Had a table do that to me. Made me wonder if I had said something to imply wasn’t Christian. If I see any Christian pull a stunt like that, I’d call them out on it.
@@abriyahyasha-rahla2656 I don't eat out often but when I do I don't tip. In a few years I've gotten a business loan down and the cash flow will be enough for me to retire. Then and ONLY then, will I have it in me to be generous. Help yourself first or you won't be able to help others.
I am a Christian, and when I was serving at a restaurant I would often get to work on Sunday lunch shifts. It was incredibly embarrassing for me because many of the people that came in "knew" me from church and would say hi, then they would leave me or my coworkers a HORRIBLE tip. Sad. Very sad. This needs to change in the Christian community. Tipping is an opportunity to be a direct blessing in somebodies life, and God has allowed you to cross their path to show them the generosity of the Father.
Caleb McLellan What would be better is if a restaurant would pay their servers a better wage equal to their work load and output so people wouldn't have to leave a tip.
You don't understand the point of tipping do you. Tipping is to make sure the waiter does the best at there job. Unfortunately we don't live in a perfect world so there are a lot of people that don't give proper tips. Also the profit margins in the food industry are very small so if they would get rid of tips and pay the waiters more food prices would go up and service will go down.
Caleb McLellan If God exists then it is responsible for all the pain and suffering in the world. You choosing to worship such a being means you celebrate fatal cancer in children. You are a monster.
As Christians, they aren't required to tip. I live in Korea and don't tip - neither is it expected and it would look weird to leave money on the table because they wouldn't know what to do with it. Because it's a social requirement in our country (I'm also American) it might seem rude not to tip, but the fact is it's a bad system to allow you to judge customers for not paying more than the listed menu price. As a customer, I shouldn't have to be held hostage and be judged for not tipping when the employer isn't paying you fairly. The social norms put the restaurant owners in their favor, they get off easy. If you worked hard for several years in your restaurant, ask your employer for a raise if the minimum wage is 2 dollars or something in your state for servers. Since you're a Christian, don't use that title as an excuse to judge the people from your church for not tipping, instead pray for them and have compassion on them. Don't expect the tip from them because the social expectation is a cultural one.
My nephew is in the Air Force in Japan. He said no one tips and is looked down on because they are supposing to be doing their best anyone at serving customers.
I deliver pizza, I’m a Christian... if i walk up and i see its a christian house I’m ready to get nothing. Bars are the best they are the most generous, its sad
I think that's because bar people work regularly with people of all types. When you walk alongside others who are struggling in their daily lives, you learn empathy. Maybe it's just a case of more Christians need to walk alongside others outside their own circles, not self-segregate and self-congratulate. According to the Bible, Jesus regularly walked with people that would be considered the bottom of society. Maybe if more Christians did that, they too would learn to give more generously.
I remember I declined $100 tip from someone because they were a little happier than they should be. 🍻 I just felt like this was the right thing to do. I did take a 20....
@@thetowndrunk988 right, but at least the transaction would be straightforward and less stressful. I'd rather pay more knowing that when I'm done eating I don't have to worry if I'm tipping fairly.
Great point, I always leave at least a 15% tip with Uber/Lyft drivers. It's hard enough as it is to make a living with all those booking fees and that depreciation.
My daughter works at red lobster and most of the time she gets tip 5 or less on a check of 100.00 or more and the funny thing is that they tell her that she's a great server, last week a party of 4 told her that she was the best serve they ever had but then again left her zero tip, I get so mad when she tells me those things 😡
Dave is such a good speaker with such sound values. His command of the English language is stellar too. I have learned so much from him that he's given away freely. I'm going to not take advantage of his generosity any longer, I'm going to start buying his books. The man is truly generous and has changed lives for many for the better, my life too. I don't even have a clue how he makes money after giving away all his advice for free. God bless Dave Ramsey!
Ever since I started my job as a loader at Lowes, I have been receiving tips from customers. This has encouraged me to tip more myself when I'm out to eat and such. As I understand how it feels to receive a tip now. I want to pass it on.
+MICHAEL STEPHENS If you work at a four seasons hotel, you shouldn't be working for tips. Such businesses make loads of money, they can afford to pay their employees a decent wage.
You can lose your job for accepting money from customers, so you know. You chose to apply for this position and are paid accordingly. I was a sales specialist for a long time and would load my customers flooring out of generosity- even though I had a higher position and was not paid to load cars- and never once took or felt entitled to a tip. Shame on you.
Brandon Dreher I used to have a couple of jobs where I was not allowed to accept tips. The company would brainwash us by telling us that since we were paid $1 more than minimum wage we couldn't accept tips because they were paying us extra to provide a service. Thank goodness now at my current job I make above minimum wage and can accept tips. We tell new coworkers to never turn away a tip. When people give, they give because it makes them feel good, and they want to express gratitude. The cable guy refused my tip because of company policy, so I cleverly followed him out to his truck when he had to rush away to his next appointment, I had him roll down his window and I quickly threw the $20 bill in his truck, said thank you, and walked away. It felt good. He worked extra hard and deserved it. I don't care how much extra his company pays him.
Brandon Dreher Where did you get the sense of entitlement from? He remarked that some folks showed him generosity and he in turn expressed generosity to others.
Godzilla Hårddisksson Hotels have extremely high turnover rates due to pay. I would recommend you always look and/or rewipe your hotel room because chances are the person who cleaned your room was a new housekeeper therefore they don’t clean very well until they get more experience and learn the best routine.
My 4 year old son got a 9 dollar hair cut and she got a 11 dollar tip 😉 She was amazing and she told me that, that tip was going to fill her tank! I work at Dunkin Donuts. I understand 😊
Lloyd Bonafide have you ever worked as a stylist? There’s a lot of overhead and everything involved in that 50% most stylists don’t even get that percentage and some make minimum wage plus tips. There’s a lot more to it then you think and most people can ‘t handle cutting their own child’s hair.
Lloyd Bonafide I’m not very new but thanks for that. I am working in a dump but working on it. Also what does it matter to you if someone tips more than normal. It’s not coming out of your pocket. Stay humble
When Dave hit on the hotel tipping, I yelled hallelujah. I used to work as a hotel house keeper, and we worked for $3.75 a room. I saw the nastiest things cleaning rooms, and ever since then, my housekeepers have gotten tipped. Those people deserve a tip, and christians should tip as a witness, not just to those who "deserve" it.
+Bradley Dennis ... on this one I will agree. If you make a mess of your room, you made more work for the staff. I was tought to leave a $20 or more on the bed or table of the room... The rub here gets what do you do when the DO NOT DISTURB is not followed...
I don’t dispute that housekeepers aren’t paid much, but as hotels keep raising rates without improving facilities or services, it makes it harder to justify tipping a person I never see.
For me, I only tip sometimes, depending on how much work is expected to be done. If I leave a mess (which I rarely do, but have a few times), there will certainly be a tip (or increase thereof) If I stay for a long time and sheets/towel needs to be changed, there would be a tip. If I took a bath and the tub need to be scrubbed, I will leave a tip by the bathtub. But if none of those are true (one night stay where I only took a shower and leaving no mess), I don't feel it's justifiable.
I’m a carpenter, I really never expect anything from anyone. But I find it strange how you can work on somebody’s house and not even get offered a cup of tea or a coffee
I've never waited tables in my life. I have all kinds of respect for those who do. It's hard work. A friend of mine worked as a waitress years ago. She said the worst customers and tippers were the ones coming in right after church! The best tippers? Truckers.
Amen! Preach it sir. I was a server for 4 years. I despised having to miss church on Sunday to work the lunch crowd. The absolute most ungrateful to serve were pastors of local churches. I've seen other servers hand back the tip and telling them they apparently need that money more than the server did. More people quit or lost their cool on Sunday lunch than at any other time of the week.
Tips are purely a cultural thing, not a sign of generosity. If servers were paid properly by their employers, tipping would be redundant. It's basically required here in the States, whilst in Asia you would be shaming the person by tipping them.
Same in UK we don't tip here. Perhaps for outstanding service when eating out but most people don't bother. I would leave small tip for the hotel maid though at the end of my stay
I've tipped in Asia plenty of times. I often get a shocked look, then a smile, then a whole lot of appreciation. I think it depends on which part of Asia you are talking, but when people are poor, they will appreciate a tip. When people are generally well off, it may not go down as well. I think speaking the language and getting to know the culture and server (having a chat) will generally let you know whether a tip is appropriate.
The only country that won’t accept tip is Japan, and it’s purely a cultural thing too. In my country Vietnam I tip all the time. Tipping is always a sign of generosity.
Hey Dave! I waited on you a few years ago and you were outrageously generous. I won't ever forget it. Unfortuneately, you are spot on about the after church crowd.
I heard this while driving from Michigan to Georgia. I loved every last word of this. Better than many sermons I have heard. I finally got around to sharing it on Facebook today. I hope this spreads to all for corners of the earth!
If everyone lived off tips, it would ultimately just be one big system of hidden inflation on the macroeconomic scale. Think about it. If you had to pay 20% more for EVERYTHING you bought, and you were getting 20% more in your income due to tips, did you really get any more purchasing power?
I think it's clear that Dave is using tipping to discuss the greater issues of kindness and generosity. And I feel he has given a powerful message (sermon?) about approaching life with an attitude of generosity. Maybe people's tipping habits are an interesting little practical test of their attitudes about money, generosity, and life. Personally, I think he's given a very powerful message here, for those who have ears to hear.
If you buy a coffee for $2.45 and the only thing staff does is pour coffee in a cup does that justify dropping something into the jar? Isn't that just doing their job? I help customers in retail but don't get tips in fact tipping is forbidden.
Mystery Buyer I agree with that. Tipping on a non-tipping service isn’t necessary or justified. I mean, nobody tips me for assisting them with their purchase and I don’t have a tip jar. I’m sure nobody tips Dave for his advice and I don’t see a tip jar on his desk. Again, not every service justifies a tip.
@@simplywine00 yeah the logic on that makes sense. Only jobs with tip wage justify tipping since that's apparently how the government wants to pay them
Love this rant! I actually had a mentor who said tip stands for “to insure prompt service” and he would hand the server $20-40 as soon as he sat down and thanked them in advance for their work. He always got amazing service.
