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By *hav02 OP Man
over a year ago
Glasgow/London |
In America, it seems socially mandatory.
Here, some cheeky restaurants include a service charge.
Why do we not pay a tip in McDonalds/KFC or Nandos but seem to have to everywhere else?
What's are your thoughts? Always tip? And how much? |
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I am not a great fan of tipping as I don't see why some professions seem to insist on getting extra money.
Why should a taxi driver or hairdresser expect to be paid more for doing their job that they are already being paid to do. Why not tip the girl that helped you in a shop? |
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I always tip! KFC etc you get your food flung at you. If I go to a nice restaurant and the staff go out of their way to make your visit an experience then yes I believe you you should tip. If I go and they take my order and serve my food with no interaction then I wouldn't tip (this would be them just doing their job)
As for the service charge on large parties this is mainly because that one member of staff has to look after you for your visit and if there's a lot of you they're looking after only you. Restaurants can't afford one member of staff per table they'd go out of business.
K x |
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over a year ago
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Always (unless terrible service) 12% in a restaurant, 15% if the service is above average. Hospitality is terribly paid.
No tips in taxis. They cry poor, but I'd say they do alright. Plus the majority are pretty rude to me!
I didn't know tipping the guy that cuts my hair was a thing? Feel bad now!
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We don't have a tipping culture in the UK, because jobs when listed have a salary or rate against them, and tips are a bonus.
In the USA any salary generally includes tips, so people are working for lower rates of pay and have to work to earn the tips.
Personally I always tip in any eating establishment where you're presented a bill at the end (10%) and I always give any takeaway delivery driver a tip too, as the delivery cost is normally all they get.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"What about in a bar? Do you tip when you're getting the drinks in?
Yep I do... next time I go up I know I'll get served right away
K x"
I like it. Win win |
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There was one of these tv chefs shamed recently as it turned out that all the tips were kept by him as an extra income stream.
Seems if you pay by card at a restaurant and add a gratuity at that time there is a fair chance that the staff will not get it. |
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"Jobs in the service industry like waiters and waitresses are paid a minimum wage. To make up a decent wage these people rely on tips. "
I worked in a well known Italian restaurant in the city centre before minimum wage, I worked 50 hours a week and my take home pay was £145, my rent at the time was £340 council tax was about £90. If I hadn't had my tips I wouldn't have been able to survive
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"There was one of these tv chefs shamed recently as it turned out that all the tips were kept by him as an extra income stream.
Seems if you pay by card at a restaurant and add a gratuity at that time there is a fair chance that the staff will not get it. "
Most people ask if the staff get the tip, I know I do, i always leave it in cash anyway
K x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"We don't have a tipping culture in the UK, because jobs when listed have a salary or rate against them, and tips are a bonus.
In the USA any salary generally includes tips, so people are working for lower rates of pay and have to work to earn the tips.
Personally I always tip in any eating establishment where you're presented a bill at the end (10%) and I always give any takeaway delivery driver a tip too, as the delivery cost is normally all they get.
Mandy "
my mate works full time but does chinese deliveries 3 nights a week. makes a mint from the delivery charges, plus gets a free meal per shift, so he just saves them and gets a free chinese for the family at the weekend. win. |
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"malmaison to name but one keeps staff tips to cover breakages and damages"
I've worked places where they've tried to do similar, I would refuse. Tips have nothing to do with owners, I would just remind them of this
K x |
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I always tip bar staff as I worked in bars and tips always helped get me by. I always tip the taxi driver and my hairdresser and beautician.
I've heard in some restaurants the tips aren't always given to the staff and that management take the lions share. This makes me want to rethink my tipping ethic. |
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"Also, the guy that cleans my wheelie bins has hinted that he gets gifts or tips at Christmas. Does this mean I need to tip the binmen aswell?"
that was fine back in the day when they used to put your bin back in the garden but not now it's just left on the street I wouldn't tip them |
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By *hav02 OP Man
over a year ago
Glasgow/London |
Also, when i was in Vegas, the bellboy took a good 15 minutes to fetch my suitcase from a hidden secure labrynth in the hotel. I'd left it with them as I had a few hours to kill between checkout and my bus back home.
He had the nerve to ask for a monetary tip, to which i responded "don't take so long fetching my bag!" And walked off. |
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"Also, the guy that cleans my wheelie bins has hinted that he gets gifts or tips at Christmas. Does this mean I need to tip the binmen aswell?
that was fine back in the day when they used to put your bin back in the garden but not now it's just left on the street I wouldn't tip them"
Thanks for clearing this up for me. Between the window cleaner, 4 teachers and now the bin cleaner guy, Christmas costs keep rising. |
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"What about doctors? Bin men? Street sweepers? Supermarket checkout staff? Pharmacists? Opticians?
All these people are "just doing their job" but don't get tips 
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Don't think any of the above are on minimum wage?
K x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"What about in a bar? Do you tip when you're getting the drinks in?
Yes usually. Just 50p or so. Adds up over the nigh though  "
Fair enough. I have given a few bar staff just the tip on occasion*
*Sorry.... dad joke klaxon |
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By *ndykayMan
over a year ago
Falkirk |
I always tip in restaurants if we've had good service.
I've even been known to send food back and have the bill paid for by the manager but still left a tip for the waitress as she couldn't do more for us.
