tipping with a credit card

Skunks · 04-12-2005, 01:13 PM

I'm not a particularly frugal college student. I eat out at least once a week, and (since arbitrarily deciding my approach to fiscal responsibility after reading a thread here) avoid carrying cash. This leaves me with my check/debit card, and the lingering desire to tip waiters.

When you leave cash on the table, it very clearly goes straight into their pockets. But tips left with a credit card, written into that little line they give you, seem more to be gifts to the institution than the service employees who served you. Do credit card tips actually make their way to the waiters? And if I insist on continuing the justification for not paying waitstaff very well (admittedly, the minimum wage here is up near second-best-in-country), is it worthwhile to carry cash for the purpose?

04-12-2005, 01:13 PM	#1
Skunks I thought I changed this. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: western nowhere, ny Posts: 412	tipping with a credit card I'm not a particularly frugal college student. I eat out at least once a week, and (since arbitrarily deciding my approach to fiscal responsibility after reading a thread here) avoid carrying cash. This leaves me with my check/debit card, and the lingering desire to tip waiters. When you leave cash on the table, it very clearly goes straight into their pockets. But tips left with a credit card, written into that little line they give you, seem more to be gifts to the institution than the service employees who served you. Do credit card tips actually make their way to the waiters? And if I insist on continuing the justification for not paying waitstaff very well (admittedly, the minimum wage here is up near second-best-in-country), is it worthwhile to carry cash for the purpose? Last edited by Skunks; 04-12-2005 at 01:16 PM.

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