2boxers

different culture (uk/us over here irrc the staff don't rely on them where as over there they do)

yes & no depends where it is & how the service has been-i wont 'guilt tip' if they've just been utter ***** or rude

if i do isn't 10% of the cost the norm?

retired_the gizmo

shocker.

the follow up statement will be that you've never encountered exceptional service

retired_secretdiet

whs, why should i pay them extra for doing the job they are meant to do

2boxers

i do round up with taxi's etc. though say if its £4.30
i'll give them a fiver etc. probably as my dad was one when i was a kid

retired_nauticaperson

shocker.

the follow up statement will be that you've never encountered exceptional service </BLOCKQUOTE>

yeah I encounter it a fair bit.

ul

retired_traci29

never tip bar staff unless i'm ordering cocktails, usually tip waiting staff but usually less than 10% unless it's they've put up with some serious **** from me and put up with it well.

don't really see why i should tip bar staff for 'good service' when serving drinks is possibly the easiest customer service job there is.

retired_traci29

oh and taxi drivers aren't getting tipped from me, ever, because they're all twats.

retired_vini

whs, why should i pay them extra for doing the job they are meant to do </BLOCKQUOTE>

Exactly you dont tip a bus driver for driving you to work so ehy tip a waiter for just doing his job they get feck all off me unless they are female and show me plenty of cleavage

retired_nauticaperson

completely agree.

retired_traci29

it is pretty arbitrary as to which customer service professions expect tips. when i worked in a music shop i'd spend far longer, on average, with a customer than bar staff would. i'd need to know a hell of a lot more in terms of product knowledge, i'd need to know my way round a shop really quickly, i'd need to know release dates of loads of different albums / games / books / dvds, i'd need to know which other releases the customer might be interested in, i'd need to know about which different formats things were available in and why.

basically a far harder and more in depth job than any bar job short of cocktail mixing, but the idea of giving a tip would never enter a customer's mind, and nor would i have expected one.