Johnny Depp leaves a $4k tip (Yr Personal Tip Ettiquette)
 

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/acce...-depp-tip.html

So if you've heard about this great, if not read the article and it still won't be a big deal. If I had the money like that and a server treated me well, or the way I liked it, I would do the same thing.

After all $4K to Johnny Depp is like $20 to most people.

So whats yr policy on tipping? Any odd experiences dining in general?

the public is disgusting.

people that have to work with the public daily, deserve compensation.

I often tip 50% at a restaurant that I frequent for lunch.

granted, I'm not eating fucking steak tartare and $500 bottles of wine, but I do play a convincing pirate.

I was thinking about all the assholes that the server has had to put up with over the years, staying late, treating him like shit and not tipping that well.

Now, I don't know Johnny depp, but he seems like the type of guy that wasn't just trying to impress people or catch more fame. he just liked the dude and has lots of money to spend.

Agreed.

I'm in two minds. On the one hand, fair play to people in the service industry. They're often under-paid and over-worked and have to tolerate being treated like servile units by cunts in suits. Obviously, the majority of people are ok, but when I've waited/ bartended in the past, it's only taken one cunt to make me hate the world again.

On the other hand, I find it incredibly frustrating when a tip is expected, or consolidated into my bill when the service has been miserable and mumbling. Some places get dead shirty about it as well, which is just cuntestry if you ask me.

I'm service oriented, so if you do a great job I will more than compensate you, if you are lack luster, then I will just give you the norm (15%) and if you absolutely are a dreadful bastard that isn't trying and being an asshole, not to mention getting my shit wrong. I will tip another waiter instead of you.

i always tip 20% minimum, if i have been utterly impressed i can leave 33 up to 40%

last year at the ice cream shop made me very bitter about people, you'd get these big families in sometimes, like 8 cones, a couple sundaes a banana split, shakes and the whole deal, come out to like $80, not a fucking cent, that was rare though, most of the time when i get those boisterous types all buddy buddy, they tip well, like 3 or 5

the best customers i had by percentage, this couple came in early one morning, got like $5 of ice cream i think, they left a $3 tip, 60% for that, i miss that, i only got 4 dollars for the whole of last week, and it's evenly split between me, the kitchen, and all the girls in the front who don't work nearly as much as i do if not horrendously less and still get as much

I tip if the service is good, and not at all if it is crappy. You need the motivation. When I worked in customer service I was always nice to my customers, and especially nice to those who tip on a regular basis. It works both ways. Usually I tip around 10% but sometimes more. It has never been something that is done here, it's only in the last 5 years or so that is fairly common. While I was in Brisbane there was a really lovely bar that we were visiting every second day, and we were tipping a lot. A few times we weren't charged for items also(on purpose.. not a mistake we didnt bring up). It balances out.
The breakfast place we love of late, is always a tip of $5 or more, and the meal is usually around $30 between us.

and I NEVER tip on card, always cash.

... I'd like to serve Johnny Depp. erm. yes.

I used to tip only cash but then I found out about busboys stealing tips or other wait staff stealing tips when left in cash form.


this antiquated waitstaff salary and tipping bullshit needs to be overhauled.

I really really hate tipping the fuck who makes me a coffee at starbucks. they get paid 7-9/hour and have benefits and all they do is take my money and take a minute to make me a coffee, which I paid for, and shout out "tall latteeee". why do I have to tip for that? thye do not bring it to my table.

I still throw a dollar in sometimes but fuck i HATE IT.

is not costumary to do it here, but i tip, i'm not a skinflint, i just don't do it automatically.

I have a major issue with places that include a service charge on their bill. I had this happen recently and while I was happy to leave a tip (which would've been more than the service charge) I ended up leaving nothing due to the insult of being asked.

I usually tip 20-30%. I tip prettier waitresses more. People who are unfriendly and don't do a good job get less.

i tip the usual amount at restaurants probably more since my wife works in a coffee shop so we know how much her tips actually mean. the difference in tip etiquette between england and the states is quite massive.

why does no one tip people in fast food places? thats an interesting point tarantino made.

sometimes, just the tip isn't enough, and it leaves you wanting more.

i am horrible with tipping... especially in nicer restaurants, where i SHOULD give a good tip. that'd be different if i worked, i guess.

i tip nice people the most. and if i've been, like... sort of demanding, i tip more, too.

i think it is a guilt thing.

at a coffee shop it is expected that you tip the person who made the coffee.
but at a restaurant you do not tip the chef, you tip the servant that brings you the food from the chef.
I do not undertsand tipping bartenders either, even though I always do. is it a bribe? it seems that way a lot of the times. if you do not tip on your first order they are more likely to ignore you if busy, or to give you shoddy drinks. it has happened many times before.
if you go to any business, a keymaker perhaps, and order three keys made, and the guy gets to work and after 15 minutes you have your three keys, do you tip him? No. your payment for the key INCLUDES the payment for the service that made the key.
why does that not appky at bars and coffee shops?

$4.00 for a latte, made by a trained monkey in about 30 seconds. How does that warrant an extra tip on top of the money?

doesn't make sense.

the only reason I understand the waiter issues is that restaurants pay them less than half of minimum wage. this is done to offset the cost of waitstaff with the sometimes large lulls in business at restaurants, so the restaurant owner does not go broke paying a full waitstaff to stand around between 2:00 PM and 5:00PM.
It is an ancient arrangement, but in restaurants it seems to work.


just ramblin

Bartenders - Yes
Coffee Barista at some place like Starbucks - No
Coffee Barista at yr local place that can't pay bene's and $9/hr - Maybe

I've left a hundred dollar tip before, but it was more than worth it. We had a huge group of people, the waiter knew most of us, he did a great job serving us, the food was quicker than all the other tables, he comped a bunch of drinks etc. He was WORKING and you could tell. Even if I didn't know him and he hadn't comped a bunch of stuff then I still would have tipped him well.

I guess I'd prefer it if the tip disappeared and service people were just paid a good wage. They already tax them for what they expect you get in a tip.

Good on Johnny Depp though, he's gone up a fraction in my estimation.

amen.
i work as a "customer service associate" at a department store. i get pushed around and bitched at by customers on a daily basis. i climb ladders to pull down heavy shit (keep in mind, i'm 5'2 and petite) for these huge dudes who then proceed to give me crap about the price. i can end up spending over an hour with a single customer who doesn't end up buying anything. i don't get commission and starting at the end of july, i will be making minimum wage. due to the "economy" i won't be getting a raise this year. i'd get shit/risk being fired if i accepted a tip, granted someone would ever offer me one. i'm lucky to get a "thank you" most days.

so yeah, i'm a big believer in tipping. its pretty obvious when a waiter/waitress is having a bad day vs. not giving a shit. don't give the server a hard time because "they" messed up your order. their job is to bring the food to you, not make it. they're not going to memorize your stupid special order when they have dozens of other people to take care of. blatant disrespect and things of the like are grounds for skipping out on tip. keep in mind, waitstaff makes less than $2.50 an hour.