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03-29-2009, 03:36 AM | #31 |
So much drama 'n the LBCs
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But whenever I go home and we go out to eat dinner, I usually just pick up their tab for them and include the tip. When I'm not there, my dad usually tips the extra for them, and they don't go out to eat unless my parents go with them, so the tip is generally covered by someone regardless. Unfortunately, my cheap friends are my younger (24-28 year old) friends. My cheapest friend's dad was a doctor with some obscure specialty, so he grew up loaded, and he's working for Cisco making nearly $150k a year, but he'll haggle down a price like he grew up in the Great Depression. I also had 5 friends (Mr. Cheapo, listed above included) fly out to San Francisco, and expected to crash at my 1 BR apartment for a full week, and for me to drive them around for free. They asked to borrow my car (which I turned them down) and they bitched to no end about having to pay for the train when we took it. I realize the cost of living is insane out here, but dammit. They had a free place to stay in the SF area for a week, get over it. My rent is close to $2k a month, and I don't even live in the city. The best part is, we went to a restaurant with the 5 of them and me and my girlfriend, and the bill came to $200. The restaurant wouldn't split the bill, and my cheap friends only cobbled together $50 between the 5 of them, so I paid the remaining $150 myself, and when I got irritated and loud about it, they acted like I was the asshole. There was no way my girl and I ate anything more than $50 combined, tip included. Needless to say, they're not welcome back, despite the fact that they told me they probably won't be coming back, because I mad them feel "unwelcome". |
03-29-2009, 03:37 AM | #32 |
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I usually tip between 15-20% for good service, less if the service was bad. I used to be a Kitchen Manager and Assistant Manager in training at Big Boy and saw 1st hand some of the shit the wait staff deals with. Especially when I worked the bar rush, man I felt sorry for the waitresses then! Ketchup bottles flying through the air at other tables, drunks passing out on the floor/table/bathroom, etc. It takes a really really bad experience for me not to leave a good tip.
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03-29-2009, 03:43 AM | #33 |
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15-20%. More if I'm with some of my more obnoxious friends who are hard to please, as I feel sorry for the server who has to deal with shit like "these French fries are not crisp enough, I want them just out of the oil and crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside."
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03-29-2009, 03:45 AM | #34 |
So much drama 'n the LBCs
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Tip 15% or I'll let out a sultry sexy, "Ohhhhh". I always tip 15% and no more.
But then again, I rarely eat out and I work in a bar. But I expect at least a dollar for each beer, drink, etc I serve. Now will I get a dollar? Sometimes I don't get one or 5 or even 10 until they've drank a few beers. He then tipped $20 on his $30 drink tab at the bar, after he knew what was up. Either you're doing something wrong, or Miles has a new preference in women. |
03-29-2009, 03:50 AM | #35 |
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My grandparents are old school, and they tip $2 no matter what they eat. They're old, and their reasoning is it takes the same effort to bring a $10 meal as a $50 meal, and they're also on a set budget, and get the senior plates anyways.
But whenever I go home and we go out to eat dinner, I usually just pick up their tab for them and include the tip. When I'm not there, my dad usually tips the extra for them, and they don't go out to eat unless my parents go with them, so the tip is generally covered by someone regardless. Unfortunately, my cheap friends are my younger (24-28 year old) friends. My cheapest friend's dad was a doctor with some obscure specialty, so he grew up loaded, and he's working for Cisco making nearly $150k a year, but he'll haggle down a price like he grew up in the Great Depression. I also had 5 friends (Mr. Cheapo, listed above included) fly out to San Francisco, and expected to crash at my 1 BR apartment for a full week, and for me to drive them around for free. They asked to borrow my car (which I turned them down) and they bitched to no end about having to pay for the train when we took it. I realize the cost of living is insane out here, but dammit. They had a free place to stay in the SF area for a week, get over it. My rent is close to $2k a month, and I don't even live in the city. The best part is, we went to a restaurant with the 5 of them and me and my girlfriend, and the bill came to $200. The restaurant wouldn't split the bill, and my cheap friends only cobbled together $50 between the 5 of them, so I paid the remaining $150 myself, and when I got irritated and loud about it, they acted like I was the asshole. There was no way my girl and I ate anything more than $50 combined, tip included. Needless to say, they're not welcome back, despite the fact that they told me they probably won't be coming back, because I mad them feel "unwelcome". |
03-29-2009, 04:02 AM | #36 |
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He's tipping way too much. Thats 70%. I mean I know there isn't ever "too much". You can tip me 100% and you still won't take me home or to your hotel room. BTW, I work in North Beach. |
03-29-2009, 04:05 AM | #37 |
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The 2-bedroom hotel room cost them a total of $70 a person or so for the few nights they stayed there, every person had a bed, and it was close to downtown. Despite being in the Tenderloin, the hotel was actually nice and safe, and if you asked me, $70 for 3-4 nights' stay in SF is nothing. Granted, it wasn't a Westin, but shit. This was AFTER the dinner fiasco, where not only did they not tip, but they didn't even pay for what they ate. Cheaper than cheap, and these guys aren't making shabby salaries or in debt. They're just absurdly cheap! I don't get it. |
03-29-2009, 04:08 AM | #38 |
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But did he want to take one of them home? Most of the dancer/bartenders in SF are only payed to dance and serve you liquor. Anything else, I'm afraid my job description doesn't allow that.
He's tipping way too much. Thats 70%. I mean I know there isn't ever "too much". You can tip me 100% and you still won't take me home or to your hotel room. BTW, I work in North Beach. North Beach is a bunch of nicer bars, no? I don't go out much in the city, we're too "old couple" anymore to do much bar-hopping or clubbing. |
03-29-2009, 04:09 AM | #39 |
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They ended up not staying with me the whole week (it was actually like 8-10 days, if I remember correctly), and got a hotel in the Tenderloin (sketchier area of SF) towards the end, because they got tired of the commute, and said I made them feel unwelcome, and I think they realized that 6 people in one apartment was a stupid idea.
The 2-bedroom hotel room cost them a total of $70 a person or so for the few nights they stayed there, every person had a bed, and it was close to downtown. Despite being in the Tenderloin, the hotel was actually nice and safe, and if you asked me, $70 for 3-4 nights' stay in SF is nothing. Granted, it wasn't a Westin, but shit. This was AFTER the dinner fiasco, where not only did they not tip, but they didn't even pay for what they ate. Cheaper than cheap, and these guys aren't making shabby salaries or in debt. They're just absurdly cheap! I don't get it. When someone offers their goodwill to you. It is your job to at least contribute something. They could have at least bought booze or rented some movies. That was so selfish of them. The Tenderloin is a dangerous area. But at least they didn't stay in Hunter's Point. |
03-29-2009, 04:11 AM | #40 |
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That depends on the service. Lots of variables. If it's busy lunch or dinners rushes, I take that into consideration as I'm not the only uy in the restaurant. But if I am, then that time limit for refils, orders and so forth changes.
I tipp well for good service, moderately for decent service and poorly for poor service. I have to earn a living...those serving me food have to do the same. That said, no matter how bad the service, I don't bitch or complain. I don't need any additives in my chow.
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