Comments on Becoming & Staying Debt Free: Tip You For What?

Well, when you tip at a traditional place, the bus...

2007-11-11T23:04:00.000-06:00

Well, when you tip at a traditional place, the bus boy does get a piece of the tip. Sometimes hosts and others do as well.

So the way I look at it is I tip a small amount that would normally go to a busboy anyway. I wont tip less than $1, so it's usually a buck. I would probably only leave a buck for the whole table, 1-4 people or so.

"However, as I said before, what service am I payi...

2007-11-03T02:50:00.000-05:00

"However, as I said before, what service am I paying for at a buffet place?"

I TOTALLY DISAGREE 100% with this little piggy, because them taking your dishes away is ***NOT*** something they are doing FOR YOU unless you are at a small table that it would bother you. The things you are paying for at a buffet is most buffet restaurants the server actually **BRINGS** you your soft drinks or water or tea. Most buffet places I don't even need a refill, because the glasses are so huge. The server takes your order, delivers your bill and normally you pay at the table at buffet places, not up front. So the tip is for them doing all that for you and it has NOTHING to do with taking your diry dishes away. Service is what benefits YOU, so if taking those dirty dishes doesn't benefit you at all, WHY base that in the tip as "SERVICE?" Honestly, as long as I am not at a small table, I could care LESS if they EVER take my dirty dishes, because if you just stack them up, WHO GIVES A CARE if they take them? I could care less if they do it when I am there or after I have left.

I personal tip a buck or 2 at a buffet restaurant for a party of 2.

I have been to a couple of asian buffets that have served alcohol, so when I had that served to me, I tipped 15%.

Now, as far as places like CiCi's Pizza where you pay up front, get your own drinks and no one takes your order, you should NEVER tip at those type of places. Them taking your dishes away is just that, NOT service to benefit you and they have big tables there. I personally don't care if dirty dishes did bother me to simply MYSELF put the dirty dishes on another table. I don't need a busser in my service for a buffet. I am not that lazy that I couldn't just move my dishes to another table.

This Little Piggy -Using that logic, I should leav...

2007-10-31T10:29:00.000-05:00

This Little Piggy -

Using that logic, I should leave a tip for the bust boy at a traditional restaurant, besides the waitress.

Oh the hypocrisy! To post a whiny complaining post...

2007-10-30T08:23:00.000-05:00

Oh the hypocrisy! To post a whiny complaining post about giving $2 to a minimum wage employee. Then to post: "If you like this post, buy me a coke." PUHLEEZE. Talk about a worthless tip. You need to think about the people you stiff.

I don't understand the whole buffet concept as you...

2007-10-29T18:54:00.000-05:00

I don't understand the whole buffet concept as you don't. However, I've never eaten at one.

They clear your dirty dishes, therefore you should...

2007-10-29T18:00:00.000-05:00

They clear your dirty dishes, therefore you should leave at least $1.