$$$ tipping people $$$

[CJM]

you go to a restaurant, get good service, and you give a tip. i normally give $3. you go to Tim's, and most people give a quarter (i don't drink coffee, so i hardly go there, except for donuts and hot chocolate.


today, my dad had ordered a dump truck with gravel (for fulling up some holes in the driveway). it came to $125. i wasn't sure if i was suppose to tip the guy, or what. i gave him $140, and got $9 back. i'm pretty sure that was a fair tip. he didn't do much besides delievering it, collecting money, and dumping it in 3 places.

what's your guys' input?

[TAL]

We don't tip over here. That's the easiest way.

[paul jones]

I don't mind saying to cab drivers 'keep the change' sometimes if it's only £1 or 50p

[King of Rock $]

In europe this stuff is different... people in bars/restaurants don't really depend on a tip and its not really a custom to give a big tip... I usually give about 10% maybe a little less in a restaurant. I never heard of giving a tip for a gravel delivery though.

You should have named this thread "Check out my gravel tip"

[ericlee]

being that I delivered pizzas a while ago, I suggest that everyone tip the pizza guy. Only if he offers fast and prompt service. If he's always late, then of course don't tip the guy.

I used to make sure I made speedy deliveries and I started noticing the pattern of the non tippers so, they got nice and cold service from me.

Still, anyplace that you go to and know that they're salary is dependant upon tips, you should tip them. Something like 10%. I always tip them 15-20% if the service is good.

[enree erzweglle]

Yeah, when I've been to Australia and have tried to tip, my friends have physically prevented me from doing so. They fear that the trend will start up there.

My one friend spends ~$200 (!) on her hair every 6 weeks (!) (!) and each time she does that, she tips $40. Apparently, some of her co-workers think that she undertips her stylist.

[DandyFop]

you go to a restaurant, get good service, and you give a tip. i normally give $3. you go to Tim's, and most people give a quarter (i don't drink coffee, so i hardly go there, except for donuts and hot chocolate.


today, my dad had ordered a dump truck with gravel (for fulling up some holes in the driveway). it came to $125. i wasn't sure if i was suppose to tip the guy, or what. i gave him $140, and got $9 back. i'm pretty sure that was a fair tip. he didn't do much besides delievering it, collecting money, and dumping it in 3 places.

what's your guys' input?

That's a fucking shitty tip, by tip standards alone, but I don't think those guys are usually tipped, I don't know.

I served some multi-millionaire the other day (used to be general manager of the New York Knicks or some shit) and he tipped me $40 on a $130 check. Sweet.

So in Europe or wherever do you guys tip bartenders?

[TAL]

Not in my part of Europe.

[marsdaddy]

20% for food service. 20% or $2 for taxi -- whichever is greater. $3 for pizza or other delivery.

Construction workers = not so much.

I used to give $5 a month to the paper guy, but then he rang my bell at 5:30 am once after missing the previous day's paper. Now he gets zilch.

[King of Rock $]

That's a fucking shitty tip, by tip standards alone, but I don't think those guys are usually tipped, I don't know.

I served some multi-millionaire the other day (used to be general manager of the New York Knicks or some shit) and he tipped me $40 on a $130 check. Sweet.

So in Europe or wherever do you guys tip bartenders?

Bartenders no... but waitresses yes... but it kinda depends... I don't think anyone is really surprised if you don't tip them, but I always do. Better safe than sorry.

[Drederick Tatum]

no one tips in NZ, but when I was in Europe my tipping was mainly influenced by how attractive the waitress was.

[CJM]

i know it was a stingy tip by tip standards, but he was dump-truck driver, and i wasn't sure about proper truck-driver tip etiquette. it seemed to me he was fishing for a tip.....or he suckered me (out of my pops' six 'big ones').

anyone here drive dump trucks for a living?

[ToucanSpam]

I had some skank waittress do a shit job when a bunch of us went for wings the other week. The table was covered in shit and she wasnt doing anything about it. When she came with my drink, I took back all the change, including the coinage. She didn't appear happy but she spent a good minute hovering previous to that, expecting a tip for a poor job.


Aside from that, I tip 15%. More if they are some cute young thing obviously busting their ass to pay for school.

[Pres Zount]

I accidentaly underpaid a pizza guy once, and he noticed but I didn't.

He didn't seem too displeased, as I always go to him for pizza, but now I am a man torn apart by guilt.

[zorra_chiflada]

I accidentaly underpaid a pizza guy once, and he noticed but I didn't.

He didn't seem too displeased, as I always go to him for pizza, but now I am a man torn apart by guilt.

but he made us wait for ages that one time when he was pretending to be italian and talking to that guy about ferraris.

[Sarky Devotchka]

my friends and I got crappy service at a mexican restaurant over the weekend and just gave the the change on a $96 check. that's the first time I've ever not felt bad about leaving less than 15%

HE SAID WE COULDN'T HAVE GUACAMOLE BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT, THEN GAVE SOME TO THE TABLE NEXT TO US TEN MINUTES LATER AND THEY GOT THERE AFTER US! ARRGH! also, he left our table full of empty glasses and never re-filled our chips or checked on us after our food came. we had to flag him down for the check. fooorgh. ah, but the food was delicious.

[Freebasser]

The only time I leave a tip is in a restaurant, and it's only because I don't want to carry around less than 2 quid in change.

[jackrock]

I usually leave a fair tip, but it doesnt' matter to me, some idiots leave the restaurant, with their money on the table! I take it as a tip for me for buying their food.

[Documad]

20% for food service. 20% or $2 for taxi -- whichever is greater. $3 for pizza or other delivery.

Construction workers = not so much.
Exactly.

You have to tip furniture movers though.

I tip my hair stylist by how long I'm there -- it's often more than a 25% tip, but he freelances and thus he charges about half of what I used to pay and he does a better job. Plus he's always booked solid but he will work late for me if my schedule changes.

On my last trip to Europe, it was difficult to tip the hotel people for room service and cleaning the room. In America, they hang about trying to show you how the faucet works, etc., until you pay them to leave. I can't stand hotels that make it difficult to avoid the bellhop -- not because of the tipping but because I feel like an idiot not carrying my own bag.

[Justin]

$1 for drinks
$2 for drinks when im drunk/bartender is hot

next time i go through the starbucks drivethrough im STEALING the tip bucket.

I mean im basically paying their salary for one hour with one latte

[mikizee]

tipping in australia is almost non existant. having said that i worked behind a bar at a 5 star hotel and i liked serving americans cos they always tipped. the most i ever made in 1 night was $95. i dont tend to tip the pizza guy, unless i hand over a $20 and the bill is 19.95, i generally dont worry about the 5 cents :p

i always offer them a beer or cone tho. some have taken up the offer. oh yeah i never take change back from a fare if the taxi driver was good. but thats it.

[GetYourWarOn]

when in doubt go with 20%

[GetYourWarOn]

never give a shitty tip to the person who does your hair. ever.

[GetYourWarOn]

and thats it for my advice this year.