Would YOU Tip In This situation 

Ok, my two cents... Maybe your server had decided not to put your waffle order in with your original order so that the cooking staff would not prepare the waffles too early risking the chance that they would be served to you at room temperature rather than hot off the griddle. However, your server, it would seem, did forget to keep tabs on your table in order to input the waffle order at the appropriate time. Possibly his original intention was good, but his memory was not. Just "food" for thought.

In this situation, I wouldn't tip much. I think you did well. It sends a message. A tip is not owed it's earned.

I tip more sometimes for terrible service. There’s terrible service for a reason, not by accident. I prefer bad servers and single moms and stressed out waiters because I enjoy showing grace and love toward people who are already struggling as it is.

I always tip at least 20 percent. I don't think it's right that restaurants do not have to pay servers the actual minimum wage. I looked it up and the federal minimum wage for servers is $2.13 an hour! That's not much. There are people that just don't tip. Or what if the server is having a bad day? I worked a full time job and sometimes I worked when I was sick, grieving, or just not up to par. I still got paid my full wage.

I was a waitress for years a long time ago. I was very good to my patrons. The tips weren't shared. The lowest tip I received was a penny! And that is considered an insult! So as time went on, I learned how to keep them happy and I started getting larger tips,whether it was rush hour or empty. And some of the customers weren't so easy to get along with! The best tip? 50.00 if I remember right. Love watching John! May God bless you!

God told me years ago that my tip is not about their service but about my witness. I can not tell you how many waiters and waitresses I have had the opportunity to share with because the average amount people tip in America is like 6%. So when the bill comes I pray and always start at 20%. There have been times that God has had me tip 100%. And again I have had a bunch of opportunity to share with people about Jesus because you stand out. I also am super super nice as if Jesus was at the table watching me.

As a waitress I can say that in our computer system, there is not a way to punch in your waffles and have the computer hold the order for 15-20 minutes or whatever. However, a good server would have checked on you and as you were nearing the end of your first round of food, I would have asked if you were ready for me to punch in your waffle order. He obviously forgot about them and tried to cover it up.

Love your comedy. About tipping. Being a server is a terrible job. My daughter was a server in her younger years and sometimes even great service, she'd get NO TIP. People are terrible. Since he owned up to his mistake, I probably wouldn't penalize the tip because i also like to leave bible tracts. If the server is absolutely awful, i may penalize their tip, but never go leaving nothing. Remember too, they are often paid less than minimum wage, so tips are a big part of their income.

I've been in the food industry for 20+ yrs. For hold items, you can't put in or the cooks wouldn't make it and be cold. He did fail by not checking on you. But he did make up for it by putting on the house. Gotta give him Grace. But your 18% tip was fair.

Sorry but you all missed the mark with this one. He acknowledged his mistake and gave it to you for free as an apology. A tip of at least 15%-18% would've been more appropriate.

He may have put your original order (including waffle) in the computer, but perhaps put a hold on the waffle. And then he went over to the computer to “fire” the waffle. I did that often when I worked as a waiter when people ordered multiple courses and didn’t want them at the same time. If that’s the case, then he didn’t forget to add the waffle to your order…he just forgot to “fire” it and tell the kitchen to cook it at the appropriate time.

Maybe I should clarify a few things about "Tipping" and my credentials. I started as a hostess seating people, did banquets, bartended, managed fast food and restaurants, worked in hotels and resorts and seen every system used for tipping there is. So with that being said...if I don't make enough money combining my hourly wages and tips together I would find another job and management is a completely different subject. So...the laws and rules of a state and an establishment can be very different depending on where you are period. I have been paid less than minimum wage for working less than full time hours and I also have been paid hourly only no tip. If there are more than 8-10 tipped employees at that establishment, you are taxed an allocated 8% of your total food sales(especially credit/debit cards), it is literally taken out of your paycheck making cash the better option for the server when it comes to taxes. There are several other occupations that accept tips for example like: Hairdressers, Hotel Doormen, Room Service, Taxi Cab Drivers etc, etc...but they do not have to pay 8% of their tips in taxes...which is basically unfair to servers in the restaurant business because it is considered a crucial part of our wages, otherwise we can get a non-tipping easier job for minimum wage. John stop causing so much trouble with your tipping issue and either tell the server they are blowing it or tip 10% for minimum service...Lol !!! You are really just trying to see if anybody like me will set it straight right...jeeze come on with the jibber jabber and just slide them some cash they need it....

I would tip them anyway just for the acknowledgement of the mistake. The times that I wouldn't tip are blatant disrespect or bad service no matter what, and even then, I would tip based on my spirit man is led to do. 🤔

No judgement, but Imagine if you told him how much God loved him and tipped him biggg!!! 🎉

Personally, I wouldn’t withhold the tip from the server. People make mistakes, it’s not like he intentionally walked away and was like “not doing that.” He also may have known the kitchen staff wouldn’t have waited to make it, so he withheld the order. On top of that, he acknowledged that regardless of the chase, he messed up and he set it right. At that point, I would’ve certainly forgiven, and probably tipped a little extra. Sadly lots of people wouldn’t have owned up, so the fact that he did I believe is a really big deal.

You need some joseph prince. Do the grace! My m.t. sometimes has an off day. I tip the same. It's a choice I made about the graciousnees of God to me. Consider yourself tipped from a fan. 😂

Even if you give a low tip they don't really learn anything, they just blame you for being a terrible tipper!!

I don't think I would have tipped 20%, but I would have done more than 10%. Everyone makes mistakes and he acknowledged his mistake, so that's something.

