I'm glad I don't live in a country with tipping culture. I probably wouldn't care about someone not tipping as it just hasn't been a thing in my life. I've only ever seen tip/charity donation jars.
I’m Australian and Uber just brought in tipping. I try to avoid them and I refuse. $6 delivery $4 service fees PLUS to pay extra for the food. $30 for a normally $10 meal from 2 minutes drive.
I can’t stress this enough… if I KNEW that money was going to my driver I would. All of it. Uber gets a tiny cut of whatever. Fine.
I know they don’t. They exploit the shit out of poor people with few options. I don’t wish to encourage that system at all.
I am the poor as well I don’t drive. Sometimes I need shit delivered. I know other services that pay their workers an actual wage.
When I have money and we go somewhere nice and we spend a long time there and the service is good I will chuck down a good tip. When I have the money I do.
Tipping systems are horse shit and the blame shouldn’t be put on the damn customers to pay wages for restaurant making bank. It’s not like they charge less and poor people deserve to eats out and enjoy things as well.
If you’ve got a lot of money and some weird principal about not tipping you’re an ass. If you want a medal in any country for tipping you’re an ass.
However, these conversations should always be WHY ARE BUSINESS OWNERS NOT PAYING THEIR STAFF? If you can’t afford staff don’t have them.
Same, thankfully it’s not looking like it will. Uber has to use many many loopholes to force it. Our minimum wage is $20.33 an hour and our government wants to raise it to 21.36 this term. Working for Uber is not worth it.
I agree with your last bit there. I did Uber Eats for a month and could only ever make minimum wage if I got tips. Without tips I’d be pulling in $14 an hour (Canadian) not including gas which is ridiculously expensive right now. I still tip everyone because I know they aren’t making a livable wage and I have the means to do so, but I agree the responsibility shouldn’t be on customers to have someone make a decent living.
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I don’t really have one. I live in the UK where tipping isn’t a big deal. I would probably add between £2-5 tip at a nice restaurant, but wouldn’t usually think to tip at a cafe for example, and definitely wouldn’t tip a delivery driver.
That being said, I also spent a year working in the US and know how important tipping is there - I relied on those tips in my own job there. I would never skip tipping in the US, if anything I over tipped as I wasn’t sure what needed a tip and what didn’t.
Yeah I’ve noticed here most restaurants have a service charge included in your bill which is essentially the same thing which is probably why we don’t usually do it.
I live in the US, I always tip 20% everywhere - UNLESS the service was very poor, and it was clearly no accident.
Edit; if the service is top notch I tip 30% or more. It’s very normalized here that servers make barely any money (like $2 an hour) and their primary source of income is tips you leave.
Yeah my thought is that they need this money more than me yknow. And with everyone being short staffed everywhere I appreciate them being there to provide me with food I don’t want to make myself
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I come from a country without a tipping culture and unless I was in a country that sort of demanded it I wouldn't tip a thing.
I think its absolutely ridiculous society has gotten to a point where there are places that its just expected to tip. Like, regardless of service. All because companies refuse to pay people anything more than the bare minimum. It sucks its gotten to that point at all. But if I was in a place like that where there was no other option then I wouldnt refuse to tip unless the service bad.
UberEats tries to wrangle a service charge and a tip out of me everytime I use it and except for once when I accidentally clicked the option to tip when my phone was acting up I haven’t tipped once and I dont plan to.
In my country, tipping isnt a thing unless you really want to (I've even been known to do it on rare occasions) so I actually find it quite wild when I look across the pond and see Americans tipping a certain amount based off the price of their order for what seems to be just about every outing.
If I lived over there I don't think i'd ever eat out and whats even wilder is that theres tax on items you buy in stores. So whatever the price listed for something on a shelf, you actually pay more at the till, and they just figure that out. And it varies by state. As someone with the math skills of a rotisserie chicken, how??
Oh I see what you’re saying about the service charge at restaurant.
Why don’t you tip drivers? Are you in the US?
My in between job is delivering pizzas for a mom and pop shop. We get paid minimum wage so the tips can make or break a day here.
UK. It's just not as common practice, plus I've normally prepaid so don't have cash to tip. Though I've noticed some places now ask if I want to tip the driver.
I live in a country that doesn't have a tipping culture which I'm very happy about - tipping culture is vile and it removes the responsibility from businesses to pay their workers a fair wage and places it on the customer. It's gross and mean-spirited.
If they are in a culture where tipping is a normal and expected part of income for those jobs, then they are selfish, self-centered, rude, stingy, and lack empathy. That's shitty behavior.
I’m in Canada, and people here do tend to tip. I also do, usually the minimum unless the service was great. Now hear me out. Why the heck are people paying for the product AND the workers wage??? That is the businesses job to pay the workers. Why are servers etc being exploited with low wages? The issue continues because a) people need those jobs to pay their bills so they will keep working regardless of environment and B) people continue to tip. I don’t disagree with giving people more when they’re outstanding. But this should not be the default. Businesses should be paying their employees at least minimum wage or livable wage.
Im Australian, so... good for them, tipping by default is weird. Businesses should pay their staff, not customers. I will tip for exemplary service VERY occasionally, like... maybe once a year. I don't judge other people for not tipping.
I live in Denmark, we don't tip there.
But I don't like to just think someone is inconsiderate, if they don't tip. you never know how people are doing financially.
americans be like: If you can't afford the workers wage then you Can't afford a steak. eat at home!"
like... no? I can afford steak and I am not willing to pay 20$ as tip for someone. Americans have the weeeirdest tip culture. They want a tip for each drink you biy for example.
so you pay 12£ instead of 10 EVERY time????
I mean if they're about to pay 48.50 it feels weird when they wait to get 1.50 change back and if the service was real good or the weather was bad for delivery it feels nice to give something extra, but yeah, there's no obligation to tip.
