my weekly(?) rant

[Waxman]

At my occasional drive-thru coffee place this am. Gave the cashier my $2.25 ($2.08+ tip). I said 'thank you' he said: 'yup'.

This lack of courtesy and respect gets to me and I do not like it at all.

 

[Whale of a Wash]

He was probably wondering how to spend his $.17 tip. Next time for an experiment give him a $5 bill and tell him to keep the change, see if you get the same results, or give him a couple tokens for your wash to convert him as a customer. I can't believe someone can spend so much money on burnt bean water. LOL

 

[MEP001]

I've gotten to the point that I won't ever say "thank you" to any cashier unless they say it first. It's their job to say it; it's merely a politeness for me to do so. I even chewed out a woman at a grocery store once because she handed me my change and expected me to thank her for it. When I didn't right away, she said "You're welcome" very sarcastically.

 

[Waxman]

Burnt bean water; that's a good one.

I admit I was being lazy not making my own at home.

For a $5 tip I'd expect a potent alcohol drink with unbrella, swizzle stick and waitress like the one (last ICA) at the Golden Nugget and not some 20 something dude at the coffee place.

 

[MikeV]

Anytime I buy something or do something that requires a "Thank You" , and I don't get one, (especially holding a door for some MSDS woman), I just look them in the eye and say "You're Welcome". Gets their attention.

 

[jfmoran]

Wax,

I agree that it's the cashiers responsibility to say Thank You, but your $.17 cent tip is a slap in the face, you'd be better off not tipping at all.

 

[MEP001]

Wax,

I agree that it's the cashiers responsibility to say Thank You, but your $.17 cent tip is a slap in the face, you'd be better off not tipping at all.

I disagree. Tipping a waiter such a small amount would be a slap in the face, but the people working a coffee place are paid good wages (compared to waiter wages) and tips are totally a bonus for them. Regardless of whether or not he tipped or how much, in that case it should always be the employee who thanks the customer.

 

[jfmoran]

I don't think so....

I disagree. Tipping a waiter such a small amount would be a slap in the face, but the people working a coffee place are paid good wages (compared to waiter wages) and tips are totally a bonus for them. Regardless of whether or not he tipped or how much, in that case it should always be the employee who thanks the customer.

Can't disagree with thanking the customer, but please don't tell me $.17 is a tip let alone a bonus. It's more like I couldn't be bothered with that piddly amount of change, so you keep it. Even if the kid was smiling and saying thank you, inside I'm sure cheap bastard is floating around in his head, I know it would be in mine.

 

[MEP001]

Honestly, that's his problem. Those tip jars are usually filled mostly with nickels, dimes and pennies, so most of their tips are piddly, but it must add up or they wouldn't leave the jars out. I'll bet he'd fail as a waiter having to rely on tips to pay his bills.

 

[Waxman]

Say What?

The tip isn't a slap in the face at all. It's a bit less than 10%. They are not waistaff; they are paid above normal minimum wage.

See, I'm the guy picking up pennies at my vacs and doing it gladly because that's free money, hoss.

Sure, the clerk may feel I give them the change because I "couldn't be bothered", but that assumption is incorrect. I bet if they ran a carwash they'd appreciate the small amount extra.

If every carwash customer gave me 17 extra cents per wash that'd add up to a decent amount extra over an extended time.

Even if the drive thru does 20 cph at .17 per car that's an extra $3.40/hr.

Not bad in my book.

 

[MEP001]

please don't tell me $.17 is a tip let alone a bonus.

By absolute definition, it is. He doesn't have to jump up and down for joy over it, but he certainly shouldn't be deliberately impolite because he wanted more.

I still feel like the amount of the tip is irrelevant here. He's lacking in both professionalism and common courtesy. He should be reprimanded or fired. Let him see how many tips he'll get working fries at McDonald's.

 

[pitzerwm]

The problem is that the young people have a "you owe me" attitude and no respect for anyone or anything. I've had people that provided crap for service stand there with their had out. I tip when I get better than average service. If you have ever provided a service to the public, then you know "average" and "better than average". I don't tip just because they are still alive & standing there.

 

[Whale of a Wash]

I absolutely hate it when the ho hum server asks (can i get you any change?)
I always thought it was impolite to say that compared to ( i'll be right back with your change) and you could interject with they could keep it, but to assume it is theirs i don't agree.

 

[MEP001]

I understand why they might ask "Can I get you any change?" Some people will pay with cash and leave just enough for the meal plus tip. I try to do that if I have the right change. What I don't like is when the server brings back a $10 bill and a quarter change from a fifty for a meal that was $39.75. I had one absolutely lousy waiter do that to me, and he got tipped a quarter. After having waited 10 minutes for him to take the drink order, then the meal order, then for the check after I managed to flag him down for it, I wasn't about to wait another 10 minutes for him to come back to ask him to break the ten, and another 10 minutes for him to come back with the change, and I sure wasn't going to tip him $10.

 

[pitzerwm]

Since, I get kickbacks on my CC cards, and I want to keep track of my spending, I always use the CC.

 

[MikeV]

"Do you need change?" is one of my pet peeves. I always answer, "I didn't until you asked".
Some of them get the point, some just don't get anything.

 

[Ric]

I treat people the way I'd like to be treated and move on

 

[Waxman]

If the server brings me back bills too large I try and catch it right away and ask for smaller bills. However, I'm always surprised at a nightclub when the bartender brings back all large bills as change. Seems to happen more often that it should. If I were hustling for tips where most transactions got a $1-2 tip I'd plan on that when giving change.

 

[pitzerwm]

Smart people figure this out quickly, others never get it and wonder why they are always broke.