What, No Tip? Service Charge Faces Struggle at Restaurants

Skybird · 09-09-09, 10:20 AM

I have always rejected "rules" for tipping, or seing them as a mandatory and/or polite thing. When the service was just okay, I give a small or medium tip, depending on the mood I'm in. If the service really got my positive attention, I give a generous tip.

And if I was unsatisfied or pissed, I give none. and I don't care a bit whether or not that is according to local traditions or economic structures in which expected tips have been substracted from regular loans - which is especially sick a system, imo.

A restaurant that takes no tips but raises prices by a hefty 20% in general, would see me moving in huge circles around it (not that I went to restaurants often. Longer time ago I have worked in a kitchen myself for some weeks when I was at university. Since then I have no more appetite to eat in restaurants. If you want quality meals - prepare them yourself, don't trust on restaurants and foreign people preparing the meal hidden from your eyes).

09-09-09, 10:20 AM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,615 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I have always rejected "rules" for tipping, or seing them as a mandatory and/or polite thing. When the service was just okay, I give a small or medium tip, depending on the mood I'm in. If the service really got my positive attention, I give a generous tip. And if I was unsatisfied or pissed, I give none. and I don't care a bit whether or not that is according to local traditions or economic structures in which expected tips have been substracted from regular loans - which is especially sick a system, imo. A restaurant that takes no tips but raises prices by a hefty 20% in general, would see me moving in huge circles around it (not that I went to restaurants often. Longer time ago I have worked in a kitchen myself for some weeks when I was at university. Since then I have no more appetite to eat in restaurants. If you want quality meals - prepare them yourself, don't trust on restaurants and foreign people preparing the meal hidden from your eyes). __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.