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Originally Posted by mani
See if i went to a restaurant i'd probably expect the waiter to take the tip unless the tip jar was at the till then u automatically assume it gets shared out. but i'd never heard of the tips that had been given to a specific waiter would be put into a central pot and shared out.
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Don't know about the UK but in the US its common for wait staff to pool the tips , in sit down, tablecloth places (not Starbucks they are just a take away coffee shop) they usually divi up between the bus-boys (the guys who clear and set up the tables between customers, faster turn around of customers means more tips) and bar staff , you order a drink , you want it now , don't want to wait for a lazy ass bartender to finish a conversation with a punter at the bar. Usually the blond bimbo who seats you isn't included in the pool (her talents are usually reserved for the management) .
Also seating plays a role in the amount of 'tip' a waiter/tress recieves , a group seated next to a window generally gives more than the table seated in the back next to toilet or kitchen traffic , so it seems only fair the fast/good table waiters share the rewards with the folks stuck waiting on the slow/crap tables.
Also , without wanting to sound racist, some ethnic goups are notorious for not tipping/stiffing waitstaff.