Comments on: Sticky Situations: How Much Do You Tip? http://www.mydollarplan.com/how-much-to-tip/ because money doesn't grow on trees Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:59:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jen http://www.mydollarplan.com/how-much-to-tip/#comment-56545 jen Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:48:36 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=473#comment-56545 At mongolian barbecue the servers do the same amount of work as a server at any other resturant if not more so. They are responsible for making desserts and bringing out rice and drinks. The difference is that the customer puts together the food instead of the kitchen. the person putting together the food in the kitchen is not the person you tip at a normal resturant, so why would you decrease your tip because this person doesn't exist at mongolian barbecue?? The waiters get paid like any other waiter and are compensated by tips. If you do not want to pay for the service you are recieveing then you should GET YOUR FOOD TO GO!! Don't take up space at a table if your not gonna pay for your service. At mongolian barbecue the servers do the same amount of work as a server at any other resturant if not more so. They are responsible for making desserts and bringing out rice and drinks. The difference is that the customer puts together the food instead of the kitchen. the person putting together the food in the kitchen is not the person you tip at a normal resturant, so why would you decrease your tip because this person doesn’t exist at mongolian barbecue?? The waiters get paid like any other waiter and are compensated by tips. If you do not want to pay for the service you are recieveing then you should GET YOUR FOOD TO GO!! Don’t take up space at a table if your not gonna pay for your service.

]]> By: Madison http://www.mydollarplan.com/how-much-to-tip/#comment-4640 Madison Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:55:38 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=473#comment-4640 @ Ryan: Sometimes I wish we could have a system like yours. Just looking at everyone's comments makes it clear that there is not one right amount to tip for any of these situations! @ Everyone: Thanks for your input... clearly there's still room for debate on all three of these situations. @ Ryan: Sometimes I wish we could have a system like yours. Just looking at everyone’s comments makes it clear that there is not one right amount to tip for any of these situations!

@ Everyone: Thanks for your input… clearly there’s still room for debate on all three of these situations.

]]> By: Festival of Frugality #136 - Summer School Edition | Student Scrooge http://www.mydollarplan.com/how-much-to-tip/#comment-4133 Festival of Frugality #136 - Summer School Edition | Student Scrooge Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:54:23 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=473#comment-4133 [...] poses a series of questions on how much to tip in certain “sticky” situations. Tipping is always a difficult subject, and these cases don’t really seem to have clear cut [...]

[...] poses a series of questions on how much to tip in certain “sticky” situations. Tipping is always a difficult subject, and these cases don’t really seem to have clear cut [...]

]]> By: Patrick http://www.mydollarplan.com/how-much-to-tip/#comment-4012 Patrick Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:48:08 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=473#comment-4012 Normally, I don't tip at a buffet because it is "self-serve". Vacation rental, about $5 just cause I would feel bad. Barber, about $3 so they'll always give you good customer service. Normally, I don’t tip at a buffet because it is “self-serve”.

Vacation rental, about $5 just cause I would feel bad.

Barber, about $3 so they’ll always give you good customer service.

]]> By: Ron@TheWisdomJournal http://www.mydollarplan.com/how-much-to-tip/#comment-4010 Ron@TheWisdomJournal Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:29:46 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=473#comment-4010 Buffets? Zero unless they actually refill my glass or perform some duty of some sort. Then a buck or two. In the rental situation you were in, I wouldn't have tipped anything. I tip my barber $2 every time, but I don't think anyone else tips more than a dollar. It's an old fashioned shop with a real barber pole, 3 chairs tended by men older than dirt, and old pictures on the walls that are faded beyond recognition. It smells like pipe tobacco and "Barbercide." Some magazines are older than my oldest child (who's 14). I love going in there. Buffets? Zero unless they actually refill my glass or perform some duty of some sort. Then a buck or two.

In the rental situation you were in, I wouldn’t have tipped anything.

I tip my barber $2 every time, but I don’t think anyone else tips more than a dollar. It’s an old fashioned shop with a real barber pole, 3 chairs tended by men older than dirt, and old pictures on the walls that are faded beyond recognition. It smells like pipe tobacco and “Barbercide.” Some magazines are older than my oldest child (who’s 14).

I love going in there.

