Tipping

Kazbah

Hi All,

I'm wondering have people revised their tipping in light of the current economic climate? I would always tip for an evening meal in a restaurant but I don't always tip for lunch now. I never can decide about tipping for other services though eg. beauty salon, car wash, hairdresser.
What do ye think?

PCPhoto

myself and the GF will tip in restauraunts - most of the time its 10-15% - unless the food/staff were rude.....in that case they might only get the loose change thats left from the bill.

might tip a taxi driver too (dunno why...prob because I don't want to walk around with a pocket full of coins)

Its usually built into the bill here in Ireland but some countries like USA the staff expect a tip. (and in fairness they offer a better customer experience)

Paulw

If out for a meal in the evening and the service is good - yeah, I leave a tip.

Taxi - I almost never give a tip
Lunch - almost never give a tip
pub - almost never give a tip

Service charge on a meal - I sometimes ask for it to be removed, unless service is very good.

keithclancy

If theres a service charge I don't tip

If there isn't a service charge and the service is good I do tip

Cabaal

PCPhoto wrote: »

......but some countries like USA the staff expect a tip. (and in fairness they offer a better customer experience)

That's debatable to be honest and its certainly not a general rule, they expect a tip regardless of how the act with customer's just for doing their basic job from my experience over the years. Laughable really

Tips are for service above and beyond the norm.

snubbleste

I never tip.

macman2010

10% in restaurants, the rest depends on how generous i am feeling.
Tiping in the states is way over the top, its just anoying having to fish your wallet out for every little service. The street vendor selling bottles of water expects a tip.
One of the reasons i dont like spending my holidays in America.

dudara

I used to tip around 10% in restaurants, now it's more like 5% or the loose change. Only for exceptional service would I give more. Sometimes (and it's more and more frequently) I won't leave any tip. This is when service is poor.

I don't tip anything else. My haircuts cost €80+. I definitely don't want to add another €5 or €10 on top of that.

Sometimes I might tell a taxi driver to keep the change - but that's more for convenience rather than actually giving him a tip.

chickenbutt

macman2010 wrote: »

10% in restaurants, the rest depends on how generous i am feeling.
Tiping in the states is way over the top, its just anoying having to fish your wallet out for every little service. The street vendor selling bottles of water expects a tip.
One of the reasons i dont like spending my holidays in America.

Tipping in the states is standard for a reason. People working in the food industry make below minimum wage, just a few bucks an hour. If you don't tip, you're an a**hole or it was because the service was crap, which I've done a few times when I've come across awful service. It's 15% on average for any meal, and 20% for evening meals, especially if it is a nice restaurant. You don't really need to tip when their is a service charge unless you want. I don't know what street vendor you're buying from but you don't tip there. Just in restaurants and bars. Not in fast food places either if that's what people are wondering. But no one is telling you to tip, it's just how it is. If you don't want to, pay the bill and high tail it out of there.

I hardly tip here.

careca11

PCPhoto wrote: »

Its usually built into the bill here in Ireland but some countries like USA the staff expect a tip. (and in fairness they offer a better customer experience)

in places like the US , the pay is pittience and thereofre the staff relay on tips to make up the wages .
I worked in a bar in the US ......$3 a hours i was paid , but made the rest up on tips.


as it happen's I myself never tip in Ireland because the staff are better paid plus the prices are so fechin expensive than in most countries

while in Bali on Hols I got a full body massage for €5 , I tipped the young lady the equivalent of €20 , she started crying with joy , that tip was equal to 2months pay for her