Tipping at bars and clubs

[zbizkit]

Wow, around here you will not get a beer for that cheap(at a bar/club). Most places I got to its $8.00 for 1 beer. Cheaper places are $5.

the nicer places are 5-8 a beer but I rarely go there on my own account. My work often takes us to happy hour at very nice places. I just hate spending a bunch of money on beer when I can have some friends over buy a case and food and spend less that 25. Everyone knows a night out drinking can well pass 100

[SexOnWheels]

i never tip after rounds. When i pay my tab at the end of the night i tip at least 40% of my tab that way if you are a regular most bartenders will hook you up

There you go tip when you get the tab.

[DriveV8Faster]

the nicer places are 5-8 a beer but I rarely go there on my own account. My work often takes us to happy hour at very nice places. I just hate spending a bunch of money on beer when I can have some friends over buy a case and food and spend less that 25. Everyone knows a night out drinking can well pass 100

I know, I really hate spending that much too. Thats why I'm giving the club scene a nice long break.

[third_shift|studios]

Wow, around here you will not get a beer for that cheap(at a bar/club). Most places I got to its $8.00 for 1 beer. Cheaper places are $5.

cost of living differences. we're in Northern Kentucky, you're in the big apple.

[Nastyfoot]

Do you guys tip? I stopped tipping when I ask for a bottle of beer. All they do is open the fridge, grab the beer and pop the top and hand it to me. That doesn't seem like doing anything. Am I cheap?

Very cheap. That would be like your boss not paying you an hour every week every time you took a dump at work

[Nastyfoot]

I usually always tip a dollar but sometimes I don't want to. Place is charging $2.50-4.00 a beer when a case isn't any more than $17. It's a rip off. Someone is making some real money. I am not sure what bartenders make an hour but someone should be paying them nice. When the beer prices are low I tip more.

The object of owning a business is usually to make money, not to entertain tightwads for free. And imagine what the insurance rates must be for a business that serves alcohol to people? Some of which leave the bar, kill people and then try to sue the bar for letting them get wasted?

[DrMilhouse]

If you don't wanna pay more than $2.00 for a beer, then stay at home. It's a pretty easy thing to figure out. The bartender doesn't get paid out of the mark up. They make an hourly which is figured into it over all, but they don't get 75 cents for every beer sold or some bs like that. The bar is there to make some money and therefore charges what people will pay to make as much profit as possible. Can you believe that restaurants actually charge more than food costs them so that they can make a profit? Can you believe it that even walmart charges more for their products than what they have to pay for it? Imagine... all for the terrible cause of making a profit?

I certainly hope you didn't create this post looking for people to agree with you or to justify your not tipping. Doesn't look like you're getting a lot of people supporting ya (yes, there are some that do).

Tipping isn't required, but if later on people start grabbing other peoples drinks before grabbing your drink, you'll have an idea of why. Servers and bartenders do remember that stuff.

Besides... in the whole scheme of things, is giving $1 extra really THAT big of a deal to you? Are you that hard up? If so, go back and reread the first paragraph.

[SandmanWs7]

If you don't wanna pay more than $2.00 for a beer, then stay at home. It's a pretty easy thing to figure out. The bartender doesn't get paid out of the mark up. They make an hourly which is figured into it over all, but they don't get 75 cents for every beer sold or some bs like that. The bar is there to make some money and therefore charges what people will pay to make as much profit as possible. Can you believe that restaurants actually charge more than food costs them so that they can make a profit? Can you believe it that even walmart charges more for their products than what they have to pay for it? Imagine... all for the terrible cause of making a profit?

I certainly hope you didn't create this post looking for people to agree with you or to justify your not tipping. Doesn't look like you're getting a lot of people supporting ya (yes, there are some that do).

Tipping isn't required, but if later on people start grabbing other peoples drinks before grabbing your drink, you'll have an idea of why. Servers and bartenders do remember that stuff.

Besides... in the whole scheme of things, is giving $1 extra really THAT big of a deal to you? Are you that hard up? If so, go back and reread the first paragraph.

If you dont want to tip stay the f@#^ home. I dont believe in tiping, I believe in over tiping. If I am going out, I dont leave the house with anything less than $200.

