LexPlayer
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Apr 7, 2007
BuffaloGal- Again, many thanks for your reasonable response. [I would just note my belief, that as a general matter, servers tend to tip other servers at a higher percentage than non-servers].
Everyone has their own opinion on tipping as can be seen by a reading on these Boards. As for me, I tip 18% at a "cheap in price" restaurant and 15% at a "more expensive" restaurant, standard. Obviously, the amount may go up with good service and down with bad service. I think it is rather arrogant for someone to say that they tip a certain percentage [as some do on these Boards], regardless of the cost of the meal. A gratuity should be commensurate with the level of service.
That being said, it is inescapable in my mind that various etiquette advisers (Emily Post, Good Housekeeping, tipping.*rg) state that buffet servers should be tipped at 10%. It has not sufficiently been explained to me why there is a Disney exception. Do they work hard? Yes, they do- just as other buffet servers do at non-Disney restaurants. I don't go tipping them 18%.
This is not directed at you BuffalGal, but if Disney is such a special place, where one is compelled to tip buffet servers at 18% percent (80% over the industry standard), why don't we similarly tip table service servers at 32.4% (representing an 80% increase over the 15-20% industry standard for menu service). Is Disney the only location on this planet where buffet service and table service are created equal?
Everyone has their own opinion on tipping as can be seen by a reading on these Boards. As for me, I tip 18% at a "cheap in price" restaurant and 15% at a "more expensive" restaurant, standard. Obviously, the amount may go up with good service and down with bad service. I think it is rather arrogant for someone to say that they tip a certain percentage [as some do on these Boards], regardless of the cost of the meal. A gratuity should be commensurate with the level of service.
That being said, it is inescapable in my mind that various etiquette advisers (Emily Post, Good Housekeeping, tipping.*rg) state that buffet servers should be tipped at 10%. It has not sufficiently been explained to me why there is a Disney exception. Do they work hard? Yes, they do- just as other buffet servers do at non-Disney restaurants. I don't go tipping them 18%.
This is not directed at you BuffalGal, but if Disney is such a special place, where one is compelled to tip buffet servers at 18% percent (80% over the industry standard), why don't we similarly tip table service servers at 32.4% (representing an 80% increase over the 15-20% industry standard for menu service). Is Disney the only location on this planet where buffet service and table service are created equal?