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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you advise your teens/tweens about how to tip? Is your advice the same as how. you tip, or is it different?[/quote]

20% if they show up at the table and take your order.  If you have an issue, talk to the manager, don't cut the tip.  If they don't show up at the table, no tip.  If they do more, tip more.[/quote]

So if they show up, take your order, fail to check on you, fail to bring the condiments you asked for, fail to refill water, fail to clear dishes, fail to bring menus, etc...20%?  How is talking to the manager helping the server?

I’d tip this person 15% pretax. [/quote]

Because the tip is split between the cook, bussers and wait staff (frequently pooled so everyone splits the same big pot), I'm not going to penalize everyone.  I'm gong to speak strongly to the manager, and with a list of written comments, the manager will teach them.  Or they'll be fired because they did a piss poor job for the second/third/fourth time, and they've been warned/taught before, but didn't try to fix it.[/quote]

A fool and his money...[/quote]

You're welcome to your opinion, as I'm welcome to mine.

I find a restaurant I like, then I stick to it.  I go during off hours, and the managers know me (they may not see me when I walk in, but they stop by my table sometime while I'm there).  The waitstaff gets to know me over time, but I have no issue in someone new.  The kitchen recognizes the way I special order within 4 times, especially since I only have 2-3 orders that I rotate.

I have NEVER spoken to a manager who didn't take my comments seriously.  I have had managers approach me three times to see if I would be willing to take notes during my meal, and in exchange, my meal would be comped, no questions if I ordered more food or more extravagantly than my normal.

I build relationships, rather than just treating people like interchangeable cogs.  But you do you, and you're welcome to think I'm a fool too...[/quote]

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