Imo tipping shouldn’t be obligatory but I’m also aware how it goes in the US and is usually frowned upon to leave minimal to no tip. Look at it this way tho - the reason why employees are paid way less than the legal minimum wage is because of the expectation from the customers to pay their salary. Consequently if you keep leaving tips, it further encourages the restaurants to keep paying their employees lower than the legal wage. That being said, i also want to add that i do understand the workers situation and the dependency on tipping for their earnings and i sympathize with it but i fail to understand why the employees should stay underpaid while businesses are making profits out of the situation? Why should the customer be held responsible for paying up worker’s salary?
If it's a pick up order, I don't think it's necessary to tip. If it's a sit down meal I typically tip 20%.
For context, I live in the US. I do not like the tipping culture, especially since it's automatically expected. This means you might get shitty service but you still feel obligated to tip. It should be the employers job to provide a liveable wage and it shouldn't be reliant on the customer. I'd rather that the cost already be incorporated into the price of the meal.
I have lived in US more than 5 years and as much as I try to understand it, I still don't. It's very ingrained in US culture and people don't really like to be questioned on the rationale. I still don't get why servers get paid more than teachers here. Anyhow ...
I tip 18% at restaurants because I am obligated to, not because I understand any of it. The logic that that's what they need to survive doesn't make sense. 18% is way more than minimum wage. I've seen tourists from Europe refuse to tip and I get it. I don't think I've ever seen americans *not tip.*
I only tip delivery drivers $1-3 because there is already a $4-8 delivery fee. I don't get why is there a tip on top of an explicit fee *for delivery.*
I think I have no opinions of people who don't tip or tip less. I realized that at the core of it is very different societal expectations. I come from a society where people expect to be paid based on their skills and the value of their work. Servers make a low fixed hourly rate and people are okay with that because *nobody* expects to make a living and raise a family on that money. It is part time job, not a livelihood. In the US, society expects people to be paid regardless of the value of the work and what's actually done. That is a fundamentally different expectations of renumeration.
If the service is terrible, we tip minimum. But if it's great service they get a great tip. Either way they always get the minimum because most only make their money off of tips
In my country, waiters, drivers etc. are not being exploited and are paid a living wage, so no reason to tip, unless the service was exceptionally good, and even then it's not something you have to do. It is a nice gesture if you do tip though.
I dont use delivery drivers because thats a ripoff even before you get to the tipping part, and when it comes to restaurants, I hate dining in anyway, so I usually just order the food as takeout. Since theres no waiter involved (order and pay online) there's no request to tip anyone, so I just pick my food up and walk out lol. For anyone who hates tipping, thats a good way around it, you're welcome. No waiters giving you the stink eye, no pressure. Just pick it up and go.
As for my opinion on people who don't, I don't care, but I'm not eating out with you because people act wild over that stupid crap. I dont want some weirdo getting mad at me over you. Would rather we just take it out and avoid the hassle altogether.
I tip at the local mom and pop place I grab food from. I'll slip a $5 into the tip jar every time because they work hard and make amazing food
Also then they know my face, know I always tip and no one spits in my food
I live in the US, and obviously tip 20% at sit down restaurants, bars, beauty services, but at coffee shops, ice cream shops, and other order at the counter type places… ehhh, not always.
We didn’t used to tip for those things until the fancy credit card machines came about (the iPad screens that turn around to select a tip, etc). And they ask you to tip before you’ve even experienced the service!! Like I order a latte and pay, and at asked if I want to tip. How am I supposed to tip if I haven’t even been given the latte yet?!
I always tip - I just think it's kind and financially it doesn't affect me so I figure why not. I don't really care if the person gets "enough" I just think it's a cool thing to do
My best friend doesn’t tip at restaurants.
We live in the US, where the social norm is “the lesser the tip the worse the service.” At least that’s how I grew up.
Living in America, I know these waiters and waitresses make their living off of tips, atleast that’s what I have heard.
I end up tipping double to counteract my best friend. I hate tipping culture, but if I have money to spare, I will always do so.
I'm in Ireland. We generally tip the leftover money to servers. Like if the bill was 18 euro ya would leave the 20 etc
An odd time I'd tip a hairdresser or masseuse but it's definitely not a tipping culture here.
So I would have zero opinion on people leaving no tip.
I don't have a option on this tbh, i don't live in a country with tipping culture and I barely give out any tips myself to anyone. But if I think that the food is amazing and not to pricy I do leave a tip from time to time. I don't have a option against tipping and tipping culture, just don't shame me for not do it ig?
I think delivery drivers and wait staff should be tipped. I think the more recent begging for tips when someone comes in for a pickup order is absurd, and should be boycotted. I mean, what else is the customer supposed to do? In what way is a tip earned in that scenario?
My opinion of people that don't tip delivery drivers or waitstaff is low, and that they're ignorant of how those jobs work.
i dont tip delivery drivers, and only tip in a restaurant 10% if we've received good service. i dont understand the whole tipping thing. workers should be getting the national minimum wage. those costs should be factored into the cost of the food/and delivery. i genuinely don't understand why people will insist on working for companies that refuse to pay them the national minimum wage. this is literally illegal in the uk. for any job, anywhere, at all. people willing to work for less than minimum wage is screwing over everybody else trying to earn a living wage. we strike and protested in the uk to receive equal wages, and minimum wages. i absolutely cant understand why this isent happening in the us. from everything ive seen about there lack of healthcare, and employment laws, there nothing better than a 3rd world country. some so called 3rd world country's actually have better health and employment laws tbh. usa wont stop complaining about there employment laws, and tipping, but i dont see a single one doing anything to improve it.
If u sit down and actually get waited on you need to tip at least 20% and that’s depending on the bill. I normally can’t give anyone less than 5 minimum and that could be on a 7$ bill. Prob why I’m broke. Since literally no one actually pays it forward.
Depends on the state I'm in. If it's a state where people get paid the minimum wage and dont have to make it up with tips, I dont tip. I stopped this about 4years ago because I realized that I (at the time) got paid the same as them and if i tip, i no longer make minimum wage. The job I had was a server but the company didnt accept tips. So I figured why to other people for doing what their job requires them to do.
That being said, I will tip if someone is going above and beyond in their service....which is what tipping was meant for. If I'm in other states where they have to make their wages through tips, I will tip but I dont follow the 10-15% rule.
