What I meant to say in my prior comment is that most who fail to tip do so because they are too cheap. The way I worded it makes it sound like the opposite is true.
SalukiJD - 11 years ago
How did the customer know the waitress or waiter wasn't a single mom or dad? Bottom line, if service was at least acceptable, you should leave at least 15%. I tip even if the rest of the dining experience was bad, if the wait staff gave what I consider to be acceptable service. I do NOT tip if the service is poor (but I do have grace if they are extremely busy--I realize it isn't all about me). I do not agree that tipping is required in all circumstances, because honestly, I have had my share of terrible service, and some of those folks just need to be in a different industry.
Bottom line, regardless of how you want to slice it, most people who don't tip don't do so because they are too cheap, and have little or no consideration for the person on the other end of the transaction--someone who, as others have mentioned, is usually making far less than minimum wage. If you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to eat out. Otherwise, go out to eat with a budget for how much TOTAL you can afford to spend, and order accordingly, being sure to keep an estimated amount for a tip in mind.
nancy - 11 years ago
I always try to tip, but I do believe tips are optional and should be based on the service received. We don't know if she fed one person or six, maybe the money was given to her to celebrate something special. Too may unknowns to make a judgement call. Each person has a choice of what job they are willing to do for an hourly wage. Waiters and waitresses do work hard and most of them make really good money, so one tip is bad. Give me a break. I agree with the other guy, is this even for real?
David - 11 years ago
Most restaurants, including mine, have a tip out procedure for bartenders or server assistants. If this mom ordered on or two glasses of wine, it is possible that this server had to pay for this woman to eat. UNACCEPTABLE! Servers make $2.13 an hour. Tips are not optional, and if you are somebody that thinks they are, then go to a fast food drive-thru.
Tabatha - 11 years ago
If this mother had $138 to spend on one meal then she should have money to leave a tip...that is just rude these waiters/waitresses rely on their tips as they usually only make around $3 an hour maybe she should have chose McDonald's to eat where the foods cheap and you don't have to leave a tip -_-
meg - 11 years ago
If you go into a full service restaurant, tipping is NOT optional. There are circumstances where I wouldn't tip much, but someone is waiting on you. If you don't want to tip, EAT AT HOME!! servers in oklahoma make $2.13 an hour. Think about that.
Ruth - 11 years ago
I like to tip and I try if I can. When we eat we drink water and most time split a meal if possable. and we eat out very seldome and it is a cheao place as well so i donot understand 140.00 that is just plain stupid. Why would someone pay that much for a meal? That really makes me mad that someone would even do that. Unless they were so loaded with money and then it still is stupid why not help the hungry here in OK. Lots of children go to bed hungry and I feel GOD sees that and finds us inadequate. I do not even pay that much for GRO for a family of 4 WE COOK at home and use every bit of the left overs or what others call scraps. Even if someone did not finish a piece of meat Meat is rare in our house cannot afford anything other than hamberger meat. I will cut off any they have touched and put the rest in a jar in freezer that I collect for soup at a latter date any drippings and veggies or meat then add potatoes and v8 and more veggies and we have a great soup. We do not waste anything. And if we eat out its only for special occasions like when my daughter graduated we splurged on where she wanted to go which was WAY to expensive but she deserved it with straight A's. and I took home all of our left overs which made another meal for my son.
But if I pay tithes at 10 percent I feel really bad to pay more than 10 percent to someone who just served me not belittling that employment as I have been a wattress as well but CHRIST GAVE HIS LIFE and the bible says 10 percent is GODS so I do feel bad.
but antway that single mom needs some lessons in life.
vern - 11 years ago
Turn it around&let her income be relied on tips.bet your nickel she'd be pissed if there was no tip.
jason - 11 years ago
If you go somewhere to be waited on you should tip. Lets say it takes you a hour to eat. your waitress only makes $2 a hour. if no one tips It takes your waitress 2 days of work. For you to scarf down your one hour $30 dinner. Next time tip you cheap ass.
Laura - 11 years ago
I used to be a waitress/bartender and a single Mom dependent on tips. Most people who wait tables figure out pretty quickly if they are good at it, if they aren't, they don't make money and they find a different line of work. In my opinion, tipping is not optional...if the person who is waiting on you is making less than minimum wage, you should tip...if the service was bad, you tip less and leave a note telling them why. If the service was good, tipping should be 18-20% of the total bill. If the service was exceptional, you should tip higher. I can't believe 14% say tipping is optional. If you don't like to tip, go eat at the fast food restaurant where the employees are making minimum wage...stay out of restaurants where you are waited on!
