Not tipping? getting dirty looks/comments?

DEBS

First off, you sound like you're from the US and just trolling, but..... The price structure of food in the US is such that tips are above and beyond the menu price. If tips did not exist, then menu prices would be higher to cover labor costs. This leaves people to be honest about their service and tip appropriately.

Otis

Tipping is just an excuse for restaurants to pay lousy wages and expect the customer , who has already paid , to subsidise them. Good service should be the norm, as should proper wages.

glcang

Your behavior is that of a spoiled entitled self centered jerk. I hope you learn to be generous .

AVDADDY

Cook for yourself. Eat at home.

Hal

The "tip 20%" of your check is nonsense. You should tip according to how your service was. If it was amazing, then tip them well, if it was okay, then tip them "okay", if it was bad, then tip them bad. Its as simple as that. Just because you have a 100$ tab doesn't mean you should tip 20% of that. And just because your tab is 15$ doesn't mean you should tip bad.

Nuff Sed

Tipping in the USA is always optional, by definition. Anyone believing otherwise is just ignorant and not really worthy of your concern. Anyone giving you poor service because of your previous perceived slight in their tips should be immediately fired. Anyone caught taking "revenge" by poisoning your food should expect be beaten to death.

Anonymous

well I mean if you have the money and you're service was good then of course you give them a little something but no it is not at all requirement and you do not have too.

Pink

It's up to you.

sarah

they do not make a lot of money and if the restaurant paid them more wages your food would be more expensive. Why they have tipping. Some people are not well off and they can barely afford to pay for the food. But if you get good service and can afford to pay a tip then you should.

Kevin7

Tipping is part of American culture

Anonymous

This isn't a socialist country where you get paid a salary to be a server. And if you say they should all get a real job I guess that means you'll have to eat a bag of Doritos and down a slim fast for lunch, *****.

vic

Tipping is based on service good service top, bad service don’t tip at all, if no money left over to tip write a note on the receipt thanking the waitress for good service and and saying sorry you have no money left for a tip, that way she wont think she did something wrong or gave you poor service but she might think you’re cheap or too poor to eat out, americans are strange when it comes to tips in Japan for example it’s very rude to tip

MeMyself&I

eat fast food

Bob

Tipping is optional, not mandatory, so not leaving a tip is not illegal, however by not doing so you impress people as being a cheapskate, if tipping bothers you, maybe you should just stick to fast food.

Richard

There's no law that you should. If you didn't enjoy your meal or the service was not good then why should you?

Fireball

u should always tip for good svc....dont be cheap...that job is not a thrill...My daughter used to do that before what she does now.

King Solomon

TIPS = To Ensure Prompt Service. You don't just leave a TIP without reason . Did your waiter or waitress ignore you during your brief visit to their restaurant ?

Pat Wooden

A lot of people agree with you that tipping needs to stop. Hopefully in a few years it will no longer be the norm. But it is the norm now, and prices at restaurants are set on the assumption that the help will get a very small salary supplemented by tips. The owners don't suffer when someone fails to tip--only the waiters, most of whom need that extra cash to pay their bills. Your comment about getting a "real job" is ignorant and arrogant. You know nothing about the hardships these people undergo. Don't you think they would have a better paying job if they could? In fact, quite of few of them use this job in addition to another one, or they are students trying to work their way through school.

Harley1

Nah, don't worry about it. They will just start putting snot on your hamburgers or on the underside of your steak. It all works out in the wash.

skeptik

Ignorance of local customs is understandable from recent immigrants. This - "plus its not my fault you're a waitress and dont have a real job" - is not. Continue on with that attitude, and continue not tipping. Seriously, continue. I hope you have health insurance. You're going to need it.

PhotonX

No, it's not illegal. If you don't mind having your food spit on (or worse--ever seen Fight Club?) before it's served, just keep going back to the same restaurant without tipping. . Yes, I'd like to see tipping disappear, with living wages paid to waiters in the first place, but the system is what it is, and punishing waiters for it isn't the solution. . .

Ur

I think you should tip if you have the money. But your'e right, tips are not something you have to do...

あやと

Then you're poor.

Anonymous

How about this instead, John? Since you've already had the custom explained it to you and you refuse to assimilate, get used to being treated like garbage at restaurants, because that's how you are treating the people handling your food. Don't like it? Get the hell out.

Honestly

Waiters and waitresses are paid much less because It is expected that part of their pay is from tips. This encourages quality of service. In the US, it is considered rude and stingy to not tip. Tips are generally 15 to 20 percent of the bill. I know that in some area's of the world it is cutomary to treat hired help with little respect. This is not so in the US.

dj

Buy food from fast food shops.

Pat C.

It's a custom. If you don't want to tip, stay home and eat you self righteous prick.