabs 15%, hotels $25 if service is good.
valet $5, Bar servers 20%

I hate to tip, its welfare for girls. Many of them have mutliple kids, mulitple dads, it's there own fault they took a job for 2 bucks an hour and I'm supposed to subsidize their lack of education?

They are very close to dancing around a pole in panties, screw them. I believe what Bushimi said in the beginning of Resovior Dogs.

Yow! I hope you're joking.

Choke.... cough..cough...

A good bottle of wine in my house costs about $1.87. Boones or Strawberry Hill or something....:D

What would be the tip on that?

Reply: The tip is... don't embarress yourself in public...

Oh, ok... Thanks...

And why do I keep talking to myself??

I don't know.

Huh! ...and I thought trolls were only found under bridges!

Mike, I went to Sebring one year (in my youth) with a bucket of The Colonel's finest chicken & a case Pagan Pink Ripple. After that experience, I try to avoid the bargan stuff. meaning any wine that retails for less than $1.97 p.s. Pagan Pink has lumps upon exit in either direction. Craig

Ooops, wrong thread. I thought this had something to do with cows....

I heard a good one...if you ever get terrible restaurant service? Leave 2 pennies as a tip. One heads, the other tails...the message is: "Get your head out of your...."

I might tip 'em if they let me pump my own. ;) Seriously, I've found that most in Oregon will let me pump my own gas after seeing the car. But it is a state law, some kind of fire code. Must be nothing but fires in other states, right? Tip 'em? Nope, never have.

I minimum tip 20% of the total bill, unless they're horrid or something. I tip 15% for mediocre service.

I waitressed through college, so I'm understanding and realize it's a hard job.