[KeepingItReal]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

We were at the Cane Garden ,having our bar side dinner Mon. This gentleman comes of the course orders 4 beverages, he asks the bar person,"how much", she says,"$4.70" he hands her a $5.00 bill and says,"keep the change"

The look on the bar person's face-was sheer amazement.

Maybe he was still in shock from getting 4 drinks of anything for $4.70, there must be something more to this story.

[red tail]

seems t o me the world would be a better place if people would mind their own business!

[kstew43]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

That's an excellent point. I never tip for counter service. The people working behind the counter at McDonalds are being paid at least minimum wage. They are not servers.

And I would imagine that the four drinks for $4.70 were sodas and water. I don't know if tipping is appropriate for someone serving soda.

my point exactly.....

[sunnyatlast]

Originally Posted by red tail

seems t o me the world would be a better place if people would mind their own business!

This is so true! As somebody said, maybe the person had already left a good tip at the table, and maybe these were lemonades or iced teas being taken out for golf.

However, the whole reason people are responding to this o.p. is because of how many people ARE that cheap with servers at tables and bartenders, to the extent that their stinginess toward others is a mental disorder!

[DougB]

Maybe if wrong about the $4.70 for 4 beverages, probably wrong about the $.30 tip.

[John_W]

Originally Posted by DougB

Maybe if wrong about the $4.70 for 4 beverages, probably wrong about the $.30 tip.

It was probably more like $9.70 and he gave him a ten and said keep the change. I like the way OP's will disappear after starting a thread, don't they have a name for people like that?

[Chatbrat]

He was sweating so much & I told him I have a personal trainer & the key to hydration is taking your body weight -divide it in half & that # is the # of oz's of water you have to drink on a daily basis-,he said you mean I have to drink 170 oz's of water

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by red tail

seems t o me the world would be a better place if people would mind their own business!

Me too.

[tuccillo]

What you are describing may be in violation of the law. Tips back to other staff are excluded from the minimum total amount per hour that is required by FL law. There is nothing stopping anyone from being an anonymous whistle blower.

Originally Posted by redwitch

Read what I said previously. The Darden chains for a start. Applebee's. Can only name those because I've seen it occur at those two places. I'd suggest you ask servers here if a restaurant has ever added to their hourly rate. Restaurants will use the excuse that they don't know actual tips since many tips are given in cash or partially in cash and partially on a card. They actually ignore the amount given for a tip (the servers do get the actual tip amount, whether five percent or twenty percent), calculate the tip at eighteen percent of the food amount and deduct a percentage of that amount for tip backs to other staff. My daughter once had to pay some of the tip backs out of her own pocket, so she actually made less than $3.35/hr that day, regardless of what was reported to the IRS. And let's not forget the off the clock work bartenders and servers are frequently required to do. Too much competition for these unskilled jobs for folks to complain.

[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by wudda1955

At least the guy tipped. He could just as easily have walked away with his .30 in change.

You can't be serious??!?