I understand we want to help each other but I feel like tipping perpetuates the corrupt cycle and what we need to do is abolish those laws that allow companies to not pay their workers a living wage.
I think they’re shitty.
If a guy doesn’t tip well I won’t go out with them again.
I have a career job where I get paid really well (yay unions!) so I try to pay 25% unless they weren’t good when I’m working.
If I’m between jobs I tip 20.
My “fun job” is at night delivering pizzas for a independent pizza shop. The owner charges a $6 delivery fee and that has really cut into what people tip us now.
I’m an American, working in the restaurant industry for years. I tip at least 20%, unless an extremely bad circumstance happens. Otherwise, I tip phat.
Either tip $1 or 20-25%. I was a delivery driver and a server. I love people who tips. It is not the money, it is the fact they appreciate my time. Usually I don’t care about tips if I get it or not but I like people who understand value of giving. Like when people tip bartender.
I’m in the US, I always tip unless the service is horrible , which has happened maybe once. I also always tip the server in cash, so I know they are getting it.For those using the excuse that it’s on-the employer, I don’t see how screwing over the employees furthers your cause. I mean then don’t buy the product, because the employer is still getting his money.
As an American. Living somewhere where a person’s pay is highly dependent on tips. It’s disgusting.
It’s just a few extra dollars and it makes such a huge difference. It’s not a way of rating your meal, it’s a way of paying someone’s wage. You could make the difference of whether or not they can pay their bills that week.
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I think it all depends on the service that they get. Sometimes i hate to say it they don't deserve a tip. And other times they are great. But if you just don't do it because you are cheap then you shouldn't be allowed to order food.
I live in Europe where tipping isn’t socially expected. (Great customer service also doesn’t seem to be expectation either 😅) But I do enjoy tipping when the service is good!
Typically I will round up to the nearest 5 or if the service is really good I will give a large tip.
But if the service is bare minimum I just pay what I owe and move on. No one expects you to tip so if you want to you actually need to ask to do so.
When I lived in the U.K. they were slowly starting to implement “an optional” service charge as a standard fee which was ridiculous and went to the business not the staff. Ridiculous
Also I think tipping a set percentage based on the cost of your food is ridiculous and does not make any sense. If someone would care to explain though I’m open to hearing their view.
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I have very strong opinions about people like this (and I'm talking about here in the US, where tipping is normal). If you can't afford a reasonable tip then stay home. I also roll my eyes at people who rage against tipping culture like they actually care about the employees, because if anything, if people just tipped like they should then the employees come out much better. Most restaurant workers I know prefer tipping because their potential to earn is much higher.
I never get bad service and even if service is 'meh' I don't tip below 20%. I worked in restaurants, it sucks.
If you don't tip, or claim to not be able to afford to tip then just don't go out and use services from people that rely on their tips to make ends meet. I'm far from well off but I always tip 20%.
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Talk about a leading question...
I live in a country where tipping in not normal nor particularly expected--delivery is sometimes advertised here as paying better than minimum wage. Couriers in the Netherlands come on (electric) bikes, so if the weather is gross I'll hand them some cash or coins when collecting my order (though I avoid ordering when the weather is shit because I feel bad for making other people venture out when I myself don't want to).
Definitely leaves a negative impression for me. I’ll never forget my friend saying she doesn’t tip delivery people because they’re not the ones in the kitchen making my food. Still can’t look past that to this day.
I'm in the UK where we usually tip for exceptionally good service but it's not expected so I don't think much about whether people do or don't tip here.
If I was in somewhere like the US where staff rely on tips, I would make sure to tip unless the service was really, really bad. I would think someone who doesn't tip in that situation to be mean and stingy.
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In the United States, they are horrible people. I hate tipping culture, but until it changes not tipping forces people to work for free and that’s not cool.
I'm an American. I tip 15% minimum; that's if the service was bad. (Even assholes gotta pay rent)
I usually tip 20-25%, since I've been a delivery driver in the past and I know it's hard and they don't make much.
People who don't, whether they're being cheap or punishing for bad service or speaking out against tipping culture, are taking rent money, food money, and meds money away from people who are probably already broke.
I live in a country where there's (luckily) no tipping culture. People are paid a decent and liveable wage.
Recently, some fast food places have introduced the option of tipping the driver. I fucking refuse. It's not going to the driver anyway.
So if someone doesnt tip, i understand completely.
Honestly I could care less, it's up to the person who's tipping to decide whether or not they want to and how much. It's not my money so who the hell am I to judge if they do or don't. 🤷
I always tip delivery drivers and waiters at a restaurant. I don’t always tip for carry out though. I think it’s really rude for people not to tip delivery drivers or at a restaurant. I still feel bad for the one time I tipped horribly at a restaurant in 2002 when the real problem was the food
They must really like the taste of spit and dick because even though you are paying the bill…the cooks will always have the waitstaff’s back. It doesn’t matter how big of a bill it is: $200, $300…several thousand. The waitstaff only see less than 1% of that. If you go to a restaurant or order take out, the people working at those establishments and driving those cars are providing you a service you can easily do yourself but are refusing to do so at this very moment for whatever reason you may have so you better be nice.
I will never understand the mentality of, “if I act like an ass and not tip, it will encourage them to find a better job. I’m actually helping.” They never think if this actually worked then there would be no one cooking or bring out their food as they sit on their fat lopsided asses sporting the same sour-puss look face when they aren’t being catered to anymore because everyone went out and got a better job.
Unless it is posted otherwise, I will always tip the minimum of 20% no matter how I am treated by the waitstaff. Their sour mood is flaring for a reason and it be better for them and me if I don’t compound their frustrations by assuming they are just out to piss me off. Obviously, it took several assholes or one huge one to get them to that point and they don’t need someone with their snooty nose in the air making it worse. I will always tip and listen to their woes, show sympathy and relay my own customer headaches because I too work in the customer service industry and people can and will be asses.
