Do you tip your waitress or delivery driver? If not, why?

[Shellzilla_515]

What? Is there really such thing as providing a minimum percent of tipping? I don’t know about you but I only tip those who have done very well in their service such as being friendly and stuff like that. For delivery drivers, Id always tip them because they burn their own gas to get to you, drive for some distance, and getting to your door. I feel bad for them. I mean, what if they got into an accident just to deliver food?

 

[Antonio]

I only tip if I get exceptional service. If I'm on holiday in america I always tip, but not here because we're not a barbarian country where the responsibility of paying the employees falls on anyone else other than the employers.

Ah America, we **** over the poor and make the rich, richer.

 

[ali.di.magix]

more like trying to see who does and doesn't live in the usa

Yeah, pretty much.

I don't live in the US, so no I don't tip. Tipping culture isn't really a thing here. Some cafes and restaurants have tip jars, but that's about it. From my experience working in a cafe previously, I was surprised at the amount of people that would leave a tip. I mean the tip wasn't much, like no more than $5 or anything, but I didn't realise that it was a thing here. Although I did serve a great deal of Americans, so maybe it was just in their nature lol.

Wait, do people not in the US not tip? Or is it the opposite?

Typically out of the US tipping culture isn't a thing. There's not too much need for it, as most people will get paid minimum wage.

No because depending on the country servers get paid like 15$ an hour maybe more.

Lol not quite that much in my country. Most servers, waiters, cashiers etc. get paid minimum wage, or slightly above minimum wage. Our minimum wage is $16.50, which is about $11.30 USD (although our min wage is about to go up).

 

[Soigne]

Typically around 15%, 20% if it was extraordinary. I’m hesitant to say I always tip 15%, because I’ve been met with several homophobic servers who have made our wait time significantly longer than normal (took around an hour to get our ticket in an almost empty restaurant. They deliberately ignored us & spoke very little, borderline tossed our plates.) So when the situation depends on it, I do not tip. But I suppose that’s a rare enough occurrence to be justified.

 

[cornimer]

Yes I always tip. I guess if the service was absolutely dreadful and the server was very rude I wouldn't, but I've never experienced that yet.

 

[Stevey Queen]

Yes and I usually over tip but that's okay. Its probably the only good karma I bring into the world lol

 

[KnoxUK]

Sometimes, if the service was good. But some restaurants charge tips in the bill like its mandatory. Which in that case its a no. Defeats the whole purpose of tipping in the first place :s

 

[Stella-Io]

Oh I forgot until Mogyay mentioned it, I do tip my hair cutter, cause she does a really good job on my hair cut, not everyone can cut short hair with layers, plus shaving with an electric razor getting it at that nice length. Whenever I need my hair cut, I always make an appointment with her.

In the US, some waiters get paid below min wage, and they get to keep any tips they get. Some, waiters share tips with the bus people, cause they don't get any and again, possibly work below min wage. I've also heard of some waiters not getting paid by the hour, they get paid like a standard pay, so any tips they get also really helps. It's because of this that I alwayd tip waiters (unless the service sucked, they were less then friendly, ect...) cause you never know how their situation is, plus I believe they *aren't allowed* to talk about it to customers (but obviously one has and I overheard).

 

[ESkill]

I live in America so I leave tips when I eat at restaurants, and a tip/gratuity around Christmas time for my newspaper delivery person. I don't think I do anything else that would require tips.
I do think tipping culture is stupid though. The business should be paying a fair wage to their employees, it shouldn't fall on the shoulders of the patrons to ensure someone makes a living wage. I think Adam Ruins Everything had an episode about how the restaurant industry lobbied to change regulations about wages and tipping. Really messed up stuff. A friend of mine who used to waitress also told me leaving cash tips is better, because the waiter can pocket it and keep all of it. But if you add the tip to your bill, then the restaurant can collect some of it so the waiter doesn't get 100% not sure if that's true, but I've always left cash tips after she told me.

 

[Buttonsy]

Yep, definitely, I don't feel right if I don't give at least a 20% tip.

 

[Oldcatlady]

Yes usually around 15% unless the place has a minimum tip amount of higher. Tbh I don’t really understand though. I live in Canada so they are paid at least the minimum wage (15$/h). There’s also places like karaoke where they basically don’t do anything just leave us in the room and not even bring water but I still have to tip?
I’d prefer to tip when I feel like we got excellent service instead of because it’s expected to do so. Because sometimes they didn’t really go out of their way or anything. So I’m just confused why some jobs are tipped and others like fast food earn even less but they’re not tipped

 

[slatka]

I don't tip because I've never heard of anybody tipping here in Australia but then again the minimum wage in Australia is a lot high than for example in America.

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

Sometimes~

 

[princepoke]

i dont tip in korea cause its not rlly the norm afaik? most people, myself included, honestly usually pay with card, so its not rlly a easily viable option either tbh
if there are required "tips" for deliveries, its always just charged as a delivery charge

in the philippines tho, i do generally tip, since i believe its generally seen as regular? i dont find myself tipping a lot tho, and mostly give it as a "keep the change" kind of thing
most restaurants have required service charge %s as well, so its not rlly necessary too much either imo
mostly to my can drivers and whatnot ig tbh

 

[Mr. Cat]

I tip too much... because I already feel obligated to (U.S.), so might as well be nice about it... but I really shouldn't because most of them make loads more money than my boyfriend or I do, even on tipped minimum wage. (He's been a cook at a lot of different places. He knows.) We barely eat out anywhere, though. Maybe 1-2 times a year because it's not affordable.

 

[QueenOpossum]

I should clarify that I never go out to eat at pricier areas (my tipping is like pizza delivery and other such nonsense), but this also feels very much a business/employee issue than a costumer issue tbh

Its a legal issue. If you don't want to tip, you should be voting for politicians that support the removal of the tipped wage.

You can still choose not to tip, but its a rude move.

 

[Ojo46]

Yes, I always do try to tip when I can.

 

[UglyMonsterFace]

I do tip. My default is 20%. Service that wasn't quite up to standard gets 15%. And for really really bad service...I've been known to tip 14% LOL. But I would tip much less if it was an offensive experience, but that's a rarity. But being a server myself, I understand that tipping really helps. We get paid under minimum wage here in BC (at least in establishments that serve liquor). On top of that, we are tipping out the support staff. They are always guaranteed 5% of our sales. That means if people don't tip, we have to pay that out of our own pocket. Hours are also bad for servers (I average 3 to 4 hour shifts) and we never get raises. It's just the nature of the industry. If you disagree with tipping, punishing the server by leaving nothing isn't going to solve anything. It doesn't affect the business. You are just hurting the server. If you truly have an issue with the system, stop going to restaurants and hurt the business by not giving them your money. I don't understand how punishing the server and still patronising the restaurant is going to change the industry rules? This is such a common reason why people don't tip. Also, not every server is walking away with hundreds of dollars like everyone seems to assume. I used to walk away with 40 bucks A WEEK when I worked in a Filipino restaurant. Now, I average around $20 to $40 a day, to as little as $3, working only 2 hours before I was sent home. Tip your servers please! At the very least, NEVER leave nothing. Because you are costing the server money out of their own pocket if you do this.

 

[HistoryH22]

For a restaurant I will generally tip around 20% of my order, sometimes more if the service was exceptionally good. I know how crappy customers can be, so I try and keep an open mind to service.

 

[LilD]

I consider myself a generous tipper, 20% and if the service is outstanding, more. Pizza delivery always especially if it's bad weather.

I wish the sushi restaurant in my town delivered.