Originally Posted by accountinquestion View Post
Originally Posted by DGenBen View Post
I get both sides of the tipping argument & agree it’s a personal choice, & don’t object to people who either do tip or don’t tip.

I especially emphasize with recreational losing players not happy on having to tip for hand pays.

Personally, I like to tip for 2 main reasons:

1. If I am consistently winning at a lucrative place & constantly getting hand pays, then I want to keep the employees happy & not be looked at as the dick that doesn’t tip. Rather be known as the generous tipper so if they decide to clean house at least it would be a mark in my favor as opposed to being known as a nit that is cleaning them out & also pisses off the employees by not tipping.

2. I respect anyone that works for living. Being in casinos you see a lot of panhandlers, con artists, bums, druggies, & scumbags, people that add absolutely no value to society. At least the employees are working & casinos are a crummy environment to work 40 hours a week in so I respect & empathize with someone who works in a crappy job like that & therefore don’t mind tipping these folks.

Again though, I get both sides of the issue & although I am a generous tipper, I have no issue with people that have the opposite opinion & I totally understand their point of view.
When I was younger, 15% was if they were good at their job and anything that was considered generous. Now they want you to tip 18% for starters. And I see tip jars at some ridiculous places but hey good for trying.

One problem is IF employers pay a better hourly, then they have to raise menu prices which makes it harder to compete but tips mean the nice people subsidize the not so nice people.

I tend to tip on places that take cash but not the cashless place. I also tip far more %wise when the food is cheap and the clientel probably don't tip very well.

W2Gs are a whole different thing. I am 50/50 on that thing. Oh I won a jackpot but you're doing the part where I have to pay taxes on it! and I even have to pay taxes on my tip. (unless of course you itemize gambling losses.)
Agree with you there. I remember when a restaurant tip was 10% & then 15% was if the service was excellent.

Now I see on restaurant bills they will have a little tip guide showing the amount for different percentages & recently I’ve noticed they have a listing for 25% LOL.