Tipping Question - what do you think?

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

The canoe tips more easily.

A canoe tips.

period

[JWC Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close JWC]

When I order takeout and have it delivered to me at my table by the waitress who already served me food, I tip 20% on the whole bill.

We do exactly the same thing. It is the same amount of work for the server whether it is for takeout or to be eaten at the table.

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

I would prob tip on the whole thing but I don't think it's wrong to do less.

[RESORT2ME Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RESORT2ME]

Think about this: While at the resturant, imagine calling in the take out order, then pick it up yourself.
Now, how much is it worth to have spoken the order directly and have it delivered to you? Pay for the convieniance.
If no tip on take-out, no big deal. Take that to a big purchase with delivery, yes a big deal.
Actually, had you tipped a dollar or two, the waiter would feel good and you would feel better than you do. Lesson learned.

Might I spout a bit?
In todays workplace, the waiters make little for what they do. Many get stiffed. There ought to be laws.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

There ought to be laws.

There are laws. They allow employers to pay those in tip positions a lower minimum wage.

http://www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm

Interesting: I worked at Shakey's in 1967, for minimum wage, $1.00 an hour. When you put that into a value-of-the-dollar calculator, it comes out $6.99, not far from today's minimum wage.

[RESORT2ME Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RESORT2ME]

The idea of employees requiring tips to be pooled or accounted for, for income tax purposes... real dirty rules. It encourages wait staff to not claim all tips.

Anymore I pay tips with cash handed directly to the waitress.

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

The idea of employees requiring tips to be pooled or accounted for, for income tax purposes... real dirty rules. It encourages wait staff to not claim all tips.

Anymore I pay tips with cash handed directly to the waitress.

I mostly pay the bill with a credit card and leave cash for the tip.

[barndweller Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close barndweller]

I do the same, Jacki. We always tip in cash based on the total tab before tax. Our rule of thumb is 12 to 15% for good service, 20% if outstanding.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Tip-pooling is common practice even if handed directly to the employee who serves you.

[rapmarks Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close rapmarks]

our club has a mandatory 18 percent tip, and we are expected to leave an extra dollar per person on the table. the year they tried the non mandatory tip, the average tip was 12 percent, which is not sufficient to keep the staff. I thought twenty percent was for decent service.

[BoardGirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BoardGirl]

Tip-pooling is common practice even if handed directly to the employee who serves you.

Exactly. The server has to tip out the bus staff as they assist the servers.

Meanwhile, it is my understanding that in my state, if a waiter does not make min wage over the pay period with hourly + tips, the employer must 'make them whole' so that they make Minimum Wage. In pay periods in which they were better tipped, the employer does not get a share of that.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Another thing we do is tip on what the full price woulda been if we use a coupon or email offer, and, let's face it, I'm likely not dining out without one.

[johnf0614 Member Find all posts View Profile Close johnf0614]

I think you did the right thing.

[BoardGirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BoardGirl]

Another thing we do is tip on what the full price woulda been if we use a coupon or email offer, and, let's face it, I'm likely not dining out without one.

Yes, we tip on subtotal before discounts, before tax.

[rapmarks Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close rapmarks]

we used a restaurant.com certificate, had to spend $35, which we just hit on the head. They added a ten dollar tip, they insisted that was 18 percent. then the manager said something about you must pay tip on the tax, but it was still almost 30 percent automatic tip, they must have had the cash register adjusted