Why Should I Tip You 18%, When I Only Give God 10%?

[Glocker 400]

That's the question that a self-proclaimed "pastor" scrawled on a credit card receipt, which of course, found it's way to the internet.

Local Pastor Caught In Viral “Mess” After Tip Message Goes Global | FOX2now.com

 

[Que]

A couple of things... people use the internet to voice their disagreements too much. Yes, IMO, if that waiter/waitress posted that, he/she should be fired.

Also, it's policy to automatically add the gratuity to large groups, but most of the time, they service person deserves more, especially when the bill is low. If you have a group of 10, that tip should have been at least $20 even if the bill was only $40. If you can't tip, go to McDonald's.

Lastly, I've been in situations where the gratuity was automacially added for my family of four. if the service was good, I would tell the person that 18% wasn't enough and add more. If the service wasn't good, I would only give what they required.

 

[jd4320t]

A couple of things... people use the internet to voice their disagreements too much. Yes, IMO, if that waiter/waitress posted that, he/she should be fired.

Also, it's policy to automatically add the gratuity to large groups, but most of the time, they service person deserves more, especially when the bill is low. If you have a group of 10, that tip should have been at least $20 even if the bill was only $40. If you can't tip, go to McDonald's.

Lastly, I've been in situations where the gratuity was automacially added for my family of four. if the service was good, I would tell the person that 18% wasn't enough and add more. If the service wasn't good, I would only give what they required.

I read that she took extra care to make sure Applebees was not named in the picture she posted. She should NOT have been fired.

 

[jd4320t]

This is rediculous. She was only fired after the pastor who started it complained to Applebees. Pastor Alois Bell is nothing but a hypocrite.

 

[NYFelon]

Another thing is that usually the "automatic gratuity" is not entirely given to the wait/service staff. The house keeps a large portion of it, and expects that the diners will tip the staff separately.

 

[Benny]

I don't give anything to God (because LOL @ church), but this pastor seriously used this as an excuse to be a tightwad?

Was the server not up to their standards? If so, that's a completely different story.

 

[Steelman]

*Most* waiters and waitresses bring me.... exactly what I want...... when I want it?

 

[Surlyhigh]

I think the "pastor" should be fired also.

 

[UncleMike]

Why Should I Tip You 18%, When I Only Give God 10%?
Well maybe because God isn't trying to live on the crap wages that most Wait Staff receive.
I always leave as much tip as the Waiter/Waitress is worth in my opinion.
Often 18% because many of them give good service to us [STRIKE]old farts[/STRIKE] "Experienced Citizens."

 

[jd4320t]

I think the "pastor" should be fired also.

Exactly. The sad thing is he probably has a whole flock of hypocrites just like him behind him

 

[darrent]

Well, after taxes it probably is 10%, so does that count? The provision in Obamacare that requires God to pay taxes kicks in next year.

 

[Benny]

Why Should I Tip You 18%, When I Only Give God 10%?
Well maybe because God isn't trying to live on the crap wages that most Wait Staff receive.
I always leave as much tip as the Waiter/Waitress is worth in my opinion.
Often 18% because many of them give good service to us [STRIKE]old farts[/STRIKE] "Experienced Citizens."

This.

If I have my soda/tea filled when I want it and server is nice, they get a good tip. I think percentage is stupid though...if I get an $8.00 salad and spend 2 hours there drinking sodas, do they deserve $1.44 (18%)? They obviously deserve a lot more.

What if I get a $100.00 meal and spend less than 30 minutes in there without getting a drink refilled? In that case a $15.00 tip is plenty, IMO.

If I'm watching a game/fight and I drink 3-4 beers at a bar/restaurant, then I leave a 100%+ tip.

 

[reesez]

A couple of things... people use the internet to voice their disagreements too much. Yes, IMO, if that waiter/waitress posted that, he/she should be fired.

Also, it's policy to automatically add the gratuity to large groups, but most of the time, they service person deserves more, especially when the bill is low. If you have a group of 10, that tip should have been at least $20 even if the bill was only $40. If you can't tip, go to McDonald's.

