I am so sick of waiters complaining about not receiving a tip. Tipping is NOT an entitlement but an incentive given IF the service is good. How well you are tipped should depend on the quality of your service, ranging from 15-25%. Why should customers be responsible for paying this "unspoken service fee" because management does not want to pay you fairly?
Customer service is just that. Customer service. Should we also tip everyone else who does their job as they should?
i think all restaurants should let customers know where they are on paying their servers. i know that my friend makes $8/hour as a server and tips are seen as extra money for doing an excellent job. it's not the same everywhere, but not everybody is going to research tipping protocol for different areas if they travel.
OMG My mom used to yell at the customers and she still got to keep her job.. LOL . She used to yell : ''I DON'T WANT YOUR F*CKING LOOSE CHANGE. I've been busting my ass this whole time just to get your order right, make sure you food is warm and treated you better than most customers. " Somebody got it on video and she actually got a standing ovation from the rest of the waiters/ waitresses at her work.
My mom is a waitress. My dad is a bartender. My brother is a host. Not tipping or tipping badly is one of the worst things you can do to my family. Every night my family goes out and works for hours and when people dont tip we end up losing money. Unfortunately tipping is only suggested. At least parties of 8 have a gratuity charge added to their bill.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO. By far my favorite youtuber! I used to be a waitress and I remember getting $1.33 on and $33.67 bill... sweet the change from the $35.00 you gave me... it's just really sad because I always went out of my way to be really nice and attentive to them.
Americans please tip and inform yourself and what services you should be tipping. I work as a massage therapist and some people don't know it's customary to leave a tip. Can you imagine running for an hour and not getting food after your work out? Because that's what I'm faced with when I work all day and get no tips. I normally tip waiters 20-25% percent unless they are DICKS.
I think the only time I didn't tip the waiter when she was extremely rude and stubborn. I tip depending on the service. It was at the Airmont Diner and the service sucked. I went through 2 burgers and never got one that was cooked right. After dinner, I got pizza. Only time I didn't tip because it was the only time service sucked. Except another time at Freindly's when I was little, but that's the same story.
I was in the U.S a few months back and I only tipped 2$ on a 50$ bill, because here in The Netherlands servers just get payed from their salary and often the tip is to pay for a company weekend out or something. The server started being really rude instead of just explaining how tipping worked in the U.S. In the end we just left in a fowl mood and told the manager that the server was really rude. I'm glad I know why now, but he should've just explained ;-)
An something else...it is not fucking America!!!! America is the whoooole fucking continent...make it right it's US....I like you so don't fucking screw it up
I do tip, but only when it's a very good service, have you notice some waiter are like shity waiters...i will not tip if I'm not pleased, make a good job the I'll tip don't you think?
Just remember, if you buy a canoe, paint it black so it won't tip.
...but seriously, I had a party of 20 in my section last night...they took up five tables and stayed for 3 and a half hours...and left me 3.78 on a nearly 400 dollar check. It's only a matter of time before a Fajita skillet becomes a very efficient bludgeon.
it will be nice that those states make minimum wage higher for servers. I believe here in California most if not all make 8.00 per hour or more, the same minimum wage as if you were to work in a factory or so, I know this because I have friends in that field, even if they don't make enough on tips they can still manage to survive. and the standard for tipping here is 15 % some restaurants if you have a party of 5 and up the 15% tip is already add it to your final bill.
At a restaurant, I'll pay exactly the amount I'm CHARGED for. Our minimum wage is the equivalent of about $10 over here; if employees deserve a gratuity for above-average service, they'll get it.
I don't like eating out in the US, not because of tipping, but because the tax is never there on the menu price, it's always added on afterwards and I forget about it (plus I can never remember what the tax rate is). When the bill comes it's always more than I expect and then I freak out about the tip and just end up throwing a bunch of 1s at the table and hoping it's enough and that the server doesn't hate me
LMAO The bitch who made the Why I Gotta Tip? video closed her youtube account!!!
Seriously, though, in CT we're pretty lucky. Minimum for waiters is $5.69 an hour though the cost of living is higher in CT than NJ. I hate it when I go out with friends and they're like, "Oh, well, I paid 7.00 for these pancakes and coffee so I'm going to leave $1.50.
MOTHER FUCKER SPARE THE EXTRA 50 CENTS OR FUCK OFF!
If you don't agree with tipping, order to-go food and take your ass home. Your taking up that server's table when they could have someone sitting their with a moral compass!
The country I live in don't need a tipping system. Why? Because the total amount of money written on all our bills include "service charge" and "goods and service tax" (GST).
I love you Nick. You actually know how to show compassion and empathy for others. It disgusts me how rare that is with the amount of greedy-ass people in this country. Smh. Can't stand ignorant people with no concern for others. They deserve to find roaches in their food.
oh. my. goodness. can I please marry you!? and ken?! I waited tables for many years, and here in NC we make $2.13 an hour... and after tipping out for bussers, bartenders and hostesses, (who also only make $2.13, so they deserve that tip out) if you don't tip me I LOSE money from waiting on your table! JERK! haha.
Worst thing I ever heard from the good ole bible belt was "Jesus only wants 10% why should I give you 20%?" SIGH
im from canada, and i thank god everytime when someone dont tip that im not serving in america, ,otherwise ... i'd chase them, n take watever they've got in their wallet/purse!!!!!!! i feel bad for u americans! :( if u can't afford to tip, then dont EAT out!!!!
My mom used to be a server, and she's served people like The Pussy Cat Dolls. (Because she works at an airport) When the Pussy Cat dolls came in, she ended up serving them but didn't realize who they were because there wasn't all the makeup and shit on their faces. It's amazing how rude people can be. the Pussy Cat Dolls are probably millionaires, and they didn't even leave a tip. My mom has experience working there so I know it wasn't because of bad service. so I thought I'd share this story :)
I love you officially....you understand how to tip waitress's completely,I was one for many years.....and that shit PISSED ME OFF when people tipped me shitty....
Ok, watched the whole thing. I so completely agree with you that it's not even funny. I cannot tell you how many times I have served someone, and they've had a $100+ bill and they either tip me NOTHING, or $1 or some other small amount. OR even better is when people just don't bother to pay at all. Yep, you earn the asshole crown because your waitress has to pay for that.
So, point: APPLAUSE. It is making me angry thinking about this. Also, I would totally watch your reality show idea!
I have worked as a waitress, a bartender, and a server. Even at around $9 per hour, I'm making fuck all for money. So when I go out, I usually tip 20% every time.
Oh god, $2.15? Is that even legal? Regardless of whether or not someone works somewhere where they can get tipped, shouldn't someone be payed at least minimum wage? For god's sake PLEASE tell me minimum wage there is NOT $2.15 D= that's horrifying!
I totally agree with this video!! But sometimes I don't leave a tip at all! Alright alright call me a b*tch for not leaving one. Come to me when someone with a rude attitude comes by my table serving us food.
THANK YOUUUUU! i swear to god you are one of the few nice and considerate people i have come across in my life. THANK YOU FOR HAVING COMMON SENSE and sharing it with people. :]
I agree that people need to tip. I tip generously myself, and even have a tip calculator to make sure I'm not ripping our server off. However, when the servers in *MY* town, brag about going home every day with well over 200 in tips, I get a bit annoyed. I work a minimum wage job, and far more hours than they do, and they make more in a day, then I do in a week. Do you have any idea how infuriating that is? Ugh, slightly related, I just wanted to rant.
@TheMusicalHogwarts It's not consistent money flow, just keep that in mind. Some days you come home with $100+, others you come home with $10. Also, we work our asses off to make that much (not saying that you don't too).
@oliviajune91 It is in my town. Which is really strange, we're a small city. Friendly people I guess. But, I mean, one of my friends managed to save up and by the newest iPhone within two weeks without damaging his bank account. He can do stuff like that on a regular basis, just from the tips he gets. In my town, it's better to work as a waiter with poor pay and excellent tips, rather than as someone who works minimum wage with shitty tips.
In texas we servers get paid 2.13 an hour. i have to sweep bones off the floor bc people do not know how to keep food on their plates! i have to tell your kids to sit down and keep out of my way aaaand i have to hear stupid questions like, 'what do you have to drink' or 'what do you recommend?' its a buffalo wild wings, of course i'm gonna recommend the wings!
I was a server for many years and this video and your ranting is exactly why I get so mad. People do not understand why servers need those tips. Most are not ever employed full timed to receive benefits. So the few lucky ones that are 40hrs a week that 2.13 an hour is completely gone by pay day. Those tips are of great importance, it goes to rent, car payments etc. I was there once. My husband and I tip 30% yes you heard me 30% when we go out to eat. Because I remember those days...
I will tip any server who is polite they dont have to be constantly smiling but they have to be nice. However if you are rude you are not doing your job properly and have made my experience as the customer less enjoyable and therefor do not get a tip.
I didn't know that we're suppose to tip at least 20%. :O I just came to US from Malaysia, I've been tipping only 10% because in Malaysia, service charges in restaurants are 10%. Now I know!
I was a server, I know. You have to tip because that's what you do. Go to Mcdonalds if you're cheap. Buuutttt do you realize that it is illegal to pay someone less than minimum wage, and the employers must compensate for what they don't make in tips.
@purpleisrad Most don't, though, and that's bullshit. The minimum wage should be at least $8, FOR EVERYONE. Because even $8 an hour doesn't go very far either.
I'm a server and in NH we get payed about $3.50. And if people don't tip it's really just rude, especially if the service they got wasn't MY fault cuz the food was bad. I DON'T COOK THE FOOD.I SERVE IT. I'm a damn good waitress, and most of the people that don't leave tips are teenagers to 20somethin year olds. Cheap pricks.
I usually tip pretty well. I don't expect service for a king and queen, just some regular ass service. If the server is just plain awful at their job, then they shouldn't get a tip. Bad behavior shouldn't be rewarded in my opinion. I don't think I've ever come across a situation where the service was bad enough that I didn't tip.. So I don't even know if I would have the guts to not tip a person. I don't like being mean :(
I usually tip $2-$3 on every meal I eat out, personally, which is more than 20% but, there are so many factors in tipping a server. Don't keep my drink filled? less tip. See you goofing off instead of getting me something i asked for? less tip. Not giving a fuck = No Tip. Other than that this video comes off as complaining as i am sick and tired of hearing this from every server friend i know. Find a different job, or do your job better. That goes for ANY JOB.
But with that being said - I live in Denmark, where we don't tip - ever, I have never tipped or know of any any who has - it's just not in our culture.
WOW, thank you so much for addressing this issue. I am a server trying to pay my way through college, and although I work at an upscale restaurant catering to upper middle class people, I (and everyone I work with) have still had problems with people tipping too little. I'm not even asking for twenty percent. I'm asking for a decent tip (etiquette says you should tip decent to great service anywhere from 15-20%). If you're not going to tip well, don't go out to eat. It's that simple.
Waiters get MIN wage now. I don't think I should have to pay servers like at sonic because they get paid for bringing my food out. I'm not gonna double pay them. They get more then I do.
I do wait and I don't tip. I don't care. No one tips me.
I worked as a server, I hear you on this by a 100%; I hated it when I got like 1$ per 20$; at least 4$ is good for a 20% tip off that. SO yes....I am glad I am not a server anymore, but it is annoying to go out and see the servers get stiiffed, I usually leave 5 to 10$ per tip.
2,50$ x 8h a day x 30 days (minus 4 sundays moth) = 520 dollars... That's a great monthly income here in Brazil, when it comes to waiting tables... The minimum wage here is 347 dollars (which is not enough, tough, but most people cope with it). So, is life really that hard in the US, so expensive? Everything there, at least in ebay, is way cheaper. So, what is it? Is it the food prices that makes it so unpolite not to tip? This is just a cutural doubt, cuz I don't know how stuff works there.
@zedasilva3 A month's worth of groceries for a family of four in the US is about $400. In northern states, a month's worth of winter heating can run $250. And most people expect to spend $500 - $2000 a month on housing. The fuel for your car may run $150. Insurance for the car might be another $100-250. A cheap haircut might run $15.
@glorpy2 And your country has a 3x larger GDP than any other in the world. I see something wrong there... Wasn't it about time to call for a second American Revolution to take back the money worked for? We tried this in Brazil, fighting for equality, but the American Navy helped our military, then 20 years of dicatorship begun, in 1964, Cold War. Now, past is gone, get up and fight! A government has to fear its people, not the opposite!
Ha, your video in the end is pretty ironic for me. I had a black family who comes to eat at my restaurant several times and NEVER do they tip, and yet they have their iPhones out so clearly they had the money, and damn were they fuckin demanding too. People like that seriously piss me off, and so many customers are friggin stupid and have no idea how to correctly tip. Tips are our main income, people!
@mmcg91 ...and in what way does the fact that they are black prove your point? Assholes are assholes, no matter their skin colour, it's not necessary to mention that. Also, wrong use of the word "ironic".
My boyfriend was the one who taught me about tipping. I lived close by a 24hr breakfast place that I constantly went to, and it never occurred me to tip until I started dating him. Once I learned I felt like shit, and this video reminds me of what I shitty person I was (when it came to tipping). Atleast, when he would take me out I was the one that laid down the tip so I started making up for it. I did not know how much waiters/servers made. Its ridiculous - beggars make more money a day on avg
I was a server in college and have my bachelors in hospitality management.
The percentage of your wage that you're taxed for as a server depends on the establishment in Pennsylvania and varies from state to state. Some restaurants base what percentage of tip you are taxed for on the length of your shift. For example: a 5 hour shift may be taxed assuming an 8% tip average while a 7 hour shift assumes a 12% average.
It's amazing, every other industry that gets paid shit unionizes... Screw tipping, if you can't stand up for yourself and get paid the proper amount, I'm not going to support that corrupt system. (Luckily, in the city I live in, there are tipless restaurants, not a lot but they pay their servers properly so you don't have to, and If you try to tip, you'll usually get yelled at by your server. It's pretty fun to watch. so I'll just go to those.)
Wow! This is so Reservoir Dogs! To be honest, it's hard to say where I stand on this issue. Given the way that the system works, tipping is the best thing to do, but I don't think the system should work the way it does. Servers should get paid at the same rate that everyone else does, and the difference should just come out of an increased cost in the food. If it worked that way, this silly societal question of propriety would disappear.
I've never worked as a server, but I have worked in the hotel service, and it's similar there as well. You get paid $3 an hr, and rely on tips. So I understand, thats why I get funny looks from people because I always leave a very good tip, even if I'm just getting take out chinese.
I work at a pizza place, and when people come in to pick up their pizzas, they usually don't tip. Honestly, that's fine with me. But it's the people who come in with their five screaming children, put us through a very complicated order, and then make a huge mess who piss me off when they don't tip. On the flip side, the people who tip extra make my day, and I send good Carma waves in their direction.
In Florida, we eat out a lot because of the numerous restaurants here. A tip is never an option; it's expected. I have a friend who always asks, "Are you guys going to tip?" Are you retarded, bitch? Duh.
i literally love you. seriously. everything you said is true... and if you think it isn't then you're just a jerk. yeah, you shouldn't tip your server if they're being an asshole... but if they're doing their job right then damn well you should... otherwise it's realllll hard for us to pay rent. just saying.
