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thin skin can't win |
Yeah, I'd like to assume the best but in this case no. And like hjs, don't ask me that question. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Slight drift: What would the appropriate tip be for my hair stylist when she washes my hair, scalp massage, a hot towel on my face, haircut, and shoulder massage. Cost for this service is $25. She has been doing it for years. Insert your favorite gun-related witticism here! | |||
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A good server would never ASSUME that you mean for them to keep the change. I frequent several establishments where I will request a certain server. The people who have been serving me for years I will tip generously. Any other service falls in the 20% range for good service, adjustable in either direction. ____________________________ Yes, Para does appreciate humor. | |||
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A personal service like that may go beyond the standard 20%. I would say as high as $8-$10 (but I'm VERY generous when I get great personalized service). I have a wonderful lady who digs out my ingrown toenails and trims everything else up, including my fingernails. I've tipped her $10 on $35 cost. "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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I had that once where I gave the guy a fifty and he asked "Do you need change?" Thinking he meant Do you need change before you pay? (because why woukd I leave like a 60-70% tip?) I said "no".  A minute or two later I realized wheat he really meant, I flagged him down and said "yeah I do need change." lmao. Probably made and ruined his day all inside two minutes.  _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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| Banned |
A decent server when picking up cash should always say "I ll get your change for you". Then you the customer can say OK or no, that's yours. The option is always with the customer. | |||
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That’s kind of what I thought. I’ve been tipping her 10 bucks for several years now. Just wonder if I was being a cheapskate or in the ballpark of what is expected. Insert your favorite gun-related witticism here! | |||
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| If you see me running try to keep up  |
I like to tip generously but if someone pulled that on me I’d be tempted to leave nothing. | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
If that’s $25 out the door for all that, and she does a great job, I’d probably give her an extra $20. Some things I tip based on what I see as the overall value to me, rather than a percentage. My barber for example. He charges me $10. Does a fantastic job (although no massage). I pay him $20. His shop’s prices just went up $2. No clue if my cost went up. When the regular cost increase kicked in I just started paying him $25. It’s worth it to me to have a great barber who will be straight with me, be flexible on scheduling when stuff comes up, fits my son in on the occasional request, free water and beer while waiting, and is geographically convenient. He owns the shop. The extra $30 a month doesn’t make much difference for either of us, probably, but I believe it lets him know I appreciate him. And a larger tip at my visit just before Christmas. Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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| Cogito Ergo Sum |
This seems to be happening more and more. Don't know why a server would assume you would give them a 80% tip. Maybe some people do and they assume everyone will. I hate paying with plastic but it cuts out this behavior. | |||
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I had something similar happen to me not long ago. I usually try to have some small bills. Got caught short for lunch. The bill was just short of $10 and all I had was a $20. The waitress brought me back a $10, a nickel and a dime. She got a fifteen cent tip....... _________ Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. Henry Ford | |||
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| The success of a solution usually depends upon your point of view |
You answered your own question. “We truly live in a wondrous age of stupid.” - 83v45magna "I think it's important that people understand free speech doesn't mean free from consequences societally or politically or culturally." -Pranjit Kalita, founder and CIO of Birkoa Capital Management | |||
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That is stealing. Your tip is what I GIVE to you, unless I tell you to keep the change. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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| Just for the hell of it  |
I would expect change unless you told her to "keep the change". _____________________________________ Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. Jack Kerouac | |||
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CAPT Obvious |
As someone who has spent some time in the service industry, I’m going to have to call you out on this one. In the places that I’ve worked, payment is usually left in a closed book. Sometimes it’s cash, sometimes it’s a credit card. I consider it rude to open the book in front of the guest, so it’s more of a courtesy issue that I would ask. Also, in a lot of restaurants, servers are responsible for holding on to any cash received during a shift and may not have exact change to break a bill. I cannot tell you how much time I’ve wasted having to track down a manager or fellow employee who could make change for me only to hear “oh, you were all set” when I brought the guest the change. To be clear, I would always bring a guest change if they hadn’t said that it wasn’t needed. I’m just explaining an innocent reason why some servers will ask if change is needed. | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
The smart ones would have brought back a five and five ones... | |||
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Not sure where you were eating but, that waitress isn't going to last long as a server by assuming to keep such a large tip. If they've made a career in food service, they know to bring the change back unless notified of otherwise. Sounds like she was trying to pull one on you or, she's not terribly bright and hasn't picked-up how the job works, again not going to last long. I've got friends who are career servers and they've got endless stories of customers grossly over tipping or, pathetically under tipping; their remarks usually comes down to customers not being very good at math. | |||
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Equal Opportunity Mocker |
Along the same lines, I get annoyed when the change they bring back is not broken down into increments that allow me to tip you either 15, 18, or 20 percent. If you bring me back a 5 and a 1 when your 20% tip would have been 3, you're annoying me, and I WILL ask you to break the 5, then ding you a buck for the presumption. Just assume I want to tip you 20%, and bring the change accordingly. ________________________________________________ "You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving." -Dr. Adrian Rogers | |||
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| Ammoholic |
When I worked in a restaurant back in college they had a policy that you never asked the guests to leave, no matter how long everyone else in the place had been gone. It was an instant firing offense and everyone knew it. If I owned a restaurant, asking a customer if they needed change would be an instant firing offense and everyone working there would know it. “I’ll be right back with your change.” gives the customer the opportunity to wave you off if the balance is your tip. As far as a closed book, I can’t remember a time when I’ve paid without either cash or a credit card sticking out of the book so the server knew I was ready for them to pick it up. | |||
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A tip should never be assumed and should always be at the discretion of the customer. While it is an unfortunate reality tips have come to be viewed as wages, it is still presumptuous for waitstaff to assume they are going to receive a tip. | |||
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