https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:58:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant/page/2#post-2097901 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:06:36 +0000 nana87 2097901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>omg people can be so rude!</p> <p>even before lo we tipped 20% of the pre-tax as a general rule, so we usually leave that or 20% including tax if she's made a mess, and maybe and extra dollar or two if they were really nice. I always try to clean up for her too, as best I can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant/page/2#post-2097884 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:57:23 +0000 pinkcupcake 2097884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our standard tip is 20%, unless the service is awful - then I deduct accordingly. </p> <p>Our LO made a bigger mess when she was younger (probably when she was 1-2 years old), and we would definitely pick up the mess as best as we could. I just think it's rude to leave the area a complete mess. Yeah, the staff is there to clean up after patrons are done, but if it's an above-average mess, I think it's polite and good manners to pick up as much as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant/page/2#post-2097880 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:53:02 +0000 Caly 2097880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meganmp: exactly! And they've usually helped assist w/two high chairs, extra napkins, etc. They work hard enough than to have to deal w/extra mess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant/page/2#post-2097871 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:41:20 +0000 meganmp 2097871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Caly: Right? The servers are already being nice to us by interacting and being nice two 2-year-olds (which I consider above and beyond, honestly). I'm not leaving a bunch of Goldfish on the floor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097852 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:25:20 +0000 Ajsmommy 2097852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I clean up the floor, it's not that difficult and if we were home I'd be doing it anyway. We tip normally unless there was a reason to tip more </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097847 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:22:47 +0000 Caly 2097847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meganmp: amen...and with twins its twice the mess. I'm not leaving that for someone else to take care of. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097831 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:07:23 +0000 MrsRcCar 2097831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We clean up any mess and generally tip extra. I was a server before. Not my job to clean up huge mess, plus were I worked I had to tip out all my support staff. I think sometimes people forget that servers survive on their tips. Also when we go out I make a point to give things to my kids that make a big mess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097810 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:52:54 +0000 psw27 2097810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would definitely try to clean up and tip well if he made a huge mess... What is wrong with people? diapers, cottage cheese... gross. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097752 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:16:08 +0000 Freckles 2097752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is pretty good at restaurants but I always clean up anything that she has dropped on the floor, and will leave a better tip. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097740 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:04:14 +0000 meganmp 2097740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>20% at minimum and I'm on my hands and knees on the floor, and I take home garbage like pouches and the like. I've been the server that has to clean up disgusting messes before, and that is NOT their job. It's a parent's job to make sure their kid leaves no more of a mess than an adult. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097684 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:22:22 +0000 autumnlove 2097684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pick up as much as possible and I leave a better tip. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097680 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:20:59 +0000 californiadreams 2097680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no. we clean up anything LO makes a mess out of though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097666 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:10:02 +0000 Synchronicity 2097666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: :shocked: Common! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097647 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 08:53:26 +0000 blackbird 2097647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TheSwissWifeStyle: @Tanjowen: Right?! People who have zero class, that's who. "hey, here's my kid's shit. Thanks". Once, i had a lady dump cottage cheese out on the table for her kid to draw in. It ended up all over the window, too. People are just....ugh, sometimes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097646 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 08:52:42 +0000 AprilK 2097646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will jokingly leave $1-5 right at the baby's place setting and say it's an apology from her. haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097643 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 08:51:24 +0000 Alivoo01 2097643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends on the service, but like other mommies, I pick up the large chunks/as much as I can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097619 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 08:36:30 +0000 illumina 2097619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. We try to do a good job of cleaning the highchair/floor ourselves and when possible stop LO making a mess in the first place by giving her less messy food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097614 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 08:32:23 +0000 Anagram 2097614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So far, our LO has never made a mess at a restaurant, but the few food pieces she's dropped, I've just picked up and tipped as normal (20%). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097583 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 08:05:22 +0000 Tanjowen 2097583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TheSwissWifeStyle: @blackbird: Who on earth does these things?! Crazy.</p> <p>20% automatically, even with bad service, because of the mess. Much more if I have good service. I had a waitress the other day that took LO and followed me to the salad bar area and occupied him so I could fill our plates - she was awesome and got a huge tip. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097560 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 07:33:03 +0000 GrapeCrush 2097560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do leave a larger tip if the kids made a big mess. I feel bad. I also try to pick up the big stuff, and contain the mess on the floor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097548 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 07:05:13 +0000 turquoisemama 2097548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TheSwissWifeStyle: Eewwww!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097534 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 06:14:42 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 2097534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: like, WHO thinks that's OK??! Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097531 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 06:06:05 +0000 blackbird 2097531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TheSwissWifeStyle: ugh I've had people used to leave me dirty diapers, too! So classless </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097518 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 03:41:51 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 2097518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsHansen82: omg that's crazy!<br /> I used to be a server, and yeah...I definitely appreciated it if a slightly bigger tip was left. One time, someone left a dirty diaper in my booth :sad: </p> <p>And generally, bus boys just bus (clear) the table, and wipe it. But it's the server's responsibility to clean their section at the end of their shift. That means sweeping, and getting in the cracks of the booths and what not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097490 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 01:57:14 +0000 Dandelion 2097490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tip bigger but don't clean up the floor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097474 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 00:24:19 +0000 Punky 2097474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tip bigger and I try to pick up any big pieces of food she's thrown. My husband used to be a server and all the crap he used to tell me about how people acted in restaurants and treated the staff makes me almost always want to leave a nice tip and try not to make their job difficult. Now if I get terrible service that's different. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097472 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 00:04:38 +0000 brownie 2097472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsHansen82: this is really only in the example of bad service. Good service gets a big tip since kids are rough in general (half juice/half water). But we have directly tipped the bus boy who has to clean our table if the service wasn't good but we left too much of a mess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097469 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 23:59:58 +0000 turquoisemama 2097469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@brownie: Usually the server has to tip the support staff out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097468 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 23:59:10 +0000 turquoisemama 2097468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This hasn't happened to me yet, but I work at a restaurant and I had a table once where the little girl literally flipped the table over and knocked everything on the floor; broken glass, everything. The parents sat there while we cleaned up and left 10%! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-more-if-your-lo-leaves-a-mess-at-a-restaurant#post-2097454 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 23:29:39 +0000 dolphin 2097454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, I leave a bigger tip </p>