Tipping; do you still do it?

Chin Stroker

Tipping in Restaurants? Do you still do it? Do you tell a taxi driver to keep the change?

As times are different for all of us, do you still tip? Or have you tightened the belt a bit more?

Where To

It used to be threads were repeated every month or so and everybody replied.

Now they are repeated ever two bloody hours!

mikemac1

We've not had a taxi thread in a good while

Lenin Skynard

Just some occasional cow tipping.

Shryke

Never tipped, never had money falling out of my pockets. Never lived in America where tipping is an actual thing. Here it's just stupid.

Doom

No, and its not that money is short these days, the service in most place does not deserve a tip.
Most of them have very little training and feck all idea how to do their job.....

Mr Benevolent

No.

Chin Stroker

If a taxi fare came to 9.90 and you gave a tenner, would you wait for change? If the driver moans about his profession for the entire journey then I do.

Gee_G

If I am happy with the Service provided,whether its food, taxi, hairdressers etc. I will most definiTely tip!

MadsL

Here's a tip. Don't start a tipping thread.

Wanderer2010

Nope, because the 2 times I tipped recently (a pub and a restaurant) I got no thanks whatsoever. I gave 4euros after a nice pub lunch and the staff just stared blankly at me, and the second place they just hurried me along the line when I paid....I wont be doing it again.

We are not America and we shouldnt have to pay people to do the job they are already paid for, its a bad habit to get into.

areyawell

If the waitress is hot I usually offer to ride her, is that what tipping means?

mikemac1

Taximan driving a nice 15k car and I don't have one, no chance of a tip

Tips are for minimum wage staff, not people richer then you

Now that I think of it, delivery drivers use their own cars too

Pottler

I always tip, 10% on a meal, €2 to €5 to a Taxi and a fiver for bellhops in Hotels. It is cheap, stingy and lacking in class not to, imo. But that's just me. If you are tight and stingy, life just leaves you tight and stingy. Being generous is better, the money always comes back in spades, you just need to relax and trust it.

If giving a tip is going to break you, you're doing it wrong in the first place.

For Forks Sake

mikemac1 wrote: »

Taximan driving a nice 15k car and I don't have one,

and that's why you're in his taxi.....

Chin Stroker

A takeaway delivery guy gets a euro or two from me, thats it. Im sure their takings must be down hugely.

Sunnyisland

A man takes his seat in the theater, but he is too far from the
screen.

He whispers to the usher, "This is a mystery, and I have to watch a
mystery close up. Get me a better seat, and I'll give you a big tip."

The usher moves him into the front row, and the man rewards him
with a measly quarter.

The usher looks at his tip for a second and then leans over to
whisper to the man, "the wife did it."









Bye

Sar_Bear

Still tip?! Never did it in the first place

Pottler

What you need to realise is, you're tipping for the service you're going to get the next time, not this time. I always tip the Barber a tenner, and then people wonder why he takes twice as long over cutting my hair as everyone elses. People also wonder why I can pick up the phone and get almost anyone to do anything at any hour. That's what I do for a living. It's because I'm generous and people like generosity.

Chin Stroker

Any Americans on here? Is it still practically mandatory in the States in 2012?

Sar_Bear

Chin Stroker wrote: »

Any Americans on here? Is it still practically mandatory in the States in 2012?

Was there in November, and yup it is.

Professey Chin

Yes

3ndahalfof6

I do but the guys on the tipping thread don't reply.

Chin Stroker

Sar_Bear wrote: »

Was there in November, and yup it is.

I understand the service charge in American restaurants, I was told 15% is a good guide if the waiter was good, but American taxi drivers demanding a tip in 2012? I wouldnt give it if I was running short of $$ towards the end of a holiday.

gallag

mikemac1 wrote: »

Taximan driving a nice 15k car and I don't have one, no chance of a tip

Tips are for minimum wage staff, not people richer then you

Now that I think of it, delivery drivers use their own cars too

I have a nice car for my taxi, always make sure it has plenty of rear leg room and never more than 18months old, I do this because I am providing a service to my customers, why would you feel better if I provided a **** car to maximise my profit?

Doom

Pottler wrote: »

I always tip, 10% on a meal, €2 to €5 to a Taxi and a fiver for bellhops in Hotels. It is cheap, stingy and lacking in class not to, imo. But that's just me. If you are tight and stingy, life just leaves you tight and stingy. Being generous is better, the money always comes back in spades, you just need to relax and trust it.

I'd be ubergenerous with money, I don't stiff anyone, ever, on principle. My mates always call me a jammy git because money just comes to me easily, but they never make the connection, which puzzles me a bit. If we're eating out, I always pay, I never let anyone else pay, almost ever. I really dislike stinginess and I really dislike pennypinching. If giving a tip is going to break you, you're doing it wrong in the first place.

Where is "No thanks" button

Heroditas

Chin Stroker wrote: »

A takeaway delivery guy gets a euro or two from me, thats it. Im sure their takings must be down hugely.

The flip side of that is business is booming for the likes of Dominos so while individual tips might be less than they have previously been, the guys are working flat out so might still be making a good bit over the course of the night.

peterk675

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

Just some occasional cow tipping.

When i seen the thread title that's what i thought of

Mint Sauce

Taxi Drivers - What ever the fare is I'll pay them to the nearest euro and tell them to keep the change. Late at night if its say a euro or two within 10/15 euro I let them have the €1-2 change.

