Do You Tip?

Mendonca In Asdas

Listening to the radio on the way home tonight , they were having a discussion about 'tipping' how women tip more than men when eating out / having their hair done etc etc, just wondered what fellow lifers did?

I know my son opens the front door, grabs a pizza and slams the door without a second thought of giving the delivery driver anything, i berate him for it , but he says 'Dad , he 's just doing his job'.

For me it depends on what kind of mood i'm in and how friendly the person helping me is.

ValleyGary

Never tip a delivery man...Never have done.

I tip in restaurants and my barber.

church-lane

normally tip takeaway drivers a quid, barber a couple of quid and tip taxi drivers and restaurant staff between 10 and 15%. The rest can do one.

paulie8290

Mendonca In Asdas said:

Listening to the radio on the way home tonight , they were having a discussion about 'tipping' how women tip more than men when eating out / having their hair done etc etc, just wondered what fellow lifers did?

I know my son opens the front door, grabs a pizza and slams the door without a second thought of giving the delivery driver anything, i berate him for it , but he says 'Dad , he 's just doing his job'.

For me it depends on what kind of mood i'm in and how friendly the person helping me is.

Have to say I agree with your son

Does a train driver get a tip for driving a train ?
Does a receptionist get a tip for answering the phone?
Does a builder get a tip for putting up a wall?
Does a sales assistant get a tip for putting things on shelves?

So why should a delivery driver or a waiter or a taxi driver get a tip for doing there job description

WSS

https://youtu.be/V4sbYy0WdGQ

Baldybonce

My barber's worth the quid tip just for humouring me for 15 minutes.

shirty5

Restaurants, Taxis and Barbers.

ValleyGary

paulie8290 said:

Mendonca In Asdas said:

Listening to the radio on the way home tonight , they were having a discussion about 'tipping' how women tip more than men when eating out / having their hair done etc etc, just wondered what fellow lifers did?

I know my son opens the front door, grabs a pizza and slams the door without a second thought of giving the delivery driver anything, i berate him for it , but he says 'Dad , he 's just doing his job'.

For me it depends on what kind of mood i'm in and how friendly the person helping me is.

Have to say I agree with your son

Does a train driver get a tip for driving a train ?
Does a receptionist get a tip for answering the phone?
Does a builder get a tip for putting up a wall?
Does a sales assistant get a tip for putting things on shelves?

So why should a delivery driver or a waiter or a taxi driver get a tip for doing there job description

Restaurant staff including chefs have a portion of their salary stated as 'tronc' which is the tips collected and divided between all workers. So it's actually important to tip in restaurants especially in London.

MrLargo

Tip my barber. If a restaurant takes the liberty of including a service charge automatically, as most seem to these days, they get nothing on top of that. If there isn't a service charge I'll usually be generous.

newyorkaddick

I wrote a treatise on tipping several years ago - it's a relatively light read in case anyone is interested:

http://newyorkaddick.blogspot.co.uk/2006/08/tipped-over-edge.html?m=1

paulie8290

ValleyGary said:

paulie8290 said:

Mendonca In Asdas said:

Listening to the radio on the way home tonight , they were having a discussion about 'tipping' how women tip more than men when eating out / having their hair done etc etc, just wondered what fellow lifers did?

I know my son opens the front door, grabs a pizza and slams the door without a second thought of giving the delivery driver anything, i berate him for it , but he says 'Dad , he 's just doing his job'.

For me it depends on what kind of mood i'm in and how friendly the person helping me is.

Have to say I agree with your son

Does a train driver get a tip for driving a train ?
Does a receptionist get a tip for answering the phone?
Does a builder get a tip for putting up a wall?
Does a sales assistant get a tip for putting things on shelves?

So why should a delivery driver or a waiter or a taxi driver get a tip for doing there job description

Restaurant staff including chefs have a portion of their salary stated as 'tronc' which is the tips collected and divided between all workers. So it's actually important to tip in restaurants especially in London.

Still paid a salary which meets NMW there are plenty of people out there paid NMW and don't get tips, when they have done what is in their job description same as waiters and chefs, so why are waiters better than the average Joe, why do they deserve a tip.

Henry Irving

Of course

Always give the blackjack dealer a few chips.

Uboat

shirty5 said:

Restaurants, Taxis and Barbers.

This.

10%, £1, £1

paulie8290

Henry Irving said:

Of course

Always give the blackjack dealer a few chips.

Are they the crispy ones in the bottom of the bowl

IA

I always give waiters tips on how to improve their service.

Baldybonce

paulie8290 said:

ValleyGary said:

paulie8290 said:

Mendonca In Asdas said:

Listening to the radio on the way home tonight , they were having a discussion about 'tipping' how women tip more than men when eating out / having their hair done etc etc, just wondered what fellow lifers did?

I know my son opens the front door, grabs a pizza and slams the door without a second thought of giving the delivery driver anything, i berate him for it , but he says 'Dad , he 's just doing his job'.

For me it depends on what kind of mood i'm in and how friendly the person helping me is.