If you feel that way tell your server at the beginning of the meal that you feel like that and you don't want to tip see what kind of service you get. But if you're not willing to tell your server up front then you're really just cheap
I LOVE IT!!! And even when I was poor I tipped well. Being a server, they work hard. They meet rude entitled people. I took my husband out for dinner for our anniversary. The kids came with us. She was struggling. People were being rude. She didn’t even charge us for the drinks. I didn’t notice that until after we left. I tipped her the same amount we paid for our entire meal. She almost cried. I thanked her for all she was doing. I apologized for the rude people she had to deal with. God blesses those who do his work. Loving and giving is Gods work.
but why? I do tip, but I tip more if the service was great, and less if it was horrible. And that's because I was a waitress. Waiting is not hard, so if someone is terrible they don't deserve as much as someone who is good at what they do
Your reasoning is saying that everyone is entitled to get lots of money from people who come in just because they choose to work there. I pay according to what my service and experience was worth. People don't go out for the purpose of burning money.
This is one of my all time favorite videos. I work two service jobs (Full-Time) while going to school Full-Time as well and I always appreciate tips so much. Not expected, but always thankful for it.
Proverbs 11:24-26New International Version (NIV) 24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. 25 A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. 26 People curse the one who hoards grain, but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.
Matthew Scorgie Cole Right on!Proverbs 13:11 Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.Proverbs 19:17: Whoever is kind to the poor lends unto the Lord; and he will reward them for what they have done.
Dave I understand the whole tipping thing and I do it but workers shouldn't be upset at people that don't tip. If anything they should be mad at the company because the bigger problem is the corporations who pay these workers 3 dollars an hour and expect their guests to pay the rest of their pay with tips.
In the US, the entire restaurant industry is based on paying for your food PLUS tipping your server. That is actually what the law expects. “Full price” for your meal includes a gratuity. If not, then there would not be a lower minimum wage for wait staff.
I work 60+ hours a week as a delivery driver and catering at 2 jobs and I really appreciate this video. And I definitely know how to reply from now on when people ask! But as far as food goes, sometimes we just don't have enough drivers or we're super busy so it's not my fault the company can't keep enough drivers to make sure the food is always hot! But I always appreciate even a small tip like $2 or $3 because some people that just sign the receipt and ignore the tip space or pay exact change
I’ve been bartending for a few years now. A wealthy customer told me about the Dave Ramsey show, told me about possible investments someone my age could make. And told me how he believes in me...he encourage me to put money away each week into a savings account and get debt free... left behind a $100 tip with a side note... I’m 24 years old now, debt free. And looking to buy my first home here soon. Crazy how much you can influence someone’s life in a few minutes. Thanks mr. Ramsey for all the information you give out. And thanks Dr. Clint for changing my life .
I have been a Massage Therapist for 20 years. Self employed. I paid rent and then after that I made 100% of my income. The tips were huge bonus blessings. I hope you have gotten that car you were saving for!
It should be the employers' responsibility to ensure their employees are well compensated, not the customer. If the employer has to raise prices, so be it. The first thing would be to do away with that stupid federal minimum wage for servers.
@@stephaniedemambro6252 I mean I'll support this, but I expect the servers/whatever people to be at the forefront. I'm right behind you, but the burden of taking the initial step is them.
Tipping and generosity in general are an aspect of us having an attitude of gratitude. I've done lots of 'grunt work' in my life, and am blessed with a job where I don't do that so much now. But having done it or not, we all like to have appreciation for the work we do, and we all appreciate, or should, when work is done for us. Those that serve us by tasks we might see as menial deserve all the more some recognition and appreciation, if only because it's more rare that they receive it. "Freely, freely you have received, freely give." I'm not crazy about Christians "calling out" Christians publicly, or by making generalizations about them. I do agree wholeheartedly that Christians should tend to be more generous. It should be part of our testimony, as well as a result of our own realization of how much we've received. Finally, I just want to say that it does help have proper attitude about money being willing to give/share it readily. If we don't hold it too tightly, we're more likely to place proper and not inordinate value on it. We certainly cannot serve two masters.
I'd like to hear his opinion on automatic tips, that's not generosity, that's a money grab by the business owner, putting the server's wages in the hands of the customer instead of paying their workers a good wage for their work.
Yes, thank you. I get tipping is generous and that's important, but tipping is expected in this culture (IE this video). I don't get a good feeling in my heart doing it, because it's required of me to do it, otherwise I get harshly judged by people like Dave up here. Just get rid of tipping and add it to the food bill, because that's what it's become.
I'm Christian, just like your Mr. Ramsay and I completely agree with you on this topic, there is so much truth in what you say Sr. 👏👏👏. God bless 🙏 people like you that don't sugar cut things out and says it as it is, we need more of a your kind in our society.
Jeffrey Hawkes nice I am a server I will try it but I have a lot of customers in their 70s and 80s, so a lot are not generous but I cannot even be mad at them because I know their on pension
I live in Florida and I can honestly say that we are so blessed to have the great service we do in restaurants and hotels. All of these people work hard, frequently thankless jobs. Anyone who works with the public knows what a difficult job it is to deal with the public --worse when they are hungry! Tips are how we say thanks to them for making our life a little better and in so doing it makes their life a little better. Dave is right on tipping in hotels. I never used to do this but always do now. These people who make our hotel rooms so nice are often on the bottom of the economic ladder. This is how we can help lift them up.
Dave I think this is one of your best videos by far. I agree with everything you said in this video. I would like to share a quick story. About 8 years ago I owned a restaurant who employed a lot of young people. I had a very hard working young man who was 16 or 17 at the time and him and his brother both worked for me and they came from a one parent household and several months back were displaced do to a house fire. We where talking about cars one day and I asked him what kind of car he wanted and he responded I don’t think about it we just have so much going on in our family right now it’s just not affordable. I really admired his hard work and positive energy so I told him I would help him buy a car and gave him a 4K budget needless to say it took him about 8 hours to find a car he wanted he found a mustang and bought it for $3200. So a few months back from that day I hired an accountant company to take over my finances at the restaurant I had been doing myself but had just been to busy to continue doing. So when they took over they found I had been paying way to much unemployment tax and they fixed it and didn’t say anything to me about it. The day after buying him that car I went to the mail box and there was a refund check for $32,000 ten times what I spent on that car and as happy as I was about the check it didn’t compare to the feeling I felt when I saw how excited he was about the car.
That's amazing.. this is always in my mind when you did a good thing to people you also feel good about it and a good thing will happen to you in return.
I am a long time listener, went through the classes and live in Nashville, knowing a couple people who work for Dave. I picked up a job running sandwiches for Jimmy Johns and had a delivery to @TheDaveRamseyShow. It was a large order, with the bill over $330. After bringing in the 4-5 boxes of sandwiches, chips and silverware/napkins, I hand the lady the receipt, she signs it and hands it back to me. I walk out, not even really looking at the ticket and when I got to my car I was shocked to see what the tip was. I was tipped $3.00, yes, $3.00 on a $330 bill. That's a 1% tip. Out of all the places I deliver to, this is the last place I would have imagined getting an awful tip. I even emailed the radio show in hopes of getting Dave's attention to see how he would respond. The lady the signed the receipt was a higher up, because the person who let me in said she had to have someone else sign the ticket.
Should the tip really be based on a percentage or rather what is costs for you to do the job? I agree that $3 was weak, but 15% of 330 would be a rather large tip for what you were doing.
SHodge2 Wow... $3 tip?! From Dave Ramsey’s staff?! That is atrocious!! I think that woman should at least get a write up or some other form of reprimand due to the fact that her actions are in opposition to the teaching of the Dave Ramsey and his company that she works for- especially Baby Step 7!!! Shame on her!!! I guarantee you that money wasn’t even coming out of her own pocket!!! I’m curious to see if any thing ever came if this or if anyone ever got back to you, seeing as how your comment was from a year ago. Hope everything worked out ok.
Do as I say, not as I do. Dave is in this for Dave, he found a niche market to fill his pockets via people who have no common sense or self control. And he throws Jesus in for good measure to convince everyone that he is a generous good guy. If this didn't make him money he would be a megachurch pastor making his money there. It is about Dave, just like it is about Zuckerberg, Bezos or Trump. Dave just fluffs it up better.
I hope they see this, find you and give you a better tip. He cannot sit here preaching about everyone else tipping but his staff doesn’t even give good tips themselves. She needs to be fired because this looks horrible on his company and his image. Everyone could have chipped in a dollar in order to give you a good tip. When I was in the Army and we had to work late, the higher ups would order the pizza and the rest of us would put together the tips. It was only fair!
Tipping is not expected here in Australia, the waiters a paid a wage just like any other employee in any other business. So I'm curious, going out to dinner who do you tip? the waiter for bringing the food? what about the chef for making it? what about the restaurant owner for running the place? the landlord for providing a place for the restaurant to operate? Where does it end?
Tipping is less common in UK too so I have that mindset. I live in a small town so generally we only tip for excellent service such as waiters not poor service. Tipping is more expected in a big city like London were bell boys carry your luggage and black cabs but that's part of my vacation so it's ok
+Ren K Other restaurant workers make minimum wage (at least) or higher. If everyone is getting the minimum, minimum wage is $7.25, while servers only get $2.13. So that is why tipping is expected to servers.
If minimum wage is $7.25, how do restaurant owners get away with paying only $2.13? This would mean that minimum wage is actually $2.13. Otherwise the employer is breaking the law.
No, $7.25 is definitely the federal minimum wage but it excludes servers because tipping is literally that expected in the U.S. I don't know how this works exactly, but that's how it is haha. That's why even if I have a bad or mediocre server, I never tip less than 15%. Never know when someone is having a bad day or how many children they might have at home to support.
Everything that he said is 100% correct, i was carrying trays while working in restaurant during my studies and people are really not kind. But that part of my life taught me BIG lesson!
No to be condescending, but no one person can make you work any day. You have a job that you agreed to do for pay I too have one. If people don’t want to work a specific day get a job that’s closed that day. As Dave says, “ you are the secret sauce” If you want more do more. All that being said, have a marvelous day.
I don't agree. Server terrible or rude? I am not leaving tip. That is NOT the definition of tip. By doing so you are ruining the system. They become polluted and expect tip without good service. Tipping does not level your generosity. I completely disagree with this. I worked as a waiter before and if I hadn't worked diligently I don't deserve the tip.
Look all I know is when I waited tables my hourly was $2.00-2.65 an hour and if you report your tips, which I did, then I would end up with a negative paycheck. Until they change the system as a whole a tip is pretty much required and I guess the wiggle room would just be how much should be given for poor service beyond a standard amount.
