How much do you tip?

[00slash00]

Where I live (in America) you don't have to tip pizza deliveries, or if you do $5 is considered a lot. Then again when my brother worked in the city as one he always got large tips so I guess it all depends on where you live.

where exactly in america do you live? i live in pennsylvania and while you dont technically HAVE to tip, its a pretty big dick move if you dont. and $5? depends on how much you ordered. i mean if i order $20 worth of food, ill tip around 4 or 5, but i would not consider $5 to be a lot, if you order a lot of food. i mean if you order like $50 worth of food, i would hope you would tip more than 5

 

[Sandernista]

so what we talking steak dinner or something cause i've had a nice steak for about 5quid

Naw, more like hot sandwich, soup, and fries. For both of us. Comes out at around $9-$10.

Or dim sum, at a really nice place. 5-7 plates of dumplings for about $12-$20

 

[SanguineSymphony]

Depends on the service and congeniality of the server. If I were in your situation he would have received no tip for his behavior.

 

[Leon Last Lord Shyle]

so what we talking steak dinner or something cause i've had a nice steak for about 5quid

Naw, more like hot sandwich, soup, and fries. For both of us. Comes out at around $9-$10.

Or dim sum, at a really nice place. 5-7 plates of dumplings for about $12-$20

the only way i can continue this conversation now is asking about food seeing as i've never tried dim sum... although for a chinese that's about the same price

 

[gh0ti]

I understand that tips work a little differently in the US, as you guys seem to tip for everything - whether the service you received was good or not.

The most I tip at a restaurant would usually be about 15%, but I would tip very low if the service was particularly bad, just to make a point (which is kind of passive aggressive, but whatever).

A work colleague was telling me that she had a meal out at the weekend and the restaurant included a £40 SERVICE CHARGE. That's when things get out of hand in my book. Regardless of how much the actual bill was (I didn't ask) it's plain wrong for a business to include what, in my book, is an extortionate, compulsory 'tip'.

If your service is good enough for me to tip you, I'll tip you. But I reserve the right to decide how much.

 

[Sandernista]

so what we talking steak dinner or something cause i've had a nice steak for about 5quid

Naw, more like hot sandwich, soup, and fries. For both of us. Comes out at around $9-$10.

Or dim sum, at a really nice place. 5-7 plates of dumplings for about $12-$20

the only way i can continue this conversation now is asking about food seeing as i've never tried dim sum... although for a chinese that's about the same price

Well Dim Sum is just dumplings. They bring by plates of 3-5 dumplings on these little carts and you pick. Or you choose from a menu with pictures.

Some places can get really, really pricey. (Like $10+ a plate) But not where I go in north chinatown.

 

[Togs]

I dont tip pizza guys, thats just silly

at cafes and restaurants if the foods good considering what ive paid and the service has been ok Ill tip anything from 10% to 25%, but if the foods crap or overpriced or the staff are sullen arseholes I wont tip. If I get a taxi when im drunk then I tip as well.

Ive never personally never understood where this whole tipping thing came from- I mean why are we expected to pay more on top of what the food is worth? its jsut silly.

One thing that really annoys is the way some service people flat demand that you tip them- one dude at pizza hut actually ran out to catch me, asking if id forgotten something with his palm outstretched.

 

[Jesus Phish]

I dont tip. Tips are called service charge here. It's between 5-10% of the cost of the meal, sometimes more if they have to cater to large groups.

 

[FamoFunk]

Nothing, £0.00, Nada.

I'll say "keep the change" if it's a couple of pence, but no I don't tip.

I'd never go into a job expecting to be tipped.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

15%? What else?

 

[Synonymous]

I try to tip 15-20%, but I'm usually not dining at sit-down restaurants, and I don't live in an area where the pizza places deliver. (Well, one does, but it's right across the street, so there's no point.)

Regarding the OP, I can't figure out the reaction, either; even TipthePizzaGuy.com [http://tipthepizzaguy.com/] thinks you did well. I've heard about an old practice of adding $1 per pizza on multiple-pie orders, but even then, you're still in the clear.

 

[Danik93]

I don't tip. This is Sweden. We don't do that.

Pfft. It's 12% in sweden. That's what I tip at least.
Snåle fanskap

I lol'ed hard!

OT: In Sweden you rarely tip. Only on proper restaurants and if you are pleased with the service. They already get cash for serving us... me and my family tip from 2$ to 10$ it depends on the service.

 

[Fledge]

I wasn't aware that I was supposed to give the delivery guy a tip at all.

 

[Varitel]

I tip roughly 15-20% depending on quality of service. Once I did tip almost 30% on a good meal because it was a round number

 

[spiffleh]

I hate that tips are obligatory. I feel I should only tip when they do an especially good job.
But normally I tip 15% begrudgingly.

 

[Hollock]

I tip 15-25% as a former waiter i can tell you it sucks to work 12 and only making like 60$ (I worked at a place where a lot of the customers were foreIgnors and didnt realize how important tipping is (( and that happend once)))

 

[Neuromaster]

Like most, I tip 15%.

If I'm really impressed with the food and service, I'll tip 20% and ask the server to convey my compliments to the kitchen staff. I figure that hearing one of their customers thought their work was exceptional means as much or more than the extra dollar or two.

If I'm particularly disappointed with the food/service, I'll still usually tip 15%, but I'll ask to speak to the manager and explain what I found unsatisfactory. If I just go down to 10% they have no idea if something was wrong or if I'm just a cheapskate or what. Not to mention that many establishments pool the tips at closing time & split them evenly between the staff - I don't want everyone punished because one person screwed up. Better to tip normally and talk to the manager so they can take directed action at the individual who screwed up.

 

[templargunman]

If 20% of the price is less than 5, then I tip 5, if the tip is greater than 5, but less than 10, I tip 10, etc. I feel like there's no reason not to tip over the actual amount. I hate when people don't tip, and for some reason, I hate it even more when someone pulls out their iphone and uses that fucking tip app. I hate people who think that they're being good people for figuring out exactly how much they need to tip, so that they fit in with societal norms.

 

[Marowit]

Generally 20%. My girlfriend use to work as a waitress, and making a couple bucks an hour sucks. If I am remembering correctly she was making $2 something an hour, because it's assumed they'll be making tips. Tipping is where they make all, all, of their money. Anyone who is smug enough to think that waiting on someone is easy/well paid clearly hasn't done it, and need to not be so cheap.

If wait-staff was paid a good wage, then sure, tipping should be only for outstanding service, but wait-staff isn't paid a good wage. They depend on tips, and are taxed according to the presumption that they'll be making 15% of every receipt they bill as a tip.

I just get worked up about this, because I have seen how much it sucks to have people not tip. If you're really that cheap you should be eating Ramen at home, and not ruining someones night pretending you're too good to tip.


I will however, if the service is terrible not tip.