Tipping

[yorkie1999]

It's when people just throw their stuff in the ditch that really annoys me.

[Samilktray]

Its just a nice thing to do really isn't it

[Carl the Llama]

I usually tip and if I go into a place in the last quarter of an hour before they close I'll tip double so they don't put jizz in my food next time.

[leicsmac]

5 minutes ago, Carl the Llama said:

I usually tip and if I go into a place in the last quarter of an hour before they close I'll tip double so they don't put jizz in my food next time.

https://youtu.be/sNTuR-WD6os

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

1 hour ago, AKCJ said:

Yeah but my point is that when you have a meal you tip your specific waiter. Card tips are generally split between everybody whereas cash tips should go straight into the waiter's pocket.

 

I once worked at a hotel/restaurant where even the gardeners received a portion of the tips and the management were found to be pocketing a higher percentage than everyone else.

 

 

 

They aren't, in fact cash tips are more likely to be split between waiting, bar and kitchen staff. Card tips go through and come up on wage slips.

[the fox]

38 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

 

You'll definitely not like america then!

 

 

They don't add the tax on until you get to the till - the Price displayed. for a CD,  a shirt for anything, is NOT the price you end up paying.

 

 

Apparently people here prefer it that way because then they know how much tax they are paying.   

 

 

Seems odd to me and still catches me out even after being here for nearly 7 years..

I thought you were joking for a sec until I googled it, Are they serious! 

 

If i'm buying a product, you better believe that i'm only paying for the listed price of said product, imagine picking up two pounds of oranges for 2.99 a pound, that's 5,98. So if I saw that I have to pay (let's say) 7 dollars for them, i'm afraid that I would lose it. Why isn't the listed price 3,50 dollars a pound,WHY! where is the extra 51 cents coming from? Am I tipping the farmer now?

 

Things like this do my head in, sometimes I think Americans deserve trump and vice versa

[AKCJ]

Just now, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

They aren't, in fact cash tips are more likely to be split between waiting, bar and kitchen staff. Card tips go through and come up on wage slips.

Yes, but you're missing my point.

 

Waiting staff don't get a list of gratuities with every specific tip they've earned. They're always split between the staff (like I say, where I once worked even management and gardeners got them  ). If you're serving Mr Smith and Mr Smith tips you a tenner you won't see that tenner, it'll be split between however many people.

 

 

At the end of the day, it depends on wherever you work.

 

I worked behind a local pub when I was 18. Generally earned about 150 quid in tips over the course of a week in the summer. That was a case of everything goes into the jar and you get a split of it depending on how many hours you worked. Often did 70 hour weeks.

 

Did the same as a waiter at the restaurant i've been on about (expensive place, 10% added to every bill before anything else) and generally did 40/50 hour weeks. Probably earned £30 a month in tips.

[Russell sprout]

2 hours ago, Carl the Llama said:

I usually tip and if I go into a place in the last quarter of an hour before they close I'll tip double so they don't put jizz in my food next time.

How do you know they haven't already put giz in your food befour you've tipped them?

[Carl the Llama]

8 minutes ago, Russell sprout said:

How do you know they haven't already put giz in your food befour you've tipped them?

Because nobody has time to crack one out when you're trying to get this last dickhead's order done so you can leave on time.

[Nalis]

I'm fine with tipping 10% or higher if I feel like it but absolutely hate the way its becoming part of our culture in the UK where you feel obliged to tip and receipts are printed/totalled in such a way that you have to go out of your way and feel like a right awkward bastard if you are paying less than total plus service.

 

Also, where does it stop? In a restaurant it used to be just leaving anything extra so if you tipped 4% because you had that in change then so be it. Now I've seen more and more places stick down 12.5% as 'discretionary service charge'. When the fvck did this start happening?

[Smudge]

On 04/05/2017 at 16:30, the fox said:

I thought you were joking for a sec until I googled it, Are they serious! 

 

If i'm buying a product, you better believe that i'm only paying for the listed price of said product, imagine picking up two pounds of oranges for 2.99 a pound, that's 5,98. So if I saw that I have to pay (let's say) 7 dollars for them, i'm afraid that I would lose it. Why isn't the listed price 3,50 dollars a pound,WHY! where is the extra 51 cents coming from? Am I tipping the farmer now?

 

Things like this do my head in, sometimes I think Americans deserve trump and vice versa

I don't understand the outrage. It's called State sales tax. most States charge about 6-7%. Four states including New Hampshire don't have any sales tax. I can't speak for every state but the ones I've lived in, don't apply the tax on food. 

[Smudge]

As to tipping I, I think it encourages great service if you are a frequent user of a restaurant. We used to frequent a certain bar several times a week and I always tipped 20-25%. Which sounds a lot but on a $25 tab the difference between 15% and 20% is $1.25, however it's much appreciated by the staff. We would always be welcomed like family and often treated to free appetizers and sometimes the manager would just comp the bill altogether.

[Rob1742]

I think it's really awkward. I tip decently now ( I think) , but when things were tight, it made it awkward that you needed to add some tip on top when you could hardly afford the meal / service in the first place. 

 

So I can fully understand someone not wanting to tip due to finances, and I used to feel awkward when I couldn't afford to tip much / at all. 

 

I remember making an excuse to myself that the service wasn't brilliant, so they don't deserve it, but in reality I just needed every penny I had and it was me just trying to justify it. 

 

Now I tip fairly well, and that has its rewards. Amazing how somewhere full, isn't full anymore if they know you are a regular or you tip okay. 

 

If there is a service charge already added, I never leave a tip above that. I would feel uncomfortable to do so as I would feel I was being done. I am very consistent with this. 

 

If I do tip well and the waiter / waitress is young, I feel good as that might make a difference to their night and that pleases me. 

 

This weekend so far I have tipped £47 over two meals and a taxi. Percentage terms it was about 15% one meal, 10% another and the taxi man got £6 for a £4.20 fare. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dr The Singh]

I tip according to the good looks of the person serving me

[Jattdogg]

On 2017-5-4 at 10:39, pSinatra said:

I'm quite surprised at the lack of tipping in this thread.  I generally tip for most things, particularly if I use the same service on a regular basis.  My hair costs £9, but I always give her a tenner & a couple of quid extra.  I pay for a trade bin but lob the binmen a bottle of whiskey here & there to keep them sweet.  They'll always take any extra waste I've got, which they're not obliged to do so.

 

What I don't agree with are service charges in restaurants.  If you're going to add a service charge to my bill as a matter of course, then it should be added to the prices on the menu.  This goes for tipping in America.  Pay your staff a proper salary & if you have to put your prices up, so be it.

 

It should be someone's choice to tip or not.  If you effectively stand there with your hand out & demandingt a tip - all you're doing is pissing me off.

The reason they dont do this is based most likely on psychology.

 

Lets just say a steak dinner costs £ 21.99 but because you want service charges added to the meal (and not the bill )  they now list it for £25.99 you might be less inclined  to order that meal in the first place. 

 

Here in canada its the same garbage. They dont pay wait staff well to help keep the menu prices looking low. Then when presented with a bill they conveniently have the quick choose tip option (on the debit machine pad) starting at 15%  then list 20% and 25%.  We get taxed to shat here in north america and i hate it. 

 

Everyone expects a tip nowadays.

 

As much as I hate tax i am in the crowd that would rather know my steak dinner was £25.99 final cost including  all applicable taxes and anal cavity gouging

[RonnieTodger]

I only give taxi drivers extra money if the price is awkward and I'll just round it up. Pretty much always do for waiting staff, even though it'll be shared among kitchen staff too. Usually it'll be 10% unless the bill is massive.