“what we have here is a failure to communicate. The restaurant pays your salary, partly from what I pay for the meal. I don’t ‘owe’ you a tip- I give it to you because of the quality of service. Based on that and this incidence, what would YOU give a waiter who was serving you and tried the same thing?”
How REAL (rude) do we want to be today? I have never seen a waiter ask for the TIP first. But in Ziggy’s CARTOON world anything can happen and usually does.
I believe that originally, tips were placed in a jar at the front counter of an eating/drinking establishment. When you paid upon entering, you expected to receive fast and courteous service. If not, I am sure the server did not keep a job for very long. Now days, too many servers are rude or slow. In that case, they should not expect to receive a tip when you pay for your meal. They are very lucky if they keep their jobs.
ArchanaManeesh almost 13 years ago
i want to see the food first!!!
bluskies almost 13 years ago
“what we have here is a failure to communicate. The restaurant pays your salary, partly from what I pay for the meal. I don’t ‘owe’ you a tip- I give it to you because of the quality of service. Based on that and this incidence, what would YOU give a waiter who was serving you and tried the same thing?”
richardkel almost 13 years ago
I believe that originally tips were paid before you were served. The letters stand for “to insure prompt service”.
ronovia almost 13 years ago
Wouldn’t that be “to ENSURE prompt service (tep)”? Unless of course, the waiter is an insurance agent.
DrMoses almost 13 years ago
How REAL (rude) do we want to be today? I have never seen a waiter ask for the TIP first. But in Ziggy’s CARTOON world anything can happen and usually does.
momazilla almost 13 years ago
Holding his meal hostage.
richardkel almost 13 years ago
I believe that originally, tips were placed in a jar at the front counter of an eating/drinking establishment. When you paid upon entering, you expected to receive fast and courteous service. If not, I am sure the server did not keep a job for very long. Now days, too many servers are rude or slow. In that case, they should not expect to receive a tip when you pay for your meal. They are very lucky if they keep their jobs.
lightenup Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Check snopes… TIPS did not originally come from the acronym To Insure Prompt Service, or anything similar.
Cuddleman almost 13 years ago
On a very bad waiter/waitress we would put out 2 cents so they got the point.