More tipping insanity
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wrote on 30 Apr 2024, 14:36 last edited by
“At Bistro Bis, a 22% service charge is included to (sic) every check. 18% is an automatic gratuity that goes directly to the service team and 4% contributes to our teams fair compensation and benefits.”
So management takes a cut now.
And there’s no opt out.
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wrote on 30 Apr 2024, 14:38 last edited by
I don't get why mandatory tipping is legal. Isn't that merely a form of lying about the price?
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wrote on 30 Apr 2024, 14:39 last edited by
Yes. Hotels are doing it more and more with a daily ‘resort fee’.
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wrote on 30 Apr 2024, 14:49 last edited by
Washington DC area, right?
Last time I was there, one restaurant added an automatic 20% tip to the check.
I asked a staff member when and why that become a practice, and was told it's added during the pandemic and it helped them survive the pandemic. (No, I have no way to independently verify whether that's true.) -
wrote on 30 Apr 2024, 14:50 last edited by
Yes DC
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wrote on 30 Apr 2024, 15:42 last edited by
Yeah that is BS. It's like they forgot the whole point a tip.... an extra way to say thanks for good service, not just another operating cost.
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wrote on 30 Apr 2024, 17:20 last edited by
It's also like they forgot that the best way to stay in business is not to royally piss your customers off.
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wrote on 29 May 2024, 16:42 last edited by
I'll see your restaurant outrage and raise you a rent portal.
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wrote on 29 May 2024, 16:45 last edited by
Someone purchased the wrong software.
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wrote on 29 May 2024, 16:47 last edited by
That is hilarious.
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wrote on 29 May 2024, 16:51 last edited by
One of the things that pisses me off is that you have to actively choose not to tip on this shit. You have to select custom tip and put in $0. At a fast casual restaurant it’s awkward as hell (bad customer service) and in a completely non-tipping situation like above, you are going to have people that will mistakenly add tips…
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wrote on 29 May 2024, 18:42 last edited by
Yeah it's awkward but I've become used to it. As someone said (maybe in this thread?) "if there is a counter involved, a tip will not be". Overall I only tip for food delivery (like pizza), haircuts, waiters, and bartenders.
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wrote on 29 May 2024, 19:50 last edited by
I tip for to go if it is a place I’d tip for table service. But otherwise I agree with the counter approach.
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wrote on 30 May 2024, 00:33 last edited by
Some places put a lot of thought/work into the packaging of their "to go" orders. Sometimes to the point where it seems to me it takes them more work to put the food into the well-thought-out packaging than to simply put the food on a plate and serve. When I see that, I tip more.
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I tip for to go if it is a place I’d tip for table service. But otherwise I agree with the counter approach.
wrote on 30 May 2024, 00:55 last edited by@Mik said in More tipping insanity:
I tip for to go if it is a place I’d tip for table service. But otherwise I agree with the counter approach.
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Some places put a lot of thought/work into the packaging of their "to go" orders. Sometimes to the point where it seems to me it takes them more work to put the food into the well-thought-out packaging than to simply put the food on a plate and serve. When I see that, I tip more.
wrote on 30 May 2024, 00:56 last edited by@Axtremus said in More tipping insanity:
Some places put a lot of thought/work into the packaging of their "to go" orders.
That's possible. I've never seen anything more complicated than wrapping up a Burger King Whopper, putting fries in a cardboard container and everything going into a sack.
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wrote on 30 May 2024, 01:45 last edited by
Example: a diner serves a fairly complicated menu item that comes as a meal combo with bread & butter, one entree, two sides, and dessert. Depends on which “entree” you choose, it may involves a fried or grilled item that you want to keep dry and sauce/curry/mashed potato that you want to keep separate from the fried/grilled item so they don’t mix together and become a soggy mess after you take them home. An order like this can easily turn into a six container affair. In my estimate it would probably take the kitchen staff more time/effort to package such a combo meal into a “to go” ensemble package than to serve them on plates.
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I tip for to go if it is a place I’d tip for table service. But otherwise I agree with the counter approach.
wrote on 30 May 2024, 02:09 last edited by@Mik said in More tipping insanity:
I tip for to go if it is a place I’d tip for table service. But otherwise I agree with the counter approach.
That’s fair. Our family sometimes gets Olive Garden or Applebees or Chinese food to go, I’ll tip like 5-10% there since I know someone’s involved with package/review of the order.
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Example: a diner serves a fairly complicated menu item that comes as a meal combo with bread & butter, one entree, two sides, and dessert. Depends on which “entree” you choose, it may involves a fried or grilled item that you want to keep dry and sauce/curry/mashed potato that you want to keep separate from the fried/grilled item so they don’t mix together and become a soggy mess after you take them home. An order like this can easily turn into a six container affair. In my estimate it would probably take the kitchen staff more time/effort to package such a combo meal into a “to go” ensemble package than to serve them on plates.
wrote on 30 May 2024, 02:29 last edited by@Axtremus good points.
My understanding of a "tip" is that it includes a gratuity for those whom you never see - cooks, busboys, Maitre'd, etc.
When I go downstairs to get a pizza, I usually tip about $5 just for that service.
But, at a "fast food place," such as Mickey D's or BK, should I tip if I go to the counter rather than the drive-thru?
(I haven't been to a counter at Mickey's in over a decade, so I don't know if tipping is even an option)
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wrote on 30 May 2024, 02:37 last edited by
I tried to tip an Amazon driver the other day, as he'd offered to help us bring a very heavy box into the house. He wouldn't take it, said he was just doing his job.