Tipping

flutterflye · 31-08-2011 12:20PM #1

What's the point of tipping?
I only ever tip if it's included in the charge, or if I believe that a person has does an excellent job.
I never understand why only certain services are tipped.
It's very un-pc not to tip, but I don't care!

http://www.mint.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/110302-MINT-TIPSa.png

(Waits for 'funny' jokes about penis tips, cow tipping etc..
Newsflash - they're not funny lads!)

MugMugs · 31-08-2011 12:21PM

What did the leper say to the hooker? Keep the Tip!

jester77 · 31-08-2011 12:23PM

It doesn't make a lot of sense in Ireland where the minimum wage is very high, whereas in other countries where there is no minimum wage the staff need these tips to survive.

But in saying that, good service with a smile always deserves a tip.

FetchTheGin · 31-08-2011 12:23PM

Here's a tip, shut up!

ronaneire · 31-08-2011 12:24PM

Best tip ever.......

Don't stand up in a canoe

--Kaiser-- · 31-08-2011 12:24PM

flutterflye wrote: »

(Waits for 'funny' jokes about penis tips, cow tipping etc..
Newsflash - they're not funny lads!)

This is just the tip of the iceberg

MugMugs wrote: »

What did the leper say to the hooker? Keep the Tip!

vangoz · 31-08-2011 12:28PM

I'n Japan its an insult to tip..... its great

wonton · 31-08-2011 12:28PM

I also kinda hate the way waiters seem like they are sometimes only nice or overly nice just for the fact that they want a better tip, and then when you leave it or give the person the tip you are wondering if its enough.

but ye I dont really tip too much but I do say keep the change to taxis and pizza delivery people just to round it up sometimes.

--Kaiser-- · 31-08-2011 12:28PM

Tipping? It's not just a city in China you know

mathie · 31-08-2011 12:31PM

flutterflye wrote: »

What's the point of tipping?
I only ever tip if it's included in the charge, or if I believe that a person has does an excellent job.

Why did I ask a question and then answer it myself?
I guess its because I asked a question and answered it myself.

Chuck Stone · 31-08-2011 12:31PM

All those tips go to pay for the up keep of Tipperary.

No?

Hangs head.

HavingCrack · 31-08-2011 12:34PM

Just back from living in the US for a while and the tipping thing there drives me insane. Since it's expected even crappy service apparently 'deserves' 15% of the bill. When tipping becomes de facto mandatory it sort of defeats the point of the whole concept.

--Kaiser-- · 31-08-2011 12:41PM

HavingCrack wrote: »

Just back from living in the US for a while and the tipping thing there drives me insane. Since it's expected even crappy service apparently 'deserves' 15% of the bill. When tipping becomes de facto mandatory it sort of defeats the point of the whole concept.

Same views as Mr. Pink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-qV9wVGb38

DjFlin · 31-08-2011 12:42PM

I used to work in retail, and the odd tirme people would try to tip me. This one time, I had helped a guy decide what to get his son for Christmas. Off he went to the tills to buy an Xbox. Comes back to me 5 minutes later, Xbox in hand, and offers me a tenner for helping him out. I didn't accept it, but jaysus was he persistent.

It seemed really strange to me, I always tip my waiter in the restaurant/bar when the service is good, but I never thought people tip retail.

patmac · 31-08-2011 12:53PM

Here's a good tip
Don't eat yellow snow!

Eever · 31-08-2011 01:02PM

MugMugs wrote: »

What did the leper say to the hooker? Keep the Tip!

:eek:

I tip 10% if the service was grand. I guess because that's what's expected. I'l tip more if the service was great or they somehow went above and beyond. But if the service is crap I won't tip at all. If someone has been rude and unhelpful I have no idea why someone would tip them. My boyfriend does it automatically. We'll go out somewhere and the waiter could be downright nasty and the service in general absolute crap and out of habit he throws down 10%. He kinda goes by a "10% for crap service and 15% for good service".

I tip waiters & delivery drivers. I don't tip hairdressers or taxi drivers.

lastlaugh · 31-08-2011 01:04PM

I only ever tip when I have too many black bags and they won't fit in the Wheelie bin.

My name is URL · 31-08-2011 01:06PM

I usually leave about €2-3 if the service is decent. Can't be arsed doing the whole 12.5 or 15% thing. If they expect a fixed amount to be paid as a tip they should include it on the bill as a service charge.

