Tipping Restaurant Serverss

A custom that many Americans enjoy or disapprove committing to is tipping waiters or waitresses in the restaurant business. Tipping restaurant servers is a way of showing them that they achieved their task of providing high quality customer service; however, how much tip is given could vary. Some customers give large tips to servers who provide the great service while other customers give small or no tip to servers who provide poor service. Either way, a server’s tip is affected if customer service is outstanding or disappointing. Another burden placed on servers are the low wages they receive in restaurants throughout the United States. The wages are so low that they must rely on customers’ tips to make a living. This restriction places restaurant servers in a pressured situation, for they have to work harder to complete their job while trying to provide good customer service for tips. Since servers are motivated to work twice as harder, restaurants benefit from
The situation also makes the server think twice about how he or she will attend the customer. Because customers control the tip amount, the server is likely to provide outstanding customer service in an effort to make the tip bigger. On the other hand, if the server treated the customer with disrespect or poor service, then the customer will give a low tip or none at all. Tips are a customer’s way of showing their attendants that they provided acceptable service. Types of acceptable service include giving a smile to the customer, offering a mint, or being constantly attentive. The kind of service that the customer wants to receive solely depends on the server, but the server is more eager to provide great customer service in order to encourage the customer to give some tip amount. Thus, this power benefits the customer; at the same time, it gives restaurants an