To tip or not to tip

Thank you for your opinion.

@louievill Correct, service charge is divided equally, I tip my waiter, always.

I think the tip is also shared by every staff just like the service charge. There was one restaurant where the server whispered to give her the tip secretly.

@Alexandoy that's where fights and jealousy usually come in because not everybody is equal, there would always be better servers than others. Sometimes when I sit I tell the waiter to take care of us especially when there are lots of customers and say " bahala na ko sayo mamya" ( I will take care of you later), that would trigger him or her to serve you better, I leave change in the tipping tray but hand a bigger amount to him while he shows us out of the door so others won't see it, the person deserves it.

@Alexandoy NOT here, the tips you give to your waiter are not divided among the staff, that is personal.

@LadyDuck that is good. Over here they have the culture of sharing. The rationale is the kitchen people because they have no opportunity to get a tip so they should share in whatever the servers get.

I also did that until I learned that the tip is also divided among the staff that includes the kitchen workers.

Thank you for sharing your opinion. I do the same sometimes.

@Alexandoy you are very welcome.

That 20% is quite high here. Restaurants are now having service charge which goes to the staff.

@Alexandoy It has been incorporated in some establishments here but it rare. 20% so long as service is exemplary is fair.

@porwest I understand the numbers because my grade school classmates told me that when they were here last year. They even used the calculator to compute for the tip that they will leave to the server.

Is that tip like paying backward? Or maybe just natural generosity.

@Alexandoy If I may ask, about how much is such a service charge? A certain percentage or fee?

It's good if there is no service charge in the bill. Over here, it has become a law that service charge goes to the workers of the restaurant.

@much2say I think the service charge is computed as 15% of the total bill.

Over here it is justall right not to give a tip.

@Alexandoy That is good but we can't think of that here.

@msdivkar it depends on the culture.

@Alexandoy I learned that from my hubby,

My wife explained it the same as what you said.

@Alexandoy welcome

Thank you, we have the same opinion.

That is a good principle because when the service is good, you want to reward the server. But if the food is good, that is not the server but the kitchen people who made it good.

@amitkokiladitya it used to be that way but now there is a new law here that service charge is 100% for the workers only.

@Alexandoy yes.but the owners get the money of the service charge and not the people who actually worked for it.

Me too but when the service charge was imposed then I would think twice.

@Alexandoy if I think I would frequent the place in the future I give.

It looks like you have a bad experience with some servers there.

@Nevena83 you gave me a laugh with not going to restaurants, waheehee.

@Alexandoy I mostly had a nice experience, because I don't go to restaurants, because I don't have money.

You made me laugh, wahahaha

@Alexandoy ha ha ha

Almost the same here although I think it is 15% of the bill is the service charge.

Yeah, it depends on the restaurants and probably the place as well. Restaurants here are including a service charge in the bill.

Thank you for sharing your opinion.

The service charge is the forced tip.