Services you tip?

Fiver for my haircut, which is about 10%.

10% for restaurant service. More if it if exceptional, less if it is poor, sometimes none. I absolutely detest restaurants that add on service automatically, but whilst I do, I don't usually complain but NEVER leave anything more. I never tip pub table service, though I occasionally tip pubs which have table service for drinks as I like it a lot.

Taxi's I just usually round up to something depending on how chatty / drunk I am.

Delivery dudes get money rounded up. They never seem to have any bloody change anyway.
 
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Tip?

Service has a price, I pay the price.

The motivation for people to do a good job should be fear of getting the sack, not getting paid extra for doing the job they are already paid for.
 
I usually tip delivery drivers and waiters, whatever change I happen to have on me at the time. My missus gets embarrassed when I leave a mountain of coppers but she'd rather leave nothing than a couple of quid in 2p's and 5p's.

Lucky we don't live in America where you tip anyone and everyone. My favourite is valet parking, you're not not allowed to park your car yourself, oh no, you have to be robbed by the valet parking attendants instead. And bartenders, how hard is it to pour and pass me a beer? Is a tip really necessary?
 
Why do people here tip taxis but not bus drivers or train drivers?

The only reason I don't tip is not because I think the service was bad, simply because I see no difference between say a restaurant or any other service I'm paying for. Unless you tip everyone for everything you buy then it's just a bit strange and hypocritical really.
 
Russinating said:
Why do people here tip taxis but not bus drivers or train drivers?

The only reason I don't tip is not because I think the service was bad, simply because I see no difference between say a restaurant or any other service I'm paying for. Unless you tip everyone for everything you buy then it's just a bit strange and hypocritical really.
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You only tip service. You are not tipping the newsagent for selling you a paper - he makes his money through the mark up. People in service roles don't make a lot of money through their wage and tips are a recognised part of their remuneration. As such they are a part of our culture (and of course tipping and remuneration practice vary between cultures).
 
I use a system of negative tipping. If everything is as it should be they get no tip because they did the service that was paid for. For every error or inconvenience I add a negative tip.

Sometimes I eat for free.
You do have to be prepared to run away an never go back to that establishment.
 
Getting tighter the older I get.

Delivery guys certainly, so long as they havent taken ages. Would never tip a hairdresser as you're already paying for the cut. I dont tip taxi drivers as its expensive enough, plus you'd never tip a bus driver would you?
 
Skidder said:
You only tip service. You are not tipping the newsagent for selling you a paper - he makes his money through the mark up. People in service roles don't make a lot of money through their wage and tips are a recognised part of their remuneration. As such they are a part of our culture (and of course tipping and remuneration practice vary between cultures).
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Not UK culture it isnt, and never has been.

People in service roles should look to improve themselves and get better jobs if the pay isnt good enough, those that are unable to do that will just have to make the best of having a low paid job.

Thats the way it is, and their failings are not my problem.
 
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Not UK culture it isnt, and never has been.

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You are quite simply wrong. It is a part of our culture to tip in restaurants and has been for a long time.

There is debate as to the roots of tipping with either ancient Rome or medieval Britain cited.

I am not saying I love every aspect of tipping but it seems to me you're inventing your own history/culture in order to justify being a tight wad.

This is quite interesting "
•Tipping appeared in coffeehouses and pubs in 18th-century England. Signs reading "to insure promptitude" adorned prominently placed containers to encourage patrons to tip in order to hasten service, according to Sharon L. Fullen, who has written about tipping practices in "The Complete Guide to Tips & Gratuities." Customers also started tipping in exchange for an unique service, and tipping became a marker of social status. During this period, household guests also tipped the servants of their hosts; the money given to the servants was known as "vails." At first guests offered vails for good service, but eventually vails became expected."



http://www.ehow.com/about_6192417_history-tipping.html
 
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Food delivery £2
Taxi - Round up to nearest £ or nearest £+1
Restaurants - 10% (rounded to nearest £)
Barber (usually round up to £10 so about £2 tip)
Prostitute - Can't say I've ever measured it :D
 
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