advice to all u db's from a seasoned dealer

[21forme]

Do you guys with hair tip your Barber?

Proper tipping etiquette calls for tipping your barber unless he owns the shop.

 

[aslan]

Proper tipping etiquette calls for tipping your barber unless he owns the shop.

Rules of etiquette speak to certain layers in the social structure. Most are unspoken, like the custom of wearing shoes into restaurants and not wearing pajamas to the office, although many restaurants and offices have dress codes:

"Business casual"

"No shirts. No shoes. No service,"

You can usually tell something about the class of an individual who defies certain rules of etiquette, although many of them [the rules] are begging for defiance.

 

[riggler]

Proper tipping etiquette calls for tipping your barber unless he owns the shop.

Rule for proper tipping etiquette are either written by those recieving the tips or those with so much money feel guilty for paying so little for a service.

That being said. I tip my barber and my dealers.

 

[AJ-21]

Say What?

I was playing at a strip casino and during my chatter I mentioned to the dealer that I hadn't gotten a Blackjack yet. He replied, with plenty of attitude, "Yeah, well I haven't got a tip yet either." I just looked at him and said, "And with an attitude like that you surely won't. Color me up."

 

[elkobar]

Hi,
all you tippers,
thank goodness I live in a country where tipping at the casino is illegal, and they will only refuse, and if you try to hand the dealer, or try in any way to give the dealer any tip you will have security on your tail quick smart; every one is watching every one; saves a lot of stress.
Elkobar..

 

[aslan]

Hi,
all you tippers,
thank goodness I live in a country where tipping at the casino is illegal, and they will only refuse, and if you try to hand the dealer, or try in any way to give the dealer any tip you will have security on your tail quick smart; every one is watching every one; saves a lot of stress.
Elkobar..

'Tis better to give than to receive. :angel: :whip:

 

[paddywhack]

I tip my barber and my dealers.

I too tip my barber and he owns the shop. But if he's busy when I stop in he'll call me when he's free. Saves me time and that time is worth more than a $2 tip.

As for tipping dealers, I think this has been discussed here before but here's my two cents:

If I have had a lousy session there will be no tip at the end. There may have been a few played for them on top of my bet but they won them if I won the hand.

If the session wasn't a total loss then it all depends on the dealer. If they are friendly, helpful, and rooting for the table to win then they will be tipped. If not, then nada.

If the session was a major success then of course I tip, I'm not that cheap that I can't share some of my good fortune. But the dealer better have been friendly, helpful, and rooting for us to win. If they are the grouchy pain in the ass types then - nada.

Places I frequent that know me well I treat a lot better than the stores I hit only occassionally, gotta keep those good vibes going.

And if I can't stomach tipping a dealer even though there was a decent win (eg: been getting hammered lately and finally pulled out a win), I'll just get out of there on their break. Relief has no idea what I bought in for.

To each their own on this.

I personally think that tipping waitpeople 15-20% is outrageous but it's the societal norm.

 

[assume_R]

I had several dealers tonight who dealt extremely fast. I told them, "thank you for dealing so fast" as I handed them a tip. They then tried harder to deal even faster. The gained EV was well worth the tip and on my opinion they earned their tip.

 

[rrwoods]

I personally think that tipping waitpeople 15-20% is outrageous but it's the societal norm.

I also personally think this tip level is outrageous; problem is, this is now not only the societal norm, but how these folks make a living.

 

[Sharky]

US societal norm...several countries abroad with no tipping servers

 

[Blue Efficacy]

I also personally think this tip level is outrageous; problem is, this is now not only the societal norm, but how these folks make a living.

Yeah, even servers at crummy places like Denny's do fairly well for themselves with all the overtipping going on. An ex girlfriend of mine was a waitress at a Perkins restaurant and averaged about $16 an hour, not too bad for slinging pancakes I'd say.

 

[moo321]

I also personally think this tip level is outrageous; problem is, this is now not only the societal norm, but how these folks make a living.

