Tips! (And Not Handy Hints)...

[paddy11]

'm sure this subject has come up before, but haven't seen... why is it that taxi drivers, hairdressers and restauants in particular seem to expect a tip? I understand if someone has done a good job....but it seems almost 'as read' that these proffs in particular 'expect' a tip for doing their job! Went to new H/D the other day, and actually felt guilty NOT leaving a tip...(when I ve been again, and if he does good job, then maybe...but why these partic industries? I look after people's animals 365 days a year...and customers pay me for what I do; I don't expect or want anything more.....can someone help?

[Sqad]

Difficult one this paddy...........I think it boils down to with what one is comfortable.

I am an enthusiastic tipper.......

[EvianBaby]

Maybe because they would typically be low paid jobs so tipping for a good hair cut is a nice little bonus. Although I know some hairdressers who a bloody minted. The bastards.

[jno]

you don't see many starving cabbies, either, EvianBaby

[tonyav]

bloody minted. The bastards.

LOL LOL LOL.

[237SJ]

I resent a lot of the tipping culture, especially in the US where they can expect 19% or a tip on top of service which is already included in the bill. Then you get daft tourists who go abroad and give huge tips which causes grief for the rest of us as the locals expect it.

[boxtops]

I don't, not these days. I don't tip at all, unless someone has done something exceptional.

[Iluvspikey]

It has, I asked - this was what I got


http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1224054.html

[paddy11]

yeah, get you both evian and sq..... but I sort of refuse to pay someone who is obs not a trainee...and prob earns more than me!.. not that i go to, or have ever been to a 'posh' restr...... but why then this service charge.....I think it's a long standing 'Habit'!......I certainly will not pay anyone for simply providing a service! Hey ho!

[AlwaysConfused]

I only tip when I want to, when I feel someone has done a great job.

[coccinelle]

I don't tip as such I just give them notes and tell them to keep the change, it can be as little as a few cents or a few euros.

[needawin]

Our local Spar outlet has a large jar on the counter labelled "Staff Tips". So not only do we pay through the nose for our groceries but are supposed to tip the staff for taking our money.

[baza]

yonks ago when I worked in a service station people bought fuel by the gallon, four gallons @ 4/11d per gallon, left 4d change which most punters left as a tip. It soon mounted up and was tax free.

[chaptazbru]

I tip my hairdresser, the waitress at my favourite cafe and taxi drivers, but I'm never sure how much to give, so I probably give too much so as not to appear mean or tightfisted !

[albaqwerty]

I tip my taxi driver. He brings in my shopping.

[FredPuli43]

It used to be the rule, maybe still is, that the Revenue assessed occupations that traditionally received tips on the basis that a given percentage was so received. In some occupations; head doorman at The Savoy, comes to mind; the tips formed a very substantial addition to the official salary and would otherwise be tax free.