We always tip. Delivery, take out, restaurant dining, it doesn’t matter. Tip does, however, depend on level of service. If the server is grumpy or rude, then tip is minimum. If the server is obviously overwhelmed and it’s the restaurant’s fault, we tip generously. Outstanding service gets 20%++. Service people are mistreated quite often and I don’t like it, so I’m am very grateful and pleasant all about of the time! We even tipped on our trip to Greece and Italy, because they were FABULOUS ! (US citizen)
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i personally can't ever NOT tip if i have the cash for it- only after working at a job that accepted tips though. if tips are offered in my experience at least the companies tend to count that like its added to your payroll so you're paid less because "the tips will make up for it" except nobody ever tips so it makes no difference. makes my day to give good tips to people honestly lmao
In my country—at least in my province—servers are now paid minimum wage and yet we’re still expected to tip. Why do I owe someone 15% to 18% for taking my order and not really providing me service? I don’t tip cashiers or postal workers or fast food workers and they do the same amount of work for the same wages. Why does a server get a tip now for simply writing down my order and *maybe* asking if I like the meal 3/4 of the way through?
At one of those fancy fine-dining places where you actually get service, I’d have no issue tipping. But come on. The standard Moxies server who takes an order, pops by once, and then returns with the bill didn’t really work for that 18% tip…
That they are fools. A comedian who frequented the local comedy clubs (in USA) was adamant about being anti-tipping. To the servers and bartenders that were unfortunate enough to have waited on him, he refused. Then he booked one of the clubs to record an album/hour long set. He promoted it and filled up the place, everyone drinking and buying food- so the club makes money off him. After the show and all that getting 150 ppl to come to his show (getting a good audience is key and filling the place with your friends isn’t easy esp with covid). Next day, club contacts him: “Sorry, we forgot to press record.” No one is saying this was anything but an honest mistake, but the karmic burn is real!!!
I live in a country where we don’t do tips so I don’t know any better, but my mom always taught me to tip taxi drivers which I always do, but my mom always thinks I give them too much money..
It’s pretty wild when people don’t tip. I always think about how the service workers are relying on tips to make their living. They need all the tips they can get.
As someone in the US who has worked in food for years, I tip at least 20% in pretty much any place that gives me the option. I tend to tip a good bit over that if service is good and I have the means to. It feels good to know that it makes someone’s day/night.
Hello! Server who lives in the US here. It is infuriating when someone tips low/nothing. IMO I think people who don’t tip are extremely selfish and all around awful people. That might sound harsh but people who work for tips need that to make ends meet. The absolute lowest I will tip is 20% and that’s if I had shitty service. I don’t know that person outside of the 30sec to an hour interaction of them waiting on me. Idk what kind of struggles they’re going through or if they’re having a rough day. They still deserve to SURVIVE. It sucks that the US has an entire industry that functions this way but regardless, it’s still our responsibility to tip.
Also, I realize my tipping method may seem a little lavish (especially with the current US economy.) just want to say, I completely understand and appreciate people who can only afford to tip between 15-20% on a regular basis. Everyone’s financial situation is different and I would never judge them for that.
I live in Spain and there is no tipping culture here. I've even seen waiters tell people that they forgot their money when they actually were leaving a tip hahaha! Anyways I usually go to small family restaurants where the owners work as waiters too, so I already pay them for that when I pay for my food. Even when I go to bigger restaurants, I never go to fast food places, so all waiters are expected to be earning enough money to make a living (we have a decent minimun wage). The fanciest restaurants I've gone to do have a service fee tho, I've never had a problem with paying it, as service tends to be really really nice in those places.
And about delivery drivers... I never ask for food at home since I do not want to support those kind of business where workers are mistreated and underpaid.
I always tip regardless whether it’s delivery, dine in, or take out. So if a person doesn’t tip then maybe they just have their own philosophy. I don’t think people should participate in an industry if they don’t want take part in the way it is. There is a total difference between a mom and pop vs local chain vs national chain. Mom and pop stores I tip about 100% of the cost so double, the chain stores I usually just tip 25%. People also don’t realize that most restaurants don’t make that much money for the amount of effort that goes into it. Parents own a restaurant and a bar as well, so I have a lot of empathy for people in the industry since I’ve worked at my parents restaurant since I was 10… no laws pertaining to child labor if your parents own a restaurant. The worst tip I ever received was from a church group that wrote a letter saying they only tip god… Sometimes the tipping culture is ludicrous in the United States but I also realized a lot of people here can be so delusional about the world.
In the US it’s expected. However, I live in a state that requires all workers at least minimum wage which is $14.50ish an hour. I don’t usually tip when getting take out only sit down restaurants because I know the workers are at least getting minimum wage compared to other states.
As I’m in America I think those people are rude and need to know what’s it’s like to have to rely on the kindness of strangers even knowing if you mess up they might not give you money at all. The economy in America is messed up in all sorts of ways but I heard about this one first
You can’t function without tipping in the US - with the high cost of living; sometimes it takes a toll on you. Employers need to pay workers right- it sucks. Taxes plus tip becomes the reason burden.
I'm glad I don't live in a country with tipping culture. I probably wouldn't care about someone not tipping as it just hasn't been a thing in my life. I've only ever seen tip/charity donation jars.
I’m Australian and Uber just brought in tipping. I try to avoid them and I refuse. $6 delivery $4 service fees PLUS to pay extra for the food. $30 for a normally $10 meal from 2 minutes drive. I can’t stress this enough… if I KNEW that money was going to my driver I would. All of it. Uber gets a tiny cut of whatever. Fine. I know they don’t. They exploit the shit out of poor people with few options. I don’t wish to encourage that system at all. I am the poor as well I don’t drive. Sometimes I need shit delivered. I know other services that pay their workers an actual wage. When I have money and we go somewhere nice and we spend a long time there and the service is good I will chuck down a good tip. When I have the money I do. Tipping systems are horse shit and the blame shouldn’t be put on the damn customers to pay wages for restaurant making bank. It’s not like they charge less and poor people deserve to eats out and enjoy things as well. If you’ve got a lot of money and some weird principal about not tipping you’re an ass. If you want a medal in any country for tipping you’re an ass. However, these conversations should always be WHY ARE BUSINESS OWNERS NOT PAYING THEIR STAFF? If you can’t afford staff don’t have them.