Jetadore777 - 11 years ago
It's one thing to not leave a tip, given the service or food was horrible, but its another to tell you waitress your too tight on your budget to tip her hard work an great service because when you spent THAT much on a SINGLE meal.
Island Doctor - 11 years ago
That's one troll poll. The question has nothing to do with the article.
Tipping is ALWAYS optional. Period.
Now I agree that $138 for dinner may not be wise for a single mother, but then don't make THAT excuse for no tip. If the service was bad- that should be the comment, not single mom.
Did it ever occur to anyone that it could also be a bogus receipt, meant to play on the heart strings of the public? Think about it, say it was a real receipt... who would bother taking it to the news? That also seems self-serving (pun intended) and shady!
I think it was to keep the waitress thinking long enough and delay her chasing said 'single mom' out the door with a dirty steak knife!!!
Anita - 11 years ago
Yes tips are optional BUT if she is spending that much on one meal and then wants to say "sorry single mom" that's just wrong. If she can spend that kind of money on ONE meal then she could have just rounded up a little and at least gave the waitress something. I was a single mom too after my husband's death and I'm still single but I leave a tip unless the waitress is just so lousy and I don't find that very often. They are hard working people too, putting up with the likes of people like this. Like I told a waitress one time after I tipped her with the tips I made that day at my hotel job, us working girls have got to take care of each other, if we don't who will? It's a common courtesy and recognition that I know how hard and tiring their job is. It may make the difference between them feeling like there are some good people out there who care about them and them feeling like they are worthless. It's not always about the money, it's about respecting what someone else is doing for YOU.
Vee - 11 years ago
She should've just put $0.00 for the tip. don't apologize for something you're not sorry for. I could see if the service was bad, but then you put thanks it was great... no.
Angie - 11 years ago
Yes tips are optional and you don't have to leave one but don't say sorry single mom. Just don't put anything. Because if you are a single mom and can't afford to leave a tip after a $138. and change bill you shouldn't be spending that kind of money on food. Take your kids to a cheaper place.
Debbie - 11 years ago
The waitress/waiter may have been a single parent counting on tips to feed their kids. That is just down right rude. I always tip at least 20% and there have been times with senior discounts our bill is mybe $10 but we still tip at least 20% on total bill plus extra if the service was exceptional. I'm appalled! I do agree, if she can afford a $138 bill she can afford the tip...
What I meant to say in my prior comment is that most who fail to tip do so because they are too cheap. The way I worded it makes it sound like the opposite is true.
How did the customer know the waitress or waiter wasn't a single mom or dad? Bottom line, if service was at least acceptable, you should leave at least 15%. I tip even if the rest of the dining experience was bad, if the wait staff gave what I consider to be acceptable service. I do NOT tip if the service is poor (but I do have grace if they are extremely busy--I realize it isn't all about me). I do not agree that tipping is required in all circumstances, because honestly, I have had my share of terrible service, and some of those folks just need to be in a different industry.
Bottom line, regardless of how you want to slice it, most people who don't tip don't do so because they are too cheap, and have little or no consideration for the person on the other end of the transaction--someone who, as others have mentioned, is usually making far less than minimum wage. If you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to eat out. Otherwise, go out to eat with a budget for how much TOTAL you can afford to spend, and order accordingly, being sure to keep an estimated amount for a tip in mind.
I always try to tip, but I do believe tips are optional and should be based on the service received. We don't know if she fed one person or six, maybe the money was given to her to celebrate something special. Too may unknowns to make a judgement call. Each person has a choice of what job they are willing to do for an hourly wage. Waiters and waitresses do work hard and most of them make really good money, so one tip is bad. Give me a break. I agree with the other guy, is this even for real?
Most restaurants, including mine, have a tip out procedure for bartenders or server assistants. If this mom ordered on or two glasses of wine, it is possible that this server had to pay for this woman to eat. UNACCEPTABLE! Servers make $2.13 an hour. Tips are not optional, and if you are somebody that thinks they are, then go to a fast food drive-thru.
If this mother had $138 to spend on one meal then she should have money to leave a tip...that is just rude these waiters/waitresses rely on their tips as they usually only make around $3 an hour maybe she should have chose McDonald's to eat where the foods cheap and you don't have to leave a tip -_-
If you go into a full service restaurant, tipping is NOT optional. There are circumstances where I wouldn't tip much, but someone is waiting on you. If you don't want to tip, EAT AT HOME!! servers in oklahoma make $2.13 an hour. Think about that.
