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I was thinking the other day...I like to tip well. If you go above and beyond, or provide exceptional food/service then I don't mind tipping.

I know European bros don't have tipping, it's more of an American thing.

Interesting because it strikes me as a kind of pseudo-communism in that you are spreading the wealth around and tipping whatever you feel like for services performed...not for a product.

Do you tip?
If so, what are your rules? 10% 15%?
Do you tip in non-traditional situations (curbside baggage checking, bell-hops, eating establishments where they are simply making your food to order)?
What are your thoughts on tipping in general?

If you have crappy service, will you not tip?

Apparently black people don't like tipping, what's up with that?

Americans are very classist. Menial work is seen as disgraceful here in a way it is not there.



Quite the opposite.

The tipper has the money and the power and the waiter does not. Service economy is fundamental to capitalism. In a true communist system, everyone would get equal share - "from according to one's abilities, to according to one's needs".



Yes.



Roughly. What small bills and large change I have are the main factors. I'm usually quite generous in tipping drivers because that's horrible work. I tip street musicians but do not give money to bums unless they are elderly and not on drugs.



It's a shill for refusal to pay living wage.



I don't tip bad service. At all. My parents give crappy service a reduced tip. I think that's stupid.



Apparently blond chicks love tipping, what's up with that?

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Normally, yes.


I tip waiters/waitresses anywhere between 0-25% based on service. If my experience at the restaurant was an absolute pleasure and if it was because of my waiter/waitresses attentiveness and personality then I don't mind tipping 20-25%. If my service was what I'd expect, I'd tip between 15-20%. If my service was horrible, if my waiter forgot about me, if my food wasn't prepared right (or if the order was wrong) then I won't tip.

There have been times when I've tipped contractors and delivery men. When I was building my front porch I had a lot of lumber and Azek boards sitting out front. When I received my second shipment of materials for my garage roof, I asked the forklift driver on the delivery truck to take all the materials around back for me; previous shipment and the current shipment. He did that without hesitating and I gave him $20 for helping me out. I figured it would've taken over an hour to move it all by hand, so I'd give him a little extra. Same with the HVAC repairman. He came out one day when my system was low on coolant. He recharged my system for cost but he repaired two holes in my coil for free. I gave him $20 as thanks. When the delivery guys delivered my new washer and dryer, they removed my old units, cleaned the floor, installed the new items and showed us how to use the programmable features. I gave each of those guys $10. When I had some waterproofing done in my house, I made sure I bought the entire team (6 guys) pizza both days they were at the house since they were doing such a fantastic job keeping the house clean while working. I felt all these guys went above their duties and I made sure I gave them a little something as thanks.

Pizza Delivery guys get 15-20% based on speed of delivery, but I started subtracting the 'Delivery Fee' from the tip amount since I'm being charged for a delivery.


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I haven't heard that... but if I had to guess, there's a "me first/gots mines" mentality at work.

black people most certainly do tip, just not nearly as much or as often as any other demographic.

foreigners don't tip well either.

sometimes I don't understand tipping

am I suposed to tip the pizza delivery guy? There was already a delivery charge...

It varies wildly from country to country. IIRC, England and some other countries tip like we do. Germans only expect the spare change left over, rounding up the bill to the nearest euro and the Dutch don't expect any tip at all.

Then again, servers in those countries actually make a livable salary.


I usually tip 15-20% in restaurants. If I know the server and they gave me the hookup, I usually go anywhere from 50-100% tip. I usually throw a dollar or two to a valet and I always tip my barber, but then again I've had her for almost my entire life. I usually don't tip in places where they make the food for me, mainly because due to the jars, the tips are spread out all around. If the food was excellent and I could tip the person who made it (NOTE: this is NOT the person who scooped everything out of third pans and threw it together... the person that cooked the actual food), I'd tip.


It depends on what you mean by "crappy". I can understand getting slow service or a delayed entree if the restaurant is packed and I also understand that if the kitchen fucks up an order, there's a decent enough chance it isn't my server's fault (decent enough as to where I don't penalize for it). However, I absolutely cannot stand shitty service when the restaurant is slow and I straight up don't tip people if I catch them in a lie. If the food is cold and there's not that many people in your section, that doesn't mean the kitchen fucked up, it means that you were too busy dicking around somewhere else to be there to pick up the food. Blaming it on the kitchen (which is every server's basic reflex) when it blatantly isn't is the best way for me to negate a tip.

EDIT: Yes, you're supposed to tip the pizza guy.
As soon as I order the pizza, I start a timer in my head. The tip starts at $3. When they give me the ETA, if the pizza comes before the 30-45 minutes or whatever, they get $3. If the pizza comes during the time, they get $2. If it comes 10-15 minutes after the time, they get $1.

Things like serving and valets are, due to their clientele, incredibly stressful jobs. Some nosepicker driving a car 10-15 minutes to give me a pizza that I'm already paying for his gas (what do you think the delivery charge is?) doesn't need to be lauded with praise, especially if he fucks up and my pizza comes cold.

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I got my haircut yesterday it was 15$ I tipped another 10

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I went to get my hair cut at a cosmetology school where students learn hands on how to cut people's hair.

Basically, the idea is they aren't professionally licensed yet, but they still give you a bitchin' haircut 9/10 times for half the price of a barbershop.

Bill was $8 for cut, shampoo and style. I tipped the dude $8 cause he did a hell of a good job and he was very personable. It would have cost about $16 pre-tip at a barbershop anyway, so what the hell do I care?


And yes Aestu, blondes love tipping. They usually prefer just-the-tip.

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Delivery guys get paid minimum wage or very close to it here generally. The $2 they might get for delivery barely pays for some peoples gas now. At the pizza shack Weena and I worked at they made $5.25/hour and got $2 for each delivery. Our delivery radius was 10 miles in every direction and farther in some cases. That $2 on every delivery would never, ever pay for the gas. Then you think about general car wear and such.

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From everything I've been told, food service in places like France and Italy is abysmal. The food is great, but you won't get anywhere near the type of service you get in America. You'll get your food whenever, you won't be asked how your meal is, etc. etc. This is definitely because of a lack of tips. If you aren't working for a tip, what incentive do you have to try to provide exceptional service?

A French girl told me this about food service in France, so I'm sure it varies in other European nations. I also heard about Italy from my brother who honeymooned there.

Italians drop your food off, then ride a scooter away saying "ciao".

Relevant:

My roommate works as a pizza delivery guy for Marco's. His gas is 100% reimbursed by the company and he makes a little more than minimum wage iirc.

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The tip in France is included in the bill. It's not optional, and is basically a service tax.


I tip because I'm not a pos. Usually between 15-20%. I try to avoid ever using non-restaurant services that basically require a tip. I move my own luggage, I order pickup over delivery when I get takeout, I hate valet parking, etc. I think tipping is an unfortunate necessity, because the wage is otherwise nonlivable.


Less. I can't remember the last time I had crappy service, though.

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From what I've heard about dining in France and the service offered...being forced to pay it for shitty service would infuriate me.