I'm also from the midwest. Tips are a "gratuity" - a way to say thank you. Personally, I don't think anyone is automatically entitled to one; it is in appreciation of good service.
Random tipping to anyone who gets within my reach doesn't make much sense to me. If I'm just in the mood to share the wealth, charitable causes are probably a more appropriate way to do so, and have the added benefit of tax deductibility (usually).
But I have worked a service job that depended on tips, and I am a tipper - not a big tipper, but a consistent one. If the service does NOT warrant a tip, I usually explain this, either to the person who might expect the tip (who usually doesn't appreciate my comments, but at least they understand that there was a reason), or better (in my mind) to a manager, who SHOULD be concerned with the quality of the service. I don't want to cost anyone their job, but if they aren't doing their job, I am not doing anything myself, to improve the service I get, if I let sub-standard-performing employees continue in their position without an "opportunity" for them to be educated and to improve their performance.
I will give someone the benefit of the doubt that I would want - I will assume they don't know any better, and that they need to be told what to do -- and management can then track whether they continue not to perform correctly.
If enough people do NOT tip, then prices will be increased to pay for services, either directly or indirectly) for everyone -- and perhaps that's the way it ought to be -- but in my experience, when there is no tipping, there is no incentive for good service. Those who choose not to tip regardless of service provided, are freeloading off those who choose to do so -- just like those who choose to cheat on their taxes are freeloading off those who choose to pay them honestly (only difference is you don't get criminal action against you if you get caught not tipping).
The world is full of freeloaders, and I'm pretty sure that they are not under-represented in the sample of the population found in casinos.
--BG
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5a. Re: What's A Good Tip On $100K?
Date: Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:10 pm ((PST))I am with you, Steve. Then, I am in Wisconsin and we Midwesterners are tight
with our money:)steve84 wrote:
I am a very infrequent poster on here but I will never understand why
anybody should be tipped when you are playing a machine. I can see
tipping a blackjack dealer if you thought they were lucky or if they
were friendly and made the game more enjoyable but why does anybody
deserve a penny when you win on a machine? If the machine jams or runs
out of money you often have to wait for what seems like forever for an
attendant to show up. If they show up to pay you why do they deserve
anything? I did not mean to hijack this thread but I just dont get it