Are you from a culture in which it's standard practice to tip for services?
Yes. In the southern United States it is a standard practice.
If so, for which services, and what's the standard where you live? What do you consider fair? Are there circumstances in which you wouldn't tip when you ordinarily would?
I tip anyone who brings me anything. Food, drink or any home delivery. I tip the UPS or Fed Ex guy because I am usually home before their route gets to my house in the evenings.
The standard 15% is what most people go by. I do 20% at a restaurant or bar. If I go to Sonic, the car hop gets 2-3 US Dollars. Pizza Guy or other delivery guy gets $5. The guys who change my oil and wash my truck get $5 a piece. I tip even when it is bad service. Bad service twice, I just do not go back to the place of business and call and let the manager know who and what the problem is.
Is it an expected thing for every visit or only at certain times of the year? When it comes to food and drink, is there a difference to you between restaurant and counter service?
I do not tip because it is expected. I learned from my father early on in life that the service industry has some of the most shit jobs for shit pay in the world. By tipping well you are not only saying thank you, those servers remember you and will take care of you the next time you come in. I am a regular at a mexican restaurant, all I have to do is walk in and I am seated at a great table and everything is always perfect. I know my servers by name and they treat me so well. Is it for the tip I leave? Probably. But it makes everything great. As for counter service I do not tip unless it is a rush order or a large order and they go beyond what would normally be expected from them besides handing me a sandwich in a sack.
Have you worked a job where tips are expected? Encouraged? Hoped for? Do you think this makes a difference in your perceptions to those of people who haven't? Do you remember how well (or whether) people tip and does this make a difference in how you treat them if they come back?
No. I have never worked for tips. I have a few people in my life who have worked for a low wage plus tips. Hearing there stories, plus what my father showed me as I was growing up made it real clear to me that in a lot of cases. Tips are what keep these people from living in a car.
If not, have you traveled in places where it's customary? What are your thoughts on it?
I have only ever traveled to northern Canada. I tipped when we went out to eat and I tipped the lady who came and cleaned our hotel room. I was not watching to see if tipping was customary or not.
Tipping
- 25/10/2009 01:38:59 AM
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It is not standard practice to tip here.
- 25/10/2009 01:43:37 AM
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question...
- 25/10/2009 12:07:11 PM
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any of the above. *NM*
- 25/10/2009 12:52:32 PM
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Re: Tipping
- 25/10/2009 02:36:58 AM
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Here's my soapbox speech.
- 25/10/2009 02:51:40 AM
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here in uhmurricuh you tip for taxis and food, 15% or so and a buck or so for bags and valet stuff *NM*
- 25/10/2009 05:29:23 AM
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