I tend to tip well at restaurants, if the service warrants it. I tip my stylist probably about...20%, but seeing as I don't get the world's most complicated haircut, this ends up being about $5.00. I almost never take cabs, so I'm not really sure.
At a coffeeshop, it varies. If I'm just getting a cup of coffee or a muffin or what have you, I throw the change in the jar. If it's Starbucks and I'm getting a gross girlie drink, anywhere from $.50 to $1.00. If it is a real coffee shop with something fancier, I do a minimum of $1.00 per drink (sort of like at a bar).
I don't demand that my customers tip me for small things, but making a perfect cappuccino is a hell of a lot more complicated than making a gin & tonic, so if bartenders get $1.00 per drink for that shit, then baristas should, as well.
The thing that bothers me is when people go into a coffee shop for lunch and get pretty much the same meal that they would at a typical lunch joint, but don't tip because it isn't a "full service restaurant," never mind the fact that their barista prepped their food, plated it, served it, made their drinks, served their drinks, refilled their drinks, and basically did everything a server does and more, except take their order at the table.
As for the person equating tipping baristas with tipping McDonald's employees...riiight.
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Date: 2008-07-05 08:41 pm (UTC)At a coffeeshop, it varies. If I'm just getting a cup of coffee or a muffin or what have you, I throw the change in the jar. If it's Starbucks and I'm getting a gross girlie drink, anywhere from $.50 to $1.00. If it is a real coffee shop with something fancier, I do a minimum of $1.00 per drink (sort of like at a bar).
I don't demand that my customers tip me for small things, but making a perfect cappuccino is a hell of a lot more complicated than making a gin & tonic, so if bartenders get $1.00 per drink for that shit, then baristas should, as well.
The thing that bothers me is when people go into a coffee shop for lunch and get pretty much the same meal that they would at a typical lunch joint, but don't tip because it isn't a "full service restaurant," never mind the fact that their barista prepped their food, plated it, served it, made their drinks, served their drinks, refilled their drinks, and basically did everything a server does and more, except take their order at the table.
As for the person equating tipping baristas with tipping McDonald's employees...riiight.