Have to say I agree with your son

Does a train driver get a tip for driving a train ?
Does a receptionist get a tip for answering the phone?
Does a builder get a tip for putting up a wall?
Does a sales assistant get a tip for putting things on shelves?

So why should a delivery driver or a waiter or a taxi driver get a tip for doing there job description

Restaurant staff including chefs have a portion of their salary stated as 'tronc' which is the tips collected and divided between all workers. So it's actually important to tip in restaurants especially in London.

Still paid a salary which meets NMW there are plenty of people out there paid NMW and don't get tips, when they have done what is in their job description same as waiters and chefs, so why are waiters better than the average Joe, why do they deserve a tip.

A good or bad waiter can make or break a night out but I get your point about taxi drivers, they are hardly hard done by. ( I always seem to get a West Ham one who can bore for England)

ThreadKiller

I think you have to be extremely mean not to tip in a restaurant. Like was said, they are low paid and at times the tips are used to make up the staff wages. I think in USA they expect 20% but UK it's 10-15%. Anything less and you are just a common cheapskate, trying to rip off some of the lowest earners in society.

Takeaway delivery usually give a couple of quid yet I don't tip the shopping delivery people.

Halix

I tend to refuse to pay the optional service charge that restaurants place on a bill and instead leave a cash tip for the waiter if the service is good. I dont think the service charge normally goes to the staff and is often retained by the restaurant. I dont like it when they leave a a space on the credit card machine for tips.

I always tip pizza/ curry delivery drivers / barbers a couple of quid, and the same to cabbies- dont tip anyone else such as bin men.

kentaddick

for me a haircut should cost £20, if i go to a place that charge less than £20 they can keep the change. No matter how much it is.

taxi drivers i tip, waiting staff i definitely tip. Apart from that, sorry.

Chizz

Take away deliveries - always. (But it's never occurred to me to tip an Ocado delivery).

Always round up the cost of a hair cut.

Always tip - more generously in a restaurant that I know I will want to return to.

bolloxbolder

kentaddick said:

for me a haircut should cost £20, if i go to a place that charge less than £20 they can keep the change. No matter how much it is.

taxi drivers i tip, waiting staff i definitely tip. Apart from that, sorry.

£20 for a haircut!! Never pay more than £9, so give a £1 tip

Gravesend_Addick

I Always tip 10% in a restaurant unless they include a service charge then they get nothing. Cheeky fuckers! !

cafc999

Agree about not tipping when a restaurant puts a service charge on the bill.

Chizz

I sometimes take off the service charge and give the waiter a cash tip.

Carter

Entirely depends. If a takeaway delivery is early they get a couple of quid extra. If a waiter or waitress looks after me they get a few quid 10% seems fair but often a fiver or tenner however the exact amount will be left for crappness and a vow never to return

Barber gets the change so normally a quid but cabbies can be cunts. I'll tip depending on them. Bulgarian who needs to ask directions gets nowt.

Binmen used to get a tip or a box of chocolates but the messy bastards have pissed me off lately and been making more mess than they clear. And lost my wheelie bin. Twunts

North Lower Neil

Restaurants 10% unless they've been particularly good or bad.

And yeah the Service Charge thing annoys me - don't assume!

Taxi drivers, barbers I'd round up.

Same with delivery drivers but if I'd paid online first etc I'd not bother.

kentaddick

bolloxbolder said:

kentaddick said:

for me a haircut should cost £20, if i go to a place that charge less than £20 they can keep the change. No matter how much it is.

taxi drivers i tip, waiting staff i definitely tip. Apart from that, sorry.

£20 for a haircut!! Never pay more than £9, so give a £1 tip

saw comment, looked at your hair in your profile picture.

MRW

se9addick

paulie8290 said:

Mendonca In Asdas said:

Listening to the radio on the way home tonight , they were having a discussion about 'tipping' how women tip more than men when eating out / having their hair done etc etc, just wondered what fellow lifers did?

I know my son opens the front door, grabs a pizza and slams the door without a second thought of giving the delivery driver anything, i berate him for it , but he says 'Dad , he 's just doing his job'.

For me it depends on what kind of mood i'm in and how friendly the person helping me is.

Have to say I agree with your son

Does a train driver get a tip for driving a train ?
Does a receptionist get a tip for answering the phone?
Does a builder get a tip for putting up a wall?
Does a sales assistant get a tip for putting things on shelves?

So why should a delivery driver or a waiter or a taxi driver get a tip for doing there job description

Can you not see the clear difference between taxi/pizza/barber and receptionist/sales assistant etc ?

If not then I can't be bothered to get into a debate about it, it just demonstrates the difference between our standards.

Carter

Oh and bar staff. Shirty ones don't get a drink bought for them, friendly ones that remember which place in the queue I am or very attractive girls always are offered a drink for themselves

WSS

Like in the Oak?

jdsd42

In the restaurant i will always make them take the service charge off my bill if it is discretionary which most of the time it is .

I will tip on according to service - I also like to know the tip goes in their pocket - always Feel that if you include when you pay by card the waiters/ waitress won't see it ... So always do cash tip.

My barber gets a £1 .00

Taxi or mini cab depends on their attitude

Always always tip the strippers and the dancers at hooters