Im British and Dont understand tipping

Hikari Kisugi said:
If land isn't claimed, isn't being used, and he lays claim to it for a period, then the wasteland can become his if he fulfils the criteria, but I sure as hell don't want his mud hut on my land, I paid for it, and it is costing me dear.
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Don't think that bit is true any more. I don't remember when, but recently they abolished squatters rights completely and made it virtually impossible to claim unused land through occupancy alone.
 
Arthur Hucksake said:
Who owns a lay-by off the M1? Who owns a stagnant swamp land that isn't suitable for building homes on? Nobody does, that's why it's sat there.

Should be law that if you buy a piece of land, you have to state the purpose and have so many years to act on it, or it goes back nature. The whole planning permission thing seems to have gotten lost somewhere.

There's a house shortage and you've got acres of bust up wasteland just sat there because people are rich and lazy.
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Thread derail alert? Tip the lay-by owner maybe?
 
For me - usually £1-£2 for a £10 haircut, round up to the nearest £1 for a taxi and a couple of quid per head at an Indian restaurant. I did offer to tip the Tesco grocery deliveryman one Christmas but he said it would be a sackable offence if he accepted?! :confused: Paperboys get tipped at Christmas don't they?
 
Jumper118 said:
because minimum wage is less?
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NOPE
platypus said:
No minimum wage in America so a lot of pay comes from tips.
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NOPE
BadMojo said:
Because their employer pays them **** all.
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Winrah

The American federal government requires a wage of at least $2.13 per hour be paid to employees that receive at least $30 per month in tips. If wages and tips do not equal the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour during any pay period, the employer is required to increase cash wages to compensate.

Obviously some states have higher minimum wage than that

It's a sickening and disgusting practice where the consumers are basically paying the majority of a staff members wages via tips just so the owner can save money
 
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Tips are pretty old fashioned/American.

By now it should all be included in their wages. If someone feels like giving a tip it should be upto them, not expected because they are underpaid.
 
Craterloads said:
I don't tip anyone aside from take away drivers. Why the hell would you tip the barber or a taxi????

edit - boobies I see :)
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I tip my barber all the time but very rarely anyone else.

My barber is a one man shop and a local independent business that only charges £6 which is very little every 4-6 weeks so I don't mind giving him £10 sometimes and telling him to keep the change.

he never rushes even when it's busy too unlike some places
 
Normally around 10-15% tips from me at a restaurant.
Haircut costs 9 quid so just give them the full tenner.

Otherwise I don't typically feel the need to tip.
 
arknor said:
I tip my barber all the time but very rarely anyone else.

My barber is a one man shop and a local independent business that only charges £6 which is very little every 4-6 weeks so I don't mind giving him £10 sometimes and telling him to keep the change.

he never rushes even when it's busy too unlike some places
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My barber is loaded, busy every day and has a couple of trainee barbers which he swaps and changes every few months.

But yes I can see why you would.
 
I always tip :).

Included most of the people listed; Barbers, bartenders, waiters / waitresses, taxi drivers...

I'm a student and I work part time on a bar too. I personally just consider it the norm. I just think it's showing extra gratitude, like, an example I can think of would be several years ago I needed some data taken from a failed hard drive, the company that did it (Also did tech support and PC related things for my dad's office) were not 'cheap' but I did give the guy that I dealt with and that recovered a tip, enough for an after work drink for example.
 
why should you show extra gratitude towards people doing their jobs.

what are you so grateful for? people might as well tip self service tills for doing their job and not breaking down or giving you the incorrect change
 
Meh, whatever the service it's usually just rounded up to the nearest quid in a "keep the change" fashion. Unless in restaurants, where it's typically 10% if good service. More if exceptional.
 
I just consider it the norm, being a nice & polite customer.

Having worked in hospitality part time for a while on and off, between travelling and being an older student, I just know how absolutely dire being a waiter or waitress is for the majority of the time.

Also, minium wage really is not that much especially for young people, so I often sympathise.

I went to Handmade Burger recently with a friend, and as per usual, left a small tip on the table as I left. I will frequently tip waiting staff that deal with a big group of me and my friends very well too (£10-£20).
 
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