Tipping
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I'm new to tipping in the US and was wondering how one tips when going up to the cashier in the front to pay a bill when using cash? I realize then when paying with a card there's a tip line printed out that one can use to pay a tip. But when paying with cash do we wait for the cashier to return the change and then give back a tip from that change? Or do we tell the cashier before hand what the tip to take out is before they calculate our total? The question also goes to paying for the bill via cash and the waiter takes it. Do we leave a tip after they return with the change, do we tell them when they take the cash to get change? ie. I'm pretty much looking for what is the standard thing to say/do when tipping via cash
You leave it for after they have returned with the change. :) Signature under construction.
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I'm new to tipping in the US and was wondering how one tips when going up to the cashier in the front to pay a bill when using cash? I realize then when paying with a card there's a tip line printed out that one can use to pay a tip. But when paying with cash do we wait for the cashier to return the change and then give back a tip from that change? Or do we tell the cashier before hand what the tip to take out is before they calculate our total? The question also goes to paying for the bill via cash and the waiter takes it. Do we leave a tip after they return with the change, do we tell them when they take the cash to get change? ie. I'm pretty much looking for what is the standard thing to say/do when tipping via cash
In most cases, the tip is taken out of the change. An exception is when you leave the payment on the table and go before the server returns to pick up the ticket, in which you leave enough to cover the check and a tip. If you're paying at the register you can either leave a tip on the table separately before you cash out, or return to the table after paying and leave it from the change. We're flexible here.:-D "My kid was Inmate of the Month at Adobe Mountain Juvenile Corrections Center" - Bumper Sticker in Bullhead City
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I'm new to tipping in the US and was wondering how one tips when going up to the cashier in the front to pay a bill when using cash? I realize then when paying with a card there's a tip line printed out that one can use to pay a tip. But when paying with cash do we wait for the cashier to return the change and then give back a tip from that change? Or do we tell the cashier before hand what the tip to take out is before they calculate our total? The question also goes to paying for the bill via cash and the waiter takes it. Do we leave a tip after they return with the change, do we tell them when they take the cash to get change? ie. I'm pretty much looking for what is the standard thing to say/do when tipping via cash
There's no single correct way to do it, excepting that you should always calculate the tip yourself, you wouldn't tell the waiter to take it out of the change him/herself. As long as you leave something before departing the restaurant, it's fine. When the waiter takes the cash from you at the table, they will usually ask if you want change back. If you say no, they will just keep the change as the tip. So if you had a bill of $12 and gave them $15, they would keep the remaining $3 as the tip. --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- You cannot truly appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in the original Klingon.
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There's no single correct way to do it, excepting that you should always calculate the tip yourself, you wouldn't tell the waiter to take it out of the change him/herself. As long as you leave something before departing the restaurant, it's fine. When the waiter takes the cash from you at the table, they will usually ask if you want change back. If you say no, they will just keep the change as the tip. So if you had a bill of $12 and gave them $15, they would keep the remaining $3 as the tip. --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- You cannot truly appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in the original Klingon.
Michael Dunn wrote: When the waiter takes the cash from you at the table, they will usually ask if you want change back. I have never had that happen. Would probably feel a bit ticked they asked. Maybe it is just me, but my tip is my rating on the service and product I receive. Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com www.MyQuickPoll.com - 2004 Election poll is #33 www.GotTheAnswerToSpam.com "We plan for the future, we learn from the past, we live life in the present!"
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Michael Dunn wrote: When the waiter takes the cash from you at the table, they will usually ask if you want change back. I have never had that happen. Would probably feel a bit ticked they asked. Maybe it is just me, but my tip is my rating on the service and product I receive. Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com www.MyQuickPoll.com - 2004 Election poll is #33 www.GotTheAnswerToSpam.com "We plan for the future, we learn from the past, we live life in the present!"
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Michael Dunn wrote: When the waiter takes the cash from you at the table, they will usually ask if you want change back. I have never had that happen. Would probably feel a bit ticked they asked. Maybe it is just me, but my tip is my rating on the service and product I receive. Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com www.MyQuickPoll.com - 2004 Election poll is #33 www.GotTheAnswerToSpam.com "We plan for the future, we learn from the past, we live life in the present!"
