Why don't black people tip?

[Kaneman]

That's right, I said it! I wanna know whats up with blackies not leaving a tip for personal services. I've waited tables at a couple different restaurants, I've got two friends that deliver pizza by night and my wife is a stylist, The overwhelming consensus is that black people are crappy tippers...if they leave you anything at all. In fact, the ONLY times I ever got snubbed on the tip waiting tables was by black people.

So if you're reading this and you're black post up because we want the truth!

[AquaPython]

and here...we...go

[marko138]

This outta be interesting.

[tached1000rr]

I'm black and I tip ALWAYS so I can't help ya....

I'll be having dinner tonight with some of our other white TWF members later this evening so they can even vouch for me.

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by tached1000rr

I'm black and I tip ALWAYS so I can't help ya....

LIAR!!!!

[Rider]

Have you watched the opening scene from Reservoir Dogs? Some people just don't believe in tipping. BTW I went out to dinner the other night and left a $7 tip on a $24 bill. And yes she was young and hot.

[RACER X]

wife found that out the hard way, working at pappadeaux, black folks like them some cajun food..........but don't tip + they like to make lemonade at the table + return more foods for "credit" then any other um color.

[Homeslice]

When I waited tables is was the wealthy Latin American tourists who didn't tip.........apparently service workers were like dogs to them lol

[pauldun170]

Growing up in a mixed race household, where sometimes I'd go out with the white side and other times with the blacks side

If the server was white
A. Treated differently than other non black people in the restaurant. No smile, no emotion whasoever. They were almost mechanical in the way they served us. If they screwed up the order or something wasn't right and my mother or stepfather said something there was a little attitude in the response. End result....crappy tip. This is a pretty conssitent thing whenever dealing with someone working in retail, whether cashier, salesperson or server. There is always that kinda cold atitude meanwhile the table next to us or the person in front of us on line in a store gets the smile, how are you and bubbly demeanor. Over time, you just expect it and end up nitpicking everything about the server.

That being said whenever I take family out, I handle the bill. I don't have that kind of baggage that older family member have.

2. Growing up in the typical poor, pay check to paycheck black household...it was an absolute rarity that we went out to restaurants. When we did go out (I can remember twice), it came down to tipping what you could afford to tip. Do it long enough and when you finally do have money you are just used to tipping smaller amounts (the notorious 5'ver. Wasn't till mid teens that we even knew about proper "tipping" guidelines. As a result, I've spent years overtipping trying to right the wrongs of the past.
3. Plain ignorance of tipping protocol.
4. The last I can think of is something that's not "black" but common in other parts of the world. "Your menu says my meal should cost X amount of dollars and that what I'm giving you. I'm not going to give you extra for doing your job".


Since we are having one of THOSE threads

How about Chinese? They'll tip...but they try and haggle for 4 hours.
Total = $50
"I give you $40...We call even!! Yes?"

What about the Italians? Those assholes....there could be line out the door and those people push all the way to the front. They then make a racket and complain about the tax.

What about US North East Jews?
I'm not touching that one.

[AquaPython]

i may be taken out by the klan for revealing this,
This is exactly why there are all the code words in the BIZ for black people -
"Oh no a table of 14 CANADIANS just sat down, i don't want that table , do you?"

etc etc

also, what about the tables that dont tip, mercilessly running around the server for worthless shit, like topping off water that 85% full, plates of finely cut lemons, extra napkins (to throw on the floor) , and then on top of no tip, leaving the biggest mess that takes a 5 person team to clean the table, sanitize the seats and sweep and mop the floor?!!? i think it is the strategy that if the table is in such general disarray that you are not even supposed to notice that there is no tip until you have shoveled through 1' layer of crap and are looking at a bleak tipless table to realize it. of course by that time, they are 20 minutes gone.