OK for all of you who don't know I'm gonna inform you! Servers typically make $2.13 per hour worked then tip out 3% of the sales from that shift. If you don't want to tip fine go to a fast food place but if you go somewhere that has servers who live on the hope that they will make money to help pay the bills remember to tip and tip well. When you look at the math you will realize that if one thing goes wrong that may or may not be the servers fault it is the server who gets all the flack for it. So remember we do not cook your food and the persons cooking your food do not see the tip so if that is wrong we can fix it. Just think if you were doing this job what you would do if you had 6 tables with 4 people at each of them you have 24 people that could be happy or mad at you. But everyone should realize that you might not be the only one sitting down at that time. Pay attention to your surroundings and be kind to your servers and bartenders and you will get good service every time you come in the door.

Just remember if every waiter, server, bartender, etc. walked out on the same day what kind of time would the normal people do when they wanted to go out to eat, since most people don't know how to cook for themselves anymore!

Be kind and tip or suffer the consequences!

In fact, for anybody who's read the past two posts, tips are greatly appreciated.

Simply putting a tip jar somewhere doesn't mean that people who don't put tips in it are cheap. I appreciate the effort, but that's not going to happen. And I'll look you square in the eye and take my change. And if you spit in my drink I will break your nose.

What's next? A tip jar at the counter at Duane Reade and CVS? Gimme a break.

Bar - $1/drink
Restaurant - 20%; 10%, if service is bad; nothing, if server is rude
Airport curbside - $1/bag; $5-$10, if they help me cut a big line
Taxi - $2-$3 and change
Coffee shop/Jamba Juice - silver change, if you smile and don't look annoying or like you're expecting it
Valet - $2
Golf course cart staff - $2

I absolutely LOVE reese Witherspoon!!! She is beautiful, witty, graceful, and smart. She has handled her private life, and the paps chasing her, with such dignity and class... quite a few of the YOUNGER starlets can learn a thing or two from her.

8:40~ and you expect anyone to read that? Or even care what you think? Enough already.

Reese is awesome. She (unlike so many fake, plastic barbie dolls) seems so real and that is why I will always go see her movies. Stay you, Reese!

I consider myself a fan of Reese I like the fact that she just talked about her own feelings after the divorce and didn't say anything about Ryan. That shows class.

By federal law if you receive tips regularly and they amount to a certain amount, you then can drop the pay to the "server" wage. So if Mr. Coffee Shop wants to go there, fine. But to regularly receive tips like a server is to forfeit the $8.00 and hour or so- or more!- that baristas get paid.

*Okay. Everyone who has a job where tipping is "customary", forfeit your pay to make server's wage!

Let's put this to rest because it's getting stupid. Chris said Reese doesn't tip at his coffee shop. Someone told him that coffee shop people don't get tipped. Someone else then said that maybe it's customary to tip at his coffee shop. Someone else said she must be cheap if she doesn't tip. Someone said Chris must suck at his job if he doesn't get tipped. Someone said only idiots have jobs that get tipped. Someone said if a worker doesn't get a tip because they did a bad job. Someone else said that's not true, people get stiffed all the time for a job well done. Someone else said waiters should quit whining. Then someone pointed out that a lot of people work and are also compensated with tips. Starbucks got dragged into this because someone pointed out that they make more than minimum wage. Someone else said, "If there's a tip jar, put in a dollar." Because sometimes there are tip jars and that is what's customary at that establishment.

END OF STORY

7:40: You do not own the site, nor the world. Understand?

Thanks, Everybody except you.

You see many celebs with coffee that isn't Starbucks? Any pic of her I've seen with coffee- it's Starbucks.

"*hair stylist (and every person who perfoms a service for you, like the shampooer)
*babysitter
*cab driver
*most delivery people (floral, food, etc.)
*bellmen
*skycaps
*valet parkers
*manicurist
*hotel maids
*bartenders
*cartboys
*caterers
*masseuse
*facialist"

Babtsitter? HA! not once did I ever receive a tip and not once did I expect one. I performed a service for an agreed wage. Simple.

Cab driver? It has long been a practice.

Bartenders like severs make less than min wage due to the normal practice of tipping.

Any floral guy I have dealt with the past several years did not even wait for a tip, whether at home or business, no matter who they delivered to. Tips for delivery people generally are supposed to cover gas. Many places now automatically charge a fee for delivery. Those people do not receive as high a tip.

Many people on this list are in jobs that have long been tip receiving jobs. Simply placing a jay on your counter does not mean you customarily get tips. THAT is why most people do not tip for coffee. Performing a service for decades then wanting tips for it? Try again.

By federal law if you receive tips regularly and they amount to a certain amount, you then can drop the pay to the "server" wage. So if Mr. Coffee Shop wants to go there, fine. But to regularly receive tips like a server is to forfeit the $8.00 and hour or so- or more!- that baristas get paid.

Shut up already. You are friggin waiters not martyrs.

6:42 Ha! Now That's funny.

6:40 PM Anonymous Says:
Don't forget streetwalker. Definitely have to tip them. Is 20% still customary?

Definitely fired. Don't consider any Starbucks. My lattes are served with milk, not spit.

starbucks and tips was the entire topic starter, chris complained about not receiving a tip at starbucks when she gets her coffee.