Well, like most customs, they can vary among countries and regions. *shrug* --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering? I think so Brain, but if we shaved our heads, we'd look like weasels!
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I'm new to tipping in the US and was wondering how one tips when going up to the cashier in the front to pay a bill when using cash? I realize then when paying with a card there's a tip line printed out that one can use to pay a tip. But when paying with cash do we wait for the cashier to return the change and then give back a tip from that change? Or do we tell the cashier before hand what the tip to take out is before they calculate our total? The question also goes to paying for the bill via cash and the waiter takes it. Do we leave a tip after they return with the change, do we tell them when they take the cash to get change? ie. I'm pretty much looking for what is the standard thing to say/do when tipping via cash
I find tipping in the USA confusing as well. I steer clear of Full Serve gas stations because I don't know what the etiquette there is. I arrived at one once without realising what the heck "Full Serve" meant (I just throught it meant they had a full range of fuel products). Then I just felt totally embarrased that some guy came to fill my car for me. It also ticks me off that the "courtesy" bus driver from my hotel to the airport expects a tip. Well, he never actually made any idication that he expected a tip, however the journey stopped at two terminals before the one I wanted and everyone else gave him a tip. I was getting a flight at a quiet time of the day and I did a calculation on what he was getting in tips alone if each group of people gave $1 each (people were only giving notes, no coins). There were 10 groups of people on the bus, it runs on a 15 minute cycle, so that is 40 groups per hour (probably more because I was only counting people going from the hotel to the airport, but he was picking passengers up from the airport going to the hotel also). So that, at a quiet time of day, is $40 per hour. The typical wage of a bus driver in Edinburgh is £7.50 ($13.50) per hour and they are not permitted to take tips. Heck, $40 per hour is more than I get these days! Maybe I should just drive a hotel courtesy bus in the US. (For UK readers, to put that in perspective $40 per hour is approx £42000 per year, assuming no overtime)
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There's no single correct way to do it, excepting that you should always calculate the tip yourself, you wouldn't tell the waiter to take it out of the change him/herself. As long as you leave something before departing the restaurant, it's fine. When the waiter takes the cash from you at the table, they will usually ask if you want change back. If you say no, they will just keep the change as the tip. So if you had a bill of $12 and gave them $15, they would keep the remaining $3 as the tip. --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- You cannot truly appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in the original Klingon.
When the waiter takes the cash from you at the table, they will usually ask if you want change back. I hate when they do that; they should always bring the full change back, unless I specify when paying the check that it's full, meaning that the waiter can keep the change.
Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad
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I find tipping in the USA confusing as well. I steer clear of Full Serve gas stations because I don't know what the etiquette there is. I arrived at one once without realising what the heck "Full Serve" meant (I just throught it meant they had a full range of fuel products). Then I just felt totally embarrased that some guy came to fill my car for me. It also ticks me off that the "courtesy" bus driver from my hotel to the airport expects a tip. Well, he never actually made any idication that he expected a tip, however the journey stopped at two terminals before the one I wanted and everyone else gave him a tip. I was getting a flight at a quiet time of the day and I did a calculation on what he was getting in tips alone if each group of people gave $1 each (people were only giving notes, no coins). There were 10 groups of people on the bus, it runs on a 15 minute cycle, so that is 40 groups per hour (probably more because I was only counting people going from the hotel to the airport, but he was picking passengers up from the airport going to the hotel also). So that, at a quiet time of day, is $40 per hour. The typical wage of a bus driver in Edinburgh is £7.50 ($13.50) per hour and they are not permitted to take tips. Heck, $40 per hour is more than I get these days! Maybe I should just drive a hotel courtesy bus in the US. (For UK readers, to put that in perspective $40 per hour is approx £42000 per year, assuming no overtime)
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I will tip when I feel that I've been "served" above all expectation; in your example, I will not tip the shuttle driver, unless he help us with our luggages, or doing some extra. In general, I will tip at restaurants and bars, taxi drivers ( mostly to round up the change ).
Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad
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I'm new to tipping in the US and was wondering how one tips when going up to the cashier in the front to pay a bill when using cash? I realize then when paying with a card there's a tip line printed out that one can use to pay a tip. But when paying with cash do we wait for the cashier to return the change and then give back a tip from that change? Or do we tell the cashier before hand what the tip to take out is before they calculate our total? The question also goes to paying for the bill via cash and the waiter takes it. Do we leave a tip after they return with the change, do we tell them when they take the cash to get change? ie. I'm pretty much looking for what is the standard thing to say/do when tipping via cash
I feel your pain cheers, Chris Maunder
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I'm new to tipping in the US and was wondering how one tips when going up to the cashier in the front to pay a bill when using cash? I realize then when paying with a card there's a tip line printed out that one can use to pay a tip. But when paying with cash do we wait for the cashier to return the change and then give back a tip from that change? Or do we tell the cashier before hand what the tip to take out is before they calculate our total? The question also goes to paying for the bill via cash and the waiter takes it. Do we leave a tip after they return with the change, do we tell them when they take the cash to get change? ie. I'm pretty much looking for what is the standard thing to say/do when tipping via cash
I eat at a lot of Chinese retaurents and I generally never carry cash. Since most of these restaurents ask us to pay at the front desk I usually add the tip to the check when I'm signing off my credit card. Sometimes though this embarrases me since it looks to the waiter (for sometime till she hopefully gets the tip from the front desk) like we're making an indecent dash for it without tipping her :-D "One of the Georges," said Psmith, "I forget which, once said that a certain number of hours' sleep a day--I cannot recall for the moment how many--made a man something, which for the time being has slipped my memory."
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I find tipping in the USA confusing as well. I steer clear of Full Serve gas stations because I don't know what the etiquette there is. I arrived at one once without realising what the heck "Full Serve" meant (I just throught it meant they had a full range of fuel products). Then I just felt totally embarrased that some guy came to fill my car for me. It also ticks me off that the "courtesy" bus driver from my hotel to the airport expects a tip. Well, he never actually made any idication that he expected a tip, however the journey stopped at two terminals before the one I wanted and everyone else gave him a tip. I was getting a flight at a quiet time of the day and I did a calculation on what he was getting in tips alone if each group of people gave $1 each (people were only giving notes, no coins). There were 10 groups of people on the bus, it runs on a 15 minute cycle, so that is 40 groups per hour (probably more because I was only counting people going from the hotel to the airport, but he was picking passengers up from the airport going to the hotel also). So that, at a quiet time of day, is $40 per hour. The typical wage of a bus driver in Edinburgh is £7.50 ($13.50) per hour and they are not permitted to take tips. Heck, $40 per hour is more than I get these days! Maybe I should just drive a hotel courtesy bus in the US. (For UK readers, to put that in perspective $40 per hour is approx £42000 per year, assuming no overtime)
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: I steer clear of Full Serve gas stations because I don't know what the etiquette there is. Wow, I didn't even know full serve existed anymore. The last time I was in a full serve (which would have been about 1979) you didn't tip. Full serve is a LOT more expensive per gallon than self serve, so that extra money is what you pay for the service. --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- Come quietly or there will be... trouble.
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: I steer clear of Full Serve gas stations because I don't know what the etiquette there is. Wow, I didn't even know full serve existed anymore. The last time I was in a full serve (which would have been about 1979) you didn't tip. Full serve is a LOT more expensive per gallon than self serve, so that extra money is what you pay for the service. --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- Come quietly or there will be... trouble.
