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Note that no one is required to pay income tax on tips that they did not earn. The IRS rule for servers is 8 percent of gross restaurant sales. A server can declare a lesser amount when they file their tax return, but they need to be prepared to prove it to the IRS, with contemporaneous records, if they are audited.
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Leaving a 5% tip should be shameful
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Disgusting to only tip 5%. You should be ashamed of yourself. You should just stay home and cook for yourself and clean up your own mess.
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I always tip a minimum of 20% for any food establishment. Some restaurants take the 3% credit card fee they get charged out of the wait staffs tips. FMK does this for example. I tried to get an explanation from FMK on their Facebook page, they deleted my comment. :)
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5% tip? Way too low for someone who makes less than minimum wage! 15-20% would be considered standard. Unless the service was horrible, I would be embarrassed to leave a tip of 5%.
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No waitress, buss boys. Just minimum staff. The place was busy. |
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In my life, suggested tip has gone from 10%, to 12%, to 15%, to 20% and now I am seeing "suggested" tips options including 25%.
My wife and I go out each Saturday. The bill averages between 100.00-125.00. For 90 minutes I am tipping 20.00 to 25.00. This is on top of the low wage, but in addition to other tips he/she is working. At the one location I can easily see them pulling in 100.00 plus an hour. At a less expensive restaurant it can cost 30.00 to 45.00. Same work the tip would be 6.00 to 9.00. I think 20% min is high. I think having a percentage is unfair to people working at lower ticket locations. For a $3.50 coffee I will tip $5.00. It really is a messed up system. We are now seeing, at self check-outs, a tip prompt. You do the work, ring up the charge, and are asked to leave a tip. |
For the waiter/waitress who gives me excellent service, I always leave 20+% tip. At my age, the few extra dollars mean much more to the server than they do to me.
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With dinning prices up costing more to eat the same meal this year than in the past we end up tipping based on the price of the meal. Logically the servers are performing the same service they did in the past, so they in reality the servers have raised their income for providing the same service.Just a thought, I still tip 20%.
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Would tip a delivery driver though. Tipping is out of hand in US. and I have always been a good tipper for wait staff, but all this talk of 20%-25% on a bill is nuts. Be tipping every shop assistant in Publix, Walmart etc. soon! |
If you put tip on credit card they share it with bar tender, cash they can stuff it in their pocket. At least this is what a waitress told me. Whatever you comment back to me I’ll beleive it, no point in arguing about this, I tip & it’s their tip so they can do whatever they want with it!
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They do more then bring u a plate. Remember their pay per hour is less then half the current Fl minimum wage. So yes cheap people like u my be keeping good servers from working in the bubble.
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occur, albeit not as often or to such expense. |
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Don't dishwashers and cooks get minimum wage of $15, why would they get part of the servers tip ?
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I tip on the quality of the service: 10% for meeting expectations, 15%, 20% or more for really great service. But always in cash, and I make sure that I give it to the waitperson. What they do with the tip after that is their own affair, but at least they know their work is being rewarded and to what extent. |
the system is what the system is. It certainly isn't the system I would design, but it's unlikely to change much.
Basically, it's simple. If you don't tip, or you tip 5%, all of your arguments are really just a cover for being a cheap SOB. Period. Enjoy your meal. (I have never been a tipped employee) |
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The difference between intelligent and stupid is intelligence has limits. Where do small tippers fit?
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This tipping at restaurants is getting absurd. If the owner raises his prices 10% because of inflation…im suppose to tip more to someone that cant get a meaningful job or education?
So do you tip at mcdonalds? Do you tip at anywhere but a sitdown restaurant? Tipping should be for personal service only…not for a waitstaff hndling multiple tables. But the FRANK SINATRA tipperas of the villages will always condemn those who reliaze thos tipping system is a joke |
I used to be a terrible tipper but I have changed. Maybe it is because our children are doing very well and they do not depend on us, or maybe because my wife and I are very glad to be alive and in good health, or maybe I have just become more aware of the people around me.
We meet a lot of young people who provide very good services for us, and we always thank them and give them a good (by our standards) tip. We don't eat at restaurants that are more expensive than the country clubs and we do a lot of carry out. We always pay cash and tip about 25% or more. I guess I would not give a tip if the server or food provider was not nice, but we have never met anyone like that in our 7 years living here. Maybe because we smile and show them respect. |
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Do you tip when you carry out? |
It would be great if a current or former server from one of The Villages restaurants would chime in, and let us know if their tips were pooled or not.
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