I like to tip and I try if I can. When we eat we drink water and most time split a meal if possable. and we eat out very seldome and it is a cheao place as well so i donot understand 140.00 that is just plain stupid. Why would someone pay that much for a meal? That really makes me mad that someone would even do that. Unless they were so loaded with money and then it still is stupid why not help the hungry here in OK. Lots of children go to bed hungry and I feel GOD sees that and finds us inadequate. I do not even pay that much for GRO for a family of 4 WE COOK at home and use every bit of the left overs or what others call scraps. Even if someone did not finish a piece of meat Meat is rare in our house cannot afford anything other than hamberger meat. I will cut off any they have touched and put the rest in a jar in freezer that I collect for soup at a latter date any drippings and veggies or meat then add potatoes and v8 and more veggies and we have a great soup. We do not waste anything. And if we eat out its only for special occasions like when my daughter graduated we splurged on where she wanted to go which was WAY to expensive but she deserved it with straight A's. and I took home all of our left overs which made another meal for my son.
But if I pay tithes at 10 percent I feel really bad to pay more than 10 percent to someone who just served me not belittling that employment as I have been a wattress as well but CHRIST GAVE HIS LIFE and the bible says 10 percent is GODS so I do feel bad.
but antway that single mom needs some lessons in life.
Turn it around&let her income be relied on tips.bet your nickel she'd be pissed if there was no tip.
If you go somewhere to be waited on you should tip. Lets say it takes you a hour to eat. your waitress only makes $2 a hour. if no one tips It takes your waitress 2 days of work. For you to scarf down your one hour $30 dinner. Next time tip you cheap ass.
I used to be a waitress/bartender and a single Mom dependent on tips. Most people who wait tables figure out pretty quickly if they are good at it, if they aren't, they don't make money and they find a different line of work. In my opinion, tipping is not optional...if the person who is waiting on you is making less than minimum wage, you should tip...if the service was bad, you tip less and leave a note telling them why. If the service was good, tipping should be 18-20% of the total bill. If the service was exceptional, you should tip higher. I can't believe 14% say tipping is optional. If you don't like to tip, go eat at the fast food restaurant where the employees are making minimum wage...stay out of restaurants where you are waited on!
It's one thing to not leave a tip, given the service or food was horrible, but its another to tell you waitress your too tight on your budget to tip her hard work an great service because when you spent THAT much on a SINGLE meal.
That's one troll poll. The question has nothing to do with the article.
Tipping is ALWAYS optional. Period.
Now I agree that $138 for dinner may not be wise for a single mother, but then don't make THAT excuse for no tip. If the service was bad- that should be the comment, not single mom.
Did it ever occur to anyone that it could also be a bogus receipt, meant to play on the heart strings of the public? Think about it, say it was a real receipt... who would bother taking it to the news? That also seems self-serving (pun intended) and shady!
I think it was to keep the waitress thinking long enough and delay her chasing said 'single mom' out the door with a dirty steak knife!!!
Yes tips are optional BUT if she is spending that much on one meal and then wants to say "sorry single mom" that's just wrong. If she can spend that kind of money on ONE meal then she could have just rounded up a little and at least gave the waitress something. I was a single mom too after my husband's death and I'm still single but I leave a tip unless the waitress is just so lousy and I don't find that very often. They are hard working people too, putting up with the likes of people like this. Like I told a waitress one time after I tipped her with the tips I made that day at my hotel job, us working girls have got to take care of each other, if we don't who will? It's a common courtesy and recognition that I know how hard and tiring their job is. It may make the difference between them feeling like there are some good people out there who care about them and them feeling like they are worthless. It's not always about the money, it's about respecting what someone else is doing for YOU.
She should've just put $0.00 for the tip. don't apologize for something you're not sorry for. I could see if the service was bad, but then you put thanks it was great... no.
Yes tips are optional and you don't have to leave one but don't say sorry single mom. Just don't put anything. Because if you are a single mom and can't afford to leave a tip after a $138. and change bill you shouldn't be spending that kind of money on food. Take your kids to a cheaper place.
The waitress/waiter may have been a single parent counting on tips to feed their kids. That is just down right rude. I always tip at least 20% and there have been times with senior discounts our bill is mybe $10 but we still tip at least 20% on total bill plus extra if the service was exceptional. I'm appalled! I do agree, if she can afford a $138 bill she can afford the tip...