Give me some tips on tips

[SoBad]

Like some others here, I avoid packaged deals, so hardly an informed opinion here. I suppose the easiest thing is to leave the customary tip (I suppose 15% rounded up) and then there is nothing to deal with.

Then again, if you want to explore the issue and make a statement, I see nothing wrong with doing what you did ($6). In that case though I see no reason to avoid eyecontact with the waitstaff. If you choose to make an issue out of the charges and tipping, you might as well stand by your decision.

On a different note, does anyone have fresh opinions to offer on the New Jersey gas stations tipping custom? I am still confused about what to do there...

[sureshs]

Originally Posted by Fearsome Forehand

$83 for breakfast for 3?

Unless they are spoon feeding you lobster that was raised on kobe beef, why would you voluntarily fork over that much for breakfast and then worry about the tip?

Denny's is open at 5:30am go there or the local diner. The eggs, pancakes, toast and coffee are the same and the prices aren't obscene.

I have answered the question partially - early morning commitments like tours or tennis clinic.

To elaborate on that, it involves complex factors like: not having a car, having a car but getting it out of a lot in a big resort may take a while, stomach condition in the morning prone to certain demands at embarrassing times, all of us need to use the single bathroom sequentially, heavy coffee loading due to a desire to have full evacuation before activities but also causing the abrupt situations ............

[LuckyR]

Originally Posted by sureshs

OK, 10/80 = 12.5% (last few days), 6/80 = 7.5% (first few days), average is 10% exactly!

So I have met (but not exceeded) Cindy's standards for buffet. The joke is on you guys now.

Re: stiffing the waiters: they brought only coffee from a common pot they carried around, it was a buffet. Unless they took it out on everybody, no fear there

I agree that there wasn't anything in your coffee... that time. But watch yourself in the future...

[Steve Dykstra]

Originally Posted by SoBad

On a different note, does anyone have fresh opinions to offer on the New Jersey gas stations tipping custom? I am still confused about what to do there...

I grew up in NJ and never once heard of anyone ever tipping a gas attendant nor did I ever think of doing so myself.

[Steve Dykstra]

10% tip is fine for a buffet. I don't think you had any reason to avoid eye contact or act weird about it though. The only reason the situation might have become uncomfortable is because you were acting as though you were doing something wrong. I doubt the staff would have made a big deal about a 10% buffet tip.