Alpo Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Let's say that a friend of yours said to you one day, "Let's go get something to eat. My treat." Would you get the tip? My business partner and I fell into this routine, where we would go out to eat. And one time he would pick up the check, and the next time I would pick up check. Didn't matter how much it cost. We figured it would equal out over time. And by "pick up the check", I mean that we would pay for everything. The meal, the tip, the squeeze to the headwaiter to get in. Just made sense. I attempted to do this with another guy I worked with, and he insisted that if one of us paid for the meal, the other one should get the tip. He was a Yankee, and had a lot of strange ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 I’ve done it both ways with friends. As long as the tip is generous, shouldn’t matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 33 minutes ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: I’ve done it both ways with friends. As long as the tip is generous, shouldn’t matter. I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 4 hours ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: I’ve done it both ways with friends. As long as the tip is generous, shouldn’t matter. Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: I’ve done it both ways with friends. As long as the tip is generous, shouldn’t matter. Yep +1 Alpo, just so you know, in my experience, Southerners can be just as tight and as weird as “Yankees” when it comes to money. I think this goes across all regions of the United States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Hicks Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 That's typically how my friends and me do it. We assume that because we always tip generously, the money gets a bit tighter after covering the other's bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 6 hours ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: I’ve done it both ways with friends. As long as the tip is generous, shouldn’t matter. If the service is good the tip will be. I left three pennies once and was asked why. No tip could be an oversight, but three cents is a comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 If I buy lunch or dinner, I want to get the tip. That way, I know it is fair. Guess I know some cheapskates. I was shocked when a (non-SASS person) friend said something to the effect, I leave very little when I know I won't be coming back. This started my policy of buying and tipping together. BTW, she was odd in other ways. Bye bye to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Howdy, Ive been putting together a half dollar collection. I get a couple rolls of half dollars almost every week. A lot get spent as tips. Something about a row of coins just looks different from a few folded bills. Lots of clerks dont know what a half dollar is. Fun. Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anvil Al #59168 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: If the service is good the tip will be. I left three pennies once and was asked why. No tip could be an oversight, but three cents is a comment. I have done that. Only it was one cent. Lets them know you thought about a tip. But they was just not worth anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Wilson Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 8 hours ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: I’ve done it both ways with friends. As long as the tip is generous, shouldn’t matter. That's the way I do it with my friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Anvil Al #59168 said: I have done that. Only it was one cent. Lets them know you thought about a tip. But they was just not worth anything. I left three cents because I had three pennies and I HATE pennies. All they are good for is wearing out your pockets from the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 8 hours ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: I’ve done it both ways with friends. I'm not touching this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 said: I'm not touching this one... With your mind so far in the gutter, I hope you’re not touching anything at the moment. :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Done Both. When I buy I tell the company at the beginning that I will also do the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 I don’t tip cows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffield, SASS #23454 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 I have done it both ways, just be sure that the person you are with will tip appropriately. Once a couple that claimed to be Jeanie's friends sat down to eat with us. I am sure that they intended to leave the table without tipping and let my tip to the waitress cover all four meals. I took the waitress aside and gave her her a generous tip and made sure she knew it was for Jeanie and me only. I don't know what those two cheap skates did. I don't subsidize scoundrels. Duffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 I've treated/got the tip, been treated/got the tip and treated/they got the tip. I prefer to get the tip if treated and that they get the tip if they are treated. I do insure that in any circumstance.....the server get compensated for the quality of service provided. Great service = great tip. Lousy service = lousy (in their mind) tip. I worked in restaurants during the summer when I was in school. Sometimes would work Sunday during the day.....hated it. No offense to the Church folks but.....religious pamphlets ARE NOT A TIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 I recall tipping one soul in Paris. Franc was 1/6 dollar, sous was .01 franc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Anvil Al #59168 said: I have done that. Only it was one cent. Lets them know you thought about a tip. But they was just not worth anything. I workED for the WITH THIS girl once - said she used to be a waitress - and that was wrong. If you leave a penny tip, it means that you really wanted to leave a tip but you don't have enough money. Leaving a nickel tip is saying that the service sucked. Personally I believe she is wrong. But that's what she told me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 I tip generously for good service, but if the service was bad, I let the manager know there was no tip left due to poor service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 Back in '80 I was eating with this guy I worked with. Separate checks. After I finished, I picked up my check, and stuck a dollar bill under the edge of my plate (I was making $5 an hour. I thought a dollar was a pretty good tip.) Dork brain reached over and took my dollar, tore it in half, and put half under the edge of my plate and the other half under the age of the kids plate. He was snickering as we left. "She'll think we both left her a dollar." I never ate with him again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizPete Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 6 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Southerners can be just as tight and as weird as “Yankees” when it comes to money. That's because so many of us are descended from Scots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Cypress Sun said: No offense to the Church folks but.....religious pamphlets ARE NOT A TIP. My daughter worked her way through college as a server at a nice restaurant. Manager had to pay extra on Sundays to get the wait staff to show up because the church crowd was so bad at tipping. Turned her off to religion for good. “I can’t pay rent with a tract.