Oh.. my.. god.. I love you. No, seriously. I. Love. You. "If you can't afford to tip your server, don't go out to eat." <-- one of the best lines in the video. I work in MS and I make $2.13 an hour. We have to "tip share" which is based on our SALES, NOT our tips and we have no choice in the matter. In other words, we tpay as though we got a tip, even if we didn't. Thank you for saying all the things I cannot and I WILL be sharing this video with everyone I know.
TIP: To Insure Promptness. That's why I don't usually tip. If I go there often, I tip. Or if the service was great, but other than that, I won't. Because of the acronym.
Oh wow, 20%? Ahahahah its 15% normal here. But I'd love people to tip me 20%! I hate when people don't tip whatsoever, it's annoying, especially when I work my ass off to make sure everythings perfect for them. When I personally am being served at a restaurant I always tip a generous amount to make up for the cheapos that they have already served.
@fml72fml 1. Every restaurant you have ever visited remembers you.You get what I am saying right?
2. They are obligated to pay the difference in some places. However, they have a limit before you are fired. They will only cover you so many times before they let you go. I have seen whole shifts let go due to the customers, not servers.
3. They will just start adding gratuity to checks if people stop tipping, forcing people to tip bad servers. Who will give a shit about your refill then?
Ok,this video pissed me off. I am a server in las vegas. I DO NOT expect tips. I EARN them. For all you people who say you work for $2.13 or $2.64 an hour,you choose to!!! That does not mean you are entitled to a tip. I have no problem stiffing a rude,arrogant server. Again,you need to earn your tips. And if you feel you are not making enough,quit!!!
@twiggystwin You might be a bit biased due to living in a major city. Those in small towns have to deal with chronic nontippers who just do not tip...period. Imagine working 8 hours, smiling and being friendly, and your entire crew only makes about 30 bucks that day each, even though everyone had a busy night. And about half of your tables stiffed you. Small town truth: If someone gets a manager to praise your serving skills and says you were 'AMAZING' you will not get a tip. Crazy.
@MissSurreal YES! OMG! I worked at this smaller bar in a 50,000 pop city. There was only one girl on shift at a time, and we would be a waitress, bartender, server, porter, cleaner, etc, and by the time I quit I was lucky to make $10 a shift. WTF is wrong with people?
If my bill is $100, what gives you the right to extort $120 from me instead? Everybody works hard at their job, so why do some folks get to demand a bonus from every customer they deal with. The guy at Best Buy doesn't threaten to spit in my big screen TV if I don't pay him a 20% surcharge under the table.
@Toa2d how about instead of complaining about leaving a tip like everyone else should you go eat at mcdonalds where you belong and suffer a stroke and die fat shit
Okay. From what I can tell, wages can be as low as $2.13 an hour, and are $2.63 in Massachusetts, $5 in Conneticut, and $8 in California.
I live in California, and was taught to that 15% is an average tip. Personally, though? I'd rather pay a server too much than too little. It's their damn wage, and I don't go out to eat when I can't afford it. It looks like most guides recommend you tip 15%, with 20% for "special service", even when they admit that waiters are being taxed for 20% tips.
@fml72fml have you ever worked a volume shift (which is sometimes 13-15 hours of non-stop SPRINTING table service) or served 7 tables of angry, shopping new yorkers on a Saturday evening? No, my job isn't the hardest in the world, but it's not exactly worth working 5 hours and making $15 in tips... which is sometimes the case.
@fml72fml The employer is obligated by law to pay you up-to minimum wage, but they get out of that because they don't handle your cash tips. You're supposed to report your cash tips in your taxes, yes, but that isn't always through your company. I work for Ruby Tuesday and my pay checks for 30-40 hour serving weeks are usually around $20.
Yes, I'm a server as well... Thank you for this. Everyone needs to see this. :)... If a server says these things, then they're just a bitchy server. It's kind of sad that you basically highlighted two of the worst profiles of people who don't tip _ Ever _... I'm not going to point them out, but if you're a server, you know who I mean.
@fml72fml Did you figure this out all on your own? I'd love to see that legislation. While I agree you must tip on service, there are many out there that are just cheap and don't tip. I applaud this video, but remind people to tip according to service. Lousy service deserves a lousy tip. And eating out is expensive....don't go to a restaurant and not expect to tip.
As things currently stand, tipping is important. There should be a requirement that tips or not, servers should make minimum wage though. They work just like everyone else and it should be their employers who pay them like always. Employers should include the service in the price of the meal and give a living wage, then we wouldn't have this problem because people would know what they have to pay. And for the state to tax income not really made is also wrong especially when they are low income.
Man, I have never worked at a restaurant where the servers made over 3$ I find it ridiculous when people don't tip. Either stay home and eat, or eat somewhere you're not expected to tip. This is why I never worked as a server either, people are fucking assholes.
I'm a server in Canada and I don't believe in mandatory tipping, at least not here. I get paid more than minimum wage (I make 10$ an hour) and all of the other servers here are paid at least minimum as well. I don't mind an extra few bucks here or there if you think my service was exceptional because I think that's what tips should be about. I can't stand the rest of co-workers who bitch about not getting tips when they are lousy at what they do.
@brettallenwong I'm in Canada too and it's difficult to live even on our minimum wage. I fully believe in tipping and I always over tip when I go out. Being a server sucks balls.
I would like to make it clear that when you order pizza and there is a delivery charge THAT IS NOT A TIP!!! I deliver pizzas and I get to keep the $2 charge if I drive my car but this is not a tip or even part of the tip, this is a charge added on to the bill so you dont have to leave your house! TIP YOUR PIZZA GUYS REGARDLESS!!!
Ohmygod, I feel so bad, my uncle had me pay for a pizza he ordered and since I've never ordered a pizza before in my life I had no idea you were supposed to tip. :( I feel awful
I'm a waiter, and I understand that a tip, is a tip. It's at the discretion of the customer, you don't have to give me 20%. If you want to tip, tip. Otherwise, we get it. Then again, maybe it's different in the US.
@kharper39 well perhaps they should petition for better wages? If the price of food is 20% higher the profiit could be passed on, but the greedy employers wouldnt do, i dont see why you dont think they should get payed properly?
@joshthegreat666 try doing it your way...diningout would double your cost and service would dramatically fall off,,,i do not get your posture on this??continue not tipping accordlingly and ENJOY your food and drinks..just saying...
i did not order that lemonade..(you drank 4 of them)should be free refills on that homemade shit i drive a 300(knock off bentley)let me see a manager...i want some free shit..
did you know black people dont tip??get used to it,they blame slavery for it....group ofblack people walk in,,,damn gonna lose money on this one..time and time again...
I had no idea people didn't tip.. I'm 16 years old and I've never left anything less than 15% and 15% was for really slow service. And I live in a state where they make 8.25 an hour (minimum wage.) I find it so disrespectful not to tip. They're providing you with a service. Your lazy ass could have made a sandwich at home, but instead you went out. The bill is for the supplies, the tip is because you didn't have to go back there and get it yourself.
@joshthegreat666 ignorant fuck,do you know how many single moms and college people trying to get by? ENJOY your food next time you visit that establishment fuckface..
haahaha totally dont get it, you want me to give you 20% of my bill for doing your job? im going to give you money for picking my foood up or just because u brought my food to my table? are u fucking crazy!!!! lets go for another one.... u got a problem with mcdicks now? they do the same thing u just did and u dont wanna tip for a big mac m************r.... seriously no i dont get this. im sorry but seriously if something cost 20 bucks then that should includes everything.
The problem with Government that, a problem with Government, instead of preaching to the population on how you "should" tip, write a letter to your congressman or something. I fully agree with Mr. Pink from reservoir dogs. System over hear in Europe is MUCH better. servers get a basic but nice wage and worry about tips, if they've been good and you want to give them that extra (Not because you are supposed to) then customer tips.
