Tips at restaurants

You know were not in the US right?

You don't have to tip. I do if the waiting on staff have made the dining experience better. If not then they wont get anything.
 
I'd actually like to tip if someone goes beyond and makes an effort in their job or if something goes wrong and they bend over backwards to rectify it unprompted... but the whole culture around it is very hit and miss and more often than not you seem to offend someone trying to tip them than anything else :S
 
I'm happy tipping because I'm not tight or Scottish, bur the latter can be excused because the extra couple of quid from the welfare cheque can be used to pick up a bottle of Bucky for the drive home.
 
I tip if the service has gone above and beyond and I also have some cash in my wallet. The latter is extremely rare, I much prefer to use card to pay for anything I purchase.

Service staff relying on tips is like me relying on my overtime. I budget my life around my basic wage and do not rely on the extra bonus OT brings. I do not feel bad if I do not tip, which is generally the case, as you do not have to tip.
 
I am Scottish and if i get good service i will always tip. TBH i don't really care what the conventions are, if the waitress/waiter has been nice to me have no issue about giving them a few quid.
 
NexusK said:
That's a thing? I sit there and wait for my change even if it's only 10p lol.
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Same here. I never tip taxi drivers as they are raping us with their fees anyway. Why give them more for driving a flipping car ? Like driving a car is hard work ! lol
 
I tip if service is better than expected in good restaurants in uk.

I don't tip taxi drivers, its already expensive and I am not sure why I should tip them for not crashing
 
Currently work as a server in a hotel restaurant & bar whilst studying, as mentioned previously we do get paid a decent enough wage to survive on with a few treats every now and again.

Tipping in our place is generally proportionate to the service, if I work with one of the others who puts a bit of effort in and makes our guests feel like they are being looked after we do well, if it's two numpties serving who don't have any social skills (the biggest problem is them not being able to tell when they are being annoying) we won't do so well. I'm not sure why they don't realise putting a bit of effort in directly benefits everyone.

This does make me more of a stringent tipper when I'm out though, in a restaurant or bar I find I'm more critical of the server and unless they impress me I don't really leave a tip.

Very occasionally tip takeaway delivery drivers (the rule I have with our local domino's is if they can bring 3 correct orders in a row I will give them a decent tip, they don't get it often!). In a taxi I usually just round up to the nearest pound to save messing with lots of coins.
 
I'm going out for a meal tonight, how much should I arbitrarily add to my bill regardless of levels of service above and beyond actually receiving basic levels of service and what I've asked for?
 
Amazed at the number of people that don't tip! I always (assuming decent service) tip about 15% in restaurants. If it's a regular restaurant or bar you'll generally get better service in the future. If it's a busy bar and you're there all night, give a great tip on the first drink and you'll get great service all night.

I also tip taxis and the local Easter European car cleaners, and at Xmas bin men, window cleaner etc
 
I never go in restaurants but anywhere else I would tip if given outstanding service but this is so rare, I think it's happened about twice in 10 yrs.
 
I don't tip for anything. My girlfriend is a waitress part time so tips mean a lot to her - if we both go out to eat she'll insist on leaving a tip. Good karma I suppose.

Sagalout said:
Amazed at the number of people that don't tip! I always (assuming decent service) tip about 15% in restaurants. If it's a regular restaurant or bar you'll generally get better service in the future. If it's a busy bar and you're there all night, give a great tip on the first drink and you'll get great service all night.
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I give my best service day in day out at my job, if I received a tip it would be classed as a bribe! I shouldn't have to tip at a bar to get good service on already highly marked up drinks.
 
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Sagalout said:
Amazed at the number of people that don't tip! I always (assuming decent service) tip about 15% in restaurants.
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I'm not amazed at all, people like to talk big about wealth redistribution and moan about levels of spending by government because they aren't the ones doing the paying. Likewise, giving poor workers a token of appreciation from their own pocket is too much because its their money they are having to give out.
 
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