Sick and tired of tip jars everywhere I go...

[frenchy]

Originally Posted by Agnacious

for one of many references:

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/tip.asp

really?snopes?really?
watch a doc named BLACK COFFEE they get into the history of coffee houses and the origin

 

[Infrasonic]

The legislation changed for casinos here in the UK a while ago, so that now you can tip croupiers and cash desk staff...for helping you lose a **** load of money.

 

[Agnacious]

Originally Posted by frenchy

really?snopes?really?
watch a doc named BLACK COFFEE they get into the history of coffee houses and the origin

You would have said the same thing no matter what reference was posted.

Here's another:

http://money.cnn.com/2001/10/07/pf/tipping/

The origin of the word English word "tip" is less clear. One popular theory says it's is an acronym of "to insure promptness." Jesse Sheidlower, Principal Editor in North America for the Oxford English Dictionary, says that's wrong, because acronyms weren't popular in English until the 1920s. "'Tip," says Sheidlower, "began as a verb in the seventeenth century, used in the language of thieves, meaning 'to give'." By the early eighteenth century, the meaning included "to give a gratuity to a servant or employee"

You don't need to post the predictable "Really? OED? Really?".

 

[MetroStyles]

Originally Posted by unjung

I tip waitresses, the concierge... that's about it. If I like the bartender I'll buy her a drink. The rest of those people are doing exactly what their JD says they should do.

I still have an issue with tipping, period, as I think employers should only employee those who will do their very best all the time. The idea that I would tip because the service was out of the ordinary is silly. The service should be ordinarily out of the ordinary. But I live with tipping in order to not be like Mr. Pink.

Yes, but it isn't, and we don't live in a Utopia/Japan, so tipping gives you, the consumer, the ability to discern good service from bad.

 

[Infrasonic]

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

Yes, but it isn't, and we don't live in a Utopia/Japan, so tipping gives you, the consumer, the ability to discern good service from bad.

Many places pool tips though, which sort of negates the whole point about rewarding individual excellence. If you don't pool tips, you end up with certain staff only serving big hitters with any enthusiasm.

 

[frenchy]

Originally Posted by Agnacious

You would have said the same thing no matter what reference was posted.

Here's another:

http://money.cnn.com/2001/10/07/pf/tipping/




You don't need to post the predictable "Really? OED? Really?".

i will go with the explanation given by an award winnning doc over one given by snopes and CNN (lol)...yes reeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaallyyyy

 

[Gus]

I don't mind tipping but I rarely use a tip jar. I enjoy giving a tip for service when I can look the person in the eye, hand it to them and have them acknowlage it.

The best, is to tip, when you arrive, so they can show their appreciation. I do this with bartenders a lot when entertaining clients. When done properly it is highly effective.

 

[JayJay]

If you don't have cash on hand, then you can't give what you don't have. Double up on the tip next time maybe.

 

[deadly7]

Originally Posted by JayJay

If you don't have cash on hand, then you can't give what you don't have. Double up on the tip next time maybe.

What the hell? He walked through a fast food line, not went to a 5 star restaurant and got a complimentary *******. Please tell me how that's necessitates he give a tip.

 

[binge]

Originally Posted by winstonterr

What do I do?

You should feel bad, always and at all times. Day or night.


Especially if the tip jars were sold at full-retail.

 

[HgaleK]

Originally Posted by deadly7

What the hell? He walked through a fast food line, not went to a 5 star restaurant and got a complimentary *******. Please tell me how that's necessitates he give a tip.

It's worth it if you eat at a place often enough.

 

[AR_Six]

Originally Posted by frenchy

i will go with the explanation given by an award winnning doc over one given by snopes and CNN (lol)...yes reeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaallyyyy
Are you ******* serious?? He quoted the editor for the OED. There is no more fundamental source for etymology. I could make a damned coffee documentary.

 

[LawrenceMD]

certain situations deserve tips in the tip jar.

like the hippie selling expensive ice cream on govenors island. its expensive icecream with dubious hipster brooklyn roots, but still, they guy had to cart that thing out there and has to scoop.

any barista that has to make a ridiculous coffee order (something involving soy milk or special **** like that) from scratch (not the machine made kind like starbucks). whats the point of ordering a non dairy latte if you don't put milk in it and want it "low calorie/low fat".

the saddest thing is the tip jar/box you see at mcdonalds now... honestly they could use the extra money, but its the demographic that is least likely to tip.

 

[cimabue]

If I tip you and you tip me, who gains?

 

[jgold47]

I hate tips. if it wasnt for watiresses and what they get paid, I wouldnt tip ever. I am not tipping the guy who holds the door (thanks I got it), who drives me to the airport (thanks for doing your job), etc... The one that makes me the most angry is when there is a tip line on a the reciept for take out food. WHY AM I TIPPING YOU FOR MAKING MY FOOD.

I dont give a **** about how its the only way they can survive, its your job, just do it, and do it well, or dont do it, and find some other miserable job to do.


Dont get me started on restraunts

1. do I get better/worse service if my bill is 20 vs 40 vs 60 vs 100?
2. do you deserve a tip on an expensive bottle of wine? Is it that much harder to open than a cheap bottle of wine?