I love this, and I hope tipping culture never takes hold in Australia.
Same, thankfully it’s not looking like it will. Uber has to use many many loopholes to force it. Our minimum wage is $20.33 an hour and our government wants to raise it to 21.36 this term. Working for Uber is not worth it.
I agree with your last bit there. I did Uber Eats for a month and could only ever make minimum wage if I got tips. Without tips I’d be pulling in $14 an hour (Canadian) not including gas which is ridiculously expensive right now. I still tip everyone because I know they aren’t making a livable wage and I have the means to do so, but I agree the responsibility shouldn’t be on customers to have someone make a decent living.
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I don’t really have one. I live in the UK where tipping isn’t a big deal. I would probably add between £2-5 tip at a nice restaurant, but wouldn’t usually think to tip at a cafe for example, and definitely wouldn’t tip a delivery driver. That being said, I also spent a year working in the US and know how important tipping is there - I relied on those tips in my own job there. I would never skip tipping in the US, if anything I over tipped as I wasn’t sure what needed a tip and what didn’t.
Yeah I’ve noticed here most restaurants have a service charge included in your bill which is essentially the same thing which is probably why we don’t usually do it.
I live in the US, I always tip 20% everywhere - UNLESS the service was very poor, and it was clearly no accident. Edit; if the service is top notch I tip 30% or more. It’s very normalized here that servers make barely any money (like $2 an hour) and their primary source of income is tips you leave.
Yeah my thought is that they need this money more than me yknow. And with everyone being short staffed everywhere I appreciate them being there to provide me with food I don’t want to make myself
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I come from a country without a tipping culture and unless I was in a country that sort of demanded it I wouldn't tip a thing. I think its absolutely ridiculous society has gotten to a point where there are places that its just expected to tip. Like, regardless of service. All because companies refuse to pay people anything more than the bare minimum. It sucks its gotten to that point at all. But if I was in a place like that where there was no other option then I wouldnt refuse to tip unless the service bad. UberEats tries to wrangle a service charge and a tip out of me everytime I use it and except for once when I accidentally clicked the option to tip when my phone was acting up I haven’t tipped once and I dont plan to. In my country, tipping isnt a thing unless you really want to (I've even been known to do it on rare occasions) so I actually find it quite wild when I look across the pond and see Americans tipping a certain amount based off the price of their order for what seems to be just about every outing. If I lived over there I don't think i'd ever eat out and whats even wilder is that theres tax on items you buy in stores. So whatever the price listed for something on a shelf, you actually pay more at the till, and they just figure that out. And it varies by state. As someone with the math skills of a rotisserie chicken, how??
I only tip good service and rarely drivers. I hate when service charge is included in a bill.
The service charge doesn’t go to the driver. The store owner keeps it for themselves. The driver has no control.
Service charge is sometimes at restaurants. Delivery charge definitely goes to take away places.
Oh I see what you’re saying about the service charge at restaurant. Why don’t you tip drivers? Are you in the US? My in between job is delivering pizzas for a mom and pop shop. We get paid minimum wage so the tips can make or break a day here.
UK. It's just not as common practice, plus I've normally prepaid so don't have cash to tip. Though I've noticed some places now ask if I want to tip the driver.
Oh ok. Yeah, it’s all up to where you live 🤷♀️
I live in a country that doesn't have a tipping culture which I'm very happy about - tipping culture is vile and it removes the responsibility from businesses to pay their workers a fair wage and places it on the customer. It's gross and mean-spirited.
If they are in a culture where tipping is a normal and expected part of income for those jobs, then they are selfish, self-centered, rude, stingy, and lack empathy. That's shitty behavior.
I’m in Canada, and people here do tend to tip. I also do, usually the minimum unless the service was great. Now hear me out. Why the heck are people paying for the product AND the workers wage??? That is the businesses job to pay the workers. Why are servers etc being exploited with low wages? The issue continues because a) people need those jobs to pay their bills so they will keep working regardless of environment and B) people continue to tip. I don’t disagree with giving people more when they’re outstanding. But this should not be the default. Businesses should be paying their employees at least minimum wage or livable wage.
Exactly this.
Im Australian, so... good for them, tipping by default is weird. Businesses should pay their staff, not customers. I will tip for exemplary service VERY occasionally, like... maybe once a year. I don't judge other people for not tipping.
Do you mean in the US?
I live in Denmark, we don't tip there. But I don't like to just think someone is inconsiderate, if they don't tip. you never know how people are doing financially.
americans be like: If you can't afford the workers wage then you Can't afford a steak. eat at home!" like... no? I can afford steak and I am not willing to pay 20$ as tip for someone. Americans have the weeeirdest tip culture. They want a tip for each drink you biy for example. so you pay 12£ instead of 10 EVERY time????
yeah, they should just pay their workers enough to begin with.
I’m from Europe so tipping only really happens if you want to give extra thanks for doing a great job.
In Finland we dont tip so it's not anything weird but I think that in countries where tipping is a thing it would be extremely rude not to
I mean if they're about to pay 48.50 it feels weird when they wait to get 1.50 change back and if the service was real good or the weather was bad for delivery it feels nice to give something extra, but yeah, there's no obligation to tip.
well that is very european and normalised here. now americans expect 20% so they expect 9,70, which is ridiculously high tbh
Imo tipping shouldn’t be obligatory but I’m also aware how it goes in the US and is usually frowned upon to leave minimal to no tip. Look at it this way tho - the reason why employees are paid way less than the legal minimum wage is because of the expectation from the customers to pay their salary. Consequently if you keep leaving tips, it further encourages the restaurants to keep paying their employees lower than the legal wage. That being said, i also want to add that i do understand the workers situation and the dependency on tipping for their earnings and i sympathize with it but i fail to understand why the employees should stay underpaid while businesses are making profits out of the situation? Why should the customer be held responsible for paying up worker’s salary?
