Comments on: When dining out, have you ever been guilty of the "verbal tip"? http://www.rubyjos.com/dining-out/when-dining-out-have-you-ever-been-guilty-of-the-verbal-tip The Best in Restaurants, Theater and Entertainment Sun, 20 May 2012 05:08:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jonah http://www.rubyjos.com/dining-out/when-dining-out-have-you-ever-been-guilty-of-the-verbal-tip/comment-page-1#comment-3683 Jonah Thu, 13 May 2010 02:06:59 +0000 http://www.rubyjos.com/dining-out/when-dining-out-have-you-ever-been-guilty-of-the-verbal-tip#comment-3683 I think the problem is this statement: "Servers are taught in training that if they give good service, they will receive the standard 18-20%" There is no law or anything else besides custom, to make people tip. Tipping is voluntary, nothing forces people to do it. The economy is bad, so people may be tipping less because they have less money to spend. People from different areas of the country tip more or less, depending on what the custom is in their area. Tipping in the U.S. and Canada is not the norm in other countries - in some countries, 10% is considered a very good tip and in yet other areas - tipping is not expected or even looked down upon. So to "teach" a server that they will get a certain percentage from every customer is just building false hopes. However, in the long run (over all your customers) you will find that is what the average is going to end up being - 18% or so, depending on where you are at and what kind of service you give and what kind of place you work at.<br><b>References : </b><br> I think the problem is this statement: "Servers are taught in training that if they give good service, they will receive the standard 18-20%"

There is no law or anything else besides custom, to make people tip. Tipping is voluntary, nothing forces people to do it.

The economy is bad, so people may be tipping less because they have less money to spend. People from different areas of the country tip more or less, depending on what the custom is in their area. Tipping in the U.S. and Canada is not the norm in other countries - in some countries, 10% is considered a very good tip and in yet other areas - tipping is not expected or even looked down upon.

So to "teach" a server that they will get a certain percentage from every customer is just building false hopes.

However, in the long run (over all your customers) you will find that is what the average is going to end up being - 18% or so, depending on where you are at and what kind of service you give and what kind of place you work at.
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]]> By: conley39 http://www.rubyjos.com/dining-out/when-dining-out-have-you-ever-been-guilty-of-the-verbal-tip/comment-page-1#comment-3682 conley39 Thu, 13 May 2010 01:17:59 +0000 http://www.rubyjos.com/dining-out/when-dining-out-have-you-ever-been-guilty-of-the-verbal-tip#comment-3682 No, I start at 20% when in the US and work up from there if service was good to excellent. Compliments are nice, but nobody can really survive off them.<br><b>References : </b><br> No, I start at 20% when in the US and work up from there if service was good to excellent. Compliments are nice, but nobody can really survive off them.
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