tipping with a credit card

lookout123 · 04-13-2005, 06:16 PM

at a bar it's a buck a drink. when i was a bartender, any tip that was left in change was swept onto the floor behind the bar and the cleanign crew got it. we were never rude about it, but if someone gave a REAL crap tip (like a buck on a $20 order) we would hand them their dollar and one of our dollars back and kindly (and discretely) tell them they need it worse than we do. it sounds horrible, but once you've seen it in action... it makes perfect sense, and i never had anyone get pissed about it.

one thing on taxes - some places require the establishment to report X% of every order a server/bartender rings up as a received tip.

example: i serve you 5 pints and tell you that the bill is $15. you hand me $16 dollars and tell me to keep the change. the bar is required to report that i received $1.80 tip even though i didn't. (at the time the % was 12%) so keep that in mind when tipping.

as always, a tip should reflect the level of service received.

04-13-2005, 06:16 PM	#14
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	at a bar it's a buck a drink. when i was a bartender, any tip that was left in change was swept onto the floor behind the bar and the cleanign crew got it. we were never rude about it, but if someone gave a REAL crap tip (like a buck on a $20 order) we would hand them their dollar and one of our dollars back and kindly (and discretely) tell them they need it worse than we do. it sounds horrible, but once you've seen it in action... it makes perfect sense, and i never had anyone get pissed about it. one thing on taxes - some places require the establishment to report X% of every order a server/bartender rings up as a received tip. example: i serve you 5 pints and tell you that the bill is $15. you hand me $16 dollars and tell me to keep the change. the bar is required to report that i received $1.80 tip even though i didn't. (at the time the % was 12%) so keep that in mind when tipping. as always, a tip should reflect the level of service received. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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