Tipping; do you still do it?

Chin Stroker · 22-12-2012 10:48PM #1

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 · 22-12-2012 10:51PM

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

Now they are repeated ever two bloody hours!

mikemac1 · 22-12-2012 10:52PM

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

Lenin Skynard · 22-12-2012 11:13PM

Just some occasional cow tipping.

Shryke · 22-12-2012 11:16PM

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 · 22-12-2012 11:19PM

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 · 22-12-2012 11:25PM

No.

Chin Stroker · 22-12-2012 11:27PM

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 · 22-12-2012 11:30PM

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

MadsL · 22-12-2012 11:40PM

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

Wanderer2010 · 22-12-2012 11:40PM

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 · 22-12-2012 11:43PM

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

mikemac1 · 22-12-2012 11:48PM

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 · 22-12-2012 11:53PM

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 · 22-12-2012 11:54PM

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 · 22-12-2012 11:55PM

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

Sunnyisland · 22-12-2012 11:58PM

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 · 23-12-2012 12:06AM

Still tip?! Never did it in the first place

Pottler · 23-12-2012 12:08AM

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 · 23-12-2012 12:10AM

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

Sar_Bear · 23-12-2012 12:11AM

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 · 23-12-2012 12:11AM

Yes

3ndahalfof6 · 23-12-2012 12:14AM

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

Chin Stroker · 23-12-2012 12:15AM

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 · 23-12-2012 12:16AM

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 · 23-12-2012 12:19AM

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 · 23-12-2012 12:20AM

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 · 23-12-2012 12:21AM

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

Just some occasional cow tipping.

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

Mint Sauce · 23-12-2012 12:22AM

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 · 23-12-2012 12:22AM

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

Doom · 23-12-2012 12:23AM

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

Tipping; do you still do it?

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