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I hope this doesn't come across as bitter because I'm not at all bitter about any of my guests tips; but I wanted to write a quick post about tipping. Yes, I know, I'm a waitress right now so I might be a little bias, but I know that before I started waitressing again I really didn't know the 'correct' way to tip. So, I thought I would just make a few points, bc I had a table leave me zero dollars today, and everything went great with their dinner...... So, here we go...

1. When I was hired I was told that a 'normal' tip is 20% and if I receive lower than that then I could have done a better job. {Some servers get really depressed about their performance if they don't receive 20% from each table; I am not one of them but a lot of my coworkers are.}

2. If there are two people at your table leave at the least $5.00 even if it's more than 20%.

3. When you leave 10% our managers take that as if we did something wrong.

4. The computer system calculates your cash tips made for the night by 20% of your cash sales. So if a guest leaves less than a 20% cash tip we are paying taxes on all 20%, generally.

5. Servers have to give some of their tips to the bartender and the hosts. So if you order a lot of drinks from the bar leave an extra few dollars bc we'll be paying the bartender for making those drinks.

6. Most of my coworkers aren't there for 'extra' money this is their full time job and they are making $2.00 an hour so definitely remember that when tipping.

7. If you come in 5 minutes before close and say how sorry you are and then don't leave a tip, it is taken as a slap in the face... We were there at least 45 minutes longer bc you were there... {happened to me tonight and I didn't feel anger just shock}.

And I'm done. :o) I seriously didn't know that 20% was considered a normal or an average tip until I was told this when I started working a few months ago. Most guests still think 10% is normal and that leaving that amount means I did a good job. Some servers do get upset by this, I'm not one of them. I'm just thankful to have a job and I just don't want all of those tippers in one night. :o)

♥ Ashley