How to Get a Bigger Tip

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How do you get a bigger tip? This is a question that is on the lips of many people in service industries, particularly food service where many, many people work. So here is a collection of proven methods you can use to get richer!

Be Clean: And fresh as a daisy.

Be Efficient: Proactive, quick, accurate, etc.

Be the Boss: Act as if you are the restaurant manager.

Boost the Bill: Of which you get a percentage.

Compliment Them: Say something nice.

Effortful Help: Go out of your way to help.

Elegant Exit: How to get them back to tip more.

Encourage Credit Cards: So they think less about cash.

Encourage Drinking: Drinks add a lot to the bill and make them less cautious.

Faster Music: Speed them up. Get more covers.

Get Down: Squat down to talk to them.

Get Introduced: So you are known.

Give Candy: Chocolates or mints (and the 'one-plus-one').

Happy Face: Draw happy face or sun on the check.

Happy Introduction: Be pleased to see them.

Invisible Reminders: Get the words 'give a tip' in.

Keep Them Hungry and Thirsty: So they order more.

Kids First: Put the children at ease.

Like Them: Be like them and like them.

Make Food Emotional: Describe in emotive words.

Memory Master: remember orders, dishes, special requests, names (inc regular customers),...

Number Rounding: Nudge things so they round up nicely.

Patriotic Message: Create a national bond.

Personal Connection: Find something you have in common.

Personal Recommendation: Recommend things from the menu.

Positive Forecast: Say the weather will be good.

Praise Them: Congratulate them on great choices.

Pre-emptive Thanks: Before getting paid.

Puzzle Them: Give them something to do.

Repeat the Order: Using their words.

Scoop the Door: Catch more good tippers.

Seeding: Show what 'others' have tipped.

Sell More: Get them to spend more money.

Sob Story: Hint at woes.

Split Bill: Help each person pay separately.

Your Name: Make yourself a person.

Tell Them: The percentages (if they're bad tippers).

Touch Them: Gently, on the arm.

Weather Forecast: Be positive about the weather.

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