Strands #248 “Strumming Right...
Quizzes & Puzzles0 min ago
what do other people consider right regarding tipping?
I thought tipping was a way for people to reward staff who have been especially attentive and gone beyond the call of duty. not something that is practically demanded and even added to your bill without your permission!
I don't see why we are expected to supplement their wages. Their bosses should be made to pay them a decent wage instead of relying on the generosity of the customers to pick up the slack
I find i get increasingly annoyed at people who expect tips regardless of the level of service they have provided and who get visibly irritated when they don't think you have given them enough.
why also are we expected to tip some people but not others? and even when sevice has been appalling.
is it too much to expect people to do the job they are employed to do by their boss and by us to a decent standard and not dependant on a reward?
we don't tip shop assistants who show us where the item we want is, carry it to the till for us, bag it up or even gift wrap it for us, yet we are expected to tip someone who has merely performed the job we are already paying them to do, such as a taxi driver? - and particularly when you are already paying over the odds for something anyway.
the amount of times i have been grossly over charged for pizza, and taxis because they either think you won't know or that if its the weekend you might be too drunk to notice
and why tip the pizza delivery boy? why not tip the person who has actually cooked your food?
we don't tip postmen. we don't tip binmen. we don't tip our doctor, or bus driver, or cinema usher.
I am not adverse to tipping i just don't like being made to feel like i have no choice
its all a bit strange. who made these unwritten rules i wonder. what do you think?
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