Tipping.

Callistemon21 - I think you'd need to ask them where the tips go and how they are shared out.

Unfortunately, if there is a box for tips, the employer may use the tips to pay for a Christmas party for employees.

We may tip a waiter/waitress in a restaurant but do we tip the chef?

Germanshepherdsmum

I wouldn’t call the minimum wage fair. Try living on it and perhaps having a family to support! I always tip unless service charge is included in the bill and can’t believe the meanness shown on this thread.

Not often I agree with you GSM, but I do here.

The minimum wage is way too low, imo.

We tip generously to people who accomplish for us.

I rarely tip, and I'm not remotely mean.

I round up things where I pay in cash, eg if a taxi cost £16 I would give £20 and not ask for change. Admittedly I use cash less often than before, though. Similar in cafes, although in restaurants, I am more likely to leave cash on the table and pay the bill by card. Otherwise I pay the going rate for things such as haircuts, window washing and bin emptying.

I do, however, use my vote in the hope of getting a fairer government who will increase taxes and insist on a decent minimum wage, so that nobody needs the largesse of others in order to make a living.

I think tipping is embarrassing. I don't like 'pay what you like' arrangements either, or 'make me an offer'. I would rather know what a fair price is and decide whether to pay it.

I wouldn’t call the minimum wage fair. Try living on it and perhaps having a family to support! I always tip unless service charge is included in the bill and can’t believe the meanness shown on this thread.

I don`t tip, here in uk we do have minimum wage, so employees are paid a fair amount. Paper boys/girls and 15 year old glass collectors in pubs are not paid much so I would tip them, If I used them. Thankfully we in the uk do not have the US tipping culture

I'd never thought about it that way, BlueBelle, but you make a good point!!

This is in the independent today:

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/self-checkout-tipping-culture-americans-b2336009.html

Kim19

D, not in my world it doesn't. How sad.

You do realise my post wasn't meant to be taken too seriously?

D, not in my world it doesn't. How sad.

Kim19

I recently tried to tip the young man who helped me with my mobile phone problem. He was flattered but adamant that it was his job and pleasure to help me and would not accept even though it was attempted surreptitiously via handshake. Now that's service!

Oh dear -slipping money into someone's hands via a 'handshake' has certain connotations.

If you're going to tip someone, I think a little discreet openness would be more appropriate!

I recently tried to tip the young man who helped me with my mobile phone problem. He was flattered but adamant that it was his job and pleasure to help me and would not accept even though it was attempted surreptitiously via handshake. Now that's service!

Nope I do not tip I agree with Bluebell The only people I tip are those on apprenticeship like the girl who washes your hair or the trainee who is learning to colour. Crap service from bin men and as for postpeople they get it wrong more times than getting it right. So no I don't tip in general.

Usually only waiters waitresses, but make sure it goes to them not the boss. Last Christmas we gave our postman a tip for the first time ever.

MissElly

I’m amazed by how many people cite not needing to tip now there is minimum wage and people don’t need extra. I’d be fairly sure none of those making that remark have had to try to live and raise families on minimum wage. If you can afford to eat out, get your hair done, etc, etc, and you get good service from people who go out to work for minimum wage instead of simply relying on social welfare, I suggest you could go mad and leave a little extra.

But why tip some and not others? There are many people out there on minimum wages, many of them in jobs where tipping is not a thing.

Keeleklogger
You may think the whole purpose of a tip is "looking forward" - to incentivise good service - but I don't look at it like that.

I think a tip is a "thank you" - for good service already received.

Me too.

I’m amazed by how many people cite not needing to tip now there is minimum wage and people don’t need extra. I’d be fairly sure none of those making that remark have had to try to live and raise families on minimum wage. If you can afford to eat out, get your hair done, etc, etc, and you get good service from people who go out to work for minimum wage instead of simply relying on social welfare, I suggest you could go mad and leave a little extra.

I always tip my hairdresser and in restaurants. I also give the binmen a tip a Christmas as they are very good. Am picking up my new car next week and will buy the young lady who dealt with the sale some flowers as she was so helpful. My son works for AA and he sometimes gets a tip especially if he has come to the rescue of someone with a broken down car in ferocious weather and has to spend a while sorting the fault in torrential rain. I think if you are pleased with a, service and feel someone has done more than they need to then you can tip but don't like being expected to tip for poor service.

By the way, I go to the salon. It’s not fancy but it’s very adequate.

GrammaH

Where do you live maddyone, I can't believe you get colour, cut and blow dry for £45.!! Does the hairdresser come to you? I pay £54 just for a cut and blow dry and we don't live in London or the south east, just near the county town of a very rural county.
I do tip in restaurants if there's no service charge & the service & food warrant one. I certainly don't tip the bin men as we have a very long drive of about quarter of a mile and it's a real hassle to get the bins to the end of the drive. I can't afford to tip the hairdresser! We don't have a milkman or a paper boy and the postman leaves mail at the end of the drive.

I know GrammaH. But this is the price she charges and that’s why I give her extra. I live on the south coast in Hampshire.

Which just goes to show what an inequitable system it is Shizam

When I was seeing a hairdresser who owned the salon, I asked him about the policy of not tipping the owner. He replied: ‘Everyone likes a tip!’ So I tipped him to ensure a good cut next time.
Never occurred to me to tip a gardener. Could explain why they can be unreliable with me 🥹

If I am using Uber Eats to order takeaway then I have the option to tip as part of my order, which I do. Other than restaurants and taxis though I really don't tip otherwise.