If there is a service charge on the bill, I ALWAYS ask for a pen and scribble it out and refuse to pay it. I would much rather the cash went to the right staff rather than the restaurant.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Having worked in the food industry for many many years service charges are never given to staff but tips are always well received and appreciated
I myself if I go out for a meal i tip depending on how good the food and service was the tip goes up from 10% but I also ask for kitchen to get there cut of the tip as well |
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"I always tip! KFC etc you get your food flung at you. If I go to a nice restaurant and the staff go out of their way to make your visit an experience then yes I believe you you should tip. If I go and they take my order and serve my food with no interaction then I wouldn't tip (this would be them just doing their job)
As for the service charge on large parties this is mainly because that one member of staff has to look after you for your visit and if there's a lot of you they're looking after only you. Restaurants can't afford one member of staff per table they'd go out of business.
K x"
Definitely this if service is good |
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"Why do I tip a taxi driver but not an uber driver?
When I was a student I worked almost exclusively in bars. I am prone to over tip as a consequence. "
Why do you tip a taxi driver and not an über driver? |
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By *andACouple
over a year ago
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The reason you don't tip in a fast food place is it's not service in the sense they're bringing food to your table, discussing options with you etc. You're standing there queueing for it yourself.
We always tips at least 15% but strangely the last 2 places we've had something to eat in Glasgow (Yo Sushi and Bread Meats Bread) haven't been able to take tips on their card machines for some reason. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What about doctors? Bin men? Street sweepers? Supermarket checkout staff? Pharmacists? Opticians?
All these people are "just doing their job" but don't get tips
Don't think any of the above are on minimum wage?
K x"
Checkout staff will be for sure ... probably street sweepers too i would imagine
I guess the perceived difference if when you go out for food / drinks/ beauty or hair treatments you are treating yourself ... so if the person helps to make that experience nicer then they would get a tip ... i never feel like its a treat when i go to the supermarket |
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"Why do I tip a taxi driver but not an uber driver?
When I was a student I worked almost exclusively in bars. I am prone to over tip as a consequence.
Why do you tip a taxi driver and not an über driver?"
Because legally (for some strange reason) they can't take tips
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"What about doctors? Bin men? Street sweepers? Supermarket checkout staff? Pharmacists? Opticians?
All these people are "just doing their job" but don't get tips
Don't think any of the above are on minimum wage?
K x
Checkout staff will be for sure ... probably street sweepers too i would imagine
I guess the perceived difference if when you go out for food / drinks/ beauty or hair treatments you are treating yourself ... so if the person helps to make that experience nicer then they would get a tip ... i never feel like its a treat when i go to the supermarket "
Street sweepers work for the council and are way higher than minimum wage... also know people who work in Asda/Tesco etc who are on £9 ish an hour so again higher than minimum wage. Most of these types of jobs don't differentiate on age whereas the restaurant/pub industry do. So a 21 year old doing the same job as a 26 year old is on a much lower rate, which in my opinion is b/s as they do he same job
Kx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Why do I tip a taxi driver but not an uber driver?
When I was a student I worked almost exclusively in bars. I am prone to over tip as a consequence.
Why do you tip a taxi driver and not an über driver?
Because legally (for some strange reason) they can't take tips
John "
They can ... it tella you in the faq feel free to tip in cash ... just cant do it through the app |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What about doctors? Bin men? Street sweepers? Supermarket checkout staff? Pharmacists? Opticians?
All these people are "just doing their job" but don't get tips
Don't think any of the above are on minimum wage?
K x
Checkout staff will be for sure ... probably street sweepers too i would imagine
I guess the perceived difference if when you go out for food / drinks/ beauty or hair treatments you are treating yourself ... so if the person helps to make that experience nicer then they would get a tip ... i never feel like its a treat when i go to the supermarket
Street sweepers work for the council and are way higher than minimum wage... also know people who work in Asda/Tesco etc who are on £9 ish an hour so again higher than minimum wage. Most of these types of jobs don't differentiate on age whereas the restaurant/pub industry do. So a 21 year old doing the same job as a 26 year old is on a much lower rate, which in my opinion is b/s as they do he same job
Kx"
Completely agree about the age thing ... but i worked for morrisons for about 5 years and was definitely on minimum wage when i worked a checkout and because of lower age wasnt even living wage ... only unsociable hours (nightshift or sunday working) or supervisor and above level got higher ... everyone on their checkouts and stacking the selves would be minimum wage for sure ... i think i only made about £8 an hour there as a department manager when you broke the salary down to the 43 hour week |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Why do I tip a taxi driver but not an uber driver?
When I was a student I worked almost exclusively in bars. I am prone to over tip as a consequence.
Why do you tip a taxi driver and not an über driver?"
Because with a taxi driver you are handing over money. It would be embarrassing to hand a pound or two to an uber driver.
It almost feels condescending. At least with a taxi driver just make it up to x... it is as if you are making the maths easier... lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I always tip! KFC etc you get your food flung at you. If I go to a nice restaurant and the staff go out of their way to make your visit an experience then yes I believe you you should tip. If I go and they take my order and serve my food with no interaction then I wouldn't tip (this would be them just doing their job)
As for the service charge on large parties this is mainly because that one member of staff has to look after you for your visit and if there's a lot of you they're looking after only you. Restaurants can't afford one member of staff per table they'd go out of business.
K x"
You were clearly never served by me in KFC then 
So glad I'm not there any more, but despite the job being shit, I miss the customers x |
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"In America, it seems socially mandatory.
Here, some cheeky restaurants include a service charge.
Why do we not pay a tip in McDonalds/KFC or Nandos but seem to have to everywhere else?
What's are your thoughts? Always tip? And how much?"
I tip dependant on the service I get. If it's good service, bit of banter etc then I tip. If they look bored and uninterested and as much use as a chocolate fireguard then no tip. |
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