Here's the scenario (tipping related)

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Here's the scenario:

1) You went to a fancy restaurant and ended up with a bill of $250. Your server was excellent, service was great, and prompt. How much do you tip?

2) You went to the same fancy restaurant, and got the same bill. Service sucked, the waitress screwed up six times, and it took forever to get your food. How much do you tip?

3) A bellman brings up your luggage form your vehicle, explains the hotel and how everything works, gets you ice, and more coffee. You had six bags, and there are three of you. How much do you tip?

4) You order pizza. The total comes to $25. You have it delivered. It's delivered on time. How much do you tip?
 


1) Take some glass shards and pour them on to my plate while nobody is watching and caim that they were already there. Free lunch FTW.

2) The same.

3) There were actually 9 of us, 6 were hiding in the bags. Would probably give him a spearmint for the trouble.

4) He won't deliver on time because of the bear traps in the yard.
 
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1. $30 (just over 10% because it's excellent service. I tip 15-20% if I had my kid with me and they were cool to her. )
2. Zero
3. Probably zero, although maybe something.
5. Zero

But then I live in a country where we don't tip. If I was in the US, I'd probably follow local custom.

What I can't believe is that you'd tip when the service sucked? wtf?
 
1) $100
2) $0 (tips are earned not guaranteed. Shit service == no tip. I use the money saved from the shit service to boost tip for position 1)
3) $10
4) $5
 
1.) Biggest tip I ever left at a restaurant was $400 - which was still 20%. That was for a corporate event where I picked up the tab. Unless I get a bj I'm not tipping more. And I'm married, so that's not happening.

2.) $10. A crappy tip says more than no tip

3.) Static $5

5.) $5, 20%. Unless the weather sucks, in which case I have gone as high as 50%.
 
1) $55

2) 15% but I speak to the manager

3) $10 maybe $20 if I can convince the other 2 guys to split it

4) $5
 
I do the bellman thing from time to time. It seems on check-in they are far more likely to tip well than check out. From what I've read online and heard from several "distinguished" individuals, the basis for tipping bellman is a flat $5, plus $1 for each bag over 1. So for six bags, $10 is the normal.

I've gotten anything from $0 to $40, and my service level is top every time, no excuses. The $0 comes from people who have lost it all at the casino. The $40 comes from check-ins when people are either Seven Star status ($0.5 mil spent each year minimum), or waning to impress their friends.
 
Do you tip a bellman for simply calling a taxi? Two different scenarios:

a.) taxi is in line waiting to pick up the next passenger
b.) no taxi line, bellman goes out to the street and hails one down
c.) no taxi line, shitty weather (rain, sleet, snow, etc.), you wait inside while he hails one down

for me it would be;

a.) $0
b.) $1 if I have a single available
c.) $3-5 depending on how long it takes
 
^^^
There are 3 types of people:
a) The ones who can count
b) The ones who can't.
 
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