Tipping

Requiem4adream · 27-01-2008 03:20AM #1

Wanna hear some boardsies policy on tipping?

I always tip regardless of service given - reason being most waiters/waitresses/delivery boys get paid sh1t and generally do a good job.

Couple arguments in the last week with the girlfriend though - for example out at the cinema (No Country for Old Men - quality!!), grabbed a pizza hut before the film, after we were seated he served 2 tables who arrived after us first, then took forever getting all our stuff to us, didnt get time to finish everything had to leave a soldier on the field (1/4 of a bbq deluxe, gutted), came to €43 gave him €50, keep the change.

her contention was the food was sh1t, service was bad and i still tipped and that i should reserve tips for good service.

hopalong85 · 27-01-2008 03:22AM

She was right tbh. I tip but not if the service is bad. In this case it was bad dude.

P.S. No country for old men is quality. Agreed.

cazzy · 27-01-2008 03:28AM

I will always tip in restaurant but the tip might not be good if the service was bad. I never know about glorified takesaways such as pizza hut or eddie rockets. (~usually tip in pizza hut alright) do other people tip in these places ?
Never no if i shud tip in hairdressers though and then if i decide i will it is always so arkward.

Zaph · 27-01-2008 03:38AM

Well my opinion is that service that bad doesn't deserve a tip, and even if you felt you had to leave something, €7 on a €43 bill is far too much.

Tragedy · 27-01-2008 03:46AM

I tend to tip about 10% in restaurants if the service is good, €1-€2 for a round in a pub and if its a nice taxi-man, around a fiver.

Crazy Christ · 27-01-2008 03:49AM

I tend to tip around 500 Euros as I am obscenely rich. I hate having too many notes in my pocket. Can't be bothered with the damn stuff.

Nah not really. Usually tip taxi drivers

bucks73 · 27-01-2008 03:51AM

Yep....I would never tip for service I wasnt happy with or where a service charge was included. If service is shoite and food is crap, as in your case, theres no way they are getting a tip.

Chunky Monkey · 27-01-2008 04:43AM

I always tip pizza delivery guys cos it seems like a such s*** job to depend on, especially in my area. With regards poor service in restaurants I sometimes wonder is it that the waiter/ess has a chip on their shoulder or that their boss is a total prick who has sucked the soul out of them.

Ruu_Old · 27-01-2008 04:51AM

First time I tipped was a pizza delivery person on my first trip to the US, pizza was around $8, I gave him a $20 and told him to keep the change. I think it made his day.

Worst one I left was 1 cent from a ignorant cnut of waiter who acted like he couldn't be arsed.

FunkZ · 27-01-2008 04:51AM

Tip if they're sound and good workers...

27-01-2008 05:03AM

I feel that I am getting a bit tippsy after yet another tipping thread.

phasers · 27-01-2008 11:05AM

I tip for good service, they deserve their crappy wages if they give poor service
same goes for taxi drivers

my hairdresser is brilliant though,I've been going there for years and aways leave at least a fiver

pid() · 27-01-2008 11:10AM

I always tip because I hate carrying change around.

Mossy Monk · 27-01-2008 11:35AM

I tip no one. Minimum wage is good enough for everyone.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 27-01-2008 11:56AM

Requiem4adream wrote: »

her contention was the food was sh1t, service was bad and i still tipped and that i should reserve tips for good service.

IMO your GF was correct.

And with experience you'll learn, women are ALWAYS right.

Tipping in general...

If I'm a regular in a certain place I'll generally be a generous tipper as I know it ensure's better service in future, ie I'll tip upwards of 15%.

If its a first visit the service would have to be first class & friendly to get a tip.

I don't feel obliged to tip taxi driver's, however most are sound and I'll generally around up a fare.

Of course I won't tip bus driver's etc, you can't. But I will always thank them when I'm getting off the bus.

Delivery guys I tip, I've done the job and it can be sh*t.

mikemac · 27-01-2008 12:09PM

Poor Service: Complain straight way, don't tip and then rant on boards

Average Service: No tip, be polite and possibly use their business again.
Good Service: Tip but no more than 10%.

