How much to tip at Top Golf?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tipping has gotten so crazy, and is becoming an entitlement. I tip 15% minimum when I get decent service while dining out. I tip 20% if it's fantastic service in general. I top NOTHING if I have to pick up my own food, and have to go to the counter. Simple as that.

The other day, I was buying lemonade from some random kids on the street in my neighborhood. The lemonade was warm and tasted terrible. I didn't need lemonade but I thought to boost the kids' spirits by buying what they sold on the neighborhood streets. 50 cents for a cup of lemonade. I bought 4 and some chips for a total of maybe $5. Gave them a $10 (because that was all I had in my wallet) and they asked if the rest is tip? WTH. Of course I said no.

You are beyond cheap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tipping is a horrible practice and I don't tip. It puts the economic costs of running a business on the low paid workers rather than the corporation. For example, if Top Golf is open one night, and no one shows up to play - they only pay their workers $2 an hour. Low risk. But the poor worker still has to show up - there is a high risk that the worker will lose money by working there on that night (driving there, opportunity costs of not using that time for something else.) The worker has no guarantee that they will earn any money at all.


Stinks to be uneducated.
It is only in America that workers have to rely on tips to live. If you boycott tipping, eventually the corporations will have to pay more money to their staff to convince people to work there. That is good for the economy as a whole.

[Anonymous]

My 21yo college neice works at Top Golf. She says when she works corporate events she gets tipped @$100 per. They share their tips with the “runners” who have to bring the food and drinks up and down the stairs (not allowed to use elevator).

My brother doesnt love that his DD works their because the employee parking lot is far and dark st night , but it’s “good money” and fun for her. She’s 32 and has to text her lovingly protective parents to let them know she’s safe

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don't tip on the golf. Ridiculous.

+1 it has never occurred to me to tip when I’m at the driving range where drinks are served in the bays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 21yo college neice works at Top Golf. She says when she works corporate events she gets tipped @$100 per. They share their tips with the “runners” who have to bring the food and drinks up and down the stairs (not allowed to use elevator).

My brother doesnt love that his DD works their because the employee parking lot is far and dark st night , but it’s “good money” and fun for her. She’s 32 and has to text her lovingly protective parents to let them know she’s safe

Is she 21 or 32?

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of places also calculate tip on top of the total with tax. I tip on the subtotal.

Cheapskate! Who does that?

Why is PP a cheapskate for not tipping on the tax?

It’s nickel and diming. Most people look at what they are being charged and tip on it.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of places also calculate tip on top of the total with tax. I tip on the subtotal.

Cheapskate! Who does that?

Why is PP a cheapskate for not tipping on the tax?

It’s nickel and diming. Most people look at what they are being charged and tip on it.

You’re not supposed to tip on the tax. The tax is on top of the food and drink portion, so not part of what you pay tip on.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you can’t afford to tip at least 20 percent then you should stay home. These servers get $2 hourly because they depend on the tips to pay their bills.

If the servers couldn’t get a job of more than $2/hr, it’s their problem, not other people’s. Get a better job!

The $2 an hour was a long time ago. Minimum wage for servers in NYC is $15 an hour. The high end restaurants pay $20 - $50 an hour plus tips easily taking home $2,000 a week. People like you don’t dine in these type of restaurants. People who do dine in these restaurants don’t moan and groan about having to tip.

We aren't in NYC.

I assume people outside of NYC occasionally eat at nice restaurants. It’s the same at all of them

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of places also calculate tip on top of the total with tax. I tip on the subtotal.

Cheapskate! Who does that?

Why is PP a cheapskate for not tipping on the tax?

It’s nickel and diming. Most people look at what they are being charged and tip on it.

You’re not supposed to tip on the tax. The tax is on top of the food and drink portion, so not part of what you pay tip on.

As an example I’m going to use easy numbers. Lunch for two is $100. Tax is $8. Tip on food only is $10. Tip on whole bill is $11.60. Cheap af looking for the number before the tax is added.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you can’t afford to tip at least 20 percent then you should stay home. These servers get $2 hourly because they depend on the tips to pay their bills.

If the servers couldn’t get a job of more than $2/hr, it’s their problem, not other people’s. Get a better job!

The $2 an hour was a long time ago. Minimum wage for servers in NYC is $15 an hour. The high end restaurants pay $20 - $50 an hour plus tips easily taking home $2,000 a week. People like you don’t dine in these type of restaurants. People who do dine in these restaurants don’t moan and groan about having to tip.

We aren't in NYC.

I assume people outside of NYC occasionally eat at nice restaurants. It’s the same at all of them

No it's not. You're flat out wrong.

[Anonymous]

Only my Rabbi takes tips

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you can’t afford to tip at least 20 percent then you should stay home. These servers get $2 hourly because they depend on the tips to pay their bills.

That isn’t the question and it has nothing to do with being able to afford it so knock it off with that trope.

Tipping is out of control.

No, you don’t tip on the golf part of the bill.

15-20% on the food and drinks only, before tax. Less if the service sucked. Slightly more if was exceptional.

That is long-standing tipping etiquette.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of places also calculate tip on top of the total with tax. I tip on the subtotal.

Cheapskate! Who does that?

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Most people. It’s the proper way to tip.

[Anonymous]

Tipping is a legacy of slavery

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of places also calculate tip on top of the total with tax. I tip on the subtotal.

Cheapskate! Who does that?

Why is PP a cheapskate for not tipping on the tax?

It’s nickel and diming. Most people look at what they are being charged and tip on it.

You’re not supposed to tip on the tax. The tax is on top of the food and drink portion, so not part of what you pay tip on.

As an example I’m going to use easy numbers. Lunch for two is $100. Tax is $8. Tip on food only is $10. Tip on whole bill is $11.60. Cheap af looking for the number before the tax is added.

The standard is tip on pre-tax. It's the house that is nickel & diming, and not following the standard. Seriously, you blame the customer for this? Not defensible.