People that think like this will never understand the joy of truly giving. Change someone’s whole day or even life by giving when they may have struggled to serve. I had the worst service once. Horrible. I tipped $100. Why? Because that woman needed a miracle of love in her life. I later found out when we went back to that restaurant 3-4 months later, and asked for that server. She had been diagnosed with cancer the day before we came in and tipping her that money helped her enjoy her last couple months. She told everyone about how she was struggling and how she had asked God to give her a sign that he was there that morning. That tip and love from me was her miracle. I cried when I was told this by the manager when they found out I was the one that tipped her. Don’t ever think you know better then God. Give, love, serve.
💞💗💞 thank you Dave! Having been a house keeper and now a delivery driver it is so important. I'm a mom and student, working on getting out of debt and just getting over being poor! It is incredible how much you can tell about people by whether or not they top, or how and when they tip 😘
Tipping becomes easier when you have a passive income flow. I never tipped when I traded time for money. Then again, I live in a country where service workers are paid enough to live decently.
Exactly, I feel he should address the fact that service workers are paid a pittance in this country and we should all be ashamed... tipping helps them but there is a root problem here that's completely ignored and allowed to go on. Every job should pay at least minimum wage which should be at least $10/hr. It's not rocket science and literally every other wealthy country has figured this out a long time ago.
As a waiter I can verify what Dave says about generous people. Many of my customers are wealthy but one stands above the rest of the crowd. (I'm talking Founder and chairman of a Nasdaq listed company here.) It would be enough to call him generous because of his large tips. But on a whole other level, you can tell he's a humble man with humility and integrity. He rarely talks about himself and always asks what is going on in the lives of others. He remembers things that are important to me and inquires often. He makes you feel as if you are the only person in the room at that moment. An honorable man.
My mother use to have push my father to leave a decent tip. He was a terrible tipper. But when it came to helping his widowed mother and widowed father-in-law he was very good. He helped both of them. His mother was 58 when widowed and he helped her till she passed at 79. His mother-in-law was widowed at 40 and he helped her till she passed at 88. How he shared his money was dependent on the situation as he saw it. He was very blessed and loved by many. He began working at 9 years old and was always very cautious with his money.
Asked my pizza delivery driver how he was, he said 'better than I deserve.' I'm sure he's said that multiple times and hadn't gotten any big tips. I tipped him $50 and the glisten in his eyes was priceless. Made me feel good for a week, and I'm sure it helped him out more than I can imagine. Little things go a long way.
I appreciate being in a position where I can tip well for hard work. I think it does say more about you than the person you are tipping. You don't know what kind of struggles they have in life but tipping generously might help build someone else up more than you will ever know. I've never felt bad for leaving a nice tip for someone working hard.
I work for a furniture company and people sometimes don't know if they should tip us... man I'd love to deliver anything to Dave Ramsey's house. I wish more people were like him. I promise myself not to be like those people who don't tip when I'm their age
I did new furniture delivery for about a year and my body paid a price. It was shocking how many people didn't tip or even offer a drink. This was in San Diego where people can afford to!
I always wonder when tipping the maid staff for cleaning my room: should you tip each day or when you're reading to checkout? And in either case, does the same maid clean "my" room each day? Or am I giving a tip to whomever is the next one to clean that room? I do also wish that the rates were higher and people just got paid a set rate. Tipping is annoying. And then when we were in Germany a few months back, I was told tipping isn't expected or necessary, but we still tipped a bit anyway. But I was torn about it.
I usually tip $5 a day,(I leave it with a note on the table thanking them)unless I’m staying more than a few days then I do it every other day. That way if there is more than one cleaning person, they all get a portion. It’s a hard job, plus I don’t want them rubbing my toothbrush in the toilet or something lol......
Yes, every other wealthy country pays service workers decently enough that they don't have to rely on client's generosity to survive. It's a disgrace that we are treating these people like slaves in the US. Tipping helps them but there is a root problem here that's completely ignored and allowed to go on
Thanks for saying this Dave. I worked my way through college as a server and do Postmates as a side hustle while I make a career as a zookeeper. Generosity like this is what’s helping me eliminate my debt
You have to admit it's gotten out of hand at some places, where EVERYONE has a tip jar these days...and the bar keeps getting raisesd, used to be 15%, now 18% is standard and 20% is for good service. I always leave 18-25% but there is a sense of entitlement from many. Come on we've all been in tough jobs at some point, no need to constantly complain about how you hate customers... Everyone knows serving is challenging but you don't HAVE to do it.
jtm87 - It's true, the gratuity is basically a demand. The employee's paycheck is really passed on to the customer to pay, but all the reason why you should tip based on the service. If you are paying someone's bills, they should at least serve you like you are helping pay their bills. Barista's can be tough though, but sometimes it is getting a little out of hand with the tip jars.
jtm87 I tip my table servers and hotel cleaning staff. But when I get coffee at my coffee house, - and prepare it myself, and carry it myself, - I just leave a small token tip in the jar
I tip the standard 20% when I go out. I can definitely afford to go out to eat, but that doesn’t mean that I can afford to be outrageously generous with a tip on top of my meal, I’m still on a budget. I am generous in other ways and I spread my money, joy, time and advice around. I have worked in the hotel industry for over 25 years, I will agree with Dave on tipping house keeping. That is one of the toughest jobs on the planet.
20% is far too much on a lot of occasions where all the waitress does is ask what drink you want and you never see them again. Tipping people with bad habits will continue those bad habits.
With tipping, people usually pay what they're going to pay regardless of the level of service, with a few exceptions. So why not just pay servers a fair wage and build that cost into the food prices? Here's the thing. I'm a preschool teacher, and with a degree in education and years of experience, I still make less (often far less) than waiters. This is because my pay is only a few dollars higher per hour, and I don't receive tips. No matter how much of my money I spend on materials to make the classroom rich and engaging and no matter how much time I put in off the clock to plan an effective curriculum, I will never be paid based on the service I provide families and society. Does that seem right?
Carol T. It's understandable why someone teaching college would be paid more than someone teaching preschool. But I'm comparing waiting tables with teaching young children. Supply and demand does not explain why our society feels it's necessary to tip someone for bringing their food but not for teaching their children.
I agree you should find another profession or get an extra job. I have a teaching degree and job but I continue to bartender and serve on the weekends because the money is great and I enjoy it. Just because you are jealous of how much servers make doesn't mean you should short change them on their tips
Jessica I don't short change servers. I'm not necessarily complaining about my job or financial situation, I am pointing out the logical fallacies of how we tip in this country. We view it necessary to tip the guy who brings us our food but not the person who teaches our children. This view is so deeply engrained in our society that instead of us saying, "Yeah, that doesn't make sense," we say, "If teachers don't like it they should find another job." You are a teacher yourself and you're saying this!! Do you really feel that your work bartending is more valuable than your work teaching? That you should receive extra compensation for doing one job well but not the other? Just because that's the way things are doesn't mean it's how they have to be. It starts with changing our mentality.
+happy gilmore People working in the service industry are paid below minimum wage by the employers because if they wanted to pay them a "fair" wage the price of food would go up astronomically and no one would be able to afford to eat out. Who's going to pay $25 to eat a burger at Applebee's? Not me. Not to mention if servers had to work for the regular minimum Wage there would surely be a decrease in the quality of service you receive. Tipping in America is here to stay and it's not going anywhere any time soon so if you don't like it don't eat out. As teachers we do work hard and I'm not denying that but in no way shape or form should teachers be getting paid tips. I teach because I enjoy it not because of how much money I make or don't make and the same goes for bartending I enjoy the work but it just happens that I make good money doing it so I continue to do it along with teaching. If there wasn't good money in serving the public most people wouldn't be in the industry.
Jessica If the price of food goes up 15% instead of you paying 15% at the end, what difference does it make? It's the same amount either way. It seems like this idea is actually catching on, Joe's Crab Shack is implementing a $14 per hour wage and banning tipping. Servers don't have to worry about customers shortchanging them and customers don't have to worry about tipping. It's a win-win.
THANK YOU! I worked those jobs all through college. Christians tipped horridly on Sundays. I was eating ramen, taking 4 hour bus rides for those jobs, getting paid less than minimum wage. The lack of appreciation for a service done was mortifying on Sundays.
OMG Dave! You nailed it Sir... It burns my hyde to see people who don't tip appropriately, leave a tract instead of a tip! I love that you did this clip! Love your show! :)
Scrapdillyishious okay so I don't tip appropriately, or don't tip at all, I agree on only most things Dave says, but not all things. I agree on 6 of 7 baby steps, why should I give? nobody gives me if I need it, it's called work. I thought you all believed in capitalism. Didn't Dave also say in one video if you don't like what you're being paid, go find a higher paying job? hello.
That's the flawed mentality of it. Most people who do jobs that have tips tend not to report all their tips so they have more money to use. When you say "why would I give when no one gives me" you are treating it like an exchange of I do something then God or life needs to do something in return. You'll say that's capitalism, but let's twist it a bit. You decide you should keep everything that's yours. So then why not keep everything from you? Why not keep a promotion from you? Or maybe keep a cop from giving you a warning and instead a goes straight to giving you a ticket? If you withhold good, then why shouldn't it be withheld from you?
thank you for saying this! We're broke but even then I budget for at least a 20% tip the few times we are forced to eat out (a group event, celebration). I was a waiter and I thank God I did this everyday. I was only a kid when I did it but there were adults who fed their children and paid the bills with every crumbled dollar bill and few pennies left behind. It is some of the most hard, humbling, and at times humiliating jobs. because of this I make sure to be an easy and thankful guest.
I watched this because my wife said I tipped too much, she was very surprised by Dave’s response. I say if you can’t afford a legit tip don’t go to a situation where tipping is required or customary. When you are in a great financial position, this is your Opportunity to bless someone with a great tip!
Yes! If I can’t tip I’m not eating out. That’s with any service given to me. I can’t wait to be so wealthy as to be a true blessing to those around me.
For those arguing that we should get rid of tipping and pay waiters/delivery boys a flat minimum wage rate, please reconsider! Seriously, as a pizza delivery guy, I'm a pizza delivery guy because most days I get paid noticeably more(!) than min wage. Same with my aunt: she was a waitress and got paid more than min wage when accounting for tips. Same with my friend who is a waiter, he also gets paid more than min wage when accounting for tips. Finally, even on days when I get paid less than min wage, the business I work for is required by law to pay the difference. For example, if I only make $3/hour by tips, and the local minimum wage is $2.15/hour, the business is required to pay me the difference ($2.10/hour). So I am either making minimum wage, or I am making more than minimum wage! Seriously, the idea to get rid of tipping is horrendous! It hurts those many are claiming to protect.
