Not too many years ago, the rule of thumb for tipping someone who serves you food was 10-15%. Now I see menus saying 18% tip included for groups over 15 and people I dine with laying down 20% or more. When I start calculating 10%, people look at me like I am cheap when in fact 10% is generous for poor service, why tip at all? How about a penny? And why should it be relative to the cost of the food. I can order a $9.95 burger or a $28 steak and lobster, and the effort to walk back to the kitchen and back is the same. Why should the tip be any different?
I only Tip if I really like the services, food and the attitude of waiters, usually 10% of the billed amount. Otherwise they can expect only the billed amount from me....
i don't give more than $3-$4 tip, but here it's normal to give not so much... Usually around $1, even if the dinner was $350, still $3-$4...
The 10% rule usually holds good here in the UK still. There's an increasing trend for restaurants to include a service charge, which is a bit devious because most people will accept it as part of the bill when, in fact, they could refuse to pay that amount if the service was very poor. As it goes I'm usually quite a generous tipper - if I was charged £8 for a meal I'd probably hand over a £10 note and that would be that.
yes 15% is a good for tip, but then it also goes up with the quality of service, and sometimes when i give a repeat visit and they recognize, i usually give a lot higher tip!
well ethically, you are suppose to tip anywhere in between 13-15%, having said that, if the service is good, i dont mind tipping some extra, and if its bad, call me a cheapstake if u will but i dont tip at all....
Same here Well as far as amount is concerned its not 10% though. If I am alone then sometimes its even 20% and if I treat a group then it might be only 5% if the total bill is too high
It was 10-15%, 13% is a bit of mental work for calculating a tip on a minimum acceptable level of service. If service is bad, leaving no tip might be interpreted as you forgot to tip. Leaving a penny sends a message and I have only done it once but it was BAD service.
I have seen some people who dont tip at all. But frnakly speaking, I tip at the range of 10%.Lets not compare with each other, Its an individual choice of action.
In USA you have to tip because thats often the money the waiter will get, right ? Or at least a big part of wht they get. Else in the world the waiters most often get a normal wage so you can chose to tip or not. Anyway, waiting is hard work so its good to appreciate waiters and their work.
I believe they get something over minimum wage plus their tips. If a place is busy they make a degree professional. By tipping lower, you might actually help them ...they could move on to a better job.
Gratuity is probably set so high so employers can lessen their employees salary. Nah, not sure. I always tip at the very least 20%, if I like the service I'll go 50%.
I have worked in a restaurant before, and all tips were saved. Each month $5 per employee was removed from that savings and the rest was divided under every employee (including cooks etc), which i think was very good because the waiters always get tips, but the cooks never get any while they work just as hard and just as good. The $5 by the way was saved to go on holiday once a year with the whole crew
Wow. Completely different in the states. lol Like anyone would save money to go on a trip with their coworkers. Embezzlement maybe. hah
I know that employers tend to lower salaries because they're employees get tips. That sucks doesn't it? I'm not giving tips at all, I might be a cheapstick but they do get a salary, for which they work just like me. If they don't like the salary, then let them look for another job. Sorry if I've hurt anyone's feelings, but do you tip your webdeveloper? Do you tip your teacher??? Like his waiting while you are doing your test isn't hard. Or tip everyone, or don't tip. So I chose not to. They all get payed anyways.
I usually tip the change out of a £10 or £20 note depending on how much is left. I guess it's usually around 10% - 15%. I get frustrated with mandatory tips for groups over X amount of people. To me it just means that if the person serving knows they have a large group then they dont have to give their best service as they get the mandatory tip anyway. I dont eat out that much to be honest though... maybe once every 6 months at a place where I would tip.