Do You Tip?

[ImMACnificent]

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Originally Posted by malteze_bubbleg i usually tip at 15%..... i know many servers work hard to get tipped....if they deserve it i will always tip...if they didnt give a good service i dont mind tipping less though... my bf is the worst tipper though!! hes emberassing!!!!!!i make sure i run out before him...cos one time he tipped the server like 18 cents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!most of the time i force him to tip because even if its just a few dollars.

YIKES!!!! 18 cents. WHY would he think that was even remotely okay?! Heh

 

[JustDivine]

No not really. The minimum wage requirement means that by law all servers/waiters/waitresses must be paid x amount and are not principally reliant on tips....I guess this reflects in the tipping system here...its not that uniform and is generally very discretionary.

The "10% service charge" included at the end of the bill.....sometimes I pay it, sometimes I don't. Depends on how I feel and the service. I only tip if I think the service was worth a tip. Otherwise I request the service charge to be removed.

 

[Simply Elegant]

My average is about 25% for average service. Below average is 20% and above average, 30%. I'm a broke university student too, but they work hard for their tips and I understand it's a tough job and I think it's only fair. Like others have said, if I can't afford it, I'm not going to give less of a tip. I don't think it's right.

 

[HeavenLeiBlu]

I always tip for good service.... never less than 15%... usually 20%, and then round up to the dollar. For poor service, I don't. I rarely recieve poor service, though.

 

[HeavenLeiBlu]

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Originally Posted by TISH1127 ^^^ Ditto...If you can't afford the tip get Take Out

PREACH!!!!!!

 

[vocaltest]

Honestly? Not really. As JustDivine, there is a minimum wage requirement etc here.

Generally I don't eat out a lot, but when I do, it depends on the service, i.e how nice the waiter/waitress was etc. Maximum will be £2.50 if I do.

When I was 15/16 I briefly worked in a pub, and all the tips went into a jar and was split between the bar staff, waiters/waitresses, kitchen staff/chefs. I know some people will disagree with this, but it annoyed the hell out of me that we all had to split it. For me personally when I tip someone its because THEY have provided me with a good service, so as selfish as it sounds, I felt that I should have kept that tip if it was left for me. Funny how all the waiters/waitresses agreed, but the kitchen staff/chefs didn't lol, and they were on considerably higher wages!!

I work in a hairdressers now, and before I worked there I never even knew about tipping hairdressers! I always think the trainees deserve more tips than they get.

 

[OfficerJenny]

I tip no matter what, even if it is only 2-3 dollars :c

 

[CantAffordMAC]

I just wanted to post again: I think I said this before, that I do always tip. But like I said before, if it was shitty service (Ive had my share) I wont be afraid to leave u $2.47 as a tip...seriously the times that Ive felt like not tipping anything, I gave anywhere from 1-3 dollars (but usually less than 3)

My friend that I always go out to eat with, gets mad at me if I leave a shitty tip but im sorry, if I received really bad service, they dont deserve my money/a good tip IMO. I know what its like to work for tips, but u know what? I deserve the tips that I make because I never give attitude or shitty service. And if someone still doesnt want to tip me thats their perogative, it wouldnt be the first time it happened.

But Im not gonna feel bad for someone who works for tips, and automatically tip them "well" because I know they need it--NOT if they dont provide good service. I will still leave u something, but seeing 2 dollars on the table should show u that u could be a bit better at ur job. So my point is: Ill always tip, but when ur shitty, u get a shitty tip. When ur awesome you'll get an awesome tip.

 

[MiCHiE]

I still feel bad when I think about this.....I used to go to a year-round, hand car wash. The wash I would get was $7 and I tipped $3. These guys did awesome work and I remember waiting for them to call me from the waiting area one day and I looked at some of the people waiting with me, clutching $1 or in one lady's hand, she had some change! How damn wrong can you be? Washing a car is not my thing.....obviously, not theirs either. I valued a man who could do it in 97º or 32º. And, I was driving a little '01 Sentra. Some of these folks had SUVs and whatnot!

