http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/ Culinary Rants & Raves from Bay Area Foodies and Professionals Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:23:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-7560 Cindy Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:11:26 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/#comment-7560 Frankly, i HATE paying tip, id rather not pay it at all. Maybe the food prices should be raised and there will be no tips. Or tip be split equally like in Euorpe. If ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-6739 Lisa Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:45:21 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/#comment-6739 Hmmm. I don't think you allowed others to calibrate your worth. You calibrated your worth yourself, based on what they left. Your customers were apparently simply oblivious. My husband works for tips. Every ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-6738 Vinnie Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:55:36 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/#comment-6738 Simple solution: add a fixed percentage service charge (as Chez Panisse does) and the problem is solved. http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-6714 Barbieg Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:56:02 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/#comment-6714 Hi. I can't blame you for being upset. Since foreign tourists are a regular part of your clientele - and likely to be even more so with our dollar making US travel even more attractive, ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-6712 Michael Procopio Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:48:52 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/#comment-6712 HD-- I am thrilled by your anger. Do you, by any chance, work in a restaurant kitchen? Or have you? The pay is awful, it's true, which is one of the reasons I got out ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-6705 Michael Procopio Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:25:12 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/#comment-6705 Hey folks, I think some of you see what I was trying to relate– a simple example of allowing others to calculate one’s own sense of worth and what happens when one let’s that happen. It ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-6686 Patrick Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:16:59 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/#comment-6686 I just got back from Spain. Over there, tipping isn't expected though it can be customary to leave the change as tip. Here's a chart of tipping around the world (http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2007/10/tipping-around-world.html). You'll notice they have ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-6685 sam Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:23:09 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/#comment-6685 I am sorry this happened to you Michael. I am sure it was ignorance not vindictiveness. When I go to Europe (as I will tomorrow) I suffer the opposite and tip way too much and ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-6684 Amy Jo Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:57:10 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/#comment-6684 Do you have a right to be upset? Absolutely. Should they have done their travel homework about American restaurants? Of course. Are these the only people to have ever defied a country's customs? Absolutely ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-6683 Evan Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:52:53 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/06/20/tips-375-and-worth-every-penny/#comment-6683 As a bartender for the last 5 years at 3-4 places at any one given time, I've certainly run into the same situation as you. Luckier than you, perhaps, I don't work in fine ...