Social media Vegas tip shaming back en vogue

[MisterV]

Tasha, you're a damned fool to even consider offering a six grand tip to a slot attendant.

"Wise is knowing a slot attendant NEVER deserves a six thousand dollar tip"

Think of it this way: WHY should you tip them at all?

Do they tip you when you lose?

Fuck 'em.

[Tasha]

Tasha, you're a damned fool to even consider offering a six grand tip to a slot attendant.

"Wise is knowing a slot attendant NEVER deserves a six thousand dollar tip"

Think of it this way: WHY should you tip them at all?

Do they tip you when you lose?

Fuck 'em.

At least I was smart enough to imply that no one would pay $24,000 in tip even though 20 percent is the standard tipping percentage.

[Ozzy]

Axel, what would you tip in this situation brought up by VitalVegas, after a $120k jackpot?

This woman gave $200, and clearly the attendant was so unhappy that he/she ran and tattled to VitalVegas about it. (It's likely Vital was around because he promotes Circa a lot, and seems to be on property often.)

So if $200 will get shit talked about you, what amount wouldn't? And if you know the attendant is going to scoff at your tip and tell eveyrone you're a cheap piece of shit, wouldn't you just rather leave 0?

I did some calculations, and a $200 tip on a $120,000 Jackpot isn't even ONE percent. A $200 tip for a $120,000 Jackpot is beyond shitty... 20 percent tip, which is standard tipping in the U.S is $24,000 which I'm sure MOST People wouldn't be comfortable giving. 5 percent is more like it at $6,000)

That 6000$ tip that you think is acceptable is around 4 months of work at Walgreens. Looking at it from that angle, would you still give that ludicrous amount for an attendant doing a few minutes of work, that their already getting paid for ? In some casinos/areas attendants make well over 100k/year, most of it tax free (minimal tips claimed).

[MisterV]

A fool and her money are soon parted.

[kewlJ]

I'll tell you what I would like to do. For these dealers that think they are entitled to some large tip from my 20-30 minutes of blackjack play and them dealing the cards, like the low skill job that it is, I would like to hand them a card stating that their tip has been donated to Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, or Three Square food bank, or St Judes. (shades of george Costanza and the 'human fund' gift cards for you Seinfeld fans)

I would like to do that that would be the ultimate in drawing attention, which I try not to do.

[DGenBen]

When tipping on a large jackpot consider this: Is my money better used to give away to someone I will likely never see again and who will have a bad attitude if they don’t think I’ve tipped enough? Or is the money better used to help myself and my family?

[Ozzy]

When tipping on a large jackpot consider this: Is my money better used to give away to someone I will likely never see again and who will have a bad attitude if they don’t think I’ve tipped enough? Or is the money better used to help myself and my family?

That's my mentality on all things financial. Too many people succumb to "societal norms" when it comes to there own money. Feeling pressured or bullied into giving WAY more out of their pocket, then rationally justified. If they feel like it's worth it and it doesn't effect their bottom line, more power to them. I've always dealt with money, with as little emotion as possible, in doing so you become financially independent a lot sooner in life.

[MaxPen]

If I hit the Wheel of Fortune or Megabucks I would ask for a comp for the inconvenience of waiting for verification. I wouldn't tip a dime......RIP

[monet]

Is it more blessed to give than receive?
Does God Love a Cheerful Giver??
Asking for a friend.
Some possible solutions:

Mark 12: 41–44
Acts 20:35
Luke 6:38
Malachi 3:10
Hebrews 13:16
2 Corinthians 9:7
Proverbs 19:8

[mickeycrimm]

Tip whores have the mentality that they are entitled to tips from patrons....and that they know better than anyone what the proper amounts should be.

[mickeycrimm]

With the new IRS regulations most people that hit the taxable jackpots won't be writing off losses so will be on the hook for the entire amount of taxes. That means that for every dollar you tip you are probably going to pay around 28 cents (ballpark) in taxes on it.

