tipping your bartender...

[thebiggameover]

how should you tip your bartender?

the other night, me and my 2 friends were at a rock show, and between the 3 of us, tipped the bartender over ten bucks. then when i went for the next round, i got a gilt trip from the bartender saying "you guys havent tiped me all night". so i tipped him again, we all drank our beers and left.

i was going to complain to the mangment, but then i thought "maybe i am a sucky tipper".

so i ask, how do you tip your bartender?

do you just give him a big tip the first time you order? or do you just give him a buck every time you order?

[EisigerBiskuit]

20% tip, or more. Don't rip them off. Not that I read the enitre message, but yeah, first impressions are nice.

[Dr. V]

I hate tipping. Why should I pay someone for something I'm paying them to do?

[Jixby Phillips]

uh i think its you that needs the tip: maybe you should stop drinking so much or maybe you should only drink at home where its safe but thats just me

[ziggytrix]

You don't HAVE to tip.

Which reminds me of the beginning of Resevoir Dogs. :)

[JackpotDen]

my g/f got a guide for tipping in america, and it says to "tip 15-20%"

[glowbelly]

I hate tipping. Why should I pay someone for something I'm paying them to do?

because here, in the us, most servers and bartenders only make about $2.00 an hour. they rely on tips to live.

on the other hand, i would have never complained about someone not tipping me. i would just take an extra long time to serve them or make their drinks weak as hell.

the general rule for bartenders is that if you are running a tab to tip 15%-20%. if you are going beer by beer you can leave change or a dollar for every drink you have.

as ziggy said, you don't have to tip, but if you don't, i wouldn't expect to get any kind of great service.

[EisigerBiskuit]

So that's why people say their drinks are watered down. Sabotage!

[Anonymous]

are you expected to tip bartenders at clubs too? cause if so, i'm apparently a jerk :<

[AChimp]

If I don't get "great service" first, I won't tip, and I rarely go above 10% (unless it's a hot chick am I right guys???).

I've just taken my drink and walked away from the bar because the bartender was an asshole.

[Anonymous]

i would expect no less from the mouth of chimpon

[Dole]

First time I went to 'Merica, the bar tender in the first bar we went to came and spoke to us after a few beers and said ' You're English arent you?' and we said 'er...yes?' -he said he knew we were because we weren't tipping. I apologised for our mistake and smiled warmly as I left some counterfeit english notes in a small tray near him.


Interestingly (or perhaps boringly), we don't tend to tip bar staff in the UK, mainly because they make more money than their yankee counterparts. HOWEVER, we do tip taxi drivers, barbers, chimney sweeps, abortionists, priests etc

[soundtest]

In Montreal they are very militant about tipping, much moreso than the rest of Canada. I ordered a beer at this bar and it came to $4.25. All I had was a $5 bill and a couple of $20 bills, so I gave her the 5. She gave me a strange look and said "Umm the beer costs $4.25...". At first I didn't understand what the problem was but when I did I was so disgusted I just said "Ohhhh... ok. So you owe me 75 cents." I've never gone back there again!! :explode

[Spooky]

another great thread by thebiggameover you should keep making these

[kellychaos]

on the other hand, i would have never complained about someone not tipping me. i would just take an extra long time to serve them or make their drinks weak as hell.

As I'd worked at restaurants all through high school, I know exactly what you're talking about. That being said, I know exactly what constitutes good or bad service. If someone takes an incredibly long time to serve me in a place I'd never been before (because I realize one can be known, after a while, to be a bad tipper in a familiar place) they are just not going to get a tip, regardless of the low wage. I didn't choose their occupation for them but I did choose to do into their establishment. I'm not talking about being waited on hand and foot (I realize how busy things can get), but just to be treated in a fairly timely manner and politely. I've been in places where the bar maid stared daggers into me for the simple request "When you get a chance, can I get a LaBatt here, please?" when she happened to be on the phone talking to who knows whom. I wasn't eavesdropping but I could tell by her demeanor that the call definitely wasn't business-related; therefore, no future tips for her. Is that so wrong? Also, your earlier reference to watered-down drinks is one of the principal reasons why I usually order beer.

[Zomboid]

I never tip. People are paid to do their jobs and unless they're really good at what they do I see no reason in giving them extra money.

Edit: Oh, I tipped the guy that started my tattoo even though some of the lines had to be fixed when I got it finished :/

[glowbelly]

i only poured weak drinks if the person was a total cock and never tipped. every person who walked into my bar got a stiff drink as their first. i figured that if you start them off with a strong one, you have a better chance of them coming back to you and tipping you, especially if you aren't the only person working the bar.

i always tip. the only time i don't tip is when the person serving me is god awful, insulting or never serves me.

[Dr. V]

If people want a tip so bad they should just add that to the total of the drink. but yes I agree, you should tip based on the level of service. If it sucks, they get a dollar.

[thebiggameover]

ok, so you should tip every time you order a beer then, right? i guess thats what i did wrong... :(

another great thread by thebiggameover you should keep making these

i cant tell if your serious or not...
:/

[El Blanco]

I'm pretty good with the tipping. If what I get is just a few bucks, I leave a dollar. Larger orders, I do the math and figure out 15%.

