Tipping

[husker]

So I am out today and kind of hungery so I decide to go to burger king and grab a bite. I pay for lunch and as I get my change and go to put it in my wallet the girl at the counter asks if Iam going to tip here. I asked here for what? She said for taking my order and I said well that is your job. She was kind of pissed.
I get my burger and leaveand start to think about it so I ended up throwing the burger away. Dont know whatshe mayhave done.
Is this normal at most places?
Most times I take my lunch to work or eat at home. When I do go out for dinner I feel I tip very well but that is at a nice place with good service.
This girl at burger king is doing her job and not that great. I had to wait for her to get done texting.
I guess I m just getting old and dont see it. Its like she was entitled to a tip for nothing more than what she gets paid for.

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[.45's and .38's]

That sounds very rude. I would have asked to see her manager immediately.
So let me get this straight the lady taking your order at burger king asked you "arent you going to tip me". I would be jaw dropped. You should report her to the manager for sure. That is unbelievable........Even funnier Im going there now

 

[timbernet]

What the heck????

Fast Food and tipping typically doesn't mix for me...

When I go to Starbucks I tip the baristas I like that remember my name and my drink... but that is it. Typically if I get a few coins back as change I drop those off instead of storing them...

I reserve tipping (other than Starbucks) for sit down, get waited on, restaurants (The RAM, in Clackamas -- ahhhh, love it!!). Depending on service, etc it is between 10 and 20%, but I always tip.



Fast Food??? She punched a few buttons into a computer. The cooks? She heated up some premade food... yeah... not worthy.

 

[TonsOfOregonBrass]

At the risk of sounding like a total A hole.

Fast Food = go back to school to get a better job to make more money, don't expect me to supplement your income because i went to school so i don't have to work crappy jobs.

Fast Food = no Tip.

Sit down restaurant = tip, but you are getting an extra service. Waited on. not just killed with greasy fatty food.

I might tip a fast food employee if she is hot, and nice. No tip for guys, sorry.

 

[.45's and .38's]

At the risk of sounding like a total A hole.

Fast Food = go back to school to get a better job to make more money, don't expect me to supplement your income because i went to school so i don't have to work crappy jobs.

Fast Food = no Tip.

Sit down restaurant = tip, but you are getting an extra service. Waited on. not just killed with greasy fatty food.

I might tip a fast food employee if she is hot, and nice. No tip for guys, sorry.

Maybe that is what she was getting at. Thats all I could think of

 

[sparkly_flea]

Never heard of tipping a BK or any other fast food employee. Strange that. Perhaps she was just an enterprising or maverick employee?

 

[numbnutz]

Absolutely no way would I tip any fast food server/button pushers, they probably get paid too much as it is. As for sit-down restraunts it' usually between 15 and 20 % but that is also dependant on if the service was good.

 

[husker]

I dont know what it was. I do tip when I get hair cuts and at a sit down place for the service and the way I get treated but this just got me.
No one tips me after I install there furnace. Iguess maybe I could see it if she brought my food to me. I dont know. I guess I just dont understand it.
Maybe I should of asked to see a little skin but then I would go to jail for that.

 

[BlvdKing]

I have never even thought about tipping at a fast food joint but I don't frequent them often enough to know or care about their silly etiquette. I would have just asked for my money back and left.

 

[numbnutz]

husker what company do you work for. I've recieved a few tips from customers after a install,I usually take my apprentice out to lunck the next day with it.

 

[ZeroRing]

If she WAS hot maybe you could have suggested a career choice to one of those coffee places where the baristas wear next to nothing. They get pretty good tips... or so I hear.

 

[56kninja]

Should of just said, "I was, but then you asked." Asking to be tipped? That's just rude.
The deserving will get their tips.. They don't need to ask.

A waiter in California circled the 10% tip reminder on the bill.. and my Dad simply wrote in 0.00. Which is usually very well out of his character, he'll almost always tip, even in fast food places.

 

[roguebowhunter]

not sure about here but in calif waitresses are taxed on the 15% they are supposed to get for a tip (but thats calif don't know if its that way here.) but as for tippin a FFjoint .. no way !!!! Don

 

[PhysicsGuy]

Are you sure that she wasn't joking? Most fast food places have strict policies against tipping.

 

[husker]

I work for American heating. Been ther 15 yrs. Most all I do is commercial work but did work residential in The Dalles for 3 yrs.

husker what company do you work for. I've recieved a few tips from customers after a install,I usually take my apprentice out to lunck the next day with it.

 

[Trlsmn]

I don't tip fast food sorry. At a restaurant, barber, etc I tip 15 to 20 percent or more if the service was good, if the service was bad I won't tip at all. I don't tip fast food as it's not customary. I would not tip someone who asked for it after the fact regardless of where it was, to me a tip must be earned not expected and demanded is just rude.

On the subject of restaurant dining I have walked out of when their service or their food was unacceptable.

I would complain to the manager as asking for a tip in that situation is just extortion by guilt in my eyes.

 

[56kninja]

not sure about here but in calif waitresses are taxed on the 15% they are supposed to get for a tip (but thats calif don't know if its that way here.) but as for tippin a FFjoint .. no way !!!! Don

Not sure what the situation is.. It just pissed my dad off. The guy got nothing where he usually would of gotten a decent tip, probably even a good one since we were on vacation.

1040s do ask you to report tips received. Not sure if they are taxed differently or if their just considered part of income.

 

[Gunner3456]

"Are you going to tip me?"

"Sure. Do you want me to tip you clear over on your head?"

 

[Joe Link]

I never tip anywhere I have to bus my own table after ordering at a register, but when I'm at a restaurant or a bar and the service is good I'll usually tip 20%+.

Anyone remember what TIP stands for?

 

[Trlsmn]

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