[soxfan]

In my younger day I worked as the bartender to help pay for my undergrad and graduate degree so I really dislike the skins-flint and cheaps-skate! But I also despise the greedy casino what pay their employee peanut and expect the customer to subsidize to give their employee a living wage, hey hey.

[DGenBen]

The crazy thing too is that most machines are already holding at least 10% to 15%

So not only are they holding 10-15 cents out of every dollar you run through machine, they want you to tip on top of that. If they think they deserve more money then the casino should pay it out of their hold.

I’m actually a big tipper most of the time for a variety of reasons, but no way I’m tipping thousands of dollars on a huge hit after I’m already paying a 10%-15% hold.

[MisterV]

When I get a hand pay I either tip zero or twenty bucks, depending on my mood.

I couldn't care less if they don't like it.

[Dan Druff]

When I get a hand pay I either tip zero or twenty bucks, depending on my mood.

I couldn't care less if they don't like it.

You should care. If your tip isn't appreciated by the recipient, and if they resent it, why give it? Why not keep the money?

Look at it this way.

Let's say you see a stranger trying to lug a refrigerator into his home, and he's doing it all by himself. You consider offering to help him.

Now let's say you could see a clip of 30 minutes into the future, where after you help the guy, he complains to his wife that you were an asshole who didn't listen to all of his instructions on how he wanted it done, and how he wished someone better than you had offered their help.

Would you help him, having seen that future? Likely not. You'd say, "Fuck that ingrate, let him drag his own refrigerator in", and you'd be right.

So let's go back to this situation. If you know your tip is going to piss off the attendant and make them think/say bad things about you, why give them a penny?

This is why I probably wouldn't tip on a 6-figure jackpot. I'd know that even a tip as large as $500 will probably be mocked, and I'll be looked down upon as a cheapskate. So why does this person deserve my $500? If I really feel I need to let go of that $500 because of my good fortune, I'll give it to charity or to a friend in need of it.

Simply put, I don't do favors or tip ingrates.

[Dan Druff]

Now at a restaurant, it's a different story.

Restaurant tipping is pretty well established in the US. The customary tip in 2021 is 15% for ok service, 18% for standard service, and 20%+ for good service. I wish it was less (I remember the days when 10% was considered fine), but that's the way it is.

If I don't like that, I don't have to go out to eat. I will leave the 18% in most cases, but I'll leave more if it's a cheap meal (like Denny's), and I'll leave 15% if it's an expensive meal (because they're getting more than enough from that 15%).

However, I won't leave anything if the server is confrontational, outright rude, or super incompetent. Some people get on their moral high horse and say things like, "I always tip, no matter what", as if that makes them better than people who withhold tips for extreme bad service. No, that just makes you gullible, not better.

As I said, I don't tip ingrates, and I don't tip people who either refuse to do their job OR are exceptionally rude/nasty/confrontational with me.

I use the "complain to the manager" metric when I decide whether or not to leave a zero tip. If I have to complain about the server to the manager, I leave zero tip. And conversely, if I leave zero tip, I will also complain to the manager. Note that this doesn't apply when the complaints are due to kitchen mistakes or kitchen slowness. I'm talking about direct complaints about the server. If it rises to the level of making such a complaint, they get both zero tip and a complaint. If it doesn't, I leave something like 10% (sometimes 15%) and don't complain. Otherwise I'm usually leaving 18%.

[AxelWolf]

If I don't like that, I don't have to go out to eat.

BS. I'm not going to deny myself eating at a restaurant just because people want tips.

If they don't like the tips they get, they can get a different JOB. Be happy you have a fucking job and take the good tips with the bad tips and don't hate on people who don't tip well.

I think the people who don't begrudge low/nontippers are the people who end up making the most when it comes to tips.





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[AxelWolf]

As I said before, tipping on jackpots is more about sharing the wealth/good forutne. If you think about it, its something that stuck around from the past(been established, if you will)
Way back when a 1000+ jackpot was hard to come by(most machines were set to hand-pay lower than 1200) It would have probably meant you were doing well.

Also, there is a good chance the person paying you was the person that sold you your coins or even showed you a "good machine" to play, offerd you a win-loss statement entry. It usually came with a more personable experience.


