Tipping for Drinks?

[FloridaPhil]

On my last trip I was sitting next to a guy about  my age playing video poker when the drink girl walked by.  He asked her if she had a Diet Coke and when she gave it to him he kept playing and didn't tip.  I asked him if he ever tipped the girls and he shrugged and didn't say anything.  I think this is selfish and it reflects badly on retirees.  These condo commandos have a terrible reputation as cheapskates and I'm embarrassed to be grouped with them.  If you can afford to gamble, you should help hard working people around you.  That's what I think anyway... 

[onemoretry]

I always tip for drinks - $1.50 or $2.00 per drink.

[Tedlark]

  I don't drink anything when I play, just one of my quirks. I do however; give the drink girl a few bucks anyway. I figure I'm taking up space in her section so giving her a few bucks is just my way of helping her out.

[Mr.Dawes]

I asked him if he ever tipped the girls and he shrugged and didn't say anything.  I think this is selfish and it reflects badly on retirees. Earlier this year I was playing at the Golden Nugget in Biloxi. I was
sitting at the end of the bar where the waitresses would come to fill
their drink orders. One of the waitresses walked up and told the
bartender that she just served 13 drinks and received a total of one dollar in
tips. I doubt they were all retirees.I don't think his behavior reflects on you or your generation, but only on himself. I am in my 40's and have always felt that your generation is more thoughtful than younger generations. Where I work we provide many services free of charge, some people act like they expect it and never ask if there is a charge. However, it is retirees who are most likely to offer or even insist on paying something.

[FloridaPhil]

Really...that's enlightening.   I always thought old folks were the cheapest.  I guess skinflints come in all ages.  I don't drink alcohol, but I do tip $1each for water or soda.   $2 to $5 if the girl is really nice.  If you're fortunate enough to have had a good life and have made some money along the way, I think you should help others around you.  I can remember when getting a pocket full of quarter tips for bagging groceries would give me enough gas to drive around with my girlfriend on Saturday night. 

[notes1]

i would have agreed with phil, i am 61, but typically think the older crowd does not tip as well. but, i only drink water ($1 tip), so i do not have a good handle on what takes place at the bars. i do think the expectation of tipping is getting a little out of hand. on another site, i read what i felt was reasonable. if someone does something for you that you incapable or choose not to do, then a tip is warranted. but, if someone does something for you that you are not allowed to do, why tip. in other words, if i choose to use valet, i should tip. but, if i am forced to get a hand pay, why tip? i will gladly tip one for cleaning my room, but i refuse to tip a cashier. not saying this is for everyone, but made sense to me.

[FloridaPhil]

I don't tip cashiers either.  I would hope they aren't working on commission!  

[OTABILL]

We always tip the servers $1.00 for diet cokes and waters. Then again, I grew up east coast where tipping is commonplace and expected. One time when I gave a service tech a tip here he remarked that he heard I was brought up on the east coast. I don't think it is a generational thing, I believe it is where and how you were raised.

[olds442jetaway]

It is really easy for me to " read " someone serving you drinks or water. Some treat you that you are part of a chore they don't want to do and some like you are at the moment the most important and likeable person in the casino. Those that smile so much the better. Male or female, I base my tip amount on the level of great service. Usually a buck for the I'm bored out of my skin ones and I want to go home and somewhere between 2 and 5 for the great ones. Like Phil, I don't like to tip the hand pay people, but I usually give them 2 bucks and at least get their coffee on their way home. Some have been really nice over the years and tell me all kinds of neat tidbits about the goings on in the casino especially with upper mismangaement. Just thinking though, it has been so long since I got a hand pay ( last October ) that I can't even remember what I tipped the last hand pay person. The no hand pay scenario I'm sure sets some kind of record considering my average bet is between 1.25 and 5 bucks a hand. By the way not that anyone cares, but over 1 million hands now played without a Royal going back to last October. Thank goodness for quad deuces which have kept the losses somewhat manageable this year. More multi hand games this year than last, but still only amounts to about twenty percent of play.

[FAA]

You must tip a buck. It's just an implied part of the transaction. Another East Coast county heard from! For hand pays, I really wish there was a way to perform this transaction at the cage. Casino really wants to milk the publicity with this ostentatious ritual! Low roller. I guess I'd tip hand pay, but just ten. On the cheap side without stiffing the attendant.