 

[CantAffordMAC]

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Originally Posted by ♥MiCHiE♥ I still feel bad when I think about this.....I used to go to a year-round, hand car wash. The wash I would get was $7 and I tipped $3. These guys did awesome work and I remember waiting for them to call me from the waiting area one day and I looked at some of the people waiting with me, clutching $1 or in one lady's hand, she had some change! How damn wrong can you be? Washing a car is not my thing.....obviously, not theirs either. I valued a man who could do it in 97º or 32º. And, I was driving a little '01 Sentra. Some of these folks had SUVs and whatnot!

See thats the thing. id never tip someone a dollar or something, unless at a restaurant where i truly feel disrespected. But sometimes I dont go by percents either. I dont have time to be pulling out my phone and calculating...I got my bangs trimmed a few years ago, they charged me $5, I gave her $5 as a tip. Lol I just give what i give! If someone hand washed my car, and they charged $7 Id probably give them I dunno at least $5.

But then again I probably overtip a lot. lmao. One day me n my friend went out to eat, and our bill was $21. well I left like 5, he left another 5...the guy was great

 

[Little Addict]

I always tip unless there is a shift change during the last minute of the meal, since then the person that was serving me / us never receives it.

it's usually double the tax.

 

[MiCHiE]

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Originally Posted by CantAffordMAC If someone hand washed my car, and they charged $7 Id probably give them I dunno at least $5. But then again I probably overtip a lot. lmao. One day me n my friend went out to eat, and our bill was $21. well I left like 5, he left another 5...the guy was great

Right. I didn't think anything of it. I would just hand the cashier a 10 or 20 and the 3 odd $$ would go to the washer. I didn't think to look at what everyone else left until I would pull up and 3-4 washers would run up to my car LOL. Apparently, I was making their day.....and this was before the MAC, so it had to be the cash LOL!

 

[Zantedge]

I do tip, but I really wish I didn't have to. I hate having to worry about how much to tip etc. I only tip because I would feel like a bitch if I didnt... It's usually about 15%. But sometimes I will tip more, it just depends. Unless it was really bad service, then I would leave less.

 

[sharkbytes]

Always...I'm a firm believer that the tip is part of the service. Your bill covers the meal you ate, and the tip covers the fact that it was served to you. If I can't afford to leave a decent 20% tip, then I'll stay home and cook. If I'm really dissatisfied, I'll speak to someone in charge.

 

[yodagirl]

I always tip 20%...If the service is really good, then a little more. I've never really had awful service anywhere to tip less than that. My hair lady, on the other hand, always gets a monster tip...but she does freakin' wonders on my hair so its worth it lol

 

[Lapis]

We tip 20-25% for good service, if my server is good but the kitchen screwed up, I still give a good tip but I then complain to the manager about the food.


If something is delivered you get $10 tip, put it together and each person gets $20

 

[Stephy171]

i used to never tip untiil i was a sever and i saw how it felt to work hard and not be tipped especially when you do give very good service! so i always tip even if i think service was bad i just dont tip as well as usual lmaoo.... hehehe

 

[jenjunsan]

I usually start at 20% for "expected" service in a resturant and go up from there if the service deserves it. At a bar, the bartender usually gets a dollar for every drink. Some nights it really adds up (LOL) but it is worth it because they know it is coming and I don't have to sit there at the bar holding my money out hoping that I get waited on soon. Of course, the cost of living here is much lower than other places, so a dollar might not seem like much, but my friend who is a bartender said that is really good if I am giving it every time. If I have a tab run, then I usually give 20% then too. There is only one time in my life (I am 36) that I did not leave a tip and the waitress was the most horrendous person I have ever seen. I have no idea where she disappeared to but it took us 2 hours to get our food to the point where the cook came from the back hollering her name to find her because the food had been ready and was getting cold for several tables. Then when she could see that we were not happy, proceeded to flirt with my boyfriend like that would make it all okay. I was floored! Anyway, that was the only case. I will look at my fiance and raise an eyebrow if I don't think that he is tipping enough. I know servers work their butts off and I always go out to eat with the assumption of at least a 20% tip added to the bill.

 

[jenjunsan]

Sorry, computer double posted

 

[BarrelOfDonkeys]

I tip hairdressers and pizza delivery people, but that's it. I haven't eaten in a non-fastfood restaurant since I was like 12 and I'm pretty sure fast food places aren't allowed to accept tips.