]]> By: deepali http://www.mydollarplan.com/how-much-to-tip/#comment-4002 deepali Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:56:17 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=473#comment-4002 I don't eat at buffets, so I don't know about that. But at Mongolian bbq, they are still doing the same work they'd do at a regular restaurant. Sure you do some work too, but it's like picking your lobster at a seafood restaurant. You don't tip less for that. I tip the maid at a hotel depending on what I have on me - I think there's a set amount, but I don't know what it is. At a place where I'm the maid, I wouldn't tip, I'd just be neat (and conversely, if I don't want to be neat, I'd tip). The hairdresser can be really variable. I probably tip 30% if they do a great job. But I go to a student place, so they aren't making any money anyway... I don’t eat at buffets, so I don’t know about that. But at Mongolian bbq, they are still doing the same work they’d do at a regular restaurant. Sure you do some work too, but it’s like picking your lobster at a seafood restaurant. You don’t tip less for that.

I tip the maid at a hotel depending on what I have on me – I think there’s a set amount, but I don’t know what it is. At a place where I’m the maid, I wouldn’t tip, I’d just be neat (and conversely, if I don’t want to be neat, I’d tip).

The hairdresser can be really variable. I probably tip 30% if they do a great job. But I go to a student place, so they aren’t making any money anyway…

]]> By: Jaynee http://www.mydollarplan.com/how-much-to-tip/#comment-4000 Jaynee Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:02:24 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=473#comment-4000 1. I would probably give 10-15% at a buffet as a tip. Because they are still cleaning the tables, refilling water, making sure everything is okay. Just because they don't bring me my food doesn't mean they aren't working hard. 2. I wouldn't tip at a vacation rental. 3. I have been told you don't tip the owner at a salon if they provide the service, but I still tipped - just not as much. Maybe 7% instead of 15-20%. 1. I would probably give 10-15% at a buffet as a tip. Because they are still cleaning the tables, refilling water, making sure everything is okay. Just because they don’t bring me my food doesn’t mean they aren’t working hard.

2. I wouldn’t tip at a vacation rental.

3. I have been told you don’t tip the owner at a salon if they provide the service, but I still tipped – just not as much. Maybe 7% instead of 15-20%.

]]> By: Ryan @ Smarter Wealth http://www.mydollarplan.com/how-much-to-tip/#comment-3999 Ryan @ Smarter Wealth Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:58:31 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=473#comment-3999 In Australia it works completely different. People get paid normal wages to work in restaurants, at bars and at buffets. You never tip at a buffet only at restaurants. And when you tip you only tip a couple of bucks or more if it is a really ritzy restaurant. Much more difficuly where you are from In Australia it works completely different. People get paid normal wages to work in restaurants, at bars and at buffets. You never tip at a buffet only at restaurants. And when you tip you only tip a couple of bucks or more if it is a really ritzy restaurant. Much more difficuly where you are from

]]> By: Four Pillars http://www.mydollarplan.com/how-much-to-tip/#comment-3998 Four Pillars Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:58:17 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=473#comment-3998 I wouldn't tip at a vacation rental place - or any other type of hotel etc. We stayed in one last week and I did leave some empties. :) I hate the whole tipping concept - I do tip but I just can't understand why service people can't be compensated the same way as everyone else. The idea that tipping will improve performance is totally false . Mike I wouldn’t tip at a vacation rental place – or any other type of hotel etc. We stayed in one last week and I did leave some empties. :)

I hate the whole tipping concept – I do tip but I just can’t understand why service people can’t be compensated the same way as everyone else. The idea that tipping will improve performance is totally false .

Mike

]]> By: Patrick http://www.mydollarplan.com/how-much-to-tip/#comment-3997 Patrick Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:37:05 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=473#comment-3997 I think you should still tip 15% at a buffet. Most waitstaff get paid only $2-3 per hour from the restaurant and make up the difference from tips. For the vacation rental I don't know if I would tip or not. I would probably leave the place as clean as I could without going overboard. For the hairdresser, I probably would tip. I usually tip $2-3 for my haircut, but that usually costs less than $15, so percentage wise, $2-3 is a good tip. I think you should still tip 15% at a buffet. Most waitstaff get paid only $2-3 per hour from the restaurant and make up the difference from tips.

For the vacation rental I don’t know if I would tip or not. I would probably leave the place as clean as I could without going overboard.

For the hairdresser, I probably would tip. I usually tip $2-3 for my haircut, but that usually costs less than $15, so percentage wise, $2-3 is a good tip.

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