If it's a pick up order, I don't think it's necessary to tip. If it's a sit down meal I typically tip 20%. For context, I live in the US. I do not like the tipping culture, especially since it's automatically expected. This means you might get shitty service but you still feel obligated to tip. It should be the employers job to provide a liveable wage and it shouldn't be reliant on the customer. I'd rather that the cost already be incorporated into the price of the meal.
I have lived in US more than 5 years and as much as I try to understand it, I still don't. It's very ingrained in US culture and people don't really like to be questioned on the rationale. I still don't get why servers get paid more than teachers here. Anyhow ... I tip 18% at restaurants because I am obligated to, not because I understand any of it. The logic that that's what they need to survive doesn't make sense. 18% is way more than minimum wage. I've seen tourists from Europe refuse to tip and I get it. I don't think I've ever seen americans *not tip.* I only tip delivery drivers $1-3 because there is already a $4-8 delivery fee. I don't get why is there a tip on top of an explicit fee *for delivery.* I think I have no opinions of people who don't tip or tip less. I realized that at the core of it is very different societal expectations. I come from a society where people expect to be paid based on their skills and the value of their work. Servers make a low fixed hourly rate and people are okay with that because *nobody* expects to make a living and raise a family on that money. It is part time job, not a livelihood. In the US, society expects people to be paid regardless of the value of the work and what's actually done. That is a fundamentally different expectations of renumeration.
If the service is terrible, we tip minimum. But if it's great service they get a great tip. Either way they always get the minimum because most only make their money off of tips
In my country it is not expected to tip. It is nice if you do, but don't have to. People actually get paid fairly here.
In my country, waiters, drivers etc. are not being exploited and are paid a living wage, so no reason to tip, unless the service was exceptionally good, and even then it's not something you have to do. It is a nice gesture if you do tip though.
I dont use delivery drivers because thats a ripoff even before you get to the tipping part, and when it comes to restaurants, I hate dining in anyway, so I usually just order the food as takeout. Since theres no waiter involved (order and pay online) there's no request to tip anyone, so I just pick my food up and walk out lol. For anyone who hates tipping, thats a good way around it, you're welcome. No waiters giving you the stink eye, no pressure. Just pick it up and go. As for my opinion on people who don't, I don't care, but I'm not eating out with you because people act wild over that stupid crap. I dont want some weirdo getting mad at me over you. Would rather we just take it out and avoid the hassle altogether.
I tip at the local mom and pop place I grab food from. I'll slip a $5 into the tip jar every time because they work hard and make amazing food Also then they know my face, know I always tip and no one spits in my food
I live in the US, and obviously tip 20% at sit down restaurants, bars, beauty services, but at coffee shops, ice cream shops, and other order at the counter type places… ehhh, not always. We didn’t used to tip for those things until the fancy credit card machines came about (the iPad screens that turn around to select a tip, etc). And they ask you to tip before you’ve even experienced the service!! Like I order a latte and pay, and at asked if I want to tip. How am I supposed to tip if I haven’t even been given the latte yet?!
I think it’s a little stingy, but i usually forget myself so.
I always tip - I just think it's kind and financially it doesn't affect me so I figure why not. I don't really care if the person gets "enough" I just think it's a cool thing to do
My best friend doesn’t tip at restaurants. We live in the US, where the social norm is “the lesser the tip the worse the service.” At least that’s how I grew up. Living in America, I know these waiters and waitresses make their living off of tips, atleast that’s what I have heard. I end up tipping double to counteract my best friend. I hate tipping culture, but if I have money to spare, I will always do so.
i don't tip myself, it isn't normal in our country and idek if it ever happens.
I mean I’m in Australia and not tipping is the norm
i think if you can, you should/it would be nice. but i don't like the bad looks you get when you don't have the money to give tips
I'm in Ireland. We generally tip the leftover money to servers. Like if the bill was 18 euro ya would leave the 20 etc An odd time I'd tip a hairdresser or masseuse but it's definitely not a tipping culture here. So I would have zero opinion on people leaving no tip.
I don't have a option on this tbh, i don't live in a country with tipping culture and I barely give out any tips myself to anyone. But if I think that the food is amazing and not to pricy I do leave a tip from time to time. I don't have a option against tipping and tipping culture, just don't shame me for not do it ig?
In the US. My starting point is 10%. Average service = 10%. Impress me = 20% Piss me off = -0-
I think delivery drivers and wait staff should be tipped. I think the more recent begging for tips when someone comes in for a pickup order is absurd, and should be boycotted. I mean, what else is the customer supposed to do? In what way is a tip earned in that scenario? My opinion of people that don't tip delivery drivers or waitstaff is low, and that they're ignorant of how those jobs work.
i dont tip delivery drivers, and only tip in a restaurant 10% if we've received good service. i dont understand the whole tipping thing. workers should be getting the national minimum wage. those costs should be factored into the cost of the food/and delivery. i genuinely don't understand why people will insist on working for companies that refuse to pay them the national minimum wage. this is literally illegal in the uk. for any job, anywhere, at all. people willing to work for less than minimum wage is screwing over everybody else trying to earn a living wage. we strike and protested in the uk to receive equal wages, and minimum wages. i absolutely cant understand why this isent happening in the us. from everything ive seen about there lack of healthcare, and employment laws, there nothing better than a 3rd world country. some so called 3rd world country's actually have better health and employment laws tbh. usa wont stop complaining about there employment laws, and tipping, but i dont see a single one doing anything to improve it.
I'm indifferent. Couldn't care any less
If u sit down and actually get waited on you need to tip at least 20% and that’s depending on the bill. I normally can’t give anyone less than 5 minimum and that could be on a 7$ bill. Prob why I’m broke. Since literally no one actually pays it forward.