My husband and I have a 'dinner night' with two of our grandsons (6&8 yrs), once a week. If we have a Monday night, we go to our local Johnny Carinos for their family night specials, wow what a deal! We always tip well & over 20% if the service is good, but last week our server was so special! She (Sierra) was so sweet to these rambunctious boys, and actually talked & interacted with them!!! Our food was delicious and Sierra took the time to divide our serving dishes between the boys for us!!! Our check was only $39.94 (we drink water! But even at home!!!) I put a $40.00 tip on my debit/credit card! I was rendering my account and saw only the $39.94 has been taken out! I called her supervisor and he said that could have only been the servers error, by omitting putting in the tip !!! He said it is her second job, God Bless her. She must have thought we made a mistake by tipping a little more than the whole check!!! Don't worry, the boys will happily take her belated tip to her on her next shift! Not all Christians are cheap, and I'm ashamed of those who are!!! God Bless you all!!...even you cheap-scares!!! Oops...that was a typo..,,..but maybe not??!!??
I tip 20% for waiters and waitresses unless I get rude or very poor service. If I get extra good service maybe I leave 25%. If I get rude or poor service I leave between 10-15%. I don't like going out on Sundays anymore because that's when the service is the worst, and I am a Christian but don't want to be treated worse because I am one, and I think the perception is after church people are going to tip poorly so they get poor service and sure enough they tip poorly. We as Christians need a truce, with the wait staff, treat us well and you'll be tipped well. I usually go out on Saturdays and stay home Sundays.
If you get bad service then leave a HUGE tip. Usually bad service means that the business is understaffed and the server is overworked so a huge tip makes the server's day a little better and the next people will get better service.
Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles , city/county or Orange County where a new home is at least $400,000, 250-300K If I settled for East Los Angeles, or south central LA, but I risk getting robbed and/or shot. I live in Texas where you can buy a home for $100,000 if you're diligent and insist on looking for cheap real estate.
***** you don't know me, SHAME on you for assuming that I go out to eat at restaurants when I have debt, I never said that, hello, I was saying people eat out at restaurants, not me! and by the way, are you a socialist who believes I should have my pay cut? again, SHAME on you.
SO true! I remember working at a big-box retailer many years ago, and the WORST day to work was Sunday afternoons, when all the after-church crowds came in. We all dreaded them. You were more likely to get screamed at by an after-church person than any other customer. Why is that????
That’s because American servers are paid minuscule amounts of money by the employer, so they rely on tips as primary income. In Europe, the employer pays a proper wage automatically.
As someone who works in the customer service industry I leave at least 20% unless the server was just terrible then I leave 15%. If they do a good job I leave them 25-30%. Sometimes if I'm feeling called to bless them I leave 50-100%. Doesn't matter how much you make, I personally make minimum plus tip called calls us to be generous and doesn't look at how much we give but more our hearts. Love the show, thanks for all you do Dave!
I tip generously because I used to wait tables and know it's a tough job and getting tips is part of the income I counted on. However, I don't understand why there is a need to tip. Restaurants need to pay their waiters/waitresses a fair salary without counting the tips. It is complete bull that customers have to pay in addition to the menu prices and taxes. If the price of the menu items are not enough to cover a fair wage for restaurant staff, they need to raise prices. I tip but I don't agree with tips.
There's no such thing as a tough job and yes I have worked tipped jobs before and it wasn't hard and neither was the high paying, there's no such thing as a hard job.
+bunnie1294 ... how bad were your tips? Every tip job I did: wage + tip = MORE THAN MIN WAGE oftem more than what most would have said was a living wage. And FYI most places do not want to count your tips, the problem is the TAX MAN do. I love tips: them and entrepreneurship are the last pay for preform pay left in the USA, you get out what you put in as it should be
The way you take care of the bad service and the bad food is......you just never go back. Never was there a more powerful statement that was never said which will be THE ultimate statement they can do nothing about.
InsideOutside UpsideDown there are regulars that frequent the restaurant I work at with horrible attitudes towards the waitstaff and tip like garbage. I can’t understand how they keep coming back with these entitled attitudes
@@jenluvzya and the way you take care if good service is to tip past 20%. My usual tip is generally 1/3 or more of the bill, and by DR's standard i shouldn't even be eating in a restaurant, lol! If you keep getting treated like that by customer's, just ignore them. Just take their order, bring theor drinks, don't refill unless they say something, deliver their food, and be done with them.
Tipping for hotel housekeeping is BS. No one ever did that 20 years ago; hotel CEOs just figured we would pay for their staff's raises, not the corporations.
I have not figured that out because when I go to a hotel, it’s someone different cleaning my room when I leave. When I’m there, I don’t even allow them to clean my room because I clean it myself. I take the sheets off and leave it by the door with the towels. I get the trash bags from the cart when I get there so I can change them out myself. I’m self conscious about someone cleaning up after me so I do it myself.
I left a tip for our young waitress on our recent Sunday lunch. Left cash and she got to keep it all. Felt great!!! ...learning to be more generous is a great way to live.
Soultrain Agreed. If employers would pay their employees enough we wouldn’t have to pay them to do their job too...Not just do their job, but to do it well. This system is broken.
@@quadgod77 Agreed, I also believe it instills bad habits for bad waitresses. Especially if they receive tips for bad service constantly. They will never change habits or see what they are doing is wrong.
I hate spending money frivilously on myself. But I never, ever feel bad about tipping too much. Probably because I know it's going to make someone's day to receive an above average tip in an industry that isn't the highest paying.
Oh, so i'm supposed to agree with Dave Ramsey on EVERYTHING he believes in to satisfy the listeners? I agree on some things, like getting out of debt, living on less than you make, but when it comes to being charitable, we're on different sides here.
I gave a massive tip in Japan. And the server was extremely insulted, and it was seen as rude behavior. Know your cultural audience. They don't get a tip, but their wages are a lot higher. Japan has the highest level of wealth in the middle class relative to other countries. Apparently tipping is related to prohibition in North America, as people would tip to get served alchohol, and employers reduced the wages because they found out about tipping. It was definitely educational to see other cultures.
A Christian calling out Christians for not tipping! I love it! You rock Dave.
Had a table do that to me. Made me wonder if I had said something to imply wasn’t Christian. If I see any Christian pull a stunt like that, I’d call them out on it.
A multimillionaire calling out wage slaves for not tipping.
Love your broadcasts, Dave!! Such a wise leader. Your children are blessed
Ivar Losna IKR?!
@@abriyahyasha-rahla2656 I don't eat out often but when I do I don't tip. In a few years I've gotten a business loan down and the cash flow will be enough for me to retire. Then and ONLY then, will I have it in me to be generous. Help yourself first or you won't be able to help others.
I'm delivering pizza while I'm in college. I know how I'm answering that question from now on lol
Has it worked?
I won't tip you out of principal
If you do that I won't tip you because i love you and want you to get a better job.
Frank V. He’s in college...
@@Personalinfo404 i see you watched reservoir dogs
I am a Christian, and when I was serving at a restaurant I would often get to work on Sunday lunch shifts. It was incredibly embarrassing for me because many of the people that came in "knew" me from church and would say hi, then they would leave me or my coworkers a HORRIBLE tip. Sad. Very sad. This needs to change in the Christian community. Tipping is an opportunity to be a direct blessing in somebodies life, and God has allowed you to cross their path to show them the generosity of the Father.
Caleb McLellan What would be better is if a restaurant would pay their servers a better wage equal to their work load and output so people wouldn't have to leave a tip.
You don't understand the point of tipping do you. Tipping is to make sure the waiter does the best at there job. Unfortunately we don't live in a perfect world so there are a lot of people that don't give proper tips. Also the profit margins in the food industry are very small so if they would get rid of tips and pay the waiters more food prices would go up and service will go down.
Caleb McLellan If God exists then it is responsible for all the pain and suffering in the world. You choosing to worship such a being means you celebrate fatal cancer in children. You are a monster.
As Christians, they aren't required to tip. I live in Korea and don't tip - neither is it expected and it would look weird to leave money on the table because they wouldn't know what to do with it. Because it's a social requirement in our country (I'm also American) it might seem rude not to tip, but the fact is it's a bad system to allow you to judge customers for not paying more than the listed menu price. As a customer, I shouldn't have to be held hostage and be judged for not tipping when the employer isn't paying you fairly. The social norms put the restaurant owners in their favor, they get off easy.
If you worked hard for several years in your restaurant, ask your employer for a raise if the minimum wage is 2 dollars or something in your state for servers. Since you're a Christian, don't use that title as an excuse to judge the people from your church for not tipping, instead pray for them and have compassion on them. Don't expect the tip from them because the social expectation is a cultural one.
My nephew is in the Air Force in Japan. He said no one tips and is looked down on because they are supposing to be doing their best anyone at serving customers.
I deliver pizza, I’m a Christian... if i walk up and i see its a christian house I’m ready to get nothing. Bars are the best they are the most generous, its sad
Mike Boychuk because they’re liquored up
Agree with you brother, I’m sorry to hear that!
I think that's because bar people work regularly with people of all types. When you walk alongside others who are struggling in their daily lives, you learn empathy. Maybe it's just a case of more Christians need to walk alongside others outside their own circles, not self-segregate and self-congratulate. According to the Bible, Jesus regularly walked with people that would be considered the bottom of society. Maybe if more Christians did that, they too would learn to give more generously.
I too deliver and its sad that Christians don’t tip as a Christian.
I remember I declined $100 tip from someone because they were a little happier than they should be. 🍻 I just felt like this was the right thing to do. I did take a 20....
“If you can’t afford to tip, you can’t afford to go out to eat”.
Well said Dave.
Nah, that's nonsense. Blanket statements rarely work.
@Milan exactly.
@@thetowndrunk988 right, but at least the transaction would be straightforward and less stressful. I'd rather pay more knowing that when I'm done eating I don't have to worry if I'm tipping fairly.
I'm paying for the food (and service in general) not the guy/girl
@@thetowndrunk988 cry a river. 😂😂
I can’t wait till someone says, “better than I deserve!” Thanks Dave!
Why would you even start a conversation with a worker? Gimme my stuff and GTF away from me.
If they're using code to ask for money, I won't tip. Come out and be honest if you're going to pan handle.
