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[Misc] Tipping
- Thread starter Lenny Rider
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Weststander
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I tip restaurant staff (after quietly checking they genuinely get the tip), my barber, taxi drivers and when we leave a hotel both the room cleaners and other staff.
The custom of tipping bar staff seems to have disappeared. In the 70’s my Dad used to add the old “and one for yourself” every other round.
The custom of tipping bar staff seems to have disappeared. In the 70’s my Dad used to add the old “and one for yourself” every other round.
I don't know what you mean. Brighton taxi drivers are angels
https://www.facebook.com/kiyarn/posts/10164907775730195
junior
Well-known member
We've never had a supermarket delivery. Wouldn't know how to go about getting stuff delivered from a supermarket and wouldn't trust them not to send us all the short dated stuff.
I always used to pay a takeaway delivery driver - when we paid in cash. It would usually just be a "keep the change" and if it wasn't at least £2 I'd find dome extra coins to give them. Unfortunately now you even have to do this order and pay online thing with a card, so if we don't have any coins knocking about then they don't get a tip.
Haven't tipped the bin men since the whole wheelie bins thing was introduced. I grew up in a basement flat and the bin was a round black thing with a lid that lived at the bottom of the steps. Bin man would walk down, chuck it over his shoulder, empty it, put the lid back on and put it back where he found it. That deserved a tip - and a Christmas gift. These lazy ****ers that can't even manage one step, and then you have to wonder around the street for 10 mins looking for your bin in the evening can quite frankly **** off. Lazy ********. And that's before you get me on the subject of strikes.
Have always been brought up to tip 10% in restaurants, howver more and more places now you have to walk up and down to the bar from your table to order food and drinks. I even went in somewhere recently where i asked a staff member for cutlery and was pointed towards a table in the corner where i had to get my own. Again, any place like this can do one if they think I'm going to tip. Tip for what exactly?
I will tip for the rare restaurant where a fit waitress in a short skirt comes over, takes my order, delivers my food, asks how it is, if i would like another drink etc, and then brings me a bill without a service charge.
Simples.
I always used to pay a takeaway delivery driver - when we paid in cash. It would usually just be a "keep the change" and if it wasn't at least £2 I'd find dome extra coins to give them. Unfortunately now you even have to do this order and pay online thing with a card, so if we don't have any coins knocking about then they don't get a tip.
Haven't tipped the bin men since the whole wheelie bins thing was introduced. I grew up in a basement flat and the bin was a round black thing with a lid that lived at the bottom of the steps. Bin man would walk down, chuck it over his shoulder, empty it, put the lid back on and put it back where he found it. That deserved a tip - and a Christmas gift. These lazy ****ers that can't even manage one step, and then you have to wonder around the street for 10 mins looking for your bin in the evening can quite frankly **** off. Lazy ********. And that's before you get me on the subject of strikes.
Have always been brought up to tip 10% in restaurants, howver more and more places now you have to walk up and down to the bar from your table to order food and drinks. I even went in somewhere recently where i asked a staff member for cutlery and was pointed towards a table in the corner where i had to get my own. Again, any place like this can do one if they think I'm going to tip. Tip for what exactly?
I will tip for the rare restaurant where a fit waitress in a short skirt comes over, takes my order, delivers my food, asks how it is, if i would like another drink etc, and then brings me a bill without a service charge.
Simples.
Uh_huh_him
Well-known member
- Sep 28, 2011
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In this case though, there is an itemised element to the service specifically catering for the delivery and receipt of goods.
The same will be true for Just eat (in many cases).
Tipping a takeaway delivery driver, because they offer a free delivery service and it has made your life a little easier.
I think that's fair enough. You are effectively paying someone for a service you are getting for free.
When you have already paid for the added convenience, then what are you tipping for?
I couldn't qualify what i would consider to be good or bad service in this case.
If he spun me a tune after he let go of my parcel I’d tip him.
Whether it's itemised or not, it doesn't really make any material difference does it - you have still paid for that element of the service regardless. It feels more like a psychological thing.
You've reminded me I always tipped hotel staff when travelling, it's been a very long time since I have!!
My dad also used to add "one for yourself" on his first round in the local. Was still doing this when I went for a drink and a game of darts with him on Sunday lunchtimes in the late 80s / early 90s.
These days would be over a fiver a round
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
A sign of the times. My sister had her Tesco order delivered by an EasyJet pilot the other day.
I did have to ask how he managed to get the Airbus down her narrow street...
I tip in restaurants, cabs, hairdressers, bars and the Deliveroo guy as he has to climb 8 flights of steps. The Frau and I have big disagreements about this latter tip; my view is it’s a brutal job and he/she gets 10% with 5 euros minimum. Bin men and post no as I never see them and it’s all communal in the apartment block anyway. Never ever had the need for the “big shop” and therefore never ever used supermarket home delivery but I imagine I would tip.
I also tip , or “recognize”, anyone who has helped me or done a good job for me. I bought a lawyer a case of wine and similar with a building finance guy who very recently went beyond his regular duty. The lawyer involved in this latter project will also get suitably recognized.
I also tip , or “recognize”, anyone who has helped me or done a good job for me. I bought a lawyer a case of wine and similar with a building finance guy who very recently went beyond his regular duty. The lawyer involved in this latter project will also get suitably recognized.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Postman tipping discussed last month ...hope this helps
https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/show...Your-Postie-a-Christmas-Tip&highlight=Tipping
Tip them if they go above and beyond what is their normal job but if just carrying out what they should be (or in many cases the bare minimum) then no.
Tipping should never be an automatic response it should be a personal reward for that something extra.
Tipping should never be an automatic response it should be a personal reward for that something extra.
I think it depends on the job. Bar and restaurant staff should be automatic imho. Ditto Deliveroo bike riders.
I do fully get this point of view. But do you then tip your postman at Xmas or other delivery drivers? They're also being paid for what they're doing... Where do you draw the line and why?
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
I have some customers who begrudgingly pay the right amount let alone a tip to one lady who consistently gives me £100 on top of the invoiced amount 
when my 18yr old daughter comes to work with me she regularly picks up a tips for basically carrying tools and running to the van to get bits, piss take 
when my 18yr old daughter comes to work with me she regularly picks up a tips for basically carrying tools and running to the van to get bits, piss take I remember when dustmen forced their way through overgrown back alleys to pick up heavy, stinking metal dustbins - and in my case half filled with rubble from work - so I did used to keep a extra fiver in my wallet just in case I bumped into then at the end of the alley at 7.05 a.m.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Good to see there are still some proper tradesman about
Surely all you need is an old hi viz, some 1970s headphones and a couple of ping pong bats?
