Tipping Rant
Those of you who dine out with me know that I view 15% as the tip for "good" service. To get more than that requires "great" or "excellent" service.
I've just watched a video on YouTube posted by a waiter who bitches and moans about people who leave tips less than 20%. His attitude is that 20% is standard and 15% is unacceptably low. A while ago I read a blog from another waiter with similar gripes, so this is the second time I've heard a waiter call a less than 20% tip bloody murder. The waiters who are complaining seem to work at upscale, busy restaurants (expensive), not a back-country hole in the wall.
You know what, waiters? Fuck you. You are the greediest people in the world. It's a difficult job, I'll give you that, but if you wait just 6 tables in an hour, average $100 total, tipping $15 each, you're making $90 an hour! Make it 20% and you've got $120 an hour! If we call these "busy" hours and you just have about 20 hours a week like this, you still make a lot more than I do as a software engineer on tips alone. And I had to go to college to get my job.
You know what? I'll consider tipping you more when you don't make MORE MONEY THAN I DO.
I've just watched a video on YouTube posted by a waiter who bitches and moans about people who leave tips less than 20%. His attitude is that 20% is standard and 15% is unacceptably low. A while ago I read a blog from another waiter with similar gripes, so this is the second time I've heard a waiter call a less than 20% tip bloody murder. The waiters who are complaining seem to work at upscale, busy restaurants (expensive), not a back-country hole in the wall.
You know what, waiters? Fuck you. You are the greediest people in the world. It's a difficult job, I'll give you that, but if you wait just 6 tables in an hour, average $100 total, tipping $15 each, you're making $90 an hour! Make it 20% and you've got $120 an hour! If we call these "busy" hours and you just have about 20 hours a week like this, you still make a lot more than I do as a software engineer on tips alone. And I had to go to college to get my job.
You know what? I'll consider tipping you more when you don't make MORE MONEY THAN I DO.