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I’m an Uber driver. People rarely ask service people how we are doing. Good advice Dave! Even a dollar helps!
Great point, I always leave at least a 15% tip with Uber/Lyft drivers. It's hard enough as it is to make a living with all those booking fees and that depreciation.
I Tipped in a hotel for the first time last month. It made me happy haha.
***** Yeah for sure, I didn't know. Plus was new to travel.
My daughter works at red lobster and most of the time she gets tip 5 or less on a check of 100.00 or more and the funny thing is that they tell her that she's a great server, last week a party of 4 told her that she was the best serve they ever had but then again left her zero tip, I get so mad when she tells me those things 😡
venusiandesigns I just tipped $35 at red lobster yesterday for a $65 check
It's not the customers job to supplement her income...let the business pay her a real wage and forego tips.
Jesus Faith don't be cheap
Dave is such a good speaker with such sound values. His command of the English language is stellar too. I have learned so much from him that he's given away freely. I'm going to not take advantage of his generosity any longer, I'm going to start buying his books. The man is truly generous and has changed lives for many for the better, my life too. I don't even have a clue how he makes money after giving away all his advice for free. God bless Dave Ramsey!
If you watch him on TH-cam you watch ads that pay him
Ever since I started my job as a loader at Lowes, I have been receiving tips from customers. This has encouraged me to tip more myself when I'm out to eat and such. As I understand how it feels to receive a tip now. I want to pass it on.
+MICHAEL STEPHENS If you work at a four seasons hotel, you shouldn't be working for tips. Such businesses make loads of money, they can afford to pay their employees a decent wage.
You can lose your job for accepting money from customers, so you know. You chose to apply for this position and are paid accordingly. I was a sales specialist for a long time and would load my customers flooring out of generosity- even though I had a higher position and was not paid to load cars- and never once took or felt entitled to a tip. Shame on you.
Brandon Dreher
I used to have a couple of jobs where I was not allowed to accept tips. The company would brainwash us by telling us that since we were paid $1 more than minimum wage we couldn't accept tips because they were paying us extra to provide a service. Thank goodness now at my current job I make above minimum wage and can accept tips. We tell new coworkers to never turn away a tip. When people give, they give because it makes them feel good, and they want to express gratitude. The cable guy refused my tip because of company policy, so I cleverly followed him out to his truck when he had to rush away to his next appointment, I had him roll down his window and I quickly threw the $20 bill in his truck, said thank you, and walked away. It felt good. He worked extra hard and deserved it. I don't care how much extra his company pays him.
Brandon Dreher Where did you get the sense of entitlement from? He remarked that some folks showed him generosity and he in turn expressed generosity to others.
@MICHAEL STEPHENS get another job. The homeless take time to rip a weathered box and wrote on it, do you tip them ?
Don’t forget to tip housekeepers when you stay at hotels! They are so underpaid and it’s hard work
Felicia T
Amen! I’ve been in hotels 27 years and if you are not able to tip, at least don’t leave the room a disaster!
Yes! And tip daily rather than at the end of the stay. Housekeepers change day-to-day.
I will never tip for staying at a hotel
Dr P At minimum, don’t trash your room.
Godzilla Hårddisksson Hotels have extremely high turnover rates due to pay. I would recommend you always look and/or rewipe your hotel room because chances are the person who cleaned your room was a new housekeeper therefore they don’t clean very well until they get more experience and learn the best routine.
My 4 year old son got a 9 dollar hair cut and she got a 11 dollar tip 😉 She was amazing and she told me that, that tip was going to fill her tank! I work at Dunkin Donuts. I understand 😊
janice difulvio ❤
I’m a hairstylist and that means so much. ❤️❤️❤️ people like you make my day.
Lloyd Bonafide have you ever worked as a stylist? There’s a lot of overhead and everything involved in that 50% most stylists don’t even get that percentage and some make minimum wage plus tips. There’s a lot more to it then you think and most people can ‘t handle cutting their own child’s hair.
Lloyd Bonafide I’m not very new but thanks for that. I am working in a dump but working on it. Also what does it matter to you if someone tips more than normal. It’s not coming out of your pocket. Stay humble
Lloyd Bonafide yeah I understand what you mean. Thank you
My husband and I love to tip generously to make people happy😊 We're weird like that😅
Its not weird its having a good heart
Do you tip the bagger at the grocery store?
Did you tip the trash man?
Tip ... Too improve performance. The percentage depends on the service.
When Dave hit on the hotel tipping, I yelled hallelujah. I used to work as a hotel house keeper, and we worked for $3.75 a room. I saw the nastiest things cleaning rooms, and ever since then, my housekeepers have gotten tipped. Those people deserve a tip, and christians should tip as a witness, not just to those who "deserve" it.
+Bradley Dennis ... on this one I will agree. If you make a mess of your room, you made more work for the staff. I was tought to leave a $20 or more on the bed or table of the room... The rub here gets what do you do when the DO NOT DISTURB is not followed...
I don’t dispute that housekeepers aren’t paid much, but as hotels keep raising rates without improving facilities or services, it makes it harder to justify tipping a person I never see.
For me, I only tip sometimes, depending on how much work is expected to be done.
If I leave a mess (which I rarely do, but have a few times), there will certainly be a tip (or increase thereof)
If I stay for a long time and sheets/towel needs to be changed, there would be a tip.
If I took a bath and the tub need to be scrubbed, I will leave a tip by the bathtub.
But if none of those are true (one night stay where I only took a shower and leaving no mess), I don't feel it's justifiable.
What did you see? 👀
My wife used to work housekeeping. If I stayed at a hotel and did not leave a tip for the maid, she would be very upset.
I’m a carpenter, I really never expect anything from anyone. But I find it strange how you can work on somebody’s house and not even get offered a cup of tea or a coffee
I've never waited tables in my life. I have all kinds of respect for those who do. It's hard work. A friend of mine worked as a waitress years ago. She said the worst customers and tippers were the ones coming in right after church! The best tippers? Truckers.
Amen! Preach it sir. I was a server for 4 years. I despised having to miss church on Sunday to work the lunch crowd. The absolute most ungrateful to serve were pastors of local churches. I've seen other servers hand back the tip and telling them they apparently need that money more than the server did. More people quit or lost their cool on Sunday lunch than at any other time of the week.
Where was this
Bet these same preeecher-creatures never preach against bullying/ and family members who are just wicked, and love being so.
Tips are purely a cultural thing, not a sign of generosity. If servers were paid properly by their employers, tipping would be redundant. It's basically required here in the States, whilst in Asia you would be shaming the person by tipping them.
Same in UK we don't tip here. Perhaps for outstanding service when eating out but most people don't bother. I would leave small tip for the hotel maid though at the end of my stay
I've tipped in Asia plenty of times. I often get a shocked look, then a smile, then a whole lot of appreciation. I think it depends on which part of Asia you are talking, but when people are poor, they will appreciate a tip. When people are generally well off, it may not go down as well. I think speaking the language and getting to know the culture and server (having a chat) will generally let you know whether a tip is appropriate.
T.I.P. stands for "To Insure Promptness". The worst service I ever got was in England, lol!
The only country that won’t accept tip is Japan, and it’s purely a cultural thing too. In my country Vietnam I tip all the time. Tipping is always a sign of generosity.
Hey Dave! I waited on you a few years ago and you were outrageously generous. I won't ever forget it. Unfortuneately, you are spot on about the after church crowd.
I ALWAYS calculate a tip in what I’m about to order.
Cool!
1.2 multiplied by the order
I heard this while driving from Michigan to Georgia. I loved every last word of this. Better than many sermons I have heard. I finally got around to sharing it on Facebook today. I hope this spreads to all for corners of the earth!
as someone who use to basically live off tips I love this I always tip well because I know how important that tip is
If everyone lived off tips, it would ultimately just be one big system of hidden inflation on the macroeconomic scale. Think about it. If you had to pay 20% more for EVERYTHING you bought, and you were getting 20% more in your income due to tips, did you really get any more purchasing power?
I think it's clear that Dave is using tipping to discuss the greater issues of kindness and generosity. And I feel he has given a powerful message (sermon?) about approaching life with an attitude of generosity. Maybe people's tipping habits are an interesting little practical test of their attitudes about money, generosity, and life. Personally, I think he's given a very powerful message here, for those who have ears to hear.
Great piece of advice. Old but golden video!
I'm a server and all I have to say is thank you so much!
If you buy a coffee for $2.45 and the only thing staff does is pour coffee in a cup does that justify dropping something into the jar? Isn't that just doing their job?
I help customers in retail but don't get tips in fact tipping is forbidden.
Mystery Buyer I agree with that. Tipping on a non-tipping service isn’t necessary or justified. I mean, nobody tips me for assisting them with their purchase and I don’t have a tip jar. I’m sure nobody tips Dave for his advice and I don’t see a tip jar on his desk. Again, not every service justifies a tip.
@@simplywine00 yeah the logic on that makes sense. Only jobs with tip wage justify tipping since that's apparently how the government wants to pay them
Love this rant! I actually had a mentor who said tip stands for “to insure prompt service” and he would hand the server $20-40 as soon as he sat down and thanked them in advance for their work. He always got amazing service.
The system is messed up , servers should be paid by their employers
But they are not
If you feel that way tell your server at the beginning of the meal that you feel like that and you don't want to tip see what kind of service you get. But if you're not willing to tell your server up front then you're really just cheap
AFInteresting I feel the same way man, I still too generously but that doesn’t mean I can’t have this opinion.
Go to McDonalds then and please stay out of my restaurant.
@@ireallydiditthistime I would give them great service anyway because I'm a Christian.
I LOVE IT!!!
And even when I was poor I tipped well. Being a server, they work hard. They meet rude entitled people. I took my husband out for dinner for our anniversary. The kids came with us. She was struggling. People were being rude. She didn’t even charge us for the drinks. I didn’t notice that until after we left. I tipped her the same amount we paid for our entire meal. She almost cried. I thanked her for all she was doing. I apologized for the rude people she had to deal with.
God blesses those who do his work. Loving and giving is Gods work.
I agree with Dave. tip big, tip often. even when it's lousy, that is your opportunity to bless someone
but why? I do tip, but I tip more if the service was great, and less if it was horrible. And that's because I was a waitress. Waiting is not hard, so if someone is terrible they don't deserve as much as someone who is good at what they do
Val Fleurinor rookie
Your reasoning is saying that everyone is entitled to get lots of money from people who come in just because they choose to work there. I pay according to what my service and experience was worth. People don't go out for the purpose of burning money.
Who is John Galt?
@@roocknrollqueen God sees everything...
This is one of my all time favorite videos. I work two service jobs (Full-Time) while going to school Full-Time as well and I always appreciate tips so much. Not expected, but always thankful for it.
You're one of the few who don't seem entitled. I'm sure all your customers appreciate your service and are grateful.
Proverbs 11:24-26New International Version (NIV)
24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
25 A generous person will prosper;
whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
26 People curse the one who hoards grain,
but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.
Matthew Scorgie Cole Fabulous share.
Matthew Scorgie Cole Right on!Proverbs 13:11 Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.Proverbs 19:17: Whoever is kind to the poor lends unto the Lord; and he will reward them for what they have done.
AMEN
You're The Boss Dave !!!
Thank you for calling us out.👍👍👍
Dave I understand the whole tipping thing and I do it but workers shouldn't be upset at people that don't tip. If anything they should be mad at the company because the bigger problem is the corporations who pay these workers 3 dollars an hour and expect their guests to pay the rest of their pay with tips.
In the US, the entire restaurant industry is based on paying for your food PLUS tipping your server. That is actually what the law expects. “Full price” for your meal includes a gratuity. If not, then there would not be a lower minimum wage for wait staff.
@@gene8172 Well if nobody paid tips, then the industry will change. If they need to raise prices, then so be it.
I work 60+ hours a week as a delivery driver and catering at 2 jobs and I really appreciate this video. And I definitely know how to reply from now on when people ask! But as far as food goes, sometimes we just don't have enough drivers or we're super busy so it's not my fault the company can't keep enough drivers to make sure the food is always hot! But I always appreciate even a small tip like $2 or $3 because some people that just sign the receipt and ignore the tip space or pay exact change
I agree if you're not going to tip, don't go out. I disagree that the tip shouldn't be based on service.
I’ve been bartending for a few years now.
A wealthy customer told me about the Dave Ramsey show, told me about possible investments someone my age could make. And told me how he believes in me...he encourage me to put money away each week into a savings account and get debt free... left behind a $100 tip with a side note...
I’m 24 years old now, debt free. And looking to buy my first home here soon.
Crazy how much you can influence someone’s life in a few minutes.
Thanks mr. Ramsey for all the information you give out.
And thanks Dr. Clint for changing my life .
As a massage therapist I put my tips into savings to pay for my next car in CASH !
Essential Oils 4 U Hey it's been 3 years since your post. How's that tip going for you ?
I have been a Massage Therapist for 20 years. Self employed. I paid rent and then after that I made 100% of my income. The tips were huge bonus blessings.
I hope you have gotten that car you were saving for!
Do you give generous happy endings?
@@CharlesCampo1 you gotta tip extra if you get a happy ending
Brilliant!
100% in the hotel! I was in housekeeping for 3 years. When I got a tip I went above and beyond because I felt appreciated
It should be the employers' responsibility to ensure their employees are well compensated, not the customer. If the employer has to raise prices, so be it. The first thing would be to do away with that stupid federal minimum wage for servers.
Then tell Congress and your state legislature to eliminate the tip wage law.
@@stephaniedemambro6252 I mean I'll support this, but I expect the servers/whatever people to be at the forefront. I'm right behind you, but the burden of taking the initial step is them.
Amen brother
Yes
@Godzilla Hårddisksson WOOSH!!
Tipping and generosity in general are an aspect of us having an attitude of gratitude. I've done lots of 'grunt work' in my life, and am blessed with a job where I don't do that so much now. But having done it or not, we all like to have appreciation for the work we do, and we all appreciate, or should, when work is done for us. Those that serve us by tasks we might see as menial deserve all the more some recognition and appreciation, if only because it's more rare that they receive it. "Freely, freely you have received, freely give."
I'm not crazy about Christians "calling out" Christians publicly, or by making generalizations about them. I do agree wholeheartedly that Christians should tend to be more generous. It should be part of our testimony, as well as a result of our own realization of how much we've received.
Finally, I just want to say that it does help have proper attitude about money being willing to give/share it readily. If we don't hold it too tightly, we're more likely to place proper and not inordinate value on it. We certainly cannot serve two masters.
I'd like to hear his opinion on automatic tips, that's not generosity, that's a money grab by the business owner, putting the server's wages in the hands of the customer instead of paying their workers a good wage for their work.
Yes, thank you. I get tipping is generous and that's important, but tipping is expected in this culture (IE this video). I don't get a good feeling in my heart doing it, because it's required of me to do it, otherwise I get harshly judged by people like Dave up here. Just get rid of tipping and add it to the food bill, because that's what it's become.
Then tell Congress and your state's legislature to eliminate the tip wage portion of minimum wage laws.
If you eliminate the whole concept of tipping, you take away the server's incentive to provide good service.
I'm Christian, just like your Mr. Ramsay and I completely agree with you on this topic, there is so much truth in what you say Sr. 👏👏👏. God bless 🙏 people like you that don't sugar cut things out and says it as it is, we need more of a your kind in our society.
I'm a server and I say, "better than I deserve" I mostly get laughs.
Jeffrey Hawkes nice I am a server I will try it but I have a lot of customers in their 70s and 80s, so a lot are not generous but I cannot even be mad at them because I know their on pension
Then they aren't in the club! Eventually you'll find another follower.
I live in Florida and I can honestly say that we are so blessed to have the great service we do in restaurants and hotels. All of these people work hard, frequently thankless jobs. Anyone who works with the public knows what a difficult job it is to deal with the public --worse when they are hungry! Tips are how we say thanks to them for making our life a little better and in so doing it makes their life a little better. Dave is right on tipping in hotels. I never used to do this but always do now. These people who make our hotel rooms so nice are often on the bottom of the economic ladder. This is how we can help lift them up.
"I end up on someone's daggum blog if I don't tip 😂"
daggum.. great word 😊
Dave I think this is one of your best videos by far. I agree with everything you said in this video. I would like to share a quick story. About 8 years ago I owned a restaurant who employed a lot of young people. I had a very hard working young man who was 16 or 17 at the time and him and his brother both worked for me and they came from a one parent household and several months back were displaced do to a house fire. We where talking about cars one day and I asked him what kind of car he wanted and he responded I don’t think about it we just have so much going on in our family right now it’s just not affordable. I really admired his hard work and positive energy so I told him I would help him buy a car and gave him a 4K budget needless to say it took him about 8 hours to find a car he wanted he found a mustang and bought it for $3200. So a few months back from that day I hired an accountant company to take over my finances at the restaurant I had been doing myself but had just been to busy to continue doing. So when they took over they found I had been paying way to much unemployment tax and they fixed it and didn’t say anything to me about it. The day after buying him that car I went to the mail box and there was a refund check for $32,000 ten times what I spent on that car and as happy as I was about the check it didn’t compare to the feeling I felt when I saw how excited he was about the car.
That's amazing.. this is always in my mind when you did a good thing to people you also feel good about it and a good thing will happen to you in return.
I am a long time listener, went through the classes and live in Nashville, knowing a couple people who work for Dave. I picked up a job running sandwiches for Jimmy Johns and had a delivery to @TheDaveRamseyShow. It was a large order, with the bill over $330. After bringing in the 4-5 boxes of sandwiches, chips and silverware/napkins, I hand the lady the receipt, she signs it and hands it back to me. I walk out, not even really looking at the ticket and when I got to my car I was shocked to see what the tip was. I was tipped $3.00, yes, $3.00 on a $330 bill. That's a 1% tip. Out of all the places I deliver to, this is the last place I would have imagined getting an awful tip. I even emailed the radio show in hopes of getting Dave's attention to see how he would respond. The lady the signed the receipt was a higher up, because the person who let me in said she had to have someone else sign the ticket.
Should the tip really be based on a percentage or rather what is costs for you to do the job? I agree that $3 was weak, but 15% of 330 would be a rather large tip for what you were doing.
SHodge2 Wow... $3 tip?! From Dave Ramsey’s staff?! That is atrocious!! I think that woman should at least get a write up or some other form of reprimand due to the fact that her actions are in opposition to the teaching of the Dave Ramsey and his company that she works for- especially Baby Step 7!!! Shame on her!!! I guarantee you that money wasn’t even coming out of her own pocket!!!
I’m curious to see if any thing ever came if this or if anyone ever got back to you, seeing as how your comment was from a year ago. Hope everything worked out ok.
Do as I say, not as I do. Dave is in this for Dave, he found a niche market to fill his pockets via people who have no common sense or self control. And he throws Jesus in for good measure to convince everyone that he is a generous good guy. If this didn't make him money he would be a megachurch pastor making his money there. It is about Dave, just like it is about Zuckerberg, Bezos or Trump. Dave just fluffs it up better.
I hope they see this, find you and give you a better tip. He cannot sit here preaching about everyone else tipping but his staff doesn’t even give good tips themselves. She needs to be fired because this looks horrible on his company and his image. Everyone could have chipped in a dollar in order to give you a good tip.
When I was in the Army and we had to work late, the higher ups would order the pizza and the rest of us would put together the tips. It was only fair!
Wish I had had someone like Dave to teach me about how to tip right when I was younger. This makes so much sense.
"Leave a track. You outta be smacked!" Hahahaha preach it Dave!
Leave a big tip and a track.
Selflessness............promotes generosity
Tipping is not expected here in Australia, the waiters a paid a wage just like any other employee in any other business. So I'm curious, going out to dinner who do you tip? the waiter for bringing the food? what about the chef for making it? what about the restaurant owner for running the place? the landlord for providing a place for the restaurant to operate? Where does it end?
Tipping is less common in UK too so I have that mindset. I live in a small town so generally we only tip for excellent service such as waiters not poor service. Tipping is more expected in a big city like London were bell boys carry your luggage and black cabs but that's part of my vacation so it's ok
+Birkinbag09 I live in Ireland and we always tip .-.
+Ren K Other restaurant workers make minimum wage (at least) or higher. If everyone is getting the minimum, minimum wage is $7.25, while servers only get $2.13. So that is why tipping is expected to servers.
If minimum wage is $7.25, how do restaurant owners get away with paying only $2.13? This would mean that minimum wage is actually $2.13. Otherwise the employer is breaking the law.
No, $7.25 is definitely the federal minimum wage but it excludes servers because tipping is literally that expected in the U.S. I don't know how this works exactly, but that's how it is haha. That's why even if I have a bad or mediocre server, I never tip less than 15%. Never know when someone is having a bad day or how many children they might have at home to support.