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To the best of my knowledge, all NJ gas stations are full serve (by law). I think the reason behind this is insurance related. /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | Freeware | Music ravib@ravib.com
My first thought on reading this is that the law is stupid. However, I recently saw a news report about increasing fuel prices here in the UK and they had a video clip of someone filling their car with the statistics overlaid on top. The thing that shocked me was the crass disregard by the person filling the tank for safety. The three major failings of that person, that I was always taught were extremely dangerous were: (1) There was still fuel in the nozzle. After filling up, always make sure that the last drops of fuel in the nozzle go in the tank. (This person heard the click, and pulled the nozzle out of the car straight away) (2) Always hold the nozzle skywards, so that if there is a little of fuel left, it remains in the pipe. (This person was holding the nozzle horizontally, allowing some fuel to escape) (3) Shift the position of the hand so that you hold the pump by handle only. Never ever put the fingers around the trigger unless the nozzle is securely fitted in the car as it is possible to accidentally eject fuel from the pump. (This person was still holding on to the trigger, given the amount of fuel ejected it was possible that it was being slightly pressed) These are not part of the driving test here in the UK, but sometimes when I see people filling their cars I really think there should be some part of the written and/or practical exam that concentrates on fuel safety.
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I find tipping in the USA confusing as well. I steer clear of Full Serve gas stations because I don't know what the etiquette there is. I arrived at one once without realising what the heck "Full Serve" meant (I just throught it meant they had a full range of fuel products). Then I just felt totally embarrased that some guy came to fill my car for me. It also ticks me off that the "courtesy" bus driver from my hotel to the airport expects a tip. Well, he never actually made any idication that he expected a tip, however the journey stopped at two terminals before the one I wanted and everyone else gave him a tip. I was getting a flight at a quiet time of the day and I did a calculation on what he was getting in tips alone if each group of people gave $1 each (people were only giving notes, no coins). There were 10 groups of people on the bus, it runs on a 15 minute cycle, so that is 40 groups per hour (probably more because I was only counting people going from the hotel to the airport, but he was picking passengers up from the airport going to the hotel also). So that, at a quiet time of day, is $40 per hour. The typical wage of a bus driver in Edinburgh is £7.50 ($13.50) per hour and they are not permitted to take tips. Heck, $40 per hour is more than I get these days! Maybe I should just drive a hotel courtesy bus in the US. (For UK readers, to put that in perspective $40 per hour is approx £42000 per year, assuming no overtime)
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I find tip jars popping up everywhere these days even the fast food joints. I ignore them completely. I tip waiters and waitresses and hotel people. But thats about it.
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: I steer clear of Full Serve gas stations because I don't know what the etiquette there is. Wow, I didn't even know full serve existed anymore. The last time I was in a full serve (which would have been about 1979) you didn't tip. Full serve is a LOT more expensive per gallon than self serve, so that extra money is what you pay for the service. --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- Come quietly or there will be... trouble.
> Full serve is a LOT more expensive per gallon than self serve Must be a regional thing. In my small town, the only full-service gas station also happens to be, most of the time, the one selling its gas for the cheapest--or at the most, it's maybe 0.1c/L more than the competition. No tips warranted or expected (in fact that's rather unheard of around these parts).
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I'm new to tipping in the US and was wondering how one tips when going up to the cashier in the front to pay a bill when using cash? I realize then when paying with a card there's a tip line printed out that one can use to pay a tip. But when paying with cash do we wait for the cashier to return the change and then give back a tip from that change? Or do we tell the cashier before hand what the tip to take out is before they calculate our total? The question also goes to paying for the bill via cash and the waiter takes it. Do we leave a tip after they return with the change, do we tell them when they take the cash to get change? ie. I'm pretty much looking for what is the standard thing to say/do when tipping via cash
In general, you leave a tip for the waiter, not give it. You should not be there when the waiter finds out how much it is. This is the general rule, and it can be violated if you must. (generally when need change and are paying at the register up front) When paying with cash I just leave the full amount on the table and leave. Both the bill, and the tip right on the table (along with the bill so they see that I didn't leave a really big tip). Unless I need a reciept or change I don't go up to the register. (though normally I pay with plastic so this doesn't happen much) The waiter should never know how much tip you are giving until AFTER all service is done. If the waiter will return to the table before you leave, then make them bring the change back. Tips are not talked about to the waiter, the amount should speak for itself. Don't forget that wages assume you will tip. Good waiters make good money in the US, bad waiters do not. It is a pleasure to give a big tip, while you feel bad about the whole expirence when leaving a small tip.