Don't worry I'll observe the custom when visiting USA and tip 20%
As I see it the people are not the problem, there's always going to be people who won't pay because the receipt says otherwise. Include the service in the receipt and problem solved. A tip was supposed to be a reward for a job well done not a reward for a job done. In my country I'd feel violated if I had to tip a rude server. And for you people ranting chill out and face that there's always gonna be assholes and people who don't know the American tipping rules idiocy. Change the system.
Holler girl! I get paid 3.00 an hr, and bitch wen I get no tips I'm hella pissed. Wanna know why? When I carry out ur plates, theyre so hot I get blisters on my arms and knuckles. I get taxed on the tips I make, hows that not legit? It's my income! So to all the old fuxs who come into Ihop every Monday morning, I DONT EXCEPT DIMES AS A TIP!
gonna have to disagree. I usually tip at a restaurant but I don't really see why it's necessary. I work in retail, do I get commission? fuck no. I'm not complaining though. I still get paid hourly. I still bust my ass just as much as a server so if your gonna tip a server, next time you ask someone to find your shoe size in some store in the mall tip that guy too you hypocritical douche.
that is not true..show me a manager that is willing to do that. how do you figure this?? it shouldnt matter how much they make in the end because taxes will take a whole pay check which BTW!!! is only 200.00 every two weeks!!!! if you tips are high they tax half of that..imagine working and living off that!!?? tell you what!1 yoou go serve so you know what you are taking about!!!@fml72fml
Uh I don't tip. I don't believe in it. Don't give me that shit.. If they don't make enough money they can quit.. I don't tip because society says I have to. All right, if someone deserves a tip, if they really put forth an effort, I'll give them something a little something extra. But this tipping automatically, it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned, they're just doing their job.
@ET310MT2 how about you dont get nooo refill then...go to mc donalds or wendys then where no one has to cater to you needs...your just a cheap douch bag
as a server, i think i just fell in love with you =D im in cali and we make 8 bucks an hour (minimum) like you said that we get taxed on a certain percentage that the gov. thinks we are making. so if we get tipped under that percentage we loose money. if you can not afford to tip (for good service that is) then you can not afford to eat at that restraunt.
@fml72fml I don't know where you're from but that is 100% not the case in New Jersey. If you made $4 all night in tips, that's what you take home but the government TAXES you as if you made 20% on each table.
I am so sick of waiters complaining about not receiving a tip. Tipping is NOT an entitlement but an incentive given IF the service is good. How well you are tipped should depend on the quality of your service, ranging from 15-25%. Why should customers be responsible for paying this "unspoken service fee" because management does not want to pay you fairly?
Customer service is just that. Customer service. Should we also tip everyone else who does their job as they should?
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tiffany897 1 day ago
i think all restaurants should let customers know where they are on paying their servers. i know that my friend makes $8/hour as a server and tips are seen as extra money for doing an excellent job. it's not the same everywhere, but not everybody is going to research tipping protocol for different areas if they travel.
rosworms 6 days ago
OMG My mom used to yell at the customers and she still got to keep her job.. LOL . She used to yell : ''I DON'T WANT YOUR F*CKING LOOSE CHANGE. I've been busting my ass this whole time just to get your order right, make sure you food is warm and treated you better than most customers. " Somebody got it on video and she actually got a standing ovation from the rest of the waiters/ waitresses at her work.
emmalicious989 1 week ago
Well, this is good for those of us who were never taught to tip or taught how much to tip :)
MsFrisco87 1 week ago
interesting that the video that sparked this is gone and the user. hi5
thesexydefy 1 week ago in playlist Liked videos
It's illegal to tip where I'm from (Malaysia). But I always tip when I go overseas. Now I know I should tip more when I'm in America. Thanks :)
ezjay87 1 week ago
My mom is a waitress. My dad is a bartender. My brother is a host. Not tipping or tipping badly is one of the worst things you can do to my family. Every night my family goes out and works for hours and when people dont tip we end up losing money. Unfortunately tipping is only suggested. At least parties of 8 have a gratuity charge added to their bill.
lolyypop123 1 week ago
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO. By far my favorite youtuber! I used to be a waitress and I remember getting $1.33 on and $33.67 bill... sweet the change from the $35.00 you gave me... it's just really sad because I always went out of my way to be really nice and attentive to them.
pandababy727 2 weeks ago
MY FAMILY ALWAYS LEAVES A TIP. ^-^
xXbeckyg97xX 2 weeks ago
You are not entitled to a tip. I wouldn't tip you just to see your indignant reaction.
MegaChairmanMao 2 weeks ago
@MegaChairmanMao And you aren't required to live. Stop breathing in good air, you're wasting it.
tinker88bell 5 days ago
my mom just watched this video(she works at chilis) and she kissed her finger pionted to the screen and said "aw love you youtube person"
16triley16 3 weeks ago
It is because your country sucks dick. waiters are supposed to be payed by their bosses proper wage for work, tips is a bonus
Terminal2k1 3 weeks ago
well it depends on how well they served, if they are rude and short, why should we give them 20% more?
IrishFriendsFan 3 weeks ago
Americans please tip and inform yourself and what services you should be tipping. I work as a massage therapist and some people don't know it's customary to leave a tip. Can you imagine running for an hour and not getting food after your work out? Because that's what I'm faced with when I work all day and get no tips. I normally tip waiters 20-25% percent unless they are DICKS.
MegaLiePie 3 weeks ago
I think the only time I didn't tip the waiter when she was extremely rude and stubborn. I tip depending on the service. It was at the Airmont Diner and the service sucked. I went through 2 burgers and never got one that was cooked right. After dinner, I got pizza. Only time I didn't tip because it was the only time service sucked. Except another time at Freindly's when I was little, but that's the same story.
loyalminion1 3 weeks ago
It sucks to work in United States as a server I guess, you guys don't even make anywhere close to minimum wage! HAHAHA.
A4k2i0 3 weeks ago
I tip depending on the service but I always tip a minimum 5% of the bill. At max, if the service is great, I'll tip 20% of the bill.
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katarinaax 3 weeks ago
I was in the U.S a few months back and I only tipped 2$ on a 50$ bill, because here in The Netherlands servers just get payed from their salary and often the tip is to pay for a company weekend out or something. The server started being really rude instead of just explaining how tipping worked in the U.S. In the end we just left in a fowl mood and told the manager that the server was really rude. I'm glad I know why now, but he should've just explained ;-)
enzopereslabourdette 4 weeks ago
An something else...it is not fucking America!!!! America is the whoooole fucking continent...make it right it's US....I like you so don't fucking screw it up
gore123yaoi 4 weeks ago
The fucked up american system strikes back!
I do tip, but only when it's a very good service, have you notice some waiter are like shity waiters...i will not tip if I'm not pleased, make a good job the I'll tip don't you think?
gore123yaoi 4 weeks ago
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!! OMG.
princessclarissa92 4 weeks ago
Amen! Thank you for this video!
nativestyle26 4 weeks ago
Everyone should take one job in the service industry just to at least know what the hell it's like.
rniemeyer05 4 weeks ago
Just remember, if you buy a canoe, paint it black so it won't tip.
...but seriously, I had a party of 20 in my section last night...they took up five tables and stayed for 3 and a half hours...and left me 3.78 on a nearly 400 dollar check. It's only a matter of time before a Fajita skillet becomes a very efficient bludgeon.
FLguyGB 4 weeks ago
it will be nice that those states make minimum wage higher for servers. I believe here in California most if not all make 8.00 per hour or more, the same minimum wage as if you were to work in a factory or so, I know this because I have friends in that field, even if they don't make enough on tips they can still manage to survive. and the standard for tipping here is 15 % some restaurants if you have a party of 5 and up the 15% tip is already add it to your final bill.
despinosa1 1 month ago
At a restaurant, I'll pay exactly the amount I'm CHARGED for. Our minimum wage is the equivalent of about $10 over here; if employees deserve a gratuity for above-average service, they'll get it.
malusmoriendumest 1 month ago
Well I actually found this video informative because I thought the proper amount to tip was 15%... I now feel like I screwed my servers.