Well, it depends on the price of the food. Personally, I don't think a $1 tip is fair if you got $5 worth of pancakes by yourself at the table. On the other hand, I think $200 on a $1000 bill at a steakhouse is far too much.

It should be based on allowing the person to earn a reasonable standard of living.

 

[aslan]

Yeah, even servers at crummy places like Denny's do fairly well for themselves with all the overtipping going on. An ex girlfriend of mine was a waitress at a Perkins restaurant and averaged about $16 an hour, not too bad for slinging pancakes I'd say.

Overtipping? At that rate, she's not that far above the poverty level, especially servers like her who have a couple of children at home. I don't know whether you included her salary in that $16, but I know that servers in one place in VA make only $2.38 plus tips.

 

[pit15]

Overtipping? At that rate, she's not that far above the poverty level, especially servers like her who have a couple of children at home. I don't know whether you included her salary in that $16, but I know that servers in one place in VA make only $2.38 plus tips.

I think what he means is the fact that perkins is a really cheap place...

 

[aslan]

I think what he means is the fact that perkins is a really cheap place...

Could be. I generally give more at cheap places because it takes just as much for a person to live on who works at Perkins as a person who works at PF Chang's.

 

[Dopple]

Tip jars everywhere

They have a tip jar at the kids playplace called Monkey Business so the high school kids will be happier working for a low wage. They have tip jars at Starbucks too. If the employers provided a decent wage for these people we consumers would be pressured into helping with their pay.

I am all behind the dealer earning tokes, just being decent and friendly will earn a buck here and there if times are good.

I can see this poster is going to be very popular in this group.

 

[flyingwind]

I like tipping at places where the dealers keep their own tokes.

I dislike tipping at places where the dealers switch every half hour to an hour. It's especially at those places where every dealer that comes by each half hour expects you to tip and give you the guilt trip for not tipping each and every dealer that switches in.

 

[blackchipjim]

tips for tats

I tip for service, I get lousy service, you get a lousy tip. I don't get paid for just showing up at work and mistreating customers. I have asked numerous people who tip how much do they think they should tip a dealer. I have heard that 1% of your winnings is sufficient anything more is uncalled for. Tipping in resteraunts and other services was 15% but now 18% is the norm for good service and I mean good not order, serve, give the bill service.I hate eating out anymore the food stinks and service is poor. Mr Dealer with the bad attitude can kiss off. I do tip for various reasons one of which is not being served by some jackwagon that doesn't belong in the service industry.

 

[moo321]

I tip for service, I get lousy service, you get a lousy tip. I don't get paid for just showing up at work and mistreating customers. I have asked numerous people who tip how much do they think they should tip a dealer. I have heard that 1% of your winnings is sufficient anything more is uncalled for. Tipping in resteraunts and other services was 15% but now 18% is the norm for good service and I mean good not order, serve, give the bill service.I hate eating out anymore the food stinks and service is poor. Mr Dealer with the bad attitude can kiss off. I do tip for various reasons one of which is not being served by some jackwagon that doesn't belong in the service industry.

I agree that we shouldn't tip for poor service. Atlantic City is particularly awful in this regard. I want to give people decent tips, but I end up leaving a buck or two at a lot of places because they're so terrible.

 

[prankster]

There is waitstaff and there is waitstaff!

Routinely my wife and I leave a gratuity of 20+% if the service is ok. So-we're at Olive Garden-one of those special all you can eat for x amount of dollars. The young lady serving us brings us our second helping and we mention that this will be it for us. She says "hey if you'd like to order more I'll go get it and bring boxes so you can take it home-all the same to me" We say way cool and thank you! She got a monster tip.

More recently-same Olive Garden. Guy sees my wife sharing my salad and says "I'm going to have to charge you for a small salad! We say like hey go for it-whatever. BTW-when we arrived at his table initially there was a single penny on the table-apparently left by the previous customers. Long story short the previous customer left a larger gratuity than we did.:joker:
The guy needs to take "Real World 101"