How much do you tip?

[Sethzard]

It really depends. If the service was great if it was aweful then I don't. I do at my regular places and at others it really depends. If I do usually over 10%

 

[Flames66]

I do not tip. I am not giving someone more money for something that they are already paid to do.

you do understand that most of these people are not paid well. In fact, the majority of food industry workers(some chefs included) have their tips factored in as their actual wages. So the employer just pays the minimum possible(which I think is about 2.50-3.50 american an hour here in the US.) and tips are supposed to suppliment this.

There some places where only the management team is paid well, and the way other employees get livable income in they pool all the tips at the end of the night and split it up.

So no, they are not paid to do their jobs because they are barely paid at all. You are a horrible person for not being generous and I hope you burn for it. (I worked in a place for two years that we were only paid 3.75 for an hour and relied solely on tips for any sort of livable income.)

I myself tip between 10 and 20 percent. Normally it's 20 however if the service is terrible, I will cut my tip in half. I've also been known to increase tip sizes when others whom were responsible to tip barely even place down five percent.

Where I am from serving staff are not treated as slaves. There is a national minimum wage and companies have to stick to it. I might consider tipping if whoever is serving me goes above and beyond what they are already paid for, but with the extortionate prices most eating establishments charge that is unlikely.

Yeah, there's a national minimum here as well. But there's two of them, one for normal businesses and companies, another for ones where there is a chance the people will get tipped. The tip one is much lower, however the minimum wage for normal companies is still so low that unless you live in a shack and eat porridge day after day for sustenance, you can't live off of it.

My understanding is that if the employees in question do not make up the rest of the minimum wage with tips, then the employers have to make up the difference. I'm not sure if that is correct, just something I heard somewhere.

 

[matsugawa]

In terms of cash, I typically try to tip around 20% (I just find the math a little easier than 15% for some reason), especially if it's a place I don't go to that often.
Usually, though, if the tip is a blank line on a receipt (like when you pay with a credit card) I'll tip up to the nearest multiple of five. So, if the balance is something like 32.15, I'll set the tip at 2.85. I know it sounds a little unfair (I mean, that's only about 8%), but that's often for places that I go to or order from frequently.

 

[GLo Jones]

I (living in UK) don't tip unless I feel they've gone way beyond the required service. I'm not gonna reward people for shit they're suppose to do.

But the US is an odd place, I can't think of many other countries where the staff are expected to get most of their earnings from donations.

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

I do not tip. I am not giving someone more money for something that they are already paid to do.

you do understand that most of these people are not paid well. In fact, the majority of food industry workers(some chefs included) have their tips factored in as their actual wages. So the employer just pays the minimum possible(which I think is about 2.50-3.50 american an hour here in the US.) and tips are supposed to suppliment this.

There some places where only the management team is paid well, and the way other employees get livable income in they pool all the tips at the end of the night and split it up.

So no, they are not paid to do their jobs because they are barely paid at all. You are a horrible person for not being generous and I hope you burn for it. (I worked in a place for two years that we were only paid 3.75 for an hour and relied solely on tips for any sort of livable income.)

I myself tip between 10 and 20 percent. Normally it's 20 however if the service is terrible, I will cut my tip in half. I've also been known to increase tip sizes when others whom were responsible to tip barely even place down five percent.

Where I am from serving staff are not treated as slaves. There is a national minimum wage and companies have to stick to it. I might consider tipping if whoever is serving me goes above and beyond what they are already paid for, but with the extortionate prices most eating establishments charge that is unlikely.

Yeah, there's a national minimum here as well. But there's two of them, one for normal businesses and companies, another for ones where there is a chance the people will get tipped. The tip one is much lower, however the minimum wage for normal companies is still so low that unless you live in a shack and eat porridge day after day for sustenance, you can't live off of it.

And frankly that's frog shit. In Australia, tipping is a rather foreign concept as a rule since our minimum wage laws as a rule don't allow for things like tips to lower it as far as I am aware. Some places keep a coin bowl/jar at the counter and they use that for the Christmas booze up, something most Aussies are happy to tip in a buck or two for but we don't rely on tips to balance our wages.

Frankly your various trades and service staff unions should campaign to have that rule consigned to Siberia and make the minimum wage standardised across industries. Then tipping truly becomes performance based.

 

[zane224]

People who work in jobs where tipping is expected can be paid less. The minimum wage in the US is currently $7.25/hr. In a job where Tips are received the employer is allowed to pay as little as $2.13/hr.