0zla 1 month ago
I usually tip fairly but when the server gives me shitty service I don't give jackshit!
pigheather 1 month ago
I don't like eating out in the US, not because of tipping, but because the tax is never there on the menu price, it's always added on afterwards and I forget about it (plus I can never remember what the tax rate is). When the bill comes it's always more than I expect and then I freak out about the tip and just end up throwing a bunch of 1s at the table and hoping it's enough and that the server doesn't hate me
RoozleRay 1 month ago
once in middle school I got landed with my friends food bill at Johnny Rocket's and did not tip….
I feel like a terrible person. But, ever since… I over tip. A lot.
mikkidixxi 1 month ago
LMAO The bitch who made the Why I Gotta Tip? video closed her youtube account!!!
Seriously, though, in CT we're pretty lucky. Minimum for waiters is $5.69 an hour though the cost of living is higher in CT than NJ. I hate it when I go out with friends and they're like, "Oh, well, I paid 7.00 for these pancakes and coffee so I'm going to leave $1.50.
MOTHER FUCKER SPARE THE EXTRA 50 CENTS OR FUCK OFF!
MarkyRita 1 month ago
If you don't agree with tipping, order to-go food and take your ass home. Your taking up that server's table when they could have someone sitting their with a moral compass!
gilbee00 1 month ago
The country I live in don't need a tipping system. Why? Because the total amount of money written on all our bills include "service charge" and "goods and service tax" (GST).
ngdj999 1 month ago
I love you Nick. You actually know how to show compassion and empathy for others. It disgusts me how rare that is with the amount of greedy-ass people in this country. Smh. Can't stand ignorant people with no concern for others. They deserve to find roaches in their food.
hwiley09 1 month ago
I thought they only taxed for like 15%... thus 10-20% tips
MewMercury 1 month ago
oh. my. goodness. can I please marry you!? and ken?! I waited tables for many years, and here in NC we make $2.13 an hour... and after tipping out for bussers, bartenders and hostesses, (who also only make $2.13, so they deserve that tip out) if you don't tip me I LOSE money from waiting on your table! JERK! haha.
Worst thing I ever heard from the good ole bible belt was "Jesus only wants 10% why should I give you 20%?" SIGH
drkellyncsu 1 month ago 10
@drkellyncsu OMG really? Only 2.13$? You should get a different job because that's just not worth it :s
emmalicious989 1 week ago
PROPS TO YOU, SIR. You forgot to cover the tip out. If I have to tip out by Kitchen and my Bartender on my SALES, then when you don't tip, I PAY!!!!!
jeny311 1 month ago
@jeny311 ah, I see it's on the sections where others are posting about this issue in your video. Excellent.
jeny311 1 month ago
im from canada, and i thank god everytime when someone dont tip that im not serving in america, ,otherwise ... i'd chase them, n take watever they've got in their wallet/purse!!!!!!! i feel bad for u americans! :( if u can't afford to tip, then dont EAT out!!!!
JellowShotz 1 month ago
Im a server but if I go out and I have a shit server I tip ten percent. >.> If I work my ass off there isn't a reason they cant either.
beautyofgrea 1 month ago in playlist More videos from soundlyawake
I'm in love <3 i swear it.
keysaysassah 1 month ago
NICK I OFFICIALLY LOVE YOU
emmalicious989 1 month ago
My mom used to be a server, and she's served people like The Pussy Cat Dolls. (Because she works at an airport) When the Pussy Cat dolls came in, she ended up serving them but didn't realize who they were because there wasn't all the makeup and shit on their faces. It's amazing how rude people can be. the Pussy Cat Dolls are probably millionaires, and they didn't even leave a tip. My mom has experience working there so I know it wasn't because of bad service. so I thought I'd share this story :)
emmalicious989 1 month ago
I love you officially....you understand how to tip waitress's completely,I was one for many years.....and that shit PISSED ME OFF when people tipped me shitty....
Strawberrygashes666x 1 month ago
Right after I watched this video a few months ago, Igot a waitress job a few days later
TasteOfTorment 1 month ago in playlist More videos from soundlyawake
Ok, watched the whole thing. I so completely agree with you that it's not even funny. I cannot tell you how many times I have served someone, and they've had a $100+ bill and they either tip me NOTHING, or $1 or some other small amount. OR even better is when people just don't bother to pay at all. Yep, you earn the asshole crown because your waitress has to pay for that.
So, point: APPLAUSE. It is making me angry thinking about this. Also, I would totally watch your reality show idea!
oliviajune91 1 month ago in playlist More videos from soundlyawake
I have worked as a waitress, a bartender, and a server. Even at around $9 per hour, I'm making fuck all for money. So when I go out, I usually tip 20% every time.
oliviajune91 1 month ago in playlist More videos from soundlyawake
Oh god, $2.15? Is that even legal? Regardless of whether or not someone works somewhere where they can get tipped, shouldn't someone be payed at least minimum wage? For god's sake PLEASE tell me minimum wage there is NOT $2.15 D= that's horrifying!
MarsellaFyngold 1 month ago
"I'm gonna go buy a new juicy purse" LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO I'm laughi g so hard xDDD
StopMotionnn 1 month ago
I'm from Poland and we have a rule here to give 10% tip (at least). it's not obligatory, but if you don't do it, you're a douchebag.
AnnaManna69 1 month ago
I totally agree with this video!! But sometimes I don't leave a tip at all! Alright alright call me a b*tch for not leaving one. Come to me when someone with a rude attitude comes by my table serving us food.
B26k11 1 month ago
Most awesome reaction was when I gave the waiter a tip worth twice of the food that I ate, his face was priceless.
MrSqualo97 1 month ago
THANK YOUUUUU! i swear to god you are one of the few nice and considerate people i have come across in my life. THANK YOU FOR HAVING COMMON SENSE and sharing it with people. :]
Kaydee921 1 month ago
I agree that people need to tip. I tip generously myself, and even have a tip calculator to make sure I'm not ripping our server off. However, when the servers in *MY* town, brag about going home every day with well over 200 in tips, I get a bit annoyed. I work a minimum wage job, and far more hours than they do, and they make more in a day, then I do in a week. Do you have any idea how infuriating that is? Ugh, slightly related, I just wanted to rant.
TheMusicalHogwarts 1 month ago
@TheMusicalHogwarts It's not consistent money flow, just keep that in mind. Some days you come home with $100+, others you come home with $10. Also, we work our asses off to make that much (not saying that you don't too).
oliviajune91 1 month ago in playlist More videos from soundlyawake
@oliviajune91 It is in my town. Which is really strange, we're a small city. Friendly people I guess. But, I mean, one of my friends managed to save up and by the newest iPhone within two weeks without damaging his bank account. He can do stuff like that on a regular basis, just from the tips he gets. In my town, it's better to work as a waiter with poor pay and excellent tips, rather than as someone who works minimum wage with shitty tips.
TheMusicalHogwarts 1 month ago
it's actually 10%?
don2xify 1 month ago
In texas we servers get paid 2.13 an hour. i have to sweep bones off the floor bc people do not know how to keep food on their plates! i have to tell your kids to sit down and keep out of my way aaaand i have to hear stupid questions like, 'what do you have to drink' or 'what do you recommend?' its a buffalo wild wings, of course i'm gonna recommend the wings!
klarebear55 1 month ago
Thank you sooo much! i am a server and go crazy when i get a crappy tip or no tip at all!
klarebear55 1 month ago
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I was a server for many years and this video and your ranting is exactly why I get so mad. People do not understand why servers need those tips. Most are not ever employed full timed to receive benefits. So the few lucky ones that are 40hrs a week that 2.13 an hour is completely gone by pay day. Those tips are of great importance, it goes to rent, car payments etc. I was there once. My husband and I tip 30% yes you heard me 30% when we go out to eat. Because I remember those days...