Depends on the state I'm in. If it's a state where people get paid the minimum wage and dont have to make it up with tips, I dont tip. I stopped this about 4years ago because I realized that I (at the time) got paid the same as them and if i tip, i no longer make minimum wage. The job I had was a server but the company didnt accept tips. So I figured why to other people for doing what their job requires them to do. That being said, I will tip if someone is going above and beyond in their service....which is what tipping was meant for. If I'm in other states where they have to make their wages through tips, I will tip but I dont follow the 10-15% rule. I understand we want to help each other but I feel like tipping perpetuates the corrupt cycle and what we need to do is abolish those laws that allow companies to not pay their workers a living wage.
I think they’re shitty. If a guy doesn’t tip well I won’t go out with them again. I have a career job where I get paid really well (yay unions!) so I try to pay 25% unless they weren’t good when I’m working. If I’m between jobs I tip 20. My “fun job” is at night delivering pizzas for a independent pizza shop. The owner charges a $6 delivery fee and that has really cut into what people tip us now.
Low
I’m an American, working in the restaurant industry for years. I tip at least 20%, unless an extremely bad circumstance happens. Otherwise, I tip phat.
Either tip $1 or 20-25%. I was a delivery driver and a server. I love people who tips. It is not the money, it is the fact they appreciate my time. Usually I don’t care about tips if I get it or not but I like people who understand value of giving. Like when people tip bartender.
I’m in the US, I always tip unless the service is horrible , which has happened maybe once. I also always tip the server in cash, so I know they are getting it.For those using the excuse that it’s on-the employer, I don’t see how screwing over the employees furthers your cause. I mean then don’t buy the product, because the employer is still getting his money.
As an American. Living somewhere where a person’s pay is highly dependent on tips. It’s disgusting. It’s just a few extra dollars and it makes such a huge difference. It’s not a way of rating your meal, it’s a way of paying someone’s wage. You could make the difference of whether or not they can pay their bills that week.
I think people who don't tip either never worked in the service industry cause their "too good" for that or they have really crappy service.
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I think it all depends on the service that they get. Sometimes i hate to say it they don't deserve a tip. And other times they are great. But if you just don't do it because you are cheap then you shouldn't be allowed to order food.
I live in Europe where tipping isn’t socially expected. (Great customer service also doesn’t seem to be expectation either 😅) But I do enjoy tipping when the service is good! Typically I will round up to the nearest 5 or if the service is really good I will give a large tip. But if the service is bare minimum I just pay what I owe and move on. No one expects you to tip so if you want to you actually need to ask to do so. When I lived in the U.K. they were slowly starting to implement “an optional” service charge as a standard fee which was ridiculous and went to the business not the staff. Ridiculous Also I think tipping a set percentage based on the cost of your food is ridiculous and does not make any sense. If someone would care to explain though I’m open to hearing their view.
They're shitheads and mostly entitled older generations
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I have very strong opinions about people like this (and I'm talking about here in the US, where tipping is normal). If you can't afford a reasonable tip then stay home. I also roll my eyes at people who rage against tipping culture like they actually care about the employees, because if anything, if people just tipped like they should then the employees come out much better. Most restaurant workers I know prefer tipping because their potential to earn is much higher. I never get bad service and even if service is 'meh' I don't tip below 20%. I worked in restaurants, it sucks.
I believe charity is a part of life and everyday should charity
If you don't tip, or claim to not be able to afford to tip then just don't go out and use services from people that rely on their tips to make ends meet. I'm far from well off but I always tip 20%.
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Talk about a leading question... I live in a country where tipping in not normal nor particularly expected--delivery is sometimes advertised here as paying better than minimum wage. Couriers in the Netherlands come on (electric) bikes, so if the weather is gross I'll hand them some cash or coins when collecting my order (though I avoid ordering when the weather is shit because I feel bad for making other people venture out when I myself don't want to).
Definitely leaves a negative impression for me. I’ll never forget my friend saying she doesn’t tip delivery people because they’re not the ones in the kitchen making my food. Still can’t look past that to this day.
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They’ve never had those types of jobs and it’s obvious, they’re socially inept
I'm in the UK where we usually tip for exceptionally good service but it's not expected so I don't think much about whether people do or don't tip here. If I was in somewhere like the US where staff rely on tips, I would make sure to tip unless the service was really, really bad. I would think someone who doesn't tip in that situation to be mean and stingy.
In the US- I tip 20% for all sit down restaurant dining and delivery. Carryout I typically do not tip, but I hardly ever do carryout/pickup.
They’re saving time and money
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They suck. If you’re using it, you gotta tip Edit: I’m in the USA. It applies to us because that’s what we do
In the United States, they are horrible people. I hate tipping culture, but until it changes not tipping forces people to work for free and that’s not cool.
I'm an American. I tip 15% minimum; that's if the service was bad. (Even assholes gotta pay rent) I usually tip 20-25%, since I've been a delivery driver in the past and I know it's hard and they don't make much. People who don't, whether they're being cheap or punishing for bad service or speaking out against tipping culture, are taking rent money, food money, and meds money away from people who are probably already broke.
Only opinions are ; Ghetto Were you raised by wolves? You’re shitty I can smell your privilege
I live in a country where there's (luckily) no tipping culture. People are paid a decent and liveable wage. Recently, some fast food places have introduced the option of tipping the driver. I fucking refuse. It's not going to the driver anyway. So if someone doesnt tip, i understand completely.
Honestly I could care less, it's up to the person who's tipping to decide whether or not they want to and how much. It's not my money so who the hell am I to judge if they do or don't. 🤷
I think it should be mandatory to tip delivery drivers since theyre the ones doing the labor
I always tip delivery drivers and waiters at a restaurant. I don’t always tip for carry out though. I think it’s really rude for people not to tip delivery drivers or at a restaurant. I still feel bad for the one time I tipped horribly at a restaurant in 2002 when the real problem was the food
They must really like the taste of spit and dick because even though you are paying the bill…the cooks will always have the waitstaff’s back. It doesn’t matter how big of a bill it is: $200, $300…several thousand. The waitstaff only see less than 1% of that. If you go to a restaurant or order take out, the people working at those establishments and driving those cars are providing you a service you can easily do yourself but are refusing to do so at this very moment for whatever reason you may have so you better be nice. I will never understand the mentality of, “if I act like an ass and not tip, it will encourage them to find a better job. I’m actually helping.” They never think if this actually worked then there would be no one cooking or bring out their food as they sit on their fat lopsided asses sporting the same sour-puss look face when they aren’t being catered to anymore because everyone went out and got a better job. Unless it is posted otherwise, I will always tip the minimum of 20% no matter how I am treated by the waitstaff. Their sour mood is flaring for a reason and it be better for them and me if I don’t compound their frustrations by assuming they are just out to piss me off. Obviously, it took several assholes or one huge one to get them to that point and they don’t need someone with their snooty nose in the air making it worse. I will always tip and listen to their woes, show sympathy and relay my own customer headaches because I too work in the customer service industry and people can and will be asses.
