Do you tip?

[nyess]

When you get a pizza

When you go out to eat

When someone performs a service for you

Do you give them a tip?

 

[TrippinKahlua]

If you don't tip us, who work in service, then that makes it feel like you really wasted our time.

Especially if I am driving the Shuttle and got no tip.

 

[Dr. Boe Jangles Esq.]

Yes. Around 25% is my standard, because the service industry is bullshit, and they deserve it.
If you don't tip at all, you're an asshole, and should consider suicide.

 

[Mimic]

I tip. Everywhere I've been I've had amazing service, so I've had no reason to forego a tip. And I mean, if I can afford this luxury, I can afford this small thank you to the staff worker who waited on me.

 

[Dr. Joel Fleischman]

A dollar a drink for bartenders; 25%-35% for servers, hairdressers, uber drivers, etc.

In the US if you don't tip, you're either a thoroughgoing asshole or are wholly ignorant of the American service industry culture.

 

[Vitriol]

In scotland one only tips for good service- i tip 10% if there was nothing wrong and the meal was fairly priced and 20% if service was uncommonly good. I don't tip drivers as the prices here are ridiculously inflated.

I'm vaguely aware of people who do not tip as they feel the employer not the customer should pay the staff.

 

[Marvin]

I tip 15% on average. When the math is too annoying to do in my head, I err on the side of more than 15%.

I'm really annoyed when online delivery places don't provide a way to tip the driver with my card after I've received the food. With the service I use most often, you can tip your driver with cash, or you can tip on your card (but only ahead of time). Which kind of defeats the purpose. I want to adjust my tip based on their performance.

And of course, this is mandatory:

 

[sugoi-chan]

Yes. If it's a takeout place (like a Chinese or pizza place) where I drive there to pick it up and take it home to eat, I usually only tip a dollar or two though. As opposed to when I eat out, where I do 15-20%.

 

[Dr. Tremolo]

It's an American tradition, right? I used to be confused by the concept of tipping for pizza.
So only at bars.

 

[AnimuGinger]

$1.50 a drink for barstaff. 20% base for waitstaff. More if they're fantastic or I'm drunk. Less if they blatantly ignore me. The person who cuts my hair gets a tip that I don't know about. Everyone else, eh.

 

[Marvin]

It's an American tradition, right? I used to be confused by the concept of tipping for pizza.
So only at bars.

I think it's mostly an American thing, yeah. I was in Moscow a few weeks ago, and the "tip" was included in the bill. So another opportunity for Russians to fleece you, I guess.

In the US, you tip wait staff, bartenders and delivery people.

 

[NeverHappened]

I am American and not that much of an asshole.

 

[DrChristianTroy]

Yes because I'm not a dick.

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

Of course. I give them tips all the time.

I also give them the other kind of 'tip' if you know what I mean.

 

[Dr. Boe Jangles Esq.]

Of course. I give them tips all the time.

I also give them the other kind of 'tip' if you know what I mean.

They work hard, goddammit.
They deserve more than just the tip.

 

[Red_Rager]

Definitely tip usually 15-20%, these people work their asses off. If the service is poor or than I might drop my tip down to 10% (I do give slack if the businesses is packed and if its shit beyond my server's control), but I don't leave without leaving something. Seriously, if you are in the US tip since this is how people in some industries actually make their living.

 

[AnOminous]

When you get a pizza

When you go out to eat

When someone performs a service for you

Do you give them a tip?

I generally have a wobbling tip rate of 15-20%. My standard is 20% and 15% is usually my tip for the tip-receiver doing just barely the bare minimum.

I don't tip if it's a tip jar type thing, because seriously, you assholes don't get tips. That's not the job you have. But I'll throw in something if the service is particularly good or I'm in a good mood. If there's some asshole sign next to the tip jar, though, never. Fuck you. If I'm in a really bad mood or you just dicked me somehow I'll throw in a penny while I'm looking you in the eyes.

If I'm in doubt as to whether something is tip-worthy or not, I err on the side of tipping, and generally just go for the 20%.

As for rounding, unless it's just a couple bucks tip, I don't believe in tipping in coins at all. It's in dollars, and it rounds up to the next unit even if it's just a quarter over.

My stepdad, who worked every rung of the restaurant ladder from dishwasher to running a chain, taught me tipping etiquette and the general ethical principle that if you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to eat out.

Also, seriously, thanks for this great 4chan thread. I've posted this exact response more or less to a million threads on fucking /b/ at one point or another. Your tip is nothing ya fuckin mook.

 

[chimpburgers]

Always, especially at restaurants and when I'm ordering pizza. I go for 15% or more.

Nothing that hasn't already been said by others here.

 

[AnOminous]

Incidentally, I tend to eat in the same restaurants repeatedly, so there's a certain reward to being known as a good tipper.

But I act exactly the same way in restaurants where I'm never going to be there again, so it's more of an ethical principle than a game theory thing.

 

[Innocuous]

Spoiler

I don't tip

Spoiler

because I know how to cook for myself