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Originally Posted by Major Major
As a bartender, the whole thing breaks down pretty easily for me. If people are coming up multiple times to get drinks and they don't leave me a tip, they all of a sudden don't get anymore drinks. Sometimes people get lost in the crowd, and I can't be held responsible if I somehow skip over you repeatedly.
Also, in extreme circumstances, I like to go for the public shaming angle. There is a stigma towards non-tippers as being cheap, so I can have some fun with that. That girl who may have gone home with you. She probably won't now that I loudly ask you to put a total under the tip line that you dashed out on your cc receipt. I understand 100$ + dash equals 100 $, but you never know, I could have some credit card fraud system worked out. It is best that you put down a total so I can't mess with it.
Also, say you come to the bar with your friends after making a fifty dollar drink order that consists of various combinations of citrus garnish, requests detailing the number of splashes of 7up, and perhaps just a cube or 2 less ice. I hope for your sake that you tipped me. For my sake, I hope you didn't, because the 10 dollars is not worth the same as being able to ask a group of people, 'Oh, so you are with picky b*tch-no-tip?' and then move onto the next customer. The looks on people's faces are priceless.
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Perfect reminder of how pitiful the bar and restaurant service industry is... hope this isn't a long term profession for you.
It's unfortunate of how the tipping system evolved over time in different locations. This I do not fault of the workers, but the act of adding a variable cash amount that is supposed to be a reward for good service, then making it a "standard" regardless of service, then have the gov't tax the worker to an assumed tip amount, then having your employer pay you minimum wage and expect you to make up your wage in tips, and finally produce a bunch of greasy d-bags (male and female) that need to shame you or do illegal things so they can make their nut.
That being said 18-20% seems to be my new standard and all it take is some competence and politeness to earn it.