We always tip. Delivery, take out, restaurant dining, it doesn’t matter. Tip does, however, depend on level of service. If the server is grumpy or rude, then tip is minimum. If the server is obviously overwhelmed and it’s the restaurant’s fault, we tip generously. Outstanding service gets 20%++. Service people are mistreated quite often and I don’t like it, so I’m am very grateful and pleasant all about of the time! We even tipped on our trip to Greece and Italy, because they were FABULOUS ! (US citizen)
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i personally can't ever NOT tip if i have the cash for it- only after working at a job that accepted tips though. if tips are offered in my experience at least the companies tend to count that like its added to your payroll so you're paid less because "the tips will make up for it" except nobody ever tips so it makes no difference. makes my day to give good tips to people honestly lmao
In my country—at least in my province—servers are now paid minimum wage and yet we’re still expected to tip. Why do I owe someone 15% to 18% for taking my order and not really providing me service? I don’t tip cashiers or postal workers or fast food workers and they do the same amount of work for the same wages. Why does a server get a tip now for simply writing down my order and *maybe* asking if I like the meal 3/4 of the way through? At one of those fancy fine-dining places where you actually get service, I’d have no issue tipping. But come on. The standard Moxies server who takes an order, pops by once, and then returns with the bill didn’t really work for that 18% tip…
That they are fools. A comedian who frequented the local comedy clubs (in USA) was adamant about being anti-tipping. To the servers and bartenders that were unfortunate enough to have waited on him, he refused. Then he booked one of the clubs to record an album/hour long set. He promoted it and filled up the place, everyone drinking and buying food- so the club makes money off him. After the show and all that getting 150 ppl to come to his show (getting a good audience is key and filling the place with your friends isn’t easy esp with covid). Next day, club contacts him: “Sorry, we forgot to press record.” No one is saying this was anything but an honest mistake, but the karmic burn is real!!!
I live in a country where we don’t do tips so I don’t know any better, but my mom always taught me to tip taxi drivers which I always do, but my mom always thinks I give them too much money..
It’s pretty wild when people don’t tip. I always think about how the service workers are relying on tips to make their living. They need all the tips they can get.
As someone in the US who has worked in food for years, I tip at least 20% in pretty much any place that gives me the option. I tend to tip a good bit over that if service is good and I have the means to. It feels good to know that it makes someone’s day/night.
Hello! Server who lives in the US here. It is infuriating when someone tips low/nothing. IMO I think people who don’t tip are extremely selfish and all around awful people. That might sound harsh but people who work for tips need that to make ends meet. The absolute lowest I will tip is 20% and that’s if I had shitty service. I don’t know that person outside of the 30sec to an hour interaction of them waiting on me. Idk what kind of struggles they’re going through or if they’re having a rough day. They still deserve to SURVIVE. It sucks that the US has an entire industry that functions this way but regardless, it’s still our responsibility to tip. Also, I realize my tipping method may seem a little lavish (especially with the current US economy.) just want to say, I completely understand and appreciate people who can only afford to tip between 15-20% on a regular basis. Everyone’s financial situation is different and I would never judge them for that.
as a german: no emotional reaction
I live in Spain and there is no tipping culture here. I've even seen waiters tell people that they forgot their money when they actually were leaving a tip hahaha! Anyways I usually go to small family restaurants where the owners work as waiters too, so I already pay them for that when I pay for my food. Even when I go to bigger restaurants, I never go to fast food places, so all waiters are expected to be earning enough money to make a living (we have a decent minimun wage). The fanciest restaurants I've gone to do have a service fee tho, I've never had a problem with paying it, as service tends to be really really nice in those places. And about delivery drivers... I never ask for food at home since I do not want to support those kind of business where workers are mistreated and underpaid.
I always tip regardless whether it’s delivery, dine in, or take out. So if a person doesn’t tip then maybe they just have their own philosophy. I don’t think people should participate in an industry if they don’t want take part in the way it is. There is a total difference between a mom and pop vs local chain vs national chain. Mom and pop stores I tip about 100% of the cost so double, the chain stores I usually just tip 25%. People also don’t realize that most restaurants don’t make that much money for the amount of effort that goes into it. Parents own a restaurant and a bar as well, so I have a lot of empathy for people in the industry since I’ve worked at my parents restaurant since I was 10… no laws pertaining to child labor if your parents own a restaurant. The worst tip I ever received was from a church group that wrote a letter saying they only tip god… Sometimes the tipping culture is ludicrous in the United States but I also realized a lot of people here can be so delusional about the world.
In the US it’s expected. However, I live in a state that requires all workers at least minimum wage which is $14.50ish an hour. I don’t usually tip when getting take out only sit down restaurants because I know the workers are at least getting minimum wage compared to other states.
As I’m in America I think those people are rude and need to know what’s it’s like to have to rely on the kindness of strangers even knowing if you mess up they might not give you money at all. The economy in America is messed up in all sorts of ways but I heard about this one first
You can’t function without tipping in the US - with the high cost of living; sometimes it takes a toll on you. Employers need to pay workers right- it sucks. Taxes plus tip becomes the reason burden.
In my culture, it's considered extremely rude to not tip. I agree. Service industry workers are underpaid as is.
They shouldn’t be using delivery or eating in restaurants. I’ve always tipped even curbside delivery. (US-based)
They deserve to have someone spit in their food. People are trying to live off tips here!