When I lived in the US I used to get some seriously dirty looks from waiters if I only gave a few dollars tip instead of the holy 15% which might only be 50 cent extra. Some places over there actually include a service charge and still expect a tip.. fcuk that. Larry David had it right, man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4f7KiiB6dM

Beggared · 31-08-2011 01:15PM

If you are already paying €10.00 for a burger made with €1.50 worth of meat I can't see the justification of charging an extra 12.5% service charge to eat it seated at a table. Never mind the gall of expecting another tip for carrying it to the table.

kingtut · 31-08-2011 01:41PM

jester77 wrote: »

It doesn't make a lot of sense in Ireland where the minimum wage is very high, whereas in other countries where there is no minimum wage the staff need these tips to survive.

....but why should they have to get tips to supplement their wages? Surely the boss should be paying them a decent salary!

If I was in a country where there was no minimum wage I'd be asking my employer for a fair wage and not for tips. So many employers get away with murder! :mad:

kingtut · 31-08-2011 01:44PM

Eever wrote: »

I tip 10% if the service was grand. I guess because that's what's expected.

Why not tip because you want to tip and not because it is expected!! Makes no sense to me to do it because it is 'expected'

Who says it is expected?

Eever · 31-08-2011 02:03PM

kingtut wrote: »

Why not tip because you want to tip and not because it is expected!! Makes no sense to me to do it because it is 'expected'

Who says it is expected?

I don't know really, I just thought it was the norm. I think I'd feel a bit mean walking out without tipping if the waiter did nothing wrong.

CardBordWindow · 31-08-2011 02:27PM

If you leave the restaurant without paying anything, then you don't have to worry about tipping!!

OldGoat · 31-08-2011 02:41PM

I like to think of a tip not as a gratuity for a service already carried out but as insurance of continuing good/exceptional service. If I find a place that I like then tipping gets me better service on return visits.

I buy barstaff a drink every now and then so that on the hectic weekends when the punters are 3 deep clammering for redbulls I can just stand at the back, nod to 'my' barman and carry on chatting with friends in the sure knowledge my drink order is being reddied and will be brought to me. Thats the service I tip for.

Retrovertigo · 31-08-2011 02:46PM

I've a tip for you, try using the search function before starting a thread that's already been done to the death.

mconigol · 31-08-2011 03:12PM

OldGoat wrote: »

I like to think of a tip not as a gratuity for a service already carried out but as insurance of continuing good/exceptional service. If I find a place that I like then tipping gets me better service on return visits.

I buy barstaff a drink every now and then so that on the hectic weekends when the punters are 3 deep clammering for redbulls I can just stand at the back, nod to 'my' barman and carry on chatting with friends in the sure knowledge my drink order is being reddied and will be brought to me. Thats the service I tip for.

A bit like protection money then?

:pac:

HavingCrack · 31-08-2011 03:25PM

kingtut wrote: »

....but why should they have to get tips to supplement their wages? Surely the boss should be paying them a decent salary!

If I was in a country where there was no minimum wage I'd be asking my employer for a fair wage and not for tips. So many employers get away with murder! :mad:

Welcome to America. Waiters might only be paid $1.00 an hour or something and expected to make the rest up in tips because the restaurant owners are too mean to pay decent wages.

DjFlin · 31-08-2011 06:53PM

I don't believe that a tip is a tip if its added to the bill. You should tip because service is good, and you want to tip. Not because you have to.

starlit · 31-08-2011 06:54PM

Ya if I know the waiter/waitress I will tip them and if they gave a good service I definitely tip them! Either tip them a euro or two or tip them what ever change I get when I pay for my meal.

flutterflye · 31-08-2011 07:04PM

Why not til the girl at the till in tesco, or the lady in the shoe shop, or the security guy in the shopping center, or the receptionist at the hotel your staying at?
I just don't get it.

Whenever I go to dinner with friends (which isn't often mind), but I always feel pressured into tipping.

Know it's not important, and done to death, just bothers me.

DjFlin · 31-08-2011 07:06PM

How do people feel about tip jars? A friend of mine hates them, apparently one of the waitresses is a horrible b*tch, and she still ends up getting a tip because the jar is split. On the other hand of course, it means the cooks get a tip, which is good, because they are the ones making your food after all.

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