Tipping

I usually don't really care what I tip. I always put in some random five dollar bills out of my pocket, I mean I never got the system. So I think what I give them is enough even when the service is not that great.

 

I base it off both. I pretty much always tip between 12% and 20%. I use the low end of the scale if service wasn't that great and the higher end if they were really good and helped make my experience better. If they're really good, I will sometimes mention it to their manager as well. I know it's not a financial gain directly, but getting praise like that can certainly boost what kind of tables you're given in the future.

 

I don't do a percentage. I just think if I was the help, how much do I think that I deserved. And they get a bonus if they are a good looking woman. I probably tip more than I should but it's not a big deal to me.

 

I tip based on the quality of service I receive, effiency of it and how enjoyable whatever I have had was. The better the service the bigger the tip.

 

I tip 20% regularly. If the service is poor, I do take off money, but I don't have specific percentage.

People live off those tips, so I do what most people do and tip the "correct" amount.

 

This is something that I have never understood or been comfortable with. Isn't it a legal form of begging?

I only found out a couple of years ago that you are supposed to tip your barber/hairdresser, which I find weird because what are you tipping for? For them doing a good job, which they are supposed to do anyway? I tip my barber £2 every time I get my head shaved, which is every two weeks.

 

Most often, you tip them because if you don't, they don't even make minimum wage. Tips are a built-in feature of the service industry, and sadly it's a way for employers to reduce labor cost by passing the responsibility of wage to the employee and the customer. This makes sense for the employer, but if the customers aren't the tipping kind, then the employees suffer needlessly. This isn't true in every single tipping circumstance, but it is quite common.

 

I don't really have a set number that I tip. I usually just gauge it by the situation. If I'm by myself or if there's just two of us, then I'd usually tip a bit less, but if we are out as a family and the servers are pretty much teaming up just to keep up with us, then I do tip a lot more to show them appreciation for good service. Also, if I'm particularly happy with a server for being extra pleasant and extra attentive, I do also tend to tip a lot more than I usually would, just because I want to encourage them to continue on with the way they do their job.

 

When I eat out I often leave a symbolic tip if I like the waiter because if I don't I leave nothing. Times are not easy to leave 10% tips anymore, that is something of the past, so I am just tipping if the service was good, if it wasn't what's the point in leaving money for a bad service?

 

All my tips are based on the service I receive. I rarely eat out and even then at the cheaper places. Call me what you want but I don't see the point of leaving a tip when I'm trying to save money by eating and ordering the cheap stuff. And let's not get started about bad service. If the staff is rude and it takes forever to receive your order, should you tip? Nope.

 

I usually tip around 10%, more if I have good service. Where I live, they get minimum wage no matter what, so the tips are just extra on the top. There have been times where my service has been horrible and I have not left a tip, hoping to prove a point to the server. I do not believe in just tipping because it is supposed to be the norm. I believe they have to earn their tips

 

As a current food industry employee, I understand how valuable tips actually are, which is why I try to give between 20-25% whenever I can. If you look deep into your server's eyes, you can see the struggle they're going through probably trying to make ends meet, working paycheck to paycheck, and servers don't get paid very well at all. Most money servers make come from tips alone. People who don't tip or tip like 5% are the bane of our work.

 

I don't do a percentage as well. Sometimes I don't even base it on the quality of service.

Honestly, I'm more of the 'keep the change' kind of person, but of course if the change is a big amount, I'd take a part of it and I'd leave a part of it for the restaurant. It really just depends on the change I receive from the bill. I tend to just leave a few bucks just out of a habit.

 

I was looking forward for a topic like this. I have a thing with tipping. At least in my country, restaurants and pubs pay their staff very little hoping that the tips will cover the rest. the staff is not at all motivated to offer good service in order to receive tips and they feel like they're entitled to the tip no matter what. And I would like to discourage this type of practices. I only base my tipping on the service and nothing else.

 

I tend to agree with this. Although there was a time when i felt like i should not have to tip. I was a lot younger then. I am more wise today. I feel like 10% is a very fair tip.

 

The standard in the US is 15%. If I dine in fastfoods, I will do it by discretion, only when the counter person was really good. If the service was really fantastic, I would give up to 25% of my bill. I think tipping really helps promote better customer service.

I think it's also good that before you go to a certain place, you try to find out what the rule in tipping is. I've seen some tourists who get into trouble with the servers, just because they do not give tip because that's the rule in their home country.

 

Tipping is always a hot topic. Every region has its own ideas about tipping and when people travel they often don't consider the customs of the place that they are visiting. For me, tipping means that when I dine out, my bill is going to be x% higher than it is on the menu.

If the service is poor, I will withhold a tip. Servers make a minimum wage here and if they do a minimal job, that is all they are getting even if they feel entitled to more. Conversely I will tip 20% for good service.

I will not tip the newspaper person who gets my morning paper to me at 9:30AM (It is too late). I don't tip the mailman or the barber as they are making a good wage and really are just doing their job. It seems that many people in a wider variety of occupations now expect a tip. It has gotten out of control.

 

I think 10% as suggested in the post is the most I can give. How much would they be expecting? But I think 10% is the best amount so that you do not feel like you gave someone money for nothing.

 

I used to wait tables, so I know what it's like. I don't go out to eat if I don't have the extra cash to leave a tip. If the person does a good job, I generally tip between 20 and 25 percent. If they are slack, though, I do tip much less.