[Macca267]

Do you tip? If so, do you have minimum standards that need to be met before you do so, or do you feel obliged t leave money no matter how you found the experience and the service?
What percentage of the bill do you leave, or is it a flat sum?

Personally, I'm not amazingly comfortbale with tipping. I'd prefer not to have to leave money, seeing as I've already paid for the food. If they want to pay their staff more then they should either take the money out of their profits or increase their food charges.
I have some sympathy with the idea that the money helps boost the workers' earnings, but in that case, why don't people tip at McDonalds, where many people work unsociable hours, in a nasty environment for the minimum wage???

[Macca267]

Forgot to add, I actually tip 10% of the bill. I do this at all restaurants, apart from McDonalds/Burger King etc.

[Macca267]

superledger, on Feb 26 2006, 08:58 PM, said:

I like the idea of tipping.  Well, when it is a thank you for good service.

I don't leave a tip when I've had bad service and I'll tell them why too.  I also hate the argument that 'the staff depend on it for wages'.  That's not my problem.  If the owners paid them a fair and decent wage, a tip would be exactly that.

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This has got me thinking about why we tip, historically-speaking?
Some professions get tips, and others don't. I'm sure a lot of people tip their window-cleaners/milkman (although this probbaly has a lot to do with knowing them personally) whereas you wouldn't normally tip the ticket-seller at the train station, no matter how good the standard of service was.

[emporer_mendoza]

When im really drunk, i tend to tip hot barmaids a lot more than i should, usually more than what my Guinness & double JD comes too.


*note* i know there hot barmaids because i see them when im sober.

[Macca267]

emporer_mendoza, on Feb 26 2006, 09:25 PM, said:

When im really drunk, i tend to tip hot barmaids a lot more than i should, usually more than what my Guinness & double JD comes too.


*note* i know there hot barmaids because i see them when im sober. 

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I've never understood why people are nice to attractive women they don't know.
Have any of those barmaids ever kissed you or played with your genitals as a thank you?
It's the plain or unattractive girls you need to be tipping!!!!

[redtone is welsh]

I hate places that include a service charge. I've previously asked for the service charge to be removed a couple of times when there's patently been little service on offer. This who situation where you should feel obliged to tip is wrong.

If the service is good though I'll happily tip.

I'm not sure why tipping remains in some service industries but not in others. Postmen used to get big tips around Christmas time but I'm not sure that tradition remains anymore.

[emporer_mendoza]

Macca267, on Feb 26 2006, 09:30 PM, said:

emporer_mendoza, on Feb 26 2006, 09:25 PM, said:

When im really drunk, i tend to tip hot barmaids a lot more than i should, usually more than what my Guinness & double JD comes too.


*note* i know there hot barmaids because i see them when im sober. 

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I've never understood why people are nice to attractive women they don't know.
Have any of those barmaids ever kissed you or played with your genitals as a thank you?
It's the plain or unattractive girls you need to be tipping!!!!

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I have got into a few of them like, not the really hot ones, but they where ok, good looking enough to say i would hit that like.

[Macca267]

emporer_mendoza, on Feb 26 2006, 09:38 PM, said:

Macca267, on Feb 26 2006, 09:30 PM, said:

emporer_mendoza, on Feb 26 2006, 09:25 PM, said:

When im really drunk, i tend to tip hot barmaids a lot more than i should, usually more than what my Guinness & double JD comes too.


*note* i know there hot barmaids because i see them when im sober. 

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I've never understood why people are nice to attractive women they don't know.
Have any of those barmaids ever kissed you or played with your genitals as a thank you?
It's the plain or unattractive girls you need to be tipping!!!!

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I have got into a few of them like, not the really hot ones, but they where ok, good looking enough to say i would hit that like.

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So it does work then. :parry" :parry" :parry"

[emporer_mendoza]

Macca267, on Feb 26 2006, 09:41 PM, said:

So it does work then. :parry"  :parry"  :parry"

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Well its all about the conversation too, when im drunk im a charmer me.
Proof of this is when i went into maccies drunk with me mates, it kinda started as a dare i guess, and tip the girl who served me, and while we was waiting (for ages i may add) i chatted for a while, and she ended up coming out with us after work.

[theredfella]

I always leave 10% in a restaurant or 15 if the service has been really good. However if I was really appalled with the service then I wouldn't give them a brass tack. Also whenever I go out on the lash, I always buy the first barperson who serves me a drink purely so you're guaranteed to get served quicker later on .

[Moose]

I thought this was going to be a thread about cow tipping in polite society. :Diouf:

[Vegabear]

theredfella, on Feb 27 2006, 11:36 AM, said:

I always leave 10% in a restaurant or 15 if the service has been really good. However if I was really appalled with the service then I wouldn't give them a brass tack. Also whenever I go out on the lash, I always buy the first barperson who serves me a drink purely so you're guaranteed to get served quicker later on .

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Good plan, Stan

[Vegabear]

Moose, on Feb 27 2006, 09:50 PM, said:

I thought this was going to be a thread about cow tipping in polite society.  :Diouf:

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???

[benji]

Vegabear, on Feb 27 2006, 08:59 AM, said:

Moose, on Feb 27 2006, 09:50 PM, said:

I thought this was going to be a thread about cow tipping in polite society.  :Diouf:

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???

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http://en.wikipedia....iki/Cow_tipping

[De Angelis]

Macca267, on Feb 26 2006, 09:16 PM, said:

superledger, on Feb 26 2006, 08:58 PM, said:

I like the idea of tipping.  Well, when it is a thank you for good service.

I don't leave a tip when I've had bad service and I'll tell them why too.  I also hate the argument that 'the staff depend on it for wages'.  That's not my problem.  If the owners paid them a fair and decent wage, a tip would be exactly that.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

This has got me thinking about why we tip, historically-speaking?
Some professions get tips, and others don't. I'm sure a lot of people tip their window-cleaners/milkman (although this probbaly has a lot to do with knowing them personally) whereas you wouldn't normally tip the ticket-seller at the train station, no matter how good the standard of service was.

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Why people tip - historically speaking of course

as a former service industry operative [i used to be a waiter when i was younger], i have to say that tipping is VERY important. of course the restaurants etc, should be paying more, but for whatever reason, the staff count on the tips that they get as it's usually a great way to get tax free cash money.

when i was a waiter, i was fortunate enough not to have to split my tips [a common practice] so every penny that i made, went into my pocket. it wasn't unusual for me to come away with at least £50 extra a week [the most i made in one night was £156 - got to love corporate bookings].

as a rule, i tend to tip 10% or a bit more. as a former waiter, i tend to be more critical of someone's service. if their shite, they get nothing, and like superledger, i tell them why. on rare occassions where the service has been exceptional, i ask to see the manager so that i can tell them just how good the service was [i've still got letters sent into the restaurant after customers i've served have written in to say how good i was].

i also tend to tip my barber everytime i see him. this pretty much ensures that if there's a queue waiting, i get bumped up a few places