What do you do when you go out with a guy who only tips 10%?

10% of the total?

yep

i skipped all the posts in this thread except the first one.  i fucking HATE tipping and will not be persuaded otherwise.

that said, i do tip generously, especially in bars i frequent (you make your money back and then some in free drinks, especially in the city where shit is super expensive)

but what the fuck is up with tip jars EVERYWHERE now???  like why should i tip at dunkin donuts?  they are literally just doing their job.  a waitstaff/bartenders i could see they could concievably do some extra shit to earn a tip.  but someone handing me a cup of coffee?  am i tipping them so they don't throw the coffee in my face? 

and why do we tip cab drivers?  i am never going to see this person again.  even if i take a cab every day for the rest of my life i will never see him again.  he was on the phone like a 16 year old girl the entire time, almost killed me 3 times, did kill 1 pedestrian, and took the long way to kill time and sit in traffic.  here's an extra 2 dollars cos i am, technically, still alive.

hahahaha

What do you do when you go out with a guy who only tips 10%?

10% of the total?

yep

have you told him that you want more than just the tip?
you could also try pulling him toward you, and thrusting yourself upwards.

Awww isn't it cute, Luke tried to make a joke!

it was risky, too!  i had to wait for an appropriate response, and hope that you didn't catch on to what i was doing!

I hate tipping because I write inappropriately large numbers on that line when I've had too much to drink.

I hate tipping because I write inappropriately large numbers on that line when I've had too much to drink.

this is another reason i don't get drunk at bars. it makes me fail at math.

when I retire I'll come to the states and we'll go to a bar and not tip

I hate tipping because I write inappropriately large numbers on that line when I've had too much to drink.

i save you!

i skipped all the posts in this thread except the first one.  i fucking HATE tipping and will not be persuaded otherwise.

Here's how I feel about tipping... I've waited tables and it's a shitty thankless job. The restaurant pays you shit, and you average about 10% of your food sales in tips. Then, you're expected to tip out the bar staff and the buss staff. Next, the govt assumes that you will walk out the door with at least 8% of your food sales in tips and they tax you accordingly and take those taxes out of the paltry pay check you get from your hourly wages.

That being said, I feel uncomfortable tipping below 15%. If I've gotten good service I tip 20%. Once or twice I might have tipped 10% for really lousy service.

When I was younger I worked at sandwich shoppes and pizza joints, and it appals me that someone doing that job would put out a tip jar. In fact, when I was doing those jobs people would try to put out those jars and I'd make them get rid of them. I never tip someone who's only doing the job they're getting paid to do, those assholes can go fuck themselves.

Now, when it comes to bartenders the tip can be your greatest friend, especially when it's really busy and it's hard to get a drink. (Think like penny beer nights and shit.) All you gotta do is throw down a huge tip with your first drink order, and you won't wait for a single drink after that. This works great if you're out with 5 or 6 people, just have each person pony up like five bucks, go order the first round, pay for the drinks, and make sure the bartender understands that they're gettig a 30 dollar tip and to keep an eye out for you. After a round or two you can have people from your party start going up to get drinks with you and the bartenders will recognize them and give them the insta service too. That way you won't have to be the designated drink getter all night.

When it comes to getting a tip from tattooing people my motto is, "never expected, always accepted."

Krsna is spot on with the bartenders. Back in the day if 8 or more of us  hit a bar, we'd all pool and drop $100 on the bartender and he'd remember what each one of us was drinking hours later even in a crowded joint.

Money talks.

Oh yeah dude, I totally forgot that they remember what you're drinking too! It's like you walk up to the bar, stand there for 30 seconds, and they walk over and hand you your drink.

Fucking awesome.

Once when C & I were out and about I think I gave a cab driver like a $5 or $10 tip because I was too drunk to realize I can't do math when I'm drunk. That was great.

That being said, I feel uncomfortable tipping below 15%. If I've gotten good service I tip 20%. Once or twice I might have tipped 10% for really lousy service.

This is what I do at restaurants, with an exception:
When I tip below 15%, I will explain to the waiter of waitress why they're getting the tip they are.
If they get bitchy, I will ask for their manager and then explain it to him or her.

Now, when it comes to bartenders the tip can be your greatest friend, especially when it's really busy and it's hard to get a drink.

This is the truth.

When it comes to getting a tip from tattooing people my motto is, "never expected, always accepted."

I tipped you, right?
I mean, with more than just laughter.  (*blech*)

This is what I do at restaurants, with an exception:
When I tip below 15%, I will explain to the waiter of waitress why they're getting the tip they are.
If they get bitchy, I will ask for their manager and then explain it to him or her.

You are so logical. Why the fuck are you here amoungst all us crazy bitches?

You are so logical. Why the fuck are you here amoungst all us crazy bitches?

science experiment gone horribly wrong.

This is what I do at restaurants, with an exception:
When I tip below 15%, I will explain to the waiter of waitress why they're getting the tip they are.
If they get bitchy, I will ask for their manager and then explain it to him or her.

You are so logical. Why the fuck are you here amoungst all us crazy bitches?

i wonder why he's here, too, but for a different reason.

if i was having a bad day, stuck in a shitty waitstaff position and i gave you bad service and then you took me aside, gave me a shitty tip and then told me WHY you gave me said tip... well, i think i might stab you with whatever utensil was handiest.

Yeah dude. For real.

Just leave the shitty tip man.

I think I tipped you with a round or two at the titty bar full of underaged girls. Or something.

I tipped you, right?
I mean, with more than just laughter.  (*blech*)

I think you bought me a beer at the titty bar, which is an excellent tip.

I think I tipped you with a round or two at the titty bar full of underaged girls. Or something.

Yes you did, thank you as well 

Man, this thread's making me want to go to a busy bar (with dirt cheap drinks) and get me some snappy service. It's so much fun.

Seriously.

I'll drink to that!

But unfortunately I have to go look at a dead fat man, in a room full of people who hate me. Maybe I should get drunk first?

It's the only way.

don't puke on the casket/feel up the widow, dude.

OK you're almost making me want to puke. The widow is like 60 and works for the DMV. But she makes Selma and Patty look hawt.

Funerals and plane-trips, man.