Everything that he said is 100% correct, i was carrying trays while working in restaurant during my studies and people are really not kind. But that part of my life taught me BIG lesson!
When someone asks me how I am doing, I answer with "Chasing The Cheetah"...does that count?
Yes
Yes
Mr. Ramsey nailed this one - nailed it.
We need to have compassion for our fellows - period.
why are Christians making other people work on Sunday by going out to eat?
...tip of the willfully ignorant hypocrisy iceberg...
One Man that’s Jewish people
Why isnt god stopping it?
meredith andrews this culture would rather work than go to church anyways so it’s a moot point
No to be condescending, but no one person can make you work any day. You have a job that you agreed to do for pay I too have one. If people don’t want to work a specific day get a job that’s closed that day. As Dave says, “ you are the secret sauce” If you want more do more. All that being said, have a marvelous day.
Thank you! I’m working 7 days a week to to get through step 2 of my FPU journey. I can’t wait to be able to give like no else!
I tip 20% minimum
poiewhfopiewhf God bless you.
If the service sucks, I figure 20% and back it off a little. Otherwise, it’s every time
I usually tip 40 to 50 percent! I love my waiters! Usually go to the same restaurants.
@@irisvaldivia4566 lol liar
I tip %21.25!
You say I’m better then I deserve- I like too say I am blessed!
I don't agree.
Server terrible or rude? I am not leaving tip. That is NOT the definition of tip. By doing so you are ruining the system. They become polluted and expect tip without good service. Tipping does not level your generosity. I completely disagree with this. I worked as a waiter before and if I hadn't worked diligently I don't deserve the tip.
Brian Y. He's speaking more about generosity and compassion without the expectation of anything in return.
Brian Y. In Dave's case he would be headlines if he didn't tip. I would definitely speak to management
Look all I know is when I waited tables my hourly was $2.00-2.65 an hour and if you report your tips, which I did, then I would end up with a negative paycheck. Until they change the system as a whole a tip is pretty much required and I guess the wiggle room would just be how much should be given for poor service beyond a standard amount.
People that think like this will never understand the joy of truly giving. Change someone’s whole day or even life by giving when they may have struggled to serve. I had the worst service once. Horrible. I tipped $100. Why? Because that woman needed a miracle of love in her life. I later found out when we went back to that restaurant 3-4 months later, and asked for that server. She had been diagnosed with cancer the day before we came in and tipping her that money helped her enjoy her last couple months. She told everyone about how she was struggling and how she had asked God to give her a sign that he was there that morning. That tip and love from me was her miracle. I cried when I was told this by the manager when they found out I was the one that tipped her.
Don’t ever think you know better then God. Give, love, serve.
@@singingallalone thank you for sharing that story. ♥️♥️♥️
💞💗💞 thank you Dave! Having been a house keeper and now a delivery driver it is so important. I'm a mom and student, working on getting out of debt and just getting over being poor! It is incredible how much you can tell about people by whether or not they top, or how and when they tip 😘
Tipping becomes easier when you have a passive income flow. I never tipped when I traded time for money. Then again, I live in a country where service workers are paid enough to live decently.
Exactly, I feel he should address the fact that service workers are paid a pittance in this country and we should all be ashamed... tipping helps them but there is a root problem here that's completely ignored and allowed to go on. Every job should pay at least minimum wage which should be at least $10/hr. It's not rocket science and literally every other wealthy country has figured this out a long time ago.
As a waiter I can verify what Dave says about generous people. Many of my customers are wealthy but one stands above the rest of the crowd. (I'm talking Founder and chairman of a Nasdaq listed company here.) It would be enough to call him generous because of his large tips. But on a whole other level, you can tell he's a humble man with humility and integrity. He rarely talks about himself and always asks what is going on in the lives of others. He remembers things that are important to me and inquires often. He makes you feel as if you are the only person in the room at that moment. An honorable man.
Exactly. I've been blessed but I have had many people write "Bills are tight this month" on my tip line... so ironic that they are eating out, lol.
My mother use to have push my father to leave a decent tip. He was a terrible tipper. But when it came to helping his widowed mother and widowed father-in-law he was very good. He helped both of them. His mother was 58 when widowed and he helped her till she passed at 79. His mother-in-law was widowed at 40 and he helped her till she passed at 88. How he shared his money was dependent on the situation as he saw it. He was very blessed and loved by many. He began working at 9 years old and was always very cautious with his money.
Asked my pizza delivery driver how he was, he said 'better than I deserve.' I'm sure he's said that multiple times and hadn't gotten any big tips. I tipped him $50 and the glisten in his eyes was priceless. Made me feel good for a week, and I'm sure it helped him out more than I can imagine. Little things go a long way.
I appreciate being in a position where I can tip well for hard work. I think it does say more about you than the person you are tipping. You don't know what kind of struggles they have in life but tipping generously might help build someone else up more than you will ever know. I've never felt bad for leaving a nice tip for someone working hard.
I work for a furniture company and people sometimes don't know if they should tip us... man I'd love to deliver anything to Dave Ramsey's house. I wish more people were like him. I promise myself not to be like those people who don't tip when I'm their age
I did new furniture delivery for about a year and my body paid a price.
It was shocking how many people didn't tip or even offer a drink. This was in San Diego where people can afford to!
TIP Generously always! Blessings will be given to the one you tip and the joy YOU receive is extraordinary.
I always wonder when tipping the maid staff for cleaning my room: should you tip each day or when you're reading to checkout? And in either case, does the same maid clean "my" room each day? Or am I giving a tip to whomever is the next one to clean that room?
I do also wish that the rates were higher and people just got paid a set rate. Tipping is annoying. And then when we were in Germany a few months back, I was told tipping isn't expected or necessary, but we still tipped a bit anyway. But I was torn about it.
I usually tip $5 a day,(I leave it with a note on the table thanking them)unless I’m staying more than a few days then I do it every other day. That way if there is more than one cleaning person, they all get a portion. It’s a hard job, plus I don’t want them rubbing my toothbrush in the toilet or something lol......
Tip every day. Not the same person cleans your room each day of your stay.
I leave $5 a day everyday, because cleaning staff can change throughout the week.
Yes, every other wealthy country pays service workers decently enough that they don't have to rely on client's generosity to survive. It's a disgrace that we are treating these people like slaves in the US. Tipping helps them but there is a root problem here that's completely ignored and allowed to go on
Thanks for saying this Dave. I worked my way through college as a server and do Postmates as a side hustle while I make a career as a zookeeper. Generosity like this is what’s helping me eliminate my debt
You have to admit it's gotten out of hand at some places, where EVERYONE has a tip jar these days...and the bar keeps getting raisesd, used to be 15%, now 18% is standard and 20% is for good service.
I always leave 18-25% but there is a sense of entitlement from many. Come on we've all been in tough jobs at some point, no need to constantly complain about how you hate customers... Everyone knows serving is challenging but you don't HAVE to do it.
jtm87 - It's true, the gratuity is basically a demand. The employee's paycheck is really passed on to the customer to pay, but all the reason why you should tip based on the service. If you are paying someone's bills, they should at least serve you like you are helping pay their bills.
Barista's can be tough though, but sometimes it is getting a little out of hand with the tip jars.
jtm87 I tip my table servers and hotel cleaning staff. But when I get coffee at my coffee house, - and prepare it myself, and carry it myself, - I just leave a small token tip in the jar
***** Even a small token tip is appreciated.
wolftreetree- @ a barista or coffee shop. Quarters are bad at the bar and grill.
They only do it because it pays more than minimum wage. Much more.
I tip the standard 20% when I go out. I can definitely afford to go out to eat, but that doesn’t mean that I can afford to be outrageously generous with a tip on top of my meal, I’m still on a budget. I am generous in other ways and I spread my money, joy, time and advice around.
I have worked in the hotel industry for over 25 years, I will agree with Dave on tipping house keeping. That is one of the toughest jobs on the planet.
20% is far too much on a lot of occasions where all the waitress does is ask what drink you want and you never see them again. Tipping people with bad habits will continue those bad habits.
With tipping, people usually pay what they're going to pay regardless of the level of service, with a few exceptions. So why not just pay servers a fair wage and build that cost into the food prices?
Here's the thing. I'm a preschool teacher, and with a degree in education and years of experience, I still make less (often far less) than waiters. This is because my pay is only a few dollars higher per hour, and I don't receive tips. No matter how much of my money I spend on materials to make the classroom rich and engaging and no matter how much time I put in off the clock to plan an effective curriculum, I will never be paid based on the service I provide families and society. Does that seem right?
Carol T. It's understandable why someone teaching college would be paid more than someone teaching preschool. But I'm comparing waiting tables with teaching young children. Supply and demand does not explain why our society feels it's necessary to tip someone for bringing their food but not for teaching their children.
I agree you should find another profession or get an extra job. I have a teaching degree and job but I continue to bartender and serve on the weekends because the money is great and I enjoy it. Just because you are jealous of how much servers make doesn't mean you should short change them on their tips
Jessica I don't short change servers. I'm not necessarily complaining about my job or financial situation, I am pointing out the logical fallacies of how we tip in this country. We view it necessary to tip the guy who brings us our food but not the person who teaches our children. This view is so deeply engrained in our society that instead of us saying, "Yeah, that doesn't make sense," we say, "If teachers don't like it they should find another job." You are a teacher yourself and you're saying this!! Do you really feel that your work bartending is more valuable than your work teaching? That you should receive extra compensation for doing one job well but not the other? Just because that's the way things are doesn't mean it's how they have to be. It starts with changing our mentality.
+happy gilmore People working in the service industry are paid below minimum wage by the employers because if they wanted to pay them a "fair" wage the price of food would go up astronomically and no one would be able to afford to eat out. Who's going to pay $25 to eat a burger at Applebee's? Not me. Not to mention if servers had to work for the regular minimum Wage there would surely be a decrease in the quality of service you receive. Tipping in America is here to stay and it's not going anywhere any time soon so if you don't like it don't eat out. As teachers we do work hard and I'm not denying that but in no way shape or form should teachers be getting paid tips. I teach because I enjoy it not because of how much money I make or don't make and the same goes for bartending I enjoy the work but it just happens that I make good money doing it so I continue to do it along with teaching. If there wasn't good money in serving the public most people wouldn't be in the industry.