My rant: Why does the waiter get a tip for carrying plates and Ivan who is in the bowels of the kitchen busting his ass scrubbing pots and pans get nothing?

He deserves it far more.

Last guy I tipped managed to deliver a takeaway order in 8 minutes. Now that's fast and he deserved the tip.

Tip a taximan? If he's in a 10 year old battered Toyota Corolla I figure why tip when he won't provide a modern car for his fares.
And if he uses a modern 07/08 reg car I figure he is doing well so again no tip.

Collie D · 27-01-2008 12:16PM

micmclo wrote: »

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My rant: Why does the waiter get a tip for carrying plates and Ivan who is in the bowels of the kitchen busting his ass scrubbing pots and pans get nothing?
He deserves it far more.

Depends on the restaurant. Some places split tips with kitchen staff. In others, kitchen staff are paid more. Waiting staff will be offered a lower wage on the understanding that they can improve this with tipping.

27-01-2008 12:31PM

Never tip a taxi driver, I don't see a point. Would never tip in a bar, once again, no point. Would possibly tip in a restaurant if and only if I feel they deserve it.

Minimum wage in this country and in America are 2 completely different things.

27-01-2008 12:38PM

Exactly Boneyarse.

We are fleeced in this country as it is....if a hairdresser or waitress can't live on their wages, that is theirs and their bosses problem not mine.

galwayrush · 27-01-2008 12:41PM

I tip when service is good, i tip well when service is very good
Bad service, no Tip.

Saruman · 27-01-2008 12:47PM

What country do you think you live in? this is not the US. you do not tip for bad service, it only promotes it.
I would only tip in a restaurant where the service was excellent. If im kept waiting for 20 mins for the cheque.. or worse.. get sick of waiting am forced to get up and go pay myself, ot if the service is just rubbish.. then no tip.

I do not think waiters etc get paid sh!t bu the way. They are probably better paid than someone working in Dunnes or Tesco.. do you tip them for ringing up your grocery bill?

Stop being a pussy and only tip when its deserved.

I have only tipped a barber once i believe, it was this year on new years eve in Athlone. He was a foreign barber, Im not sure where from and he was a perfectionist. He moved the scissors like a bloody Ninja and did the best job i have ever had from a barber.

I sometimes, not always tip the chinese delivery guy. He is a local here. It depends on the price of the food. If its €17 or so i will give him a €20 and leave it at that.

Plan_D · 27-01-2008 12:52PM

I tend to leave 10% unless it is bad to Very bad.

I tend to have discussions with my better half when the service chagre is included. As far as I know that is a tip. So I say only leave a couple of euro for the Waiter etc. She thinks tip as normal

Saruman · 27-01-2008 12:56PM

Plan_D wrote: »

I tend to leave 10% unless it is bad to Very bad.

I tend to have discussions with my better half when the service chagre is included. As far as I know that is a tip. So I say only leave a couple of euro for the Waiter etc. She thinks tip as normal

A service charge is a tip, you do not tip on top of that. That is why a lot of menu's will say service charge not included or something like that.

If you add money on to the service charge then it has to be outstanding service.

In france, tipping is the norm but its usually in the form of a service charge. You are not expected to give any more, unless things have changed.

kizzyr · 27-01-2008 12:58PM

Requiem4adream wrote: »

Wanna hear some boardsies policy on tipping?

I always tip regardless of service given - reason being most waiters/waitresses/delivery boys get paid sh1t and generally do a good job.

Couple arguments in the last week with the girlfriend though - for example out at the cinema (No Country for Old Men - quality!!), grabbed a pizza hut before the film, after we were seated he served 2 tables who arrived after us first, then took forever getting all our stuff to us, didnt get time to finish everything had to leave a soldier on the field (1/4 of a bbq deluxe, gutted), came to €43 gave him €50, keep the change.

her contention was the food was sh1t, service was bad and i still tipped and that i should reserve tips for good service.

