after poor service do you still tip good ???

The problem with leaving a "bad tip?" The waitress has no idea it's a bad one (unless of course it's ridiculously obvious such as a penny or $2 on a large bill). They don't know that you normally tip above average for decent service so how are they supposed to know that the standard 10% - 15% is actually a bad tip for you as a customer? Leaving a tip that may be a lower percentage for you, could be the same amount as an average amount from someone else so it means absolutely nothing and doesn't communicate to the waitstaff that you received poor service and are not satisfied. Leave an average tip and talk to the manager? Do you honestly think the waitress standing around texting and chatting with the other employees is going to give a crap what your experience was like if she's still getting her tip? Unless everyone makes it a practice to talk to the manager about a bad experience then a one-off complaint to the manager isn't going to mean as much. And let's face it, not every customer talks to the manager about their crappy service. You just get up ticked off and leave. My husband refuses to complain because by the time it gets to that point, he's just ticked and wants to leave before blowing up at someone. How many people here can honestly say they complain every time they receive bad service as opposed to just leaving what you consider to be a bad tip? Just remember that bad tip is what YOU consider to be bad but it may be average for someone else.

That's why you also alert the manager in someway as well. We always alert the manager for either subpar service or stellar service.

I'm sorry, but if you can afford to go out to dinner, you can afford to leave a decent tip.

Don't like it? Eat at home.

I'm sorry, but if you don't like your job as a server, then find a new job (perferably one that doesn't require interpersonal interaction)... don't take whatever personal problems you are having that day out on innocent costumers... Yes, there are going to be jerks that don't tip properly... but on the same token, there are people that do actually want to tip properly and perhaps above and beyond what is normal... however, if you are doing a half *kitten* job for any other reason other than being new (and even then it's a stretch), then you really don't deserve a tip.

Like I said before, my husband and I have been known to tip on the upwards of 50%.... but a server won't get that if they are being rude, have a bad attitude, don't inform us on what is going on, etc.

Part of your job is to make our experience at your restaurant pleasurable... it's not pleasurable if we have to ask another server to refill our drinks or to find our order.

I would leave a small tip if the service was bad. However, I wouldn't tell the server directly.. but if it was as bad as you stated, I would tell the manager. I'd let them be the one to correct their waitstaff's behavior.

Do bad tippers annoy you? My mother is a notoriously stingy tipper, usually leaving just a few dollars, about 5% or so.

When out to dinner with her I've often thrown extra money on the table when she walks away towards the door, if she was the one paying for the meal.

I'm sorry, but if you can afford to go out to dinner, you can afford to leave a decent tip.

Don't like it? Eat at home.

I'm sorry, but if you can afford to go out to dinner, you can afford to leave a decent tip.

Don't like it? Eat at home.

I'm sorry, but if you don't like your job as a server, then find a new job (perferably one that doesn't require interpersonal interaction)... don't take whatever personal problems you are having that day out on innocent costumers... Yes, there are going to be jerks that don't tip properly... but on the same token, there are people that do actually want to tip properly and perhaps above and beyond what is normal... however, if you are doing a half *kitten* job for any other reason other than being new (and even then it's a stretch), then you really don't deserve a tip.

Like I said before, my husband and I have been known to tip on the upwards of 50%.... but a server won't get that if they are being rude, have a bad attitude, don't inform us on what is going on, etc.

Part of your job is to make our experience at your restaurant pleasurable... it's not pleasurable if we have to ask another server to refill our drinks or to find our order.

I'm not even a server, I'm an accountant, but even I know that not tipping doesn't solve anything - no other service allows the patron to get that service for free and then decide afterward whether or not they want to pay for it. Would you eat a whole meal and then not pay for it because you didn't like it? Wouldn't the smarter thing to do be to right the problem at the beginning so that in the end, everyone wins? Tipping badly does nothing but frustrate the server and never actually gets you better service. The whole experience could wind up pleasant for all parties involved.

I find overseas so crazy for this reason - are waiters and waitresses not paid other than the tip?
Here in NZ - almost noone tips, only for outstanding service and only usually when the customer is overseas haha. Also, most places I've worked, because tips were so rare, they would get put in a group tip jar and at the end of the year get split evenly between wait staff for xmas.

Last night I went out to a nice casual dining restaurant and the waitress was super slack. Now it was Monday night and not really busy at all. She only had three tables while I was there. On a couple of occasions I saw her chit chatting with a co worker and another time checking her cell phone. She took the order wrong, didn't come to ask did we need refills and I had to get up to get her attention to get my bill after we had finished cause it didn't look like she was coming back. At first I was going to give her my usual "poor service 10% tip" but I had an idea. I would leave her my usual 20% tip cause she probably had kids or a meth habit to support but I would also speak to her about her service. Well I pulled her to the side ,discussed the issues I had and said hopefully she would improve her quality of work. Well she started crying! I wasn't mean or derogatory I just pointed out what I didn't like. What do you do when you receive poor service? Was I wrong to address the server directly ?

US tipping is alien to me, as with others.

I'm from Ireland. You get paid minimum wage regardless of the job. Noone is surviving on other people generosity in this regard. We still tip, but only for good service and probably about 10% on average. Generally it's a keep the change kind of thing. Our service is completely different too. Waiter takes your order, gets your food, returns maybe once to see if it's ok and then you get their attention when you want the bill. We don't have refills. I went to the states once and it was weird in restaurants. It was like the waitstaff were hovering around waiting to pounce. Made me uncomfortable as I wasn't used to it and I didn't relax. I'd imagine in the opposite way, and American in Ireland would be shocked by the service.

I live in Thailand. Here service is pretty much an alien concept, but so is tipping. Someone will come take your order when they're tv show is finished, you'll get food eventually, quite possibly the wrong thing, and you'll have to shout for them (politely) to get your bill. Completely different atmosphere but it works with the laid back atmosphere of the country in general. Myself and my partner were bent over laughing once when we were in a pizza place here. An American tourist was at the counter complaining that he'd been waiting 20mins for his pizza! The staff were bemused. Getting food in 20mins would be a miracle and you don't complain here, you certainly don't shout at people!