Delivery Drivers - €1-2 depending on value.

Restaurants - Around 10% of bill.

Hairdressers/Barbers - Haven't entered one in years.

My name is URL

The only person I tip is my barber and that's just because he knocks €2 of the price for regular customers.

Doom

Pottler wrote: »

What you need to realise is, you're tipping for the service you're going to get the next time, not this time. I always tip the Barber a tenner, and then people wonder why he takes twice as long over cutting my hair as everyone elses. People also wonder why I can pick up the phone and get almost anyone to do anything at any hour. That's what I do for a living. It's because I'm generous and people like generosity.

So you just proved that the people you go to, do not do their jobs properly when paid to do so.....you are part of the problem this country is in.....well done

Pottler

gallag wrote: »

I have a nice car for my taxi, always make sure it has plenty of rear leg room and never more than 18months old, I do this because I am providing a service to my customers, why would you feel better if I provided a **** car to maximise my profit?

Makes perfect sense to me, but loads won't get it for some unfathomable reason. I'll also bet you make a buck driving a Taxi, yet loads will moan that there's no money at it. People mystify me when it comes to money, they spend all day every day chasing it, scrimping it, worrying about it and never having any. It's when you forget about it that you start not having to worry about it, but people would say you were daft when you try to explain that.

In restaurants yeah

Pottler

Doom wrote: »

So you just proved that the people you go to, do not do their jobs properly when paid to do so.....you are part of the problem this country is in.....well done

I love your logic. Ok, I don't even get your logic, but I love it anyway. I'm gonna reach for the positive and just take the bit in bold tho, if that's ok. It's all Doom with you, isn't it. Here's a Tip, lighten up.

Tom_Cruise

Yes i sometimes so tip.

petersburg2002

We had a family lunch recently. They mixed up a few of the orders. But the restaurant had a new French waiter. The women were fawning over him. He certainly got tips and more besides.

mikemac1

gallag wrote: »

I have a nice car for my taxi, always make sure it has plenty of rear leg room and never more than 18months old, I do this because I am providing a service to my customers, why would you feel better if I provided a **** car to maximise my profit?

You upgrade your car that often on a taximans takings?

I won't listen to the poor mouth from taximen every again

gallag

mikemac1 wrote: »

You upgrade your car that often on a taximans takings?

I won't listen to the poor mouth from taximen every again

On a taximans takings?? I have never "poor mouthed" a customer :-)

therealgirl

Shryke wrote: »

Never tipped, never had money falling out of my pockets. Never lived in America where tipping is an actual thing. Here it's just stupid.

I used to work in a kinda plush resteraunt, here in Ireland, where I came out with around 80 quid a night with tips...them were the days

Tails142

Only place I never tip when generally expected to, is bell boys in hotels, they always insist on carrying your bags up and then there's always that akward moment when they're in the room trying to get past you and a sort of pause when they see if you're going to tip them.

I am a male in my late 20's, I can manage to get my case to the lift and to the room, do they really expect to be tipped €5 or something?

Where To

bluewolf wrote: »

In restaurants yeah

I'd let you eat in my cab if you gave me a big tip

Mint Sauce

therealgirl wrote: »

I used to work in a kinda plush resteraunt, here in Ireland, where I came out with around 80 quid a night with tips...them were the days

Done bar/floor work part time for a couple of years in my early 20's, getting really crappy wages. On a good night the tips could be up to double my earnings.

My name is URL

bluewolf wrote: »

In restaurants yeah

I really hate the idea of being expected to tip at restaurants. In the US; many places include a service charge and people are still expected to tip. You'll get dirty looks if you don't put forward the all holy 15%... I've even seen it in a few Irish places lately.

Having food that you have paid for brought to your table isn't an additional service.. If you barge into the kitchen and start plating up your own food there aren't going to be waiters thanking you for making their job easier.

Stheno

Generally yes

If service is poor I don't or I reduce it.

Usually add on 10% I remember working in bars/restaurants and tips making a big difference to my overall pay

mikemac1

Book a table for two and no service charge
Book a table for 8 and there will often be a service charge

Only in the restuarant business do they charge you more if you are a good customer and spending plenty
Any other business and you'd be getting a discount!

Example

Cedrus

It's been a while since a restaurant server inspired me to leave a tip, I don't really mind getting dirty cutlery or the wrong order so long a it it is changed quickly and gracefully, but too often I get a "it's nothing to do with me response". When the food quality is weak,I've been told "Its what everyone wants, you're the only person complaining" There will be no tip from me on those evenings. BUT, the missus always insist on a 10 % supercharge, regardless.

False Prophet

Im Irish and living in Ireland so dont tip. :cool:

Imo I always think tipping is a bit of showing off/charity.

That said i used love getting the extra tip from a summer job when helping americans etc

Mr Simpson

I tip if the service is good, I don't if it isn't. Hookers have bills too ya know.

Liveforrugby

I tip, and have always tipped, at the beginning to ensure a great service

Stheno

Liveforrugby wrote: »

I tip, and have always tipped, at the beginning to ensure a great service

What do you do if the service is rubbish then?

niallu

I'd tip in restaurants and when getting the hair cut.

Not so much in taxi's though. Might round it to the closest euro but thats it.

I think the american way of tipping is stooopid though.