good tippers
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Not famous folks, but the COGIC people, when they have their convention in Memphis each year is dreaded by wait/hotel staff...they dont tip at all...1000's of these Jesus freaks invade the city, stuff a dozen people in a hotel room and bitch about not enough towels...eat out, take up a bunch of tables, send a bunch of food back and stay for hours and dont tip a dime. Notorious for being incredibly shitty people.
I had to constantly go on at the lady who was managing the funds on our trip to NYC about tipping more when we had combined staff meals (she had never been to the US), she was all on for just 10% everywhere & I was constantly battling to get it up to 20-25% at least.
One fairly infrequent task at my job involves catered ice cream social/office sundae party events.
I'm generally just dropping the stuff off, maybe setting it up, and going, so tipping is not expected, but some occasionally do, and a few regular clients do it every time.
The most interesting thing is the ratio of corporate clients that tip to the small business/non-profits that will. Big ad agencies and law firms will rarely give a cent, they can barely get me out of there fast enough. The worst ones will give me a speech about how they WANT to tip, but accounting doesn't allow it blah blah blah, which IMO is far more annoying than just stiffing me in silence.
Humble little community centers and small government offices and the like are more likely to tip, and just be more agreeable in general. And, contrary to anecdotes earlier in this thread, church events usually tip also.
I'm generally just dropping the stuff off, maybe setting it up, and going, so tipping is not expected, but some occasionally do, and a few regular clients do it every time.
The most interesting thing is the ratio of corporate clients that tip to the small business/non-profits that will. Big ad agencies and law firms will rarely give a cent, they can barely get me out of there fast enough. The worst ones will give me a speech about how they WANT to tip, but accounting doesn't allow it blah blah blah, which IMO is far more annoying than just stiffing me in silence.
Humble little community centers and small government offices and the like are more likely to tip, and just be more agreeable in general. And, contrary to anecdotes earlier in this thread, church events usually tip also.
Do you tip or not? Yeah, I do but only well if I plan to go back, and only to get good service in the future--not out of any good will toward the staff, who should, at the least, render satisfactory service to everyone, regardless of tipping history.
NO KARMA FOR YOU.