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 15 minutes ago, DeaconKC said: I tip generously for good service, but if the service was bad, I let the manager know there was no tip left due to poor service. 2 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: I left three cents because I had three pennies and I HATE pennies. ll they are good for is wearing out your pockets from the inside. 4 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: If the service is good the tip will be. I left three pennies once and was asked why. No tip could be an oversight, but three cents is a comment. Given that under today’s labor laws, a tip is part of the server’s basic compensation and not a bonus, I always make them whole with a solid tip. After all, everybody can have an off day, and most of our paychecks don’t get dinged for an off day. But I will tell management and let them comp my meal. If they want to address it with the server, that is an internal issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizPete Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 When I go out with my friends we always argue about how we're gonna pay & then come up with a fair solution. It's complicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 In 1971, I worked at a café at a resort. Weekdays an eccentric local came in for coffee. He never tipped. I was always nice to him. On my last day he left a $5.00 tip. The manager said she'd never seen him tip before. I was pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dog Doug Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 how about a $50 tip for $30 meal coming back for shopping trip we stop at Mexican place her friends said is great we where seating fast had water and menus as soon as we sat down chips and salsa in under a minute . order taken with big smile . our food came quick and was very good we get the check I tell my GF 15% is not enuff for how good the service was her reply how about 150 % so I left her a 50 dollar bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 I always tip well. If I don’t tip it’s because the server should be fired and I let them know...at the end of a meal, of course. I have gotten up and walked out of places because of bad food and bad service. That doesn’t happen very often. May be every couple of years. I did it more in Oregon than anyplace else I have ever lived. Perhaps it’s the “weed”. Makes people stupid. Lately I tip really really well. It’s hard enough on service folks to make a living and now all the CoVid BS doesn’t help. I have been leaving and giving 50-100% tips lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punxsutawneypete Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 16 hours ago, Alpo said: Let's say that a friend of yours said to you one day, "Let's go get something to eat. My treat." Would you get the tip? When I was working on my last job, I did a lot of foreclosure sales and I would ride with the auctioneer. He would always buy lunch and I would always leave the tip. I just didn't think it was fair to put the whole load on him all the time, because we did a lot of sales. We did that for years. We went all over the state of Maryland doing foreclosure sales, and wait staff got to know me pretty well. I left what I thought were pretty good tips and I tipped with the Golden Dollar coins that I carried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punxsutawneypete Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 When I moved here to where I live now, the local American Legion reactivated the Sons of the American Legion squadron. The post had been closed most of the time, so the Sons stepped up as volunteer bartenders in the canteen. No wages, but the volunteer bartenders got to keep their tips. Working behind the bar gave me a good appreciation for the lives of people who depend on tips for a living. I thought I tipped fairly well, but after working behind the bar myself I definitely upped my game as far as tipping wait staff and service people. Hopefully tipping with my Golden Dollar coins helps everybody remember I gave them a good tip. Here in PA our governor had everything shut down pretty tightly. With the bars, barbershops and service clubs finally reopening, I have been giving extra tips to wait staff and service people to help make up for being out of work for three months. If where you live was under a heavy lockdown, think about tipping a little extra to help out with what the people you normally tip were missing when they were out of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Oh. Not cows? Never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Anytime you can squeeze a tip out of a Yankee, take it.......... Yankee dollars are still acceptable currency, even in a Southern restaurant... ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 15 hours ago, Alpo said: I workED for the WITH THIS girl once - said she used to be a waitress - and that was wrong. If you leave a penny tip, it means that you really wanted to leave a tip but you don't have enough money. Leaving a nickel tip is saying that the service sucked. Personally I believe she is wrong. But that's what she told me. The one time I left a penny tip, I threw it into a glass of water, put a napkin over the glass, turned the glass over onto the table, then eased the napkin out from under it. I don't think there was any ambiguity about what I thought of the service. It was a full glass of water that I had to get myself. Had to reach around the waitress because she wouldn't even move her chair over to let me by. At any rate, our normal routine is you pay, I'll get the tip, I pay you get the tip. As an added bonus, I think it helps train people to be better tippers. My wife has made comments to the effect of "We're buying your meal, don't embarrass us with a BS tip" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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