Tipping

[steandtrish]

On our trip in August we were on the Dining Plan and the suggested tips seem excessive. At a signature restaurant the tip was easily $60 for 2 adults and 2 children. Even at Crystal Palace which is a buffet the bill was over $200 which gives a suggested tip of over $40 and really the server just gets you seated and brings drinks.

Perhaps we're not used to tips at that level but it just seems too much.

[BigSkip]

Maybe do QSDP next time? The level of tipping should not come as a surprise if you've got gold ears. It gets discussed quite often.

[claireyfairy8]

A signature restaurant is $$$ though? $60 for 4 of you isn't bad.

Are you on DDP?

[catherinesian]

I knew how much the tips would be but it still was a bit painful adding them all up at the end of the trip! We had gift cards but overspent on merch so we did effectively pay OOP for the tips.

One of the reasons we plan to do QSDP next time

[BarryL]

I'd also add that servers at buffets do a lot more than seat you and bring drinks. You'll see them more often than most other TS.

Some of the best and hard working servers we've had over the years have been at buffets

[bighal]

Originally Posted by steandtrish

On our trip in August we were on the Dining Plan and the suggested tips seem excessive. At a signature restaurant the tip was easily $60 for 2 adults and 2 children. Even at Crystal Palace which is a buffet the bill was over $200 which gives a suggested tip of over $40 and really the server just gets you seated and brings drinks.

Perhaps we're not used to tips at that level but it just seems too much.

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You do know its only a suggestion and you can tip less (or more if you are so inclined) and no one will bat an eyelid.

They cannot force you tip at all and certainly cannot tell you what to tip as that's illegal. Just tip what you think the service was worth to you and ignore what anyone tells you to tip.

[dx4100]

Originally Posted by bighal

You do know its only a suggestion and you can tip less (or more if you are so inclined) and no one will bat an eyelid.

They cannot force you tip at all and certainly cannot tell you what to tip as that's illegal. Just tip what you think the service was worth to you and ignore what anyone tells you to tip.

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I am amazed that not only is this opinion still aired on here but its liked by others...

Service is "optional" from a legal stand up but anyone suggesting no one is going to bat an eyelide is absolutely wrong / or it isn't expect / or it ok not to tip...

Good service = the expected tip of 15 to 20%

Bad service = tip around 5 to 10% and you should complain to the manager to explain why. Or at least write on the bill why...

If you tip 0% you are literally expecting the person to work for pretty much nothing...

Minimum wage for a server is $5.44

[Northerndave]

Originally Posted by dx4100

Bad service = tip around 5 to 10% and you should complain to the manager to explain why. Or at least write on the bill why...

If you tip 0% you are literally expecting the person to work for pretty much nothing...

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If you got bad service, why would consider tipping 10%, that sounds crazy to me.

If I get bad service, I tip a single dollar and note on the receipt why I am tipping that amount.

[dx4100]

Originally Posted by Northerndave

If you got bad service, why would consider tipping 10%, that sounds crazy to me.

If I get bad service, I tip a single dollar and note on the receipt why I am tipping that amount.

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If you have a bad day at work you get paid regardless...

If the server has a bad day you think they should get paid around $6.44 per hour ?

It might sound crazy to you but you have had the benefit of growing up in a society that doesn't depend on tips to make up their wages to a reasonable level.

Sounds crazy to me you think they deserve such little pay because you feel the service wasn't up to what you wanted.

[Edjames]

Originally Posted by dx4100

If you have a bad day at work you get paid regardless...

If the server has a bad day you think they should get paid around $6.44 per hour ?

It might sound crazy to you but you have had the benefit of growing up in a society that doesn't depend on tips to make up their wages to a reasonable level.

Sounds crazy to me you think they deserve such little pay because you feel the service wasn't up to what you wanted.

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I get that you should tip them and that $5.50 an hour is not a good wage. But if it takes me an hour to eat and my bill comes to $200, that means I'm paying them $41.50 an HOUR! That's mental.

Further, bear in mind that they're not focussed purely on my table during that time period, so I'm not even getting an hour of work out of them for that amount. They're providing me a service for, at most 25% of that hour.

So now lets assume they're serving four tables for that hour. They earn their $5.50 an hour, plus, let's assuming four $100 bills, at $18 service for each. That's $77.50 per hour. Assume an 8 hour day, that's £620, $3,100 per week and circa $13,000 per month. $156k a year.

Now given how few servers you see driving around in Porsches, it's safe to say that whopping 18% is almost DEFINITELY not going to your server.

And that's why tipping sucks.

Pay your staff a fair amount and tell me on the menu what my food will ACTUALLY cost me.