How much do you tip?

[Togs]

I dont tip pizza guys, thats just silly

at cafes and restaurants if the foods good considering what ive paid and the service has been ok Ill tip anything from 10% to 25%, but if the foods crap or overpriced or the staff are sullen arseholes I wont tip. If I get a taxi when im drunk then I tip as well.

Ive never personally never understood where this whole tipping thing came from- I mean why are we expected to pay more on top of what the food is worth? its jsut silly.

One thing that really annoys is the way some service people flat demand that you tip them- one dude at pizza hut actually ran out to catch me, asking if id forgotten something with his palm outstretched.

 

[Jesus Phish]

I dont tip. Tips are called service charge here. It's between 5-10% of the cost of the meal, sometimes more if they have to cater to large groups.

 

[FamoFunk]

Nothing, £0.00, Nada.

I'll say "keep the change" if it's a couple of pence, but no I don't tip.

I'd never go into a job expecting to be tipped.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

15%? What else?

 

[Synonymous]

I try to tip 15-20%, but I'm usually not dining at sit-down restaurants, and I don't live in an area where the pizza places deliver. (Well, one does, but it's right across the street, so there's no point.)

Regarding the OP, I can't figure out the reaction, either; even TipthePizzaGuy.com [http://tipthepizzaguy.com/] thinks you did well. I've heard about an old practice of adding $1 per pizza on multiple-pie orders, but even then, you're still in the clear.

 

[Danik93]

I don't tip. This is Sweden. We don't do that.

Pfft. It's 12% in sweden. That's what I tip at least.
Snåle fanskap

I lol'ed hard!

OT: In Sweden you rarely tip. Only on proper restaurants and if you are pleased with the service. They already get cash for serving us... me and my family tip from 2$ to 10$ it depends on the service.

 

[Fledge]

I wasn't aware that I was supposed to give the delivery guy a tip at all.

 

[Varitel]

I tip roughly 15-20% depending on quality of service. Once I did tip almost 30% on a good meal because it was a round number

 

[spiffleh]

I hate that tips are obligatory. I feel I should only tip when they do an especially good job.
But normally I tip 15% begrudgingly.

 

[Hollock]

I tip 15-25% as a former waiter i can tell you it sucks to work 12 and only making like 60$ (I worked at a place where a lot of the customers were foreIgnors and didnt realize how important tipping is (( and that happend once)))

 

[Neuromaster]

Like most, I tip 15%.

If I'm really impressed with the food and service, I'll tip 20% and ask the server to convey my compliments to the kitchen staff. I figure that hearing one of their customers thought their work was exceptional means as much or more than the extra dollar or two.

If I'm particularly disappointed with the food/service, I'll still usually tip 15%, but I'll ask to speak to the manager and explain what I found unsatisfactory. If I just go down to 10% they have no idea if something was wrong or if I'm just a cheapskate or what. Not to mention that many establishments pool the tips at closing time & split them evenly between the staff - I don't want everyone punished because one person screwed up. Better to tip normally and talk to the manager so they can take directed action at the individual who screwed up.

 

[templargunman]

If 20% of the price is less than 5, then I tip 5, if the tip is greater than 5, but less than 10, I tip 10, etc. I feel like there's no reason not to tip over the actual amount. I hate when people don't tip, and for some reason, I hate it even more when someone pulls out their iphone and uses that fucking tip app. I hate people who think that they're being good people for figuring out exactly how much they need to tip, so that they fit in with societal norms.

 

[Marowit]

Generally 20%. My girlfriend use to work as a waitress, and making a couple bucks an hour sucks. If I am remembering correctly she was making $2 something an hour, because it's assumed they'll be making tips. Tipping is where they make all, all, of their money. Anyone who is smug enough to think that waiting on someone is easy/well paid clearly hasn't done it, and need to not be so cheap.

If wait-staff was paid a good wage, then sure, tipping should be only for outstanding service, but wait-staff isn't paid a good wage. They depend on tips, and are taxed according to the presumption that they'll be making 15% of every receipt they bill as a tip.

I just get worked up about this, because I have seen how much it sucks to have people not tip. If you're really that cheap you should be eating Ramen at home, and not ruining someones night pretending you're too good to tip.


I will however, if the service is terrible not tip.

 

[roomboy]

Never, I went to your restaurant or w/e and ordered my food. You're doing your job by taking my order and then bringing it out to me. The restaurant is paying your wages, why should I pay you more because you did what you're supposed to?

EDIT: If the owner/manager isn't paying you at least minimum wage anyways then you should complain. They have to at least do that.

 

[v3n0mat3]

I tip enough. Like 15% on average. 20% if the waiter was above average.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

1-3 euros depending on what it costs and how much i have.But thats only for deliveryguys, i usually never tip waiters, we dont treat them as slaves here so they dont need my money.Even the cheapest places pay them at least ~10 $ /hour.

 

[Kunzer]

I don't tip. This is Sweden. We don't do that.

This answer won on so many levels. Sweden is awesome.

On topic:

My tips (I'm in the USA, btw) are centered around 15% as a basic guideline.

I have a variety of tip modifications based on how the meal goes. (or service, i.e. massage)

When a server at a meal is not doing so well: I imagine the waiter's tip as a stack of $1 bills. Each time he/she does something that pisses me off, I remove one of these imaginary dollars.

Some examples of things that "piss me off":

-- After a server brings my entree, he/she fucks off for a very long time and doesn't bother to check on me or my table.
-- When I first sit down at a restaurant and have to wait more than 5 minutes for a server to at least say: hey I'll be with you in a moment.
-- Getting orders wrong. This might seem unfair to some people, but it really isn't. You know why? Because 19 out of 20 servers don't make even one mistake. period. This is probably because 19 of them wrote my order down in detail and the last dickhead was drawing fluffy clouds wishing he could go home.
-- Any unwarranted shitty attitude whatsoever. Again, extremely rare circumstances. I always treat my server with the highest degree of respect. (Because I do not ever want my food to be spat in) I have no problem tipping these people with a single penny.

On the flip side, when a server does well...

I begin to increase the tip! I use 20% for servers who put their best foot forward.

Finally, on rare occasion, when a server performs flawlessly and was fun to be with, I will sometimes double or even triple the tip. I think it is necessary to reward people for doing an outstanding job

 

[DuttyDawn]

For delivery, I tip only a couple of bucks because they already jack up the price for delivery. For restaurants, I always tip 20%. Then, if they go above and beyond, I'll add more to the 20%.

Of course, if in the rare instance, I get a completely horrible server (I'm not talking about bad food, because that's on the cook), I'll tip less, usually no less than 10%. If they are completely unredeemable as a server, I'll complain. I've only ever done that once in my life. But she bought our drinks and appetizers and then vanished for 30 minutes even after someone called her over. Even worse....she was the manager of the place. We got a free meal out of it.

 

[Chairman Miaow]

Don't tip.

 

[thylasos]

I almost never tip, since:
a) I don't have enough money.
b) In Britain waiters (almost always) get a decent wage, regardless.

If the service is excellent, mind... all my change.

Waiters may be annoyed by my comments. I've worked for minimum wage cleaning toilets in the past, and you don't get tipped for that. Man up.