How much do you tip?

yattypung DH tried to tip a very helpful waitress in Trinity Beach once when we had a very good meal at a small restaurant. She was very embarrassed and didn't want to take a tip but he had had rather a lot of wine and kept insisting!
He won in the end, I think she went and shared it with all the staff. He never normally gets tipsy but it was a short walk back to our rented apartment.

I tip my hairdresser about 5-8%. I don't use taxis, hardly ever eat out. I am very poor and cannot afford to tip really but, even if I could afford to< I wouldn't. I have always been on low pay and have never received tips. Why should I tip when I get less than the people who I would be tipping?
Hairdresser gets it because he usually also does my brows and gives me a discount

I think I must be a right old tight one as I rarely tip. For me to give anyone a tip they have to have gone over and above their normal duties or service .They normally get a wage and I always worked in an environment where tipping could never be accepted or gifts of any kind so it does not come naturally. I do however give a Christmas gift to hairdresser. Binmen. postman if we have the usual one on at christmas. They change so often on our round..but never to free delivery papers or parcel delivery people or taxi drivers.

No you are not tight Nanability just sensible.
I still don't understand why some groups of workers are singled out for tips or Christmas gifts and not others.