Jessica If the price of food goes up 15% instead of you paying 15% at the end, what difference does it make? It's the same amount either way. It seems like this idea is actually catching on, Joe's Crab Shack is implementing a $14 per hour wage and banning tipping. Servers don't have to worry about customers shortchanging them and customers don't have to worry about tipping. It's a win-win.
THANK YOU! I worked those jobs all through college. Christians tipped horridly on Sundays. I was eating ramen, taking 4 hour bus rides for those jobs, getting paid less than minimum wage. The lack of appreciation for a service done was mortifying on Sundays.
OMG Dave! You nailed it Sir... It burns my hyde to see people who don't tip appropriately, leave a tract instead of a tip! I love that you did this clip! Love your show! :)
Scrapdillyishious okay so I don't tip appropriately, or don't tip at all, I agree on only most things Dave says, but not all things. I agree on 6 of 7 baby steps, why should I give? nobody gives me if I need it, it's called work. I thought you all believed in capitalism. Didn't Dave also say in one video if you don't like what you're being paid, go find a higher paying job? hello.
That's the flawed mentality of it. Most people who do jobs that have tips tend not to report all their tips so they have more money to use. When you say "why would I give when no one gives me" you are treating it like an exchange of I do something then God or life needs to do something in return. You'll say that's capitalism, but let's twist it a bit. You decide you should keep everything that's yours. So then why not keep everything from you? Why not keep a promotion from you? Or maybe keep a cop from giving you a warning and instead a goes straight to giving you a ticket? If you withhold good, then why shouldn't it be withheld from you?
ir10031981 Totally agreed.
thank you for saying this! We're broke but even then I budget for at least a 20% tip the few times we are forced to eat out (a group event, celebration). I was a waiter and I thank God I did this everyday. I was only a kid when I did it but there were adults who fed their children and paid the bills with every crumbled dollar bill and few pennies left behind. It is some of the most hard, humbling, and at times humiliating jobs. because of this I make sure to be an easy and thankful guest.
and you get it back without even knowing it's coming
I watched this because my wife said I tipped too much, she was very surprised by Dave’s response. I say if you can’t afford a legit tip don’t go to a situation where tipping is required or customary. When you are in a great financial position, this is your Opportunity to bless someone with a great tip!
Always tip in cash !
Yes! The server could avoid paying more taxes. I always tip in cash because I want the server to get all of the tip.
David Piepho
I agree, when I order pizza, the drivers really appreciate it, becuz they need it that day
Yes!!
This has not been true for years
Exactly, they just started taxing tips here too.
Yes! If I can’t tip I’m not eating out. That’s with any service given to me. I can’t wait to be so wealthy as to be a true blessing to those around me.
For those arguing that we should get rid of tipping and pay waiters/delivery boys a flat minimum wage rate, please reconsider! Seriously, as a pizza delivery guy, I'm a pizza delivery guy because most days I get paid noticeably more(!) than min wage. Same with my aunt: she was a waitress and got paid more than min wage when accounting for tips. Same with my friend who is a waiter, he also gets paid more than min wage when accounting for tips.
Finally, even on days when I get paid less than min wage, the business I work for is required by law to pay the difference. For example, if I only make $3/hour by tips, and the local minimum wage is $2.15/hour, the business is required to pay me the difference ($2.10/hour). So I am either making minimum wage, or I am making more than minimum wage! Seriously, the idea to get rid of tipping is horrendous! It hurts those many are claiming to protect.
Sure, it's "required," but does it happen? Not at the places I worked...
@@charliekiger then it's your responsibility to report your employer, not beg for more and more money from customers.
My husband and I have a 'dinner night' with two of our grandsons (6&8 yrs), once a week. If we have a Monday night, we go to our local Johnny Carinos for their family night specials, wow what a deal! We always tip well & over 20% if the service is good, but last week our server was so special! She (Sierra) was so sweet to these rambunctious boys, and actually talked & interacted with them!!! Our food was delicious and Sierra took the time to divide our serving dishes between the boys for us!!! Our check was only $39.94 (we drink water! But even at home!!!) I put a $40.00 tip on my debit/credit card! I was rendering my account and saw only the $39.94 has been taken out! I called her supervisor and he said that could have only been the servers error, by omitting putting in the tip !!! He said it is her second job, God Bless her. She must have thought we made a mistake by tipping a little more than the whole check!!! Don't worry, the boys will happily take her belated tip to her on her next shift! Not all Christians are cheap, and I'm ashamed of those who are!!! God Bless you all!!...even you cheap-scares!!! Oops...that was a typo..,,..but maybe not??!!??
I tip 20% for waiters and waitresses unless I get rude or very poor service. If I get extra good service maybe I leave 25%. If I get rude or poor service I leave between 10-15%. I don't like going out on Sundays anymore because that's when the service is the worst, and I am a Christian but don't want to be treated worse because I am one, and I think the perception is after church people are going to tip poorly so they get poor service and sure enough they tip poorly. We as Christians need a truce, with the wait staff, treat us well and you'll be tipped well. I usually go out on Saturdays and stay home Sundays.
If you get bad service then leave a HUGE tip. Usually bad service means that the business is understaffed and the server is overworked so a huge tip makes the server's day a little better and the next people will get better service.
Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles , city/county or Orange County where a new home is at least $400,000, 250-300K If I settled for East Los Angeles, or south central LA, but I risk getting robbed and/or shot. I live in Texas where you can buy a home for $100,000 if you're diligent and insist on looking for cheap real estate.
What did that have to do with tipping?
Justin Greenawalt I don't tip, when i'm debt free on everything including the house, and wealthy, then yes I'll gladly tip. But until then, I don't.
ir10031981
***** you don't know me, SHAME on you for assuming that I go out to eat at restaurants when I have debt, I never said that, hello, I was saying people eat out at restaurants, not me! and by the way, are you a socialist who believes I should have my pay cut? again, SHAME on you.
ir10031981 I apologize. I misunderstood your comment. I'll remove my comment
SO true! I remember working at a big-box retailer many years ago, and the WORST day to work was Sunday afternoons, when all the after-church crowds came in. We all dreaded them. You were more likely to get screamed at by an after-church person than any other customer. Why is that????
As someone who lives in England I have never head of tipping in this way. I might tip more if I get good service in the future
Yeah I'm Irish, similar tip culture. I'll tip waiting staff 10% & round up to the next fiver, if the service is good, but a tip jar in a Subway, nah.
That’s because American servers are paid minuscule amounts of money by the employer, so they rely on tips as primary income. In Europe, the employer pays a proper wage automatically.
As someone who works in the customer service industry I leave at least 20% unless the server was just terrible then I leave 15%. If they do a good job I leave them 25-30%. Sometimes if I'm feeling called to bless them I leave 50-100%. Doesn't matter how much you make, I personally make minimum plus tip called calls us to be generous and doesn't look at how much we give but more our hearts. Love the show, thanks for all you do Dave!
We always leave housekeeping a $3-$5 tip with a thank you note each day.
Thank you
@Hanz Berger 1 to 2 grand a year isn't enough? How isn't that enough?
Dave I used to like you but now I love you. I’m a server following your baby steps so this means allot to me!
I tip generously because I used to wait tables and know it's a tough job and getting tips is part of the income I counted on. However, I don't understand why there is a need to tip. Restaurants need to pay their waiters/waitresses a fair salary without counting the tips. It is complete bull that customers have to pay in addition to the menu prices and taxes. If the price of the menu items are not enough to cover a fair wage for restaurant staff, they need to raise prices. I tip but I don't agree with tips.
There's no such thing as a tough job and yes I have worked tipped jobs before and it wasn't hard and neither was the high paying, there's no such thing as a hard job.
+bunnie1294 ... how bad were your tips? Every tip job I did: wage + tip = MORE THAN MIN WAGE oftem more than what most would have said was a living wage. And FYI most places do not want to count your tips, the problem is the TAX MAN do.
I love tips: them and entrepreneurship are the last pay for preform pay left in the USA, you get out what you put in as it should be
This i can agree with most countries in europe you can actually live on your salary even as a waitress without getting tips.
The way you take care of the bad service and the bad food is......you just never go back. Never was there a more powerful statement that was never said which will be THE ultimate statement they can do nothing about.
InsideOutside UpsideDown there are regulars that frequent the restaurant I work at with horrible attitudes towards the waitstaff and tip like garbage. I can’t understand how they keep coming back with these entitled attitudes
@@jenluvzya and the way you take care if good service is to tip past 20%. My usual tip is generally 1/3 or more of the bill, and by DR's standard i shouldn't even be eating in a restaurant, lol! If you keep getting treated like that by customer's, just ignore them. Just take their order, bring theor drinks, don't refill unless they say something, deliver their food, and be done with them.
Tipping for hotel housekeeping is BS. No one ever did that 20 years ago; hotel CEOs just figured we would pay for their staff's raises, not the corporations.
What algorithm should one use, when tipping hotel housekeeping?
I have not figured that out because when I go to a hotel, it’s someone different cleaning my room when I leave.
When I’m there, I don’t even allow them to clean my room because I clean it myself. I take the sheets off and leave it by the door with the towels. I get the trash bags from the cart when I get there so I can change them out myself. I’m self conscious about someone cleaning up after me so I do it myself.
I left a tip for our young waitress on our recent Sunday lunch. Left cash and she got to keep it all. Felt great!!! ...learning to be more generous is a great way to live.
Personally, I think our society tips too much. I think it’s motivates businesses to not pay their employees adequately.
Soultrain Agreed. If employers would pay their employees enough we wouldn’t have to pay them to do their job too...Not just do their job, but to do it well. This system is broken.
@@quadgod77 Agreed, I also believe it instills bad habits for bad waitresses. Especially if they receive tips for bad service constantly. They will never change habits or see what they are doing is wrong.
I hate spending money frivilously on myself. But I never, ever feel bad about tipping too much. Probably because I know it's going to make someone's day to receive an above average tip in an industry that isn't the highest paying.
Oh, so i'm supposed to agree with Dave Ramsey on EVERYTHING he believes in to satisfy the listeners? I agree on some things, like getting out of debt, living on less than you make, but when it comes to being charitable, we're on different sides here.
I gave a massive tip in Japan. And the server was extremely insulted, and it was seen as rude behavior. Know your cultural audience. They don't get a tip, but their wages are a lot higher. Japan has the highest level of wealth in the middle class relative to other countries. Apparently tipping is related to prohibition in North America, as people would tip to get served alchohol, and employers reduced the wages because they found out about tipping. It was definitely educational to see other cultures.