Lastly, I've been in situations where the gratuity was automacially added for my family of four. if the service was good, I would tell the person that 18% wasn't enough and add more. If the service wasn't good, I would only give what they required.

THIS. And I am a former server. Serving is a PITA and people just don't get it. There is a reason why I am not one any longer.

 

[Dragon]

Having been a server for 4 years, I can relate to this. The restaurant I worked at didn't do gratuity at all, so if I had a table of 12 high school kids, I was lucky to make $4 an hour with them squatting. People don't realize that the hourly wage for tipped employees in Indiana is still the same as it was in 1991, $2.13 an hour. I agree that serving is a job everyone should try at some point in their lives so they can understand what it's like busting your ass only to make less than minimum wage because of people like this pastor.

I worked the busiest restaurant on the busiest nights and was one of the best servers and on average I made $10 an hour. My cousin is in Los Angeles doing much less work than I was and can make $1,000-2,000 a weekend in tips alone, and still gets $8+ an hour wage.

Que said it best, if you can't tip go to McD's, or hell get your food to go!! People are despicable.

 

[Avar]

As a pastor, this infuriates me. I usually give around 20% if the service is decent. When people at my church make comments like that, I remind them the server didn't ask them for 15% of their paycheck!
As my mom and dad taught me, "If you can't afford the tip, you can't afford the meal."

 

[Dragon]

What if I get a $100.00 meal and spend less than 30 minutes in there without getting a drink refilled? In that case a $15.00 tip is plenty, IMO.

The only problem with this though is the amount of time you spend there, doesn't dictate at all how much work your server might do for you. If you're demanding and there for 30 minutes, he/she might make more trips for you than 2 other tables. The bill is used as a % base because the higher the bill, normally the more work they do (I'm sure you knew that already).

Another thing, people who squat have no Idea how to tip, Benny kinda has the idea. If your bill is let's say $40 but you're there 4 hours, your tip should be equal to what you would've tipped multiplied times 4. Normal turnover = 30-45 minutes but let's round up to an hour. So I could've had 4 tables in the time you spent there. Basing that off of 10%, 1 hour = $4 x 4 = $16. Now you can argue what you think is a standard tip percentage wise and do the math yourself.

Food for thought. Servers (good ones) have great memory's, so remembering a face of a terrible tipper is as easy as remembering a great tipper. Also, they are allowed to refuse service.

 

[Benny]

Que said it best, if you can't tip go to McD's, or hell get your food to go!! People are despicable.

A lot of those people work on tips too.

 

[buckstopshere]

What am I missing here?

The woman paid her bill including the 18% gratuity but was displeased about having to do so and voiced it. I'm failing to find the hypocrisy here. Is it hypocrisy because she's a minister? Why? Are ministers held to a higher standard? Isn't that the same bs the left does to the conservative right?

Heck, she even goes on the tube and apologies. She's better than me because I wouldn't have apologized. It's childish to bring your grievances to YouTube.

If this was a sales rep who said, "why am I paying 18% when I think 10% is more appropriate?" this is a non-issue.

 

[Benny]

The only problem with this though is the amount of time you spend there, doesn't dictate at all how much work your server might do for you.

I completely agree. I thought I made that clear (in more words than one) in my post, but maybe not.

Time + work > cost of meal. That's all I was really getting at.

 

[Mackey]

What am I missing here?

The woman paid her bill including the 18% gratuity but was displeased about having to do so and voiced it. I'm failing to find the hypocrisy here. Is it hypocrisy because she's a minister? Why? Are ministers held to a higher standard? Isn't that the same bs the left does to the conservative right?

Heck, she even goes on the tube and apologies. She's better than me because I wouldn't have apologized. It's childish to bring your grievances to YouTube.

If this was a sales rep who said, "why am I paying 18% when I think 10% is more appropriate?" this is a non-issue.

I think this story has legs because people abhor hypocrites and people tend to react when they find a supposed Christian acting with hypocracy.
AS WELL THEY SHOULD.
I know this guy, who never condemned cheaters, liars, prostitutes but had the harshest words for the hypocrite.

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.
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“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
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“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
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“You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?
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