I had an awesome server at a bar my friends' band Frequently played. Thank God he asked me about the tip, as instead of under tipping, my drink ass had tipped $200 instead of $20. Several times hetold me he didn't think it was right, and several times I sloppily assured him that he was great, it was right! He finally…

American servers are paid a base wage of less than three dollars an hour. While it's not mandatory to tip, it's a real dick move to fail to do so.

In Europe, waiters don't live off of their tips. In America, they do. America does not require a minimum wage for certain service positions specifically because of tips. By paying two dollars for hours worth of work (which that $197 bill represents), the customer was essentially saying that the wait staff did such a…

I JUST had this issue with a co-worker/friend. I just straight up said "Rachael that's not enough money! We come here weekly and this girl is going to pee in your drink" Mostly I just shamed her into being a better person? I also over tipped on my rounds.

In the late '80s and early 90s I worked as a bartender at a very nice hotel. It was the place where money came for lunch and supper, celebrities would stay there while shooting movies, and lots of AMEX Platinums (Ceturion wasn't around yet) went past your face.

What's the etiquette when out with a poor tipping friend? I have a friend who has multiple times (just that I've happened to notice) order a $15-20 round of drinks and write in 50 cents when paying his tab. Can I confront him? Give an extra tip and hope he doesn't notice? He is paying for the drinks after all.

One note for Barry I've learned from dealing with my asshat old codger grandpa- hearing aids SUCK. That does not in ANYWAY excuse bad behavior and I applaud your way of handling the situation, but all too often, hearing aids amplifying all noise, making something soft (like your cymbal with brushes) really sound too…

Yeh, I went to Mexico for business a few years ago, and one of the guys from my office kept mixing up the exchange rate (embarrassing, since it was right at 10 pesos per dollar at the time — nice and easy to calculate). He accidentally ended up tipping extraordinarily well (like 100% well) for the two weeks we were…

This spurs a tipping question. I am a 20% tipper unless there is outstanding service or my kids make a mess- then more in the 30% range, but that is for sit down meals. What is the expected tip if you order to go from someplace that has table service? Is it still 15-20%? It seems weird because the person who hands…

Before reading BCO, I had no idea how tips worked in America. So yeah, I would be a Euro idiot had I been to America. But if you're aware and still give a miserable tip, that's inexcusable.

My only restaurant story is the time one of my fellow waiters burned off his eyebrows and the tippy top of his fauxhawk because usually the chef delivered the flaming tiramisu, but he was busy. So Tyler might have gone a little over board with the alcohol on top... FWOOSH!

I was in France a few months ago and being from Canada I think we tipped the fuck out of every place we went to even though the service was often super whatever. We had no idea what the hell we were doing.

Mine did too! I can't even fathom the type of person who would think that was appropriate/cute/funny/anything other than terrible. I especially can't fathom his friends who apparently agreed it was hilarious or whatever. I am so thankful that her manager kicked them out - he handled the situation exactly right.

Australians are the worst/best to wait on. They NEVER tip but they're always sooooo cool and nice, and never mind waiting for anything. But I feel like if you come to this country and you know that we have a tipping culture, you should fucking tip.

I know that asking patrons if there was something wrong with their service in reference to a tip is usually a no-no (and at some restaurants is considered a fire-able offense), but I am a patron who has been asked this and I was SO GLAD that the server said something. I had been dining with a group and for whatever…

I'm in a sci-fi club. Some of my friends have really great costumes. Mostly Star Trek to start with, but other stuff too.

I don't think I have any friends who would ever act like this but oh.my.god. even I even saw that behavior at a restaurant I feel like I'd go angry-feminist on them so hard, so fast like "fucking EXCUSE me." The staff probably would have had to kick me out too which is a lose-lose for everybody but fuck that story was…

I seriously hate all stories that involve fucking with people's food. Gross.

As much as I want Story #6 to be true, taking something that just got out of the deep fryer and pressing it up to your genitals sounds incredibly painful.

Can we like, get you a raise or something? BCO does something to my spirits. Everyone at work today is squabbling. Tension can be cut with a knife. I'm over here snickering... and wanting to be waited on by a tough ass drag queen.