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jennidagoddess 1 month ago
finally someone understands me !!! i totally hate it when people don't tip it drives me bonkers !!!!.........haha i said bonkers !!!
SuperSunrise5 1 month ago in playlist More videos from soundlyawake
I will tip any server who is polite they dont have to be constantly smiling but they have to be nice. However if you are rude you are not doing your job properly and have made my experience as the customer less enjoyable and therefor do not get a tip.
echilly2828 1 month ago
I didn't know that we're suppose to tip at least 20%. :O I just came to US from Malaysia, I've been tipping only 10% because in Malaysia, service charges in restaurants are 10%. Now I know!
hernameisdaphne 1 month ago
this is funny to me because I love tipping a significant amount. <3
dudderjohanna 1 month ago in playlist More videos from soundlyawake 12
@dudderjohanna that never happened with my mother so she screamed at the old lady who said she sucked at waiting LOL;)
oreoawesomenessful 3 weeks ago
If you dont do your job well... I will not tip you... If you are nice and do a good to normal job... I will tip you...
Mokeyfrog 1 month ago in playlist More videos from soundlyawake
i agree my mom is a server when she is achuly an ingenier.... so TIP PLEASE
TheZACKER123 1 month ago
Sorry...
geovanni75081 1 month ago
I get paid 10.25/hr as a server and our tips are divided equally amongst the other servers and cooks.
5CapriCe5 1 month ago
I was a server, I know. You have to tip because that's what you do. Go to Mcdonalds if you're cheap. Buuutttt do you realize that it is illegal to pay someone less than minimum wage, and the employers must compensate for what they don't make in tips.
purpleisrad 1 month ago
@purpleisrad Also I made 3.50 an hour, I didn't realize that I had it good - it was pizza hut baha
purpleisrad 1 month ago
@purpleisrad Most don't, though, and that's bullshit. The minimum wage should be at least $8, FOR EVERYONE. Because even $8 an hour doesn't go very far either.
oliviajune91 1 month ago
I'm a server and in NH we get payed about $3.50. And if people don't tip it's really just rude, especially if the service they got wasn't MY fault cuz the food was bad. I DON'T COOK THE FOOD.I SERVE IT. I'm a damn good waitress, and most of the people that don't leave tips are teenagers to 20somethin year olds. Cheap pricks.
nikkiHxxo 1 month ago
waiter: ur bill is 5 dollers sir
guy: *gives 5 dollers*
waiter: ahh *cough* cough* any tip?
guy: no sorry ha ha
waiter: *shoots guy in the head then burns him and spread his ashes over a justin bieber album*
waiter: NEXT YOU BETTER TIP.............BITCH!
minecraftHATE 1 month ago
I usually tip pretty well. I don't expect service for a king and queen, just some regular ass service. If the server is just plain awful at their job, then they shouldn't get a tip. Bad behavior shouldn't be rewarded in my opinion. I don't think I've ever come across a situation where the service was bad enough that I didn't tip.. So I don't even know if I would have the guts to not tip a person. I don't like being mean :(
lyndsie92 1 month ago
I usually tip $2-$3 on every meal I eat out, personally, which is more than 20% but, there are so many factors in tipping a server. Don't keep my drink filled? less tip. See you goofing off instead of getting me something i asked for? less tip. Not giving a fuck = No Tip. Other than that this video comes off as complaining as i am sick and tired of hearing this from every server friend i know. Find a different job, or do your job better. That goes for ANY JOB.
xe1881 1 month ago
I have a hard time understanding the issue.
But with that being said - I live in Denmark, where we don't tip - ever, I have never tipped or know of any any who has - it's just not in our culture.
RocketCatDK 1 month ago
That's why I get take out.
1customermaniac 1 month ago
WOW, thank you so much for addressing this issue. I am a server trying to pay my way through college, and although I work at an upscale restaurant catering to upper middle class people, I (and everyone I work with) have still had problems with people tipping too little. I'm not even asking for twenty percent. I'm asking for a decent tip (etiquette says you should tip decent to great service anywhere from 15-20%). If you're not going to tip well, don't go out to eat. It's that simple.
tarynimwalle 1 month ago
I do tip if I go to a fancy reastraunt tthough
As long as the waiter isn't an ass
XxisitjustenoughxX 1 month ago
Waiters get MIN wage now. I don't think I should have to pay servers like at sonic because they get paid for bringing my food out. I'm not gonna double pay them. They get more then I do.
I do wait and I don't tip. I don't care. No one tips me.
XxisitjustenoughxX 1 month ago
i feel that this person was born a female.
missvlabelle 1 month ago
I worked as a server, I hear you on this by a 100%; I hated it when I got like 1$ per 20$; at least 4$ is good for a 20% tip off that. SO yes....I am glad I am not a server anymore, but it is annoying to go out and see the servers get stiiffed, I usually leave 5 to 10$ per tip.
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chickflick4ever 1 month ago in playlist More videos from soundlyawake
2,50$ x 8h a day x 30 days (minus 4 sundays moth) = 520 dollars... That's a great monthly income here in Brazil, when it comes to waiting tables... The minimum wage here is 347 dollars (which is not enough, tough, but most people cope with it). So, is life really that hard in the US, so expensive? Everything there, at least in ebay, is way cheaper. So, what is it? Is it the food prices that makes it so unpolite not to tip? This is just a cutural doubt, cuz I don't know how stuff works there.
zedasilva3 1 month ago
@zedasilva3 A month's worth of groceries for a family of four in the US is about $400. In northern states, a month's worth of winter heating can run $250. And most people expect to spend $500 - $2000 a month on housing. The fuel for your car may run $150. Insurance for the car might be another $100-250. A cheap haircut might run $15.
glorpy2 1 month ago
@glorpy2 And your country has a 3x larger GDP than any other in the world. I see something wrong there... Wasn't it about time to call for a second American Revolution to take back the money worked for? We tried this in Brazil, fighting for equality, but the American Navy helped our military, then 20 years of dicatorship begun, in 1964, Cold War. Now, past is gone, get up and fight! A government has to fear its people, not the opposite!
zedasilva3 1 month ago
what if you have a really rude waiter do u still tip them then?
ladylatrice77 1 month ago
@ladylatrice77 I usually do, I tip 10% for shitty service, 20% for good service. I've tipped up to 50% before ($10 on a $20 bill).
oliviajune91 1 month ago
Ha, your video in the end is pretty ironic for me. I had a black family who comes to eat at my restaurant several times and NEVER do they tip, and yet they have their iPhones out so clearly they had the money, and damn were they fuckin demanding too. People like that seriously piss me off, and so many customers are friggin stupid and have no idea how to correctly tip. Tips are our main income, people!
mmcg91 1 month ago
@mmcg91 ...and in what way does the fact that they are black prove your point? Assholes are assholes, no matter their skin colour, it's not necessary to mention that. Also, wrong use of the word "ironic".
mayrose23 1 month ago
My boyfriend was the one who taught me about tipping. I lived close by a 24hr breakfast place that I constantly went to, and it never occurred me to tip until I started dating him. Once I learned I felt like shit, and this video reminds me of what I shitty person I was (when it came to tipping). Atleast, when he would take me out I was the one that laid down the tip so I started making up for it. I did not know how much waiters/servers made. Its ridiculous - beggars make more money a day on avg
Yfighter2 1 month ago
Including your friendly Starbucks baristas! But especially your restaurant servers.
JoshIsASoftie 1 month ago
I was a server in college and have my bachelors in hospitality management.