Your girlfriend was 100% right. I stopped going to Pizza Hut because I got so fed up with the bad service, bad food and in general bad attitude from the staff and I've always found their restaurants to be filthy, food all over the floor and the toilets are disgusting. There is no excuse for that.
I only tip if I'm happy with the food and service. Never ever ever tip taxi drivers, it costs an absolute fortune to get into a taxi and for the most part the drivers irritate the hell out of me.

Toto Wolfcastle · 27-01-2008 01:04PM

I worked in a restaurant and was on less than minimum wage. The boss used to divide the tips between whoever was working on a particular night. He'd let the tips build up, then divide them, and we'd all get our money wrapped in paper with the date on it. It was like a savings account without interest! I worked the busiest nights of the week so I got loads, but those who worked on quiet nights, especially during the summer, got very little. This is fair enough because the busy nights were crazy whereas the quiet nights were spent chatting and then the staff were sent home early.

I really depended on those tips, and the job was fairly crap, so I tend to tip quite well when the service is good. I usually tip a little more than 10%. I always give the tip to the person who served me. Even if the tips are divided then at least he/she knows I appreciated the service. If the service/food is bad, then I wont tip.

I tip delivery men too, but once I had no change and the poor man looked distraught!

As for taxis, I do tip but I never know how much. The journey I take the most costs around 7 euro, so I usually give 8, but once I gave ten because I was delirious after a 4 hour bus journey!

Saruman · 27-01-2008 01:04PM

This thread could turn into a rant about Pizza hut service

I always find the same. The last time (have not gone to one since because of this) It was in the dundrum centre. I probably even ranted about it on boards

We were shown to our table and were there for over 30 mins watching our waiter take the order of people who came in after us. I said to my wife, if it happens again we are leaving.. sure enough the next group that came in got their order taken before us. So we left in disgust.

Janey.... how can you get LESS than minimum wage?

Toto Wolfcastle · 27-01-2008 01:19PM

Saruman wrote: »

Janey.... how can you get LESS than minimum wage?

I could be wrong but I think there are certain conditions before you are entitled to minimum wage, for instance age. I was 18 in my first year so:

From Citizens Information:

First year from date of first employment aged over 18 €6.92

However, after that I was definitely getting paid less than I was entitled to. But I was young and believed the boss when he gave me his excuses!

Also, it was a cash-in-hand kind of thing. :eek:

Saruman · 27-01-2008 01:33PM

No tax then? Or did he charge you tax on top of it?? Anyway way off topic but you could have (had you known better) taken him to court.

watna · 27-01-2008 01:42PM

If I get bad service, I purposely don't leave a tip. Good service I definitely do but never as much as %10. People are right, minimujm wage is not as bad here as places like the states. If everyone tipped this way then service would become better because people would make good money from tips.

Once, I went for dinner to an Italian restaurant with my girls. The meal was so bad and the service even worse that my friend refused to pay the service charge, and there was nothing they could really say about it when we explained all the things that went wrong with our meal (waiting for 40 minutes to take our order, my friends lasagne coming out still frozen etc). They should have given us free drinks or something but of course didn't. More people should do refuse to pay service charges if meals are bad. Then service will improve.

I've waitressed before, when I was 16. I used to get abot £10 pounds a day in tips (twas back in the day) and I really appreciated the exra cash. So I always do tip if the service was good. Saying that, I've never had such good service in Dublin that I've felt compelled to leave a generous tip. I have in other countries though.

ztoical · 27-01-2008 01:46PM

what do people think of places like o'briens having a tip jar at the till? I use to work retail [well known book store] and all the staff got pissed off seeing this tip jar, it was a tiny o'briens [in a shopping center] so they only had to walk a few feet to get everything, we had to do much more running around to get books/magazines/newspapers etc for people but you've never see a tip jar at the till of our shop.

with anything that has service like a cafe, taxi, hairdresser I tip but then I lived in new york for years so it was kinda kicked into me [thou still only if it was good service]

Gang of Gin · 27-01-2008 01:50PM

Tip a taximan? If he's in a 10 year old battered Toyota Corolla I figure why tip when he won't provide a modern car for his fares.
And if he uses a modern 07/08 reg car I figure he is doing well so again no tip.[/quote]

I like your thinking.

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