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A wonderfully fun and touchy subject.
First I do believe in tipping if the service is average or better. If the service is below average to poor a tip if any is greatly reduced. Generally I will tip as follows at food places.
Great: 25-40%
Above average: 15-20%
Average: 10-15%
Below average: loose change to 5%
Poor: Comment card - 0%
I also generally tip:
Cab drivers: 2.00 per 10.00 spent.
Hotel desk clerk: 10.00 - 20.00 in advance.
Room cleaning: 5.00 per day.
Bag boy: 2.00 per event, plus 1.00 per piece of luggage.
Barber: 3.00 to 5.00.
Newspaper boy: 7.00 per week.
Delivery person: 10-15%.
Lawnmowing kid: 5.00
Bartender: 10.00 with first order.
Now I know what it is like to work in service, yet around here everyone gets at least minimum wage plus tips. Bad service on the other hand pisses me off to no end. Waitress's often seem to expect a tip no matter what, which is complete and utter bullshit.
Hell a few nights ago when we were out, our waitress was doing ok, yet I overheard her talking (ok chit chating) with another waitress about tables which was no surprise. What did shock me was that the other waitress said that she was in no rush at a certain table because it had 9 people at it and she was getting a mandatory 20% anyways. What kind of BS is that?
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