This will really make a cheap jew sick Dan
Going back, not only did I tip on 1200 jackpots, but all .25 cent royals or any hand-pay, also tipping on hopper fills, coin jams fixes, hopper jam fixes, when they gave me drawing tickets/stamps etc, win-loss log entries, for watching my machine and I'm sure things I cant think of. Obviously, not all the time in every situation, but a fair amount of the time tips were being given.

[Dan Druff]

If I don't like that, I don't have to go out to eat.

BS. I'm not going to deny myself eating at a restaurant just because people want tips.

If they don't like the tips they get, they can get a different JOB. Be happy you have a fucking job and take the good tips with the bad tips and don't hate on people who don't tip well.

I think the people who don't begrudge low/nontippers are the people who end up making the most when it comes to tips.

Well, looks like we're kind of opposite on this one. I am willing to do the restaurant tipping thing (though I don't like it), but I refuse to tip huge in casinos for jackpots.

I feel the restaurant tipping is well established, and it's also pretty easy to ascertain the expectation on the customer.

Casino tipping is all over the place, especially on jackpots. Even Vital Vegas was avoiding explaining what he felt was a reasonable tip, and people were getting irritated with him.

Furthermore, I'm willing to grant that restaurant servers are actually SERVING you (though you don't have the ability to serve yourself at most restaurants), whereas slot attendants doing handpays are simply doing a few minutes of paperwork and carrying either cash or a check to you. This isn't a service, nor do you have the option to do it yourself. It's basically just paperwork processing for the government.

I understand where the tipping on jackpots thing started. As you said, it's perceived to be "sharing the good fortune". However, these people don't tip me when I lose (even if I lose every penny to my name), and many of these so-called "jackpots" (such as $1200) won't even get you even for the day. I can still ignore that part and tip something like $20 without getting too annoyed, but I have a real problem handing $1000 to someone processing my paperwork, just because I got lucky and hit something for 6 figures.

The last part is the biggest problem. Handing an undeserved tip like $20 to a casino worker is one thing. $1000? GTFO

[AxelWolf]

If I don't like that, I don't have to go out to eat.

BS. I'm not going to deny myself eating at a restaurant just because people want tips.

If they don't like the tips they get, they can get a different JOB. Be happy you have a fucking job and take the good tips with the bad tips and don't hate on people who don't tip well.

I think the people who don't begrudge low/nontippers are the people who end up making the most when it comes to tips.

Well, looks like we're kind of opposite on this one. I am willing to do the restaurant tipping thing (though I don't like it), but I refuse to tip huge in casinos for jackpots.

I feel the restaurant tipping is well established, and it's also pretty easy to ascertain the expectation on the customer.

Casino tipping is all over the place, especially on jackpots. Even Vital Vegas was avoiding explaining what he felt was a reasonable tip, and people were getting irritated with him.

Furthermore, I'm willing to grant that restaurant servers are actually SERVING you (though you don't have the ability to serve yourself at most restaurants), whereas slot attendants doing handpays are simply doing a few minutes of paperwork and carrying either cash or a check to you. This isn't a service, nor do you have the option to do it yourself. It's basically just paperwork processing for the government.

I understand where the tipping on jackpots thing started. As you said, it's perceived to be "sharing the good fortune". However, these people don't tip me when I lose (even if I lose every penny to my name), and many of these so-called "jackpots" (such as $1200) won't even get you even for the day. I can still ignore that part and tip something like $20 without getting too annoyed, but I have a real problem handing $1000 to someone processing my paperwork, just because I got lucky and hit something for 6 figures.

The last part is the biggest problem. Handing an undeserved tip like $20 to a casino worker is one thing. $1000? GTFO

I do tip at restaurants and I'm not a cheap bastard, most of the time. I only have a real problem tipping 15%-20% on more expensive meals. My slot tipping practices are not somthing I suggest the average person does. I think Advantage Players should tip for the benefit of helping preserve AP. We dont want everyone thinking AP's are assholes anymore than they already are.