Tipping for Growlers

I agree, it's the industry that needs to change but making $4.95/hour doesn't give anyone license to do a poor job.

 

I'd argue teacher situation isn't sufficiently similar for a strong analogy here. I think the server pay has a rather small range of fluctuation compared to decades past because now the social norm is that they are entitled to those tips and people view it as more obligatory than gratuitous. That's why, I think, we currently have such bad service because the servers know people will give the obligatory 20% even for mediocre service but often not much more for stellar service. So why give stellar service? We don't have the same degree of incentives for tips like we used to in the past.

Also, people today are significantly less likely to stiff the server for poor service than in the past - at least in my many experiences and frequent conversations on this.

 

Kindly disagree. I think it could possibly be better. Too many are chasing these high wages relative to other jobs in this part of the labor market - especially those who are not really "people persons" who enjoy this kind of interaction with others. Too many do it even though they don't like it, or don't really have the personality & skill set that matches up nicely. If those wages weren't so high relative to alternatives, I think we would see a greater percentage of people doing it who really like it... and not because it pays twice as much as working at the mall.

 

The incentive for stellar service is that the server/bartender should want return business.

 

My thoughts exactly. It's like $2. That is how people in the service industry make their money. Rationalize all you want, but you're cheap.

 

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The entitlement in this thread is strong.

Having worked in the service industry, I tip everywhere that tipping is encouraged. I probably value my couple bucks less than the person providing me service.

Tipping frequently at an establishment you visit regularly brings with it intangible fringe benefits. I've been able to get multiple growler fills of beer that "aren't available" for growler fills. Deliberately under charged, or not charged at all on occasion. All sorts of good things happen when you're generous with the people that handle your beer. Though this is a bit skewed as CA growler laws are asinine; the people that fill my growlers are the same people that will pour my pints.

 

Yes.

 

All I can think of when reading this thread is



I would tip for a growler to-go if bars did that here.

 

I agree- particularly if it as at a brewery's tasting room.

 

I was going to post the Steve Martin tipping scene from "My Blue Heaven". Where he tries to tip the stewardess, she says they don't take tips, and Steve says, " I tip everybody. That's my motto, tip everybody". But it wasn't on YT.

 

It only pays to keep folks that take care of your beer happy, what if you don't tip and and the next time you come back that tender screws around while filling your growler by dumping a little anthrax in the fill. Don't mess with the people that handle the stuff you consume, or you will pay more than a buck or two.

 

I was at the Petrol Station here in Houston and ordered a growler of (512) Pecan Porter, so they poured about 6 ounces in and it floated so I asked for another beer and about 8 ounces in it floated. I finally ended up getting a fill of DFH India Brown (I was taking it to a party of BMC drinkers and their wives/ girlfriends). It was a 64oz growler and I tipped $7.

I need to add that the females enjoyed the beer way more than their boyfriends.

 

I work in the industry, so my opinion might be skewed.. Anyway, if you're too cheap to tip someone serving you, you suck

I don't tip cashiers, and I don't tip the guys at HF when I fill growlers. That's a retail situation. If bars could fill growlers here, I'd be tipping on those. It's just cheap to think you shouldn't tip your bartender or server just for doing their job. My baseline is 20% for average. I'll tip lower if the service is terrible and over if it's great. A dollar or more on all beers at the bar.

 

Basically no, that's not what I'm saying. If their pay was mostly based on potentially fluctuating tips based on performance then we would get better service. No good luck needed. I know what result I'm going to get if the base wage is high and there's an almost automatic 20% tip as the norm for patrons regardless of service - the pathetic service norm that we experience now.

 

I have a customer who frequently quotes that, but he says it's "I believe in over-tipping." And he does, bless him.