[94z28l]

If you dont want to tip stay the f@#^ home. I dont believe in tiping, I believe in over tiping. If I am going out, I dont leave the house with anything less than $200.

+1, like when i get my haircut even, think about the reprecussions (spelling?) of not tipping the person cutting your hair

[bmyers]

+1, like when i get my haircut even, think about the reprecussions (spelling?) of not tipping the person cutting your hair

i accidentally tipped a lady that cut my hair 24 bucks, man i was pissed at myself. I always tip them but never that much, i could have bought another haircut for that tip!

[eddierox]

How much to tip the cop after getting pulled over after a night of drinking?

[MarylandMan23]

I always tip at my local drinking hole

[nhraformula]

I usually always tip a dollar but sometimes I don't want to. Place is charging $2.50-4.00 a beer when a case isn't any more than $17. It's a rip off. Someone is making some real money. I am not sure what bartenders make an hour but someone should be paying them nice. When the beer prices are low I tip more.

that beer they serve you costs more than going to the local store and getting a six pack.
theres this thing called operating business costs.
mortgage, insurance, light/phone/heat/water bills and paying staff.
wait, lets not forget taxes.

you need to look at teh overall picture. they are not making as much as you think.

bunch of cheap pricks on this board.
i tip well and bartenders always hook me up with free booze.

[nhraformula]

the nicer places are 5-8 a beer but I rarely go there on my own account. My work often takes us to happy hour at very nice places. I just hate spending a bunch of money on beer when I can have some friends over buy a case and food and spend less that 25. Everyone knows a night out drinking can well pass 100

youre from KY, that explains alot

[transamprincess98]

I ALWAYS tip. I waitressed for years so I know I'll get better service.

[SandmanWs7]

+1, like when i get my haircut even, think about the reprecussions (spelling?) of not tipping the person cutting your hair

I use to tip a lot for my haircut. It has been a year since I have even had to PAY for my haircut. But even though I get free haircuts I ALWAYS tip for the cut.

[zbizkit]

that beer they serve you costs more than going to the local store and getting a six pack.
theres this thing called operating business costs.
mortgage, insurance, light/phone/heat/water bills and paying staff.
wait, lets not forget taxes.

you need to look at teh overall picture. they are not making as much as you think.

bunch of cheap pricks on this board.
i tip well and bartenders always hook me up with free booze.

The object of owning a business is usually to make money, not to entertain tightwads for free. And imagine what the insurance rates must be for a business that serves alcohol to people? Some of which leave the bar, kill people and then try to sue the bar for letting them get wasted?

I do understand that they are not just paying for the beer and glasses that there are operational taxes. That is fine and I always tip. I just mentioned I don't always like to if they (the bars are going to rape me) Lets say you get 400 people in a bar on weekend night, all customers having an average of 3 drinks with an average price of $5.00 a drink. Thats $6,000 a night plus if every one tips just $1.00 per beer thats $1200 in tips divided by say 4 bartenders that $300 a night per bartender plus hourly rate. That seems to be a lot of money for just turning around and grabbing a beer out of the fridge. God forbid we pay someone like teachers that make a significant contribution to the future and immediate success of our society. And the bar can make money and I realize that thats what they are there for but there is a cut off point cost.

You say don't bitch about the price of beer but its fine to bitch about the price of gas? I ask you whats the difference? You say you don't like the price of alcohol go home and drink or don't drink at all. I say you don't like the price of gas dont fucking drive. Take the bus. Sure its nice to go to a bar for the atmosphere and its nice to not have to rely on a bus or other means of transportation but let them charge what they want. They are out to make a profit. But I ask you who here hasn't honestly bitched about the gas prices.

I do stay at home a lot and if I go out I do tip well. I just stated I don't always like to if I feel like they are unjustly charging high prices.

[zbizkit]

I use to tip a lot for my haircut. It has been a year since I have even had to PAY for my haircut. But even though I get free haircuts I ALWAYS tip for the cut.

Wow you must be great to actually pay a few bucks in tips to a hair dresser. You over tipper you.

[SleeperC5]

I tip a buck for every beer.

[sgt0704]

i usually tip on the tab. but not on individual drinks. besides, the mark up is so fucking crazy. i spent $50 on a 12 pack the other night. WTF?? and they still charge a cover..