I don't blame you for being pissed.

Don’t have tipping in my country and it’s great!

Oh if the pancakes were on the house, I would just tip normal.

I would have over tipped for the honesty.

He owned up to the mistake and corrected it, so at least 20%.

At least he admitted to it!

Most people i know tip to include price of free item

I would have done the same as your server. The kitchen just makes stuff, the server spaces everything out.

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I would have given 20% now

Sooooo many bad servers out there, i will not tip bad servers. Its annoying, i was a server long enough to know the difference.

I eat more fast causal now because there isn't the pressure to tip. A little bit cheaper for food as well.

Would it have helped to actually explain to him, in a calm and respectful manner, why you tipped what you did, or why you did not tip higher? Honest question.

I tip less for lesser service. Even if I get mediocre service I’ll give a couple bucks but if it’s absolute shit service then I tip nothing.

Had they not made it right, skip the tip. Very little, if any, tips are actually shared. If they do actually share, peer pressure is a wonderful thing when tips are low because of the server's poor service. Military gets it right. One screws up, they all pay the price. Guaranteed that guy won't screw up the next time.

I believe the percentage is a suggestion. I go by the service. When they pool tips that’s unfair! I also think it’s unfair when they charge a minimum gratuity to your check! I can understand if your party is large, though. If a meal is only $20 but the server is excellent, I’ll tip a $10. If a meal is $100 but the service was terrible they’re getting a $10 also because that’s the minimum I’ll give. Who knows, they could have had a really bad day.

Do research as to how the tips are divvied up and how much each role gets paid. I'm not sure if it's still true but when I first moved to MD I found out that restaurant staff did not make minimum wage! They highly counted on their tips to make a living. Although that had not sunk in to a lot of them and the service was terrible, I still tipped 20%. If it was a restaurant which made at least minimum wage I might lower my tip but not with the way things are here. However, since they owned up to their mistake, I'd leave cash to make up for it

Don't know where this is but iHop in Pooler, GA is WORSE! I won't go back because they had zero sense of urgency. Few tables in the whole place occupied and it took 48 minutes to get my food. Easy order, too!

John you wearing a hawks hat? Really?! Braves bro

As a restaurant professional I know by what you were saying the servers don't split the tip with the kitchen staff. The servers do however tip the kitchen staff a percentage of their sales/tips. A good server always remembers to tip the cooks and the bussers a healthy tip so they will take care of them promptly and help them like they helped the waiter who forgot your order. Ahhhhh lol....🍽

I am a server and I dislike staged orders. It's very easy to forget. But my tip outs never go to the kitchen, but I would understand if someone tipped me less. I would definitely comp the pancakes.

Ok but giving free food hurts the restaurant owner, while giving a larger tip to the waiter who screwed up seems problematic.

The cooks make it WHEN they receive the ticket, but he should have put it in sooner.

Ngl i live in eurpoe and we dont “do” tipping as much as in the states

People forget. 😍

The tip-out to the kitchen, busser, bar, and host is often based on the waiter's sales and not based on tips the waiter actually received, payroll taxes for the waiter's tipped income are also based on the waiter's sales.

Free pancakes would have reduced the total amount of the bill already. Even with a big tip, you would be paying less than you would have otherwise.

I like your comedy, but dang, you're sort of demanding! Sorry! 😂Did you think of just ordering the waffles at the end when they ask you, "Will there be anything else?" That way you get your waffles when you wanted them anyway, and the server doesn't have to ask Suri to set an alarm for your table's specific timely requests. To drastically cut someone's tip for that is cringe. Yikes!

Your hilarious but you got the means to give a $20. Kinda of a bummer since he gave the pancakes on the house!

I say do 20% + half the price of the waffles that were free. He apologized and gave you free food. That's words and actions to acknowledge the mistake. No one's perfect and you couldn't have asked for more of an apology

The bigger challenge in this video than tipping is that you live in a place that doesn't let you have the CFA styrofoam cups!! That's rough!

Next time you are in New Haven, you have to go to the Twin Pines Diner next door in East Haven. Best breakfast in America. Get the hungry man platter!

Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. (2 Corinthians 9:7, NASB)

F!!!!! Tip system, screw them

TIPS - To Insure Prompt Service No way that server deserves a tip!

Caleb sounds like everyone’s wife. “your just apologizing because i’m upset. you’re not really sorry” not that John would understand

Wait pancakes on house ? What now

A Brit here. What is this tipping malarkey?

John T. I. P. S. To Insure Prompt Service. You got it right!!💃🏼❤

Try that @ Patsy s❤

WWJD?

He should not have lied. There for no Tip are a low tip

No, because they are paid to do their job. Tipping should be illegal when I've worked in customer service doing the SAME THINGS I never got tipped and neither should they.

At Applebee's the server forgot my order twice. We were a big group but I was the only one who had an issue. I left cash in exact change. Even thought about short changing. No accountability on his part.

ALWAYS tip. Honest mistake. He served you food. He probably put the order in later so your food doesn't get cold

Whiiiiiiiiineeee! But you're still a great, overpaid comedian. Whether I laugh or not.

If you tip 20 percent on your bill after the pancakes were free it’s less than what it would have been had you been charged for the pancakes.

Time to talk to the manager

yo what is up with these bots

no

I was thinking 10%. 1st part of the order seemed fine so there’s your 10%

Tipping culture is fascinating, I for one do not understand it

We don’t care.

I would've tipped 10% that's giving grace. The ball was still dropped

most tippers students should try to reach at least 15% gratuity standards....t. b.c. John Christ❤🤍💙