For those who eat out in nice restaurants, what do you do

when you get bad service, in a restaurant? Do you still give a good tip?

NOT fast foods people!!

The way I see it if you can't afford to tip then eat fast food..

If the service is that bad then no I do not tip the 20%+.........

But I still tip regardless~~~

If service is good I tip automatically 20%~~~

If it is up and beyond then I tip a little more...

Tell me, is it compulsory to tip in the states?
I've heard it is?

I Ike to tip, however, I don't always tip the same amount! And I do tip even if the service is not that good. Rarely I get bad service where I go!

Also when I m with a date! He has to tip and if he is too cheap I. Will fill in for the tip.

People should tip or stay home and cook your own meal! :

I like your answer! 20% is what I think is appropriate. But some people do not even know that.

I do not like fast food meals out. Maybe coffee at Starbucks.

However, Starbucks is not cheap.

Toody, the was because it double posted,
At least it didn't double tip

Are you not going to answer my question?

You know your audience.

I have tipped the server who took the best care of me. Even if they were assigned to a different area. I usually tip double the tax rounded up. About 17 % ish.

But there are restraunts i haven't been to in 15 years because the service and management were horrible.

As for a date. That's just a happy meal and a red box.

Yes people do tip different, not same amounts. That's ok we all make our own. Choices.

I don't care if others take a date to McDonald's!

20% is the going norm right now.
Its not really compulsory to leave a tip as in you will be persecuted the same as if you leave without paying your check but it is severely frowned upon and will be remembered when you visit again.

As far as I know (I may be wrong), food service workers are not applicable to minimum wage laws (this may have changed?).
On the W2 form it lists your reported income which includes wages, salaries and TIPS. So tips are reportable income.

As a mechanic for a fleet service, I never got tips but when I first started out I worked in the public sector and every once in awhile someone gave me a tip for a job well done. I never tracked them as reportable income, it was a winfall. It was the same as lottery winnings, never more than $50.

At a restaurant, part of the waitress/waiter's income is based on the tips they get. If you don't tip, you are cheating those people out of their income.

~ Wiki

The Trump administration proposes allowing tip-pooling in restaurants. Critics call it stealing workers’ wages.
Souce: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2017/12/07/the-trump-administration-proposes-allow-tip-pooling-in-restaurants-critics-call-it-stealing-workers-wages/



United States: Tipping and Etiquette
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g191-s606/United-States:Tipping.And.Etiquette.html

while it is not compulsory in the states. it is the norm because servers get paid sub minimum wage and the tips are considered part of their wage and must be reported for tax purposes.

that being said if service sux rotten eggs, i will not tip at all.

I can't answer for all of US.

Do you answer for England?

Tipping is also curtousy to the server. Many deserve a good tip.

Yes

Yes, it's not compulsory here.
But many restaurants use tips as a top up for poor wages where it should be it tip either shared between the staff or a tip for the person serving you.

yes toody but if a server can't successfully serve then the gratuity is not earned. the word tip is actually the shortened form of To Insure Prompt Service.

Thanks eric