The percentage of your wage that you're taxed for as a server depends on the establishment in Pennsylvania and varies from state to state. Some restaurants base what percentage of tip you are taxed for on the length of your shift. For example: a 5 hour shift may be taxed assuming an 8% tip average while a 7 hour shift assumes a 12% average.
anthemofadam 2 months ago
It's amazing, every other industry that gets paid shit unionizes... Screw tipping, if you can't stand up for yourself and get paid the proper amount, I'm not going to support that corrupt system. (Luckily, in the city I live in, there are tipless restaurants, not a lot but they pay their servers properly so you don't have to, and If you try to tip, you'll usually get yelled at by your server. It's pretty fun to watch. so I'll just go to those.)
WillGo7 2 months ago
0:39 DORA ALL THE WAY.
omgcandies12 2 months ago
Wow! This is so Reservoir Dogs! To be honest, it's hard to say where I stand on this issue. Given the way that the system works, tipping is the best thing to do, but I don't think the system should work the way it does. Servers should get paid at the same rate that everyone else does, and the difference should just come out of an increased cost in the food. If it worked that way, this silly societal question of propriety would disappear.
friiq0 2 months ago
I've never worked as a server, but I have worked in the hotel service, and it's similar there as well. You get paid $3 an hr, and rely on tips. So I understand, thats why I get funny looks from people because I always leave a very good tip, even if I'm just getting take out chinese.
laciejay1484 2 months ago
I work at a pizza place, and when people come in to pick up their pizzas, they usually don't tip. Honestly, that's fine with me. But it's the people who come in with their five screaming children, put us through a very complicated order, and then make a huge mess who piss me off when they don't tip. On the flip side, the people who tip extra make my day, and I send good Carma waves in their direction.
Lthefrog 2 months ago
In Florida, we eat out a lot because of the numerous restaurants here. A tip is never an option; it's expected. I have a friend who always asks, "Are you guys going to tip?" Are you retarded, bitch? Duh.
Jaayyay 2 months ago
Tipping is just throwing your money away.
Toa2d 2 months ago
Comparing paid work to being a slave? What a fucking asshole.
carlcon 2 months ago
@carlcon slavery gets shit done. look at the pyramids.
umad?
CataclysmiCapability 2 months ago
@carlcon Yeah, cause slaves don't work at all! /sarcasm
WillGo7 2 months ago
i literally love you. seriously. everything you said is true... and if you think it isn't then you're just a jerk. yeah, you shouldn't tip your server if they're being an asshole... but if they're doing their job right then damn well you should... otherwise it's realllll hard for us to pay rent. just saying.
Kmann93 2 months ago
Oh.. my.. god.. I love you. No, seriously. I. Love. You. "If you can't afford to tip your server, don't go out to eat." <-- one of the best lines in the video. I work in MS and I make $2.13 an hour. We have to "tip share" which is based on our SALES, NOT our tips and we have no choice in the matter. In other words, we tpay as though we got a tip, even if we didn't. Thank you for saying all the things I cannot and I WILL be sharing this video with everyone I know.
Dixiepeachez13 2 months ago
While I agree with most of this video... I suddenly feel like I'm not "part of the majority" who tips 20% unless the service is lacking.
forgottenesper 2 months ago
TIP: To Insure Promptness. That's why I don't usually tip. If I go there often, I tip. Or if the service was great, but other than that, I won't. Because of the acronym.
runabout111 2 months ago
Oh wow, 20%? Ahahahah its 15% normal here. But I'd love people to tip me 20%! I hate when people don't tip whatsoever, it's annoying, especially when I work my ass off to make sure everythings perfect for them. When I personally am being served at a restaurant I always tip a generous amount to make up for the cheapos that they have already served.
melonnknee 2 months ago
I'm so glad I live in Australia. This tipping shit is confusing.
thephantomfly 2 months ago
@fml72fml 1. Every restaurant you have ever visited remembers you.You get what I am saying right?
2. They are obligated to pay the difference in some places. However, they have a limit before you are fired. They will only cover you so many times before they let you go. I have seen whole shifts let go due to the customers, not servers.
3. They will just start adding gratuity to checks if people stop tipping, forcing people to tip bad servers. Who will give a shit about your refill then?
MissSurreal 2 months ago
Ok,this video pissed me off. I am a server in las vegas. I DO NOT expect tips. I EARN them. For all you people who say you work for $2.13 or $2.64 an hour,you choose to!!! That does not mean you are entitled to a tip. I have no problem stiffing a rude,arrogant server. Again,you need to earn your tips. And if you feel you are not making enough,quit!!!
twiggystwin 2 months ago
@twiggystwin You might be a bit biased due to living in a major city. Those in small towns have to deal with chronic nontippers who just do not tip...period. Imagine working 8 hours, smiling and being friendly, and your entire crew only makes about 30 bucks that day each, even though everyone had a busy night. And about half of your tables stiffed you. Small town truth: If someone gets a manager to praise your serving skills and says you were 'AMAZING' you will not get a tip. Crazy.
MissSurreal 2 months ago
@MissSurreal YES! OMG! I worked at this smaller bar in a 50,000 pop city. There was only one girl on shift at a time, and we would be a waitress, bartender, server, porter, cleaner, etc, and by the time I quit I was lucky to make $10 a shift. WTF is wrong with people?
oliviajune91 1 month ago
If my bill is $100, what gives you the right to extort $120 from me instead? Everybody works hard at their job, so why do some folks get to demand a bonus from every customer they deal with. The guy at Best Buy doesn't threaten to spit in my big screen TV if I don't pay him a 20% surcharge under the table.
Toa2d 2 months ago
@Toa2d how about instead of complaining about leaving a tip like everyone else should you go eat at mcdonalds where you belong and suffer a stroke and die fat shit
starport3 2 months ago
Instead of bitching about people not donating money for your taxes, why not bitch about fixing the taxes themselves.
Toa2d 2 months ago
Okay. From what I can tell, wages can be as low as $2.13 an hour, and are $2.63 in Massachusetts, $5 in Conneticut, and $8 in California.
I live in California, and was taught to that 15% is an average tip. Personally, though? I'd rather pay a server too much than too little. It's their damn wage, and I don't go out to eat when I can't afford it. It looks like most guides recommend you tip 15%, with 20% for "special service", even when they admit that waiters are being taxed for 20% tips.
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@fml72fml have you ever worked a volume shift (which is sometimes 13-15 hours of non-stop SPRINTING table service) or served 7 tables of angry, shopping new yorkers on a Saturday evening? No, my job isn't the hardest in the world, but it's not exactly worth working 5 hours and making $15 in tips... which is sometimes the case.
Banryu95 2 months ago
@fml72fml The employer is obligated by law to pay you up-to minimum wage, but they get out of that because they don't handle your cash tips. You're supposed to report your cash tips in your taxes, yes, but that isn't always through your company. I work for Ruby Tuesday and my pay checks for 30-40 hour serving weeks are usually around $20.
Banryu95 2 months ago
Yes, I'm a server as well... Thank you for this. Everyone needs to see this. :)... If a server says these things, then they're just a bitchy server. It's kind of sad that you basically highlighted two of the worst profiles of people who don't tip _ Ever _... I'm not going to point them out, but if you're a server, you know who I mean.
Banryu95 2 months ago
@fml72fml Did you figure this out all on your own? I'd love to see that legislation. While I agree you must tip on service, there are many out there that are just cheap and don't tip. I applaud this video, but remind people to tip according to service. Lousy service deserves a lousy tip. And eating out is expensive....don't go to a restaurant and not expect to tip.
ThePaJDesign 2 months ago
As things currently stand, tipping is important. There should be a requirement that tips or not, servers should make minimum wage though. They work just like everyone else and it should be their employers who pay them like always. Employers should include the service in the price of the meal and give a living wage, then we wouldn't have this problem because people would know what they have to pay. And for the state to tax income not really made is also wrong especially when they are low income.