The better the service, the better the tip. I've stiffed servers before, but thats for unbelievably crappy service.

[Zomboid]

I don't get how anyone can be giving an extra dollar or more when it's like 4 bucks a beer (here in Canada anyway).

[felix_tibs]

2 bucks for the first drink, one buck there after. 1 dollar per drink. None of the that 15% shit unless you got a tab. How can people not fucking tip the bartender. I mean, I know its not like he had to do much to get the beer from the fridge/tap to you but still, a buck wont break you.

[Big Papa Goat]

a lot of bartenders won't even try to hurry with your drinks even if there's a line up, I don't see the need to tip them.

[Command Prompt]

I'm a bartender, and I wouldn't serve any of you fags.

Here's some tips on tips so they're less chance of you pissing of my drink dispensing brethren.


1. The server is being nice to you only cause she wants your tips. Don't try to pick her up. Especially with a big tip. Achimp, you seem like the type to brag about the waitress flirting with you. Now you know.

2. Tip big once, at the beginning, or tip with the change each time. Or don't tip at all you cheap fuck. I don't work in a restaraunt, so I don't know what flies in there.

3. Don't try and draw my attention to tipping me, I really couldn't give a fuck. Nothing is more publicy embarrassing than fags who sit and make a big display of tipping. Yeah, yeah you're a baller, high roller baby. Great. Fag.

4. Plan it out a little in advance. People who get all flustered over how much to tip look worse than people who don't tip at all. And they hold up the line like fags.

5. If you don't like the service, than don't come back. But don't feel to special about it, we are over capacity almost every weekend, and you won't be missed. Fag.

Yeah, I'm an asshole.

[AChimp]

Nu-uh. Those waitresses want me. >:

[Big Papa Goat]

One time at a bar that had $7 pitchers, some guy makes a big deal of tipping the bartender by giving him a ten or something, and the bartender seemed to think that this was such a good thing that he didn't even bother to give me change for a 10 >:

[Spooky]

bartenders sure are angry on the internet

[Dr. V]

Spooky, don't be a fag.

[Command Prompt]

Who cares, his signature is brilliant and so are the people that made them

[Jixby Phillips]

Spooky, don't be a fag.

what the fuck? As much as I kinda-sorta internet-hate Spooky, what exactly was so faggy about his posts in this thread?

ps i hate you command prompt your such a LOSER

[Dr. V]

That was a shot at Command Prompt. You know, because he sad fag like 5 times in his post. Get it?

[Command Prompt]

No, fag

[Jixby Phillips]

o sorry!

[Jixby Phillips]

I didnt really read comand prompts post because he sucks :lol

[Command Prompt]

jikby, you card :lol :lol

[Jixby Phillips]

you suck

[Spooky]

command you theiver of signatures

[Archduke Tips]

Here is a tip for bartenders:
anyone could do your job, so be greatful for what you get and shut the fuck up.

[kellychaos]

Don't kid yourself Russo-whatever. You probably couldn't. Just judging by your above statement, I doubt that you've ever worked an honest day in your life.

And Chimp, that bartender person was only trying to pick you up over the internets by being coy. I'd expect a PM in a day or so.

[Archduke Tips]

Yeah ok maybe you are right.

Im sure bartender school is really really hard and they have to spend years and work themselves ragged to get their degree.

woe to the bartenders and their difficult lives.

[kellychaos]

Your life experience enthralls me and I am an apt pupil. More about.

[Helm]

or even, how about

[thebiggameover]

2. Tip big once, at the beginning, or tip with the change each time. Or don't tip at all you cheap fuck. I don't work in a restaraunt, so I don't know what flies in there.



ok, now im confused. i did tip big once, yet the bartender gave me shit later. did i just have a shitty bartender?

[kellychaos]

Maybe you're just a dick.

[MetalMilitia]

:zing
:highfive
:backofthenet

:rolleyes

[Command Prompt]

Yeah ok maybe you are right.

Im sure bartender school is really really hard and they have to spend years and work themselves ragged to get their degree.

woe to the bartenders and their difficult lives.

Are you another one of those fags who thinks after you graduate the world will owe you a living because you're so much smarter now that you have a degree?

[Anonymous]

Yes, but then again, bartending is the easiest service profession available, fag.

[ziggytrix]

That kinda depends on how much you like dealing with obnoxious drunk fuckers, and on how much your establishment let's a customer get away with before 86in em.

I'd think bartending is either the best or worst depending on the specific bar. But that's not really different than any other kind of job.

[Anonymous]

Service jobs in general are stressful and irritating which is why I didn't say it was an easy job, just comparatively easy to, say, waitering, or working at a fast food franchise; You don't have to rely on anyone else to get your work done, the bulk of the difficulty is in memorization, and in some places there isn't even a paper trail.

[Supafly345]

The last time I was served by a bartender was at a milk bar, but we decided to just leave because tipping the bartender might be considered a little insensetive in those circumstances.

[kellychaos]

Service jobs in general are stressful and irritating which is why I didn't say it was an easy job, just comparatively easy to, say, waitering, or working at a fast food franchise; You don't have to rely on anyone else to get your work done, the bulk of the difficulty is in memorization, and in some places there isn't even a paper trail.

But, then again, there are accountability issues because some drunken driver killed someone after leaving the bar you work at because there were over an hundred people at the bar and you can't keep your eye on every stupid, drunken bastard. Has anyone been sued for over-serving Big Macs? ... strike that ... that's probably pending in the court system as we speak.

[Command Prompt]

Service jobs in general are stressful and irritating which is why I didn't say it was an easy job, just comparatively easy to, say, waitering, or working at a fast food franchise; You don't have to rely on anyone else to get your work done, the bulk of the difficulty is in memorization, and in some places there isn't even a paper trail.


Wow, Eric the expert, you couldn't be anymore wrong. But I'm sick of defending this topic and my profession. Half of the people on this board won't be legal to go to a bar for at least 7 years and the other half don't belong in a bar, period.

Woe to the hard life of the fat know-it-all internet nerd.

[Big Papa Goat]

profession?

[ziggytrix]

I have absolutely nothing solid in the way of a rebuttal, so I'll sarcastically call you an expert, and then insult everyone else on the message board, because my shitty job should be REVERED as the lofty and amazingly difficult career path it is, as important as firefighters or EMTs!

Seriously dude, how much bartending experience do you really have? Work in a club, tavern, restaraunt, all of the above? You haven't fucking defended SHIT. You've just insulted anyone who said bartending isn't hard without saying one fucking thing in the way of a counter-argument. Tell us why it's so hard. Tell us why you deserve a dollar for every beer you uncap? I've got a fuckin bottle opener on my keychain. It was given to me by my best friend when he was a bartender, ironically enough!! :lol

[Command Prompt]

I said we're done here. >:

By the way, I never specifically pointed out which jobs were hard and which jobs weren't, or saying my job was harder, the overall message was that people shouldn't say that a specific group should be happy with thier working conditions and pay since thier job appears to be easy.

Like being an EMT or a paramedic or whatever you specifically pointed out.

And since you can open your own beer why don't you cut your own hair and make your own clothes then, mr fucking hardcore.

SERIOUSLY DUDE :lol

[EisigerBiskuit]

Because morons can't cut hair, they can only pop off caps.

[Command Prompt]

And, yes, tipping serves no logical purpose, and it is merely a custom.

If you're too fucking good to tip then don't.

Jackass.

[Matt Harty]

tipping serves no logical purpose

:rolleyes

[Command Prompt]

Oh great, romeo is here. :(

Now I am gonna get it :(

[Matt Harty]

I said were done here. >:

[EisigerBiskuit]

And, yes, tipping serves no logical purpose, and it is merely a custom.
Leave

[Command Prompt]

Okay, I'm turning things over to you.

[Archduke Tips]

Are you another one of those fags who thinks after you graduate the world will owe you a living because you're so much smarter now that you have a degree?

No, I am not "one of those fags." What kind of fag are you? If I was a fag, I think I would we be the "King of the Spiderbeasts" kind of fag.

[Command Prompt]

don't you mean queen :lol

[Archduke Tips]

Yes I do. :(

[NOT Jixby Phillips]

always tip 20%!

[Studio8]

I hate it when fat fucking nerds come in to my work and suck down soft drinks (making themselves fatter) and get all huffy and puffy when I'm not there right away to fill up their glass with more Coke or Root Beer. They get all pissed off and then don't tip at all.

And yeah, it really sucks when someone runs you all over the place and then they think they do you a favor when they said "Keep the change" and they gave you a $20 bill and their bill was $18.50. That's pretty shitty.

You guys should feel like shit for not tipping.

Are there any black people here? Because they are the fucking worst. The worst at tipping, I mean. They are good at other stuff.

[Studio8]

I hate it when fat fucking nerds come in to my work and suck down soft drinks (making themselves fatter) and get all huffy and puffy when I'm not there right away to fill up their glass with more Coke or Root Beer. They get all pissed off and then don't tip at all.

And yeah, it really sucks when someone runs you all over the place and then they think they do you a favor when they said "Keep the change" and they gave you a $20 bill and their bill was $18.50. That's pretty shitty.

You guys should feel like shit for not tipping.

Are there any black people here? Because they are the fucking worst. The worst at tipping, I mean. They are good at other stuff.

[Helm]

I hate it when fat fucking nerds come in to my work and suck down soft drinks (making themselves fatter) and get all huffy and puffy when I'm not there right away to fill up their glass with more Coke or Root Beer. They get all pissed off and then don't tip at all.

And yeah, it really sucks when someone runs you all over the place and then they think they do you a favor when they said "Keep the change" and they gave you a $20 bill and their bill was $18.50. That's pretty shitty.

You guys should feel like shit for not tipping.

Are there any black people here? Because they are the fucking worst. I hate them damn ******s.

[Studio8]

You're racist

[rockets redglare]

http://www.Studio8.net || Beats the Pants off ******s and then Wears Those Pants.

[Studio8]

Ew, I wouldn't wear a ******s pants. That's gross.