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I used to work in removals, and was amazed how people who'd gladly tip a waiter a fiver for bringing a plate or two would either tip a quid or more often nothing to some poor bastard who's spent the last 8 hours sweating his ******** off moving the entire contents of your house.
I think a lot of it is people like to be seen to tip. If it's a worker they never expect to see again and none of their friends are about to be impressed by their largesse, they just **** you off. *****, tbh.
Restaurants: Generally I tip. Normally about 10% fo the meal value, up or down dependent on service. Though I only do it as it's almost frowned upon by society if you don't.
Bars: Nope. Never. Not for pouring a drink.
Hairdresser: Occasionally. About 10-20% of the time I'll leave them an extra quid.
Taxi drivers: Round it up to the nearest quid, unless it's a big fare then I might round it up to the nearest fiver.
Generally though I don't believe in tipping in the UK. Nobody tips me. Nobody comes up to me after I've delivered a training session and says "Hey, that was great, here's a couple of quid!".
Even in my younger days when I've worked in jobs where I've served people (And been paid virtually nothing) like in shops and supermarkets, I've never received or expected a tip, and I've worked far harder than people who write an order on a notepad then carry a plate of food 10 yards. Can someone explain to me how that tipworthy, in comparison to people doing other jobs where they don't get tipped?
That said, just come back from India and I was tipping like a madman over there. There's such poverty over there and they all earn so very little that it only felt right to leave them something extra.
In the UK and Ireland waiting staff are paid better than elsewhere so tipping isn't really 'expected' as much. That being said I'd always leave at least 10% in a restaurant. When abroad in Spain each year where they're living off their tips I'd always leave 15%.
Originally posted by Lathund:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Splendid:
Must blow working food prep in the UK. Tight bastards.
Or perhaps the base wage for those jobs is higher in the UK, hence less tipping is expected?
I've seen very different customs with regards to this between different countries. </BLOCKQUOTE>
indeed, minimum wage is now over £5/hour, so you're talking $11/hour at least, how much do waiters get in the US?
There's plenty of jobs that pay minimum wage and don't get tipped, so if they don't require it then waiters/hairdressers/taxi drivers don't need it either.
since working in the kitchens at a restaurant, where any tips received had to be put into a jar to be split evenly (amongst only the bar staff and waiters/waitresses) at the end of the night, i dont tip. if the management think the serving staff deserve more pay for what they do than me (working on minimum wage and effectively doing the same amount of work as all of the waiters combined), then they should pay them more in basic wage - they make enough profit to be able to anyway.
if tips were split between ALL the staff on low pay then i probably would be more inclined to leave them something. or if it was 50 years ago and tipping would result in preferential treatment at the place, then i would be more inclined to tip. but they dont, and its not...
Originally posted by theis:
Always tip 10% in restaurants. More if the service was exceptional.
Annoys me immensely though if out in a big group I will always chuck a quid or two extra in for the tip and then some people will only pay their share exactly. Leaves the table with a tiny tip on a huge bill when we've been a pain in the arse to serve. I can see why most restaurants stick a mandatory service charge on large groups. Was a little annoyed the other week though when we came across a restaurant which stuck a mandatory service charge of 15% on.
me and the gf have refused to pay 15% service charges before. i wouldn't recommend it if you're paying by card.
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