Off topic: What's the point of tipping?

[2daBank]

i to was young once, delivered pizza when i was 16, 17 (little younger than brock then... still a little younger now) but it is like this to me, if you cant afford to tip stay the fuk home, or do your own chores.........think i read one post about "not tipping dealer until the end", damn right that when you tip if you been given proper service (or during a hot streak when nothing fukkin matters!!!!!!!!!!)....gl everyone and remember if you cant afford to tip stay home and post all night, we wont judge you we all been there.....

[suckerforparlays]

I usually leave decent tips when I go out to eat. Im really good to the lady who cuts my hair though. Im picky about my haircuts. And when im playing poker I only tip the dealer if the pot is worth it. People at them poker tables tip the dealer for everything its pointless.

[tealish]

In Greece its a "custom" to tip a doctor before an operation. Im not kidding ... they give him a little parcel or envelope with a "gift". I couldn't believe it. (Sorry, not literally on the operating table ... but you know when he does the bed visit the day before and the family are there).

this is straight ridiculousness.

[2daBank]

I usually leave decent tips when I go out to eat. Im really good to the lady who cuts my hair though. Im picky about my haircuts. And when im playing poker I only tip the dealer if the pot is worth it. People at them poker tables tip the dealer for everything its pointless.

i always take care of the lovely lady when my hair is right (of coarse i just shave it myself now the majority of the time)......ppl tipping dealer for no reason believe in luck, karma, wtf ever that shit is, lets just say the Easter Bunny, big difference in doing what is right and doing it cause the gods would approve........

[floridagolfer]

Apparently, you're supposed to tip people who don't make enough money for the work they do. The other problem is that because tipping has got to be so routine, employers have built tips into their employees' salaries. If a restauraunt paid a waitress $10 an hour, she wouldn't need the tips. Instead, they pay her $3 an hour plus tips. The problem I have is tipping the dealer at the Hold'em table. What the hell has he done for me? BuddyBear is right as usual, tipping is getting out of hand and costly.

Senator 7

Someone explain why the restaurant doesn't pay their waiters and waitresses an acceptable hourly wage to begin with. I know the answer: so the restaurant owner can make more money. It's a hell of a lot less expensive if the customers subsidize 75 percent of those salaries.

[sundin4prez]

i have problem tipping waiters/waitresses, hair dresser, cleaners things that actually do a service for me... but i stop at casino dealers, i never got that... what the fuk do they do to deserve it?

[mrmarket]

If you frequent any quality restaurant you should tip the waitor/maître d generously. It will ensure prompt service and reservation/good table fulfillment. It will also ensure that your food isn't spat in or rubbed on any genitalia. An acquittance of mine worked for a michelin star restaurant before changing careers and it was common practice amongst the wait staff to do this to miserly patrons. The same goes for vip/bottle service at any reputable club.

There are also the obvious benefits while dating/being in a relationship. If a woman sees you being tightfisted it is a turn off. You will be sure it is going to be pontificated about to all her friends as well which lessens your potential dating pool. Given the probability of relationships going sour this will only hurt you in the long run. Perhaps it is a non factor in difference circles but I am unaware if this is the case.

Finally, if you frequent any casino for a reasonable amount of time you will want to keep good relations with the people who work there. Casinos are insular and can become venomous which does not make for good working conditions. Your reputation carries forth to other places as well.

Of course when examined the various social mores do not make sense logically but that does not preclude people from accepting and following them. If you want to be a pariah that is a choice but at least acknowledge there are consequences. It is not as simple as "Why am I paying these people?"

Or in other words ya'll are some stingy mother fukkers.

[teaserpleaser]

Do you guys tip the guys taking bets in the Las Vegas sportsbooks when you cash your ticket? I tip the lady who has been coming around with double jacks & cokes every 15 min. Thats about it

[dollarbill]

If the tip goes towards the persons hourly wage then you are paying their hourly rate! The owner of the business is saving and should be paying the worker not the other way. Everyone should just tell whoever asks how much tips you made that it's not their business!

If pressured just say you report your tips on your tax form at the end of the year and if they must know contact the IRS......... If you report now you are being double taxed since at the end of the year you're being taxed again......

[MC PICKS]

I tend to overtip since I used to work at a tipped position and know what its like to get stiffed by a bunch of cheap f**ks. If the service is bad I leave a small tip anyway.

[unusialsusp5]

how about tipping tellers at the racetrack after rarely hitting a winning ticket. i bought it from the self-serve machine so why tip someone to cash it.

[jwbama23]

Tipping is just a way that the place you are at can leverage the wages on the consumer. I dont mind tipping at all but its part of the cost before you go to a restaurant or get your hair cut or whatever. If you go on a cruise they give you envelopes on your last day and you have to tip all these different people. This is a way they can make the cruiser cheaper on the surface.

Go to a nice golf course and you will tip when you arrive, anything you get in the bar or on the course and then you will tip at the end to have your clubs cleaned. Its part of the cost of what you are doing. If you dont want to tip go to bad restaurant's, get your hair cut at crappy places and always drive to pick up your pizza instead of having it delivered. And dont ever think about a cruise ship