do you tip at resturants?
I'm a Server in a Mexican food restaurant in Downtown Disney, Disneyland. Theres a couple of things that jumped out at me when i read this. First, being a server and knowing how things can get at a restaurant, i always tip 15% or higher. If the service is good, mind you my standards are pretty high our waiter will get a pretty nice tip. If they do an ok job then 20%, if things are taking a while be it soda or sides then 15%. Second thing that caught my attention
Since when are the customers responsible for paying an employees wages? Just another way for the owner to make more money. I say let the employer pay his employees.
i know that in California, the state taxes your tips and takes it out of your pay checks. So you pretty much work and live off of your tip money. In other states the minimum wage for waiters is a lot lower then normal and the tips they make compensates for the low wages to bring them back up to around or a little over the minimum.
Being that i work at Disneyland the tips usually pretty decent. And not to brag that i am a great server or anything but getting "stiffed" sucks and it happens. Now running out and causing a scene over it is a little drastic, sometimes you just bight the bullet and move on the the next table....
** A HINT FOR ALL OF YOU OUT THERE THAT ARE DECENT TIPPERS****
when at a restaurant, if you happen to pay your bill on a credit card, try and leave a tip in cash. That way your state cant tax all of your tip. If you pay and tip in cash your state has no way of knowing how much you left so your waiter can declare the minimum thats required and will benefit more from it.