PiscesFire 2 months ago
Man, I have never worked at a restaurant where the servers made over 3$ I find it ridiculous when people don't tip. Either stay home and eat, or eat somewhere you're not expected to tip. This is why I never worked as a server either, people are fucking assholes.
youngbluhd 2 months ago
Ohhkay, tanks Nick now I know how to get 20% ! No seriously..
Toussanovo 2 months ago
I'm a server in Canada and I don't believe in mandatory tipping, at least not here. I get paid more than minimum wage (I make 10$ an hour) and all of the other servers here are paid at least minimum as well. I don't mind an extra few bucks here or there if you think my service was exceptional because I think that's what tips should be about. I can't stand the rest of co-workers who bitch about not getting tips when they are lousy at what they do.
brettallenwong 2 months ago
@brettallenwong I'm in Canada too and it's difficult to live even on our minimum wage. I fully believe in tipping and I always over tip when I go out. Being a server sucks balls.
oliviajune91 1 month ago
I would like to make it clear that when you order pizza and there is a delivery charge THAT IS NOT A TIP!!! I deliver pizzas and I get to keep the $2 charge if I drive my car but this is not a tip or even part of the tip, this is a charge added on to the bill so you dont have to leave your house! TIP YOUR PIZZA GUYS REGARDLESS!!!
Huntababy09 2 months ago
Ohmygod, I feel so bad, my uncle had me pay for a pizza he ordered and since I've never ordered a pizza before in my life I had no idea you were supposed to tip. :( I feel awful
Yiminy3 2 months ago
I'm a waiter, and I understand that a tip, is a tip. It's at the discretion of the customer, you don't have to give me 20%. If you want to tip, tip. Otherwise, we get it. Then again, maybe it's different in the US.
meroxyersox 2 months ago
@meroxyersox it IS different... that's why he put it in the annotation.
6babygirl24 2 months ago
I was always told it was 15-20%
My family always has me do the math for tips XD
ClassicOtakuLolita 2 months ago
@kharper39 well perhaps they should petition for better wages? If the price of food is 20% higher the profiit could be passed on, but the greedy employers wouldnt do, i dont see why you dont think they should get payed properly?
joshthegreat666 2 months ago
@joshthegreat666 try doing it your way...diningout would double your cost and service would dramatically fall off,,,i do not get your posture on this??continue not tipping accordlingly and ENJOY your food and drinks..just saying...
kharper39 2 months ago
i did not order that lemonade..(you drank 4 of them)should be free refills on that homemade shit i drive a 300(knock off bentley)let me see a manager...i want some free shit..
kharper39 2 months ago
did you know black people dont tip??get used to it,they blame slavery for it....group ofblack people walk in,,,damn gonna lose money on this one..time and time again...
kharper39 2 months ago
@kharper39 How about you go and be a racist bastard somewhere else? don't put an ENTIRE race of people into a small category like that.
6babygirl24 2 months ago
I had no idea people didn't tip.. I'm 16 years old and I've never left anything less than 15% and 15% was for really slow service. And I live in a state where they make 8.25 an hour (minimum wage.) I find it so disrespectful not to tip. They're providing you with a service. Your lazy ass could have made a sandwich at home, but instead you went out. The bill is for the supplies, the tip is because you didn't have to go back there and get it yourself.
midajati 2 months ago
Why should I pay someone's wages when that is the job of the employer?
joshthegreat666 3 months ago
@joshthegreat666 ignorant fuck,do you know how many single moms and college people trying to get by? ENJOY your food next time you visit that establishment fuckface..
kharper39 2 months ago
haahaha totally dont get it, you want me to give you 20% of my bill for doing your job? im going to give you money for picking my foood up or just because u brought my food to my table? are u fucking crazy!!!! lets go for another one.... u got a problem with mcdicks now? they do the same thing u just did and u dont wanna tip for a big mac m************r.... seriously no i dont get this. im sorry but seriously if something cost 20 bucks then that should includes everything.
whatcanisay65 3 months ago
f**k tipping. want a tip..get a better F**king job
temporaryme911 3 months ago
The problem with Government that, a problem with Government, instead of preaching to the population on how you "should" tip, write a letter to your congressman or something. I fully agree with Mr. Pink from reservoir dogs. System over hear in Europe is MUCH better. servers get a basic but nice wage and worry about tips, if they've been good and you want to give them that extra (Not because you are supposed to) then customer tips.
Don't worry I'll observe the custom when visiting USA and tip 20%
CFCPaddy 3 months ago
As I see it the people are not the problem, there's always going to be people who won't pay because the receipt says otherwise. Include the service in the receipt and problem solved. A tip was supposed to be a reward for a job well done not a reward for a job done. In my country I'd feel violated if I had to tip a rude server. And for you people ranting chill out and face that there's always gonna be assholes and people who don't know the American tipping rules idiocy. Change the system.
T1H0 3 months ago
Holler girl! I get paid 3.00 an hr, and bitch wen I get no tips I'm hella pissed. Wanna know why? When I carry out ur plates, theyre so hot I get blisters on my arms and knuckles. I get taxed on the tips I make, hows that not legit? It's my income! So to all the old fuxs who come into Ihop every Monday morning, I DONT EXCEPT DIMES AS A TIP!
sadienemo 3 months ago
gonna have to disagree. I usually tip at a restaurant but I don't really see why it's necessary. I work in retail, do I get commission? fuck no. I'm not complaining though. I still get paid hourly. I still bust my ass just as much as a server so if your gonna tip a server, next time you ask someone to find your shoe size in some store in the mall tip that guy too you hypocritical douche.
andrewl5201 3 months ago
I love you for this video!!!
LeahCoger 3 months ago
that is not true..show me a manager that is willing to do that. how do you figure this?? it shouldnt matter how much they make in the end because taxes will take a whole pay check which BTW!!! is only 200.00 every two weeks!!!! if you tips are high they tax half of that..imagine working and living off that!!?? tell you what!1 yoou go serve so you know what you are taking about!!!@fml72fml
SquiggalyDino 3 months ago
A lady left me 4 cents once. Her latte was $7.
larafacceee1 3 months ago in playlist More videos from soundlyawake
Uh I don't tip. I don't believe in it. Don't give me that shit.. If they don't make enough money they can quit.. I don't tip because society says I have to. All right, if someone deserves a tip, if they really put forth an effort, I'll give them something a little something extra. But this tipping automatically, it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned, they're just doing their job.
ET310MT2 3 months ago
@ET310MT2 how about you dont get nooo refill then...go to mc donalds or wendys then where no one has to cater to you needs...your just a cheap douch bag
SquiggalyDino 3 months ago
@SquiggalyDino nah its a quote but its true
ET310MT2 3 months ago
Much
jojo64545 3 months ago
@soundlyawake thake you for telling plople thank you soooooo very
jojo64545 3 months ago
Well by accendent
jojo64545 3 months ago
Alll you out there tip your f'n waiter ples im mad now cause my mom forgot to tip a waiter !!!!!!!
jojo64545 3 months ago
as a server, i think i just fell in love with you =D im in cali and we make 8 bucks an hour (minimum) like you said that we get taxed on a certain percentage that the gov. thinks we are making. so if we get tipped under that percentage we loose money. if you can not afford to tip (for good service that is) then you can not afford to eat at that restraunt.
cutiecalichick226 3 months ago 9
@cutiecalichick226 at least you get paid $8 in cali...servers in NJ get paid $2.15!!!
soundlyawake 3 months ago 16
@soundlyawake that's what i got paid as a server too and i'm in kansas lol.
ALilOnTheLameSide 2 months ago
you arent very nice in this vid lol
Theswissparmasean 3 months ago
@fml72fml I don't know where you're from but that is 100% not the case in New Jersey. If you made $4 all night in tips, that's what you take home but the government TAXES you as if you made 20% on each table.
soundlyawake 4 months ago 7