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A look at the time-honored tradition of tipping.
by Jaime Netzer
When a group of 25 leather-clad bikers and their girlfriends strolled into the Overland Park junior park, got nervous. her first shift at Stix, 1847 Village West Parkway, a sophisticated neighborhood near the Kansas Speedway.
She had years of experience at Applebees' under her belt, but this was different. At Stix, her dark hair had to be pulled neatly out of her face, her makeup kept clean. She wore all black, from her lacey top, and a white shirt. The dress code was strictly enforced, she could be fired for arriving a red or blue pen.
Phan took the group's order and continued to serve them alcohol and check on them. As they drank and ate their way to a $1,200 tab, they joked with Phan and even asked to take the bill with him. They then paid the bill and left Phan a $300 tip.
She returned to the table making sure the man paying the bill meant to take an extra 20 percent on the automatic fuel he already figured into the bill. He would have made it "he could," he replied.
Americans have been leaving tables on sites since the late 1800s. Restaurant patrons expect to figure a tip in with
their final bill, but the mystery for many is just how much is enough and exactly who deserves a t.i.
She works hard for the money
Today most servers make only $2.13 an hour which is the service industry's equivalent of minimum wage. For this
Jensen, East
Grand, Forks
Minn, junior,
consistently
tips more than
20 percent for
good service.
Jensen, who
works at Marcos 4824 W17th St. knows firsthand how much servers rely on kips "Sometimes you have paychecks you come out to help."
Why so tipsy?
There are several theories regarding why we tip so religiously says Leonard Green, a professor at the University who specializes in researching the practice of tipping. The main reason people tip is that it is an established tradition and taught from a young age that
When Chris Chiles, Salina sophomore, goes out to eat, he tips according to the service he receives. Chiles, who has never been a server, says that tips to the service are for great great service, but if the service is just average, he leaves 15 percent of the bill.
TODAY MOST SERVERS MAKE
ONLY S2 13 AN HOUR,
WHICH IS THE SERVICE
INDUSTRY'S EQUIVALENT
MINIMUM WAGE.
Phan also tips well. "If I've had phenomenal service, sometimes I'll tip as much as 100 percent," Phan says. "My friends think I'm crazy, but I know what it's like to work as a server."
we are obliged to tip.
People may alsoate atip as a sincere token of appreciation, according to Green.
Other motivations for tipping include ensuring future good service and to avoid seeming like a freeloader.
One might feel guilty if one doesn't tip. Green says, "There've been a couple of times when I've gotten horribly bad service and of course I still tipped." Green says, "What does tipping have to do with good service?"
Stiff and collit?
But "not everyone feels too guilty to stifle a water or leave a marginal tip. Holly Hayworth Virginia Beach, Va. senior was on the staff at the service at the Yacht Club. 530 "constest" saint that she tipped
only the change needed to round her bill up to the next dollar.
Hayworth says she usually ties to tip well because both of her sisters have been servers. Hayworth said she was minutes for Hayworth to get her bill, and then an additional 20 minutes to fix it because he had been split incorrectly. "It was a mistake," Service 130 ever did, "she said."
Lizzie Post, great-great granddaughter of etiquette expert Emily Post and author of the soon-to-be-published book *What's It Like?*, Thing's, that it is always better to go ahead and leave a 15 percent tip for your water and then tell the manager of the restaurant that you had poor service. You'll feel better that way Post says, and you avoid ticking someone off.
Post used to work as a cocktail waitress herself and says that she never leaves less than 20 percent tip.
Phan thinks everyone should work in the service industry at some point. "Work two years in the service industry and you can really make a difference," Phan says. "You will understand efficiency and read people."
Whether you follow Phans advice or not, remember, your tip is someone else's salary.
SO HOW MUCH
SHOULD I TIP
MY...?
Server
15-20 percent
"Anything above 20 percent
is generous," Post says.
Bartender
bartender
$1-$2 a drink or 10-20
percent of the tab
A tip is not required.
If you like the establishment or ordered something complicated you could always leave a small "Post note"
Barber
5-20 percent of the bill but never less than $1
Manicurist
Manicurist
$2 for simple manicures;
15-20 percent of the fee
otherwise.
Delivery guy
You never want to give someone $10.00 if the bill is smaller you should try to tip a larger percentage
Hairdresser 15-20 percent
Sources: Emily Post's Etiquette and Lizzie Post
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