"If an employee's tips combined with the employer's direct wages of at least $2.13 an hour do not equal the federal minimum hourly wage, the employer must make up the difference. "

That still only adds back up to minimum wage that the employer HAS to pay them, so what the server makes is still extremely dependant on what people leave for tips.

Think of the way you treat the waiter, or the conditions the delivery guy had to drive through. If you wouldnt do that for minimum wage, then tip better.

Personally, I do a mental version of the bit from 3rd rock from the sun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1ZZWhSvOMI

Source:
http://www.dol.gov/elaws/faq/esa/flsa/002.htm

 

[int boom]

I work in a warehouse. I don't get a tip every time I stack a box.

 

[int boom]

I work in a warehouse. I don't get a tip every time I stack a box.

 

[Randomologist]

I'm British, so tipping isn't a social norm, but if I'm on the Continent then I usually round up the price to the nearest ten Euros. If that's only a couple of cents, I may be tempted to bung in another five, depending on the service.

 

[the_dancy_vagrant]

What is the actual deal with tipping i mean here in Britain they get paid a wage to do that job. i've heard its something like they get paid a pittance and have to live of off tips to survive thus promoting good service to get better tips?

Yep, that's exactly how it works. Restaurant servers usually make about $2.15 per hour where I live (which according to google is about £1.32) as their base pay. All of their other income is solely from tips.

It probably sounds ridiculous, but the truth is that good servers can make more than a living wage. The really skilled ones actually make a lot of money. I used to know a guy that would come home regularly with $100 in cash after a 6 hour shift. If it was a long shift, like an open-close, then he'd easily take home $200-250. It wasn't like he worked at a fancy restaurant, either. The place was just a bar and grill.

 

[TehCookie]

Where I live (in America) you don't have to tip pizza deliveries, or if you do $5 is considered a lot. Then again when my brother worked in the city as one he always got large tips so I guess it all depends on where you live.

where exactly in america do you live? i live in pennsylvania and while you dont technically HAVE to tip, its a pretty big dick move if you dont. and $5? depends on how much you ordered. i mean if i order $20 worth of food, ill tip around 4 or 5, but i would not consider $5 to be a lot, if you order a lot of food. i mean if you order like $50 worth of food, i would hope you would tip more than 5

The little patch of nowhere outside of Flint, MI. Most pizza places won't deliver here and whenever I tip the people from the one place who does drive out here they always have this look of surprise as if it's not normal. Then again it could be a safety measure like in Detroit if you deliver pizzas you should carry a gun since people know you get tips are more likely to mug you.

 

[Vault101]

I dont tip....I might stay alive that way If I ever decide to rob a bank with some other people

ive never really heard of it happening In Australia anyway

 

[Merkavar]

most ive tipped is like $1. when i order pizza and its like 29.45 or something. instead of waiting for them to find the 55 cents i would just say to keep the change.

does that count as a tip?

i cant think of anywhere else i tip. normally use my eftpos card etc so no change for them to keep.

 

[Audemas]

I've always tipped 20% no matter what. I tip 30% if they are polite and do a very good job.

 

[danintexas]

2 to 2.5 times what the tax is.

Our tax rate is 8.25%

So when me and the wife go out we tip somewhere between 16 and 20%. Depending on how things were. If we get a shitty waiter I til 8%. I have only left a 1 cent tip once in my life.

Pizza and other delivery service - We tip about 10% usually all the time. Unless it takes over an hour. Then they get like $2 at most.

 

[Ironrose]

I'm in Australia and tipping isn't the social norm here. If you have a meal you always pay for your meal at the register afterwards, not through your waiter/waitress. Their job is customer service and they get paid a wage from their employer to cover that.
However if I order takeaway delivered or get a taxi and they do their job properly I will usually chuck them a few extra dollars, particularly cabbies.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

I tip whatever's left over from what I give him. I rarely bother with change. This does lead to some stupid moments on my part. Like paying for Chinese takeout that cost £27, handing him a £50 note and automatically saying 'keep the change'.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

So how much do you tip Escapsit, should I feel cheap?

I try to average about 15%. I go up to 20% for good service, and as low as 5% for bad service.

If I have to guess, the look was probably because he had to make change, not because of the size of the tip. People = lazy.

Oh, I should add that I don't generally get delivery - we're talking dine-in here. And I always pay with credit card, so I can make the amount as exact as I care to.

 

[exarkunsith]

Australian, dont tip, and i dont know anyone who does, the people get paid a standard wage and don't have to live off of tips.

 

[KenzS]

I'm Canadian, just got home from a bar. Spent $16.11, just gave the waitress a $20 bill. Too much?