Tipping - How Much to Tip & How to Complain About Bad Service
If you are entertaining a client or out with your boss or co-workers it is important to know the guidelines for appropriate tipping in public. Even when service is bad, you do not want to make a scene or appear "cheap to clients." Learn how and when to tip for a variety of services.
Many business professionals hold meetings during lunch or dinner with clients, investors, or other business professionals. What if your meeting seems to be hindered by bad restaurant service? Should you complain? The answer is yes, always, but with diplomacy.
Many business professionals hold meetings during lunch or dinner with clients, investors, or other business professionals. What if your meeting seems to be hindered by bad restaurant service? Should you complain? The answer is yes, always, but with diplomacy.
It may be true that in business "money talks," but so does character. Not tipping someone for good service may reflect that you are cheap or do not appreciate that hard work of others. But over tipping does not make you look much better. Putting down an over-the-top tip for service will seem insincere or like you are just trying to show off.
Tipping is often an optional choice that is done in private. However, if you are picking up the tab for a business meal with a customer or client, tipping should not be considered optional.
Will co-workers or clients see me as “stingy” if I do not stuff bills into a tip jar on a counter? Do I have to put money into a tip jar?
Tipping wait staff is optional, but not tipping is usually perceived as being “cheap.” If you are with a client or other business professional where image is important, no matter how bad the service is, leaving a small tip is better than not tipping at all.
If you are having pizza (or other food) delivered to your home or office, the tip rules vary considerably. Learn the standard food delivery tip amount, when to tip more, and went not to tip.
