[LiteraryLark]

When I go out to eat I usually tip $3-5 depending on the bill. If I get outstanding service I'll tip a little higher.

When I was a housekeeper the average tip was $5 but sometimes I got as much as $20. I definitely love those tips!

Do you ever not tip? I know to me it's bad karma if you can call it that not to tip but if I receive REALLY horrible service I won't tip, but it doesnt happen often.

Also, what do you do when a group is paying separate checks? If I can get away with it I usually don't tip if theres a group of people all tipping. I feel its overtipping.

[LiteraryLark]

Also, raise your hands if you also tip in a way that rounds up the amount to an even number?

[Mountaindewed]

I eat out with my mom and we usually tip 20%. Bad or terrible service, 15%. Carry out, 10% They basically live off tips and it’s not always their fault the service was bad it could be the cooks fault, or anyone. My moms maybe.

[Lilly2]

I tip 15% to 20%. It depends. Uber Eats charges so much for delivery and other fees that I tip something but not the full tip percentage. I will tip higher if the service went above and beyond.

I tip servers, delivery persons, hair dressers and beauticians, movers, cleaners, bartenders, waiters, waitresses, handy persons, etc.

[Anonymous42019]

Originally Posted by Lilly2

I tip 15% to 20%. It depends. Uber Eats charges so much for delivery and other fees that I tip something but not the full tip percentage. I will tip higher if the service went above and beyond.

I tip servers, delivery persons, hair dressers and beauticians, movers, cleaners, bartenders, waiters, waitresses, handy persons, etc.

Hey @Lilly2 This is exactly what I do when dining out. I only give a tip if higher if the service went above and beyond.

Tradesmen assume they are entititled to a tip, (eg. removals men, according to my partner who has had to move many times). But what I do, do, is always tip our milkman, our paperboy and our postman at Christmas time.

Sometimes we will give a bottle of wine wrapped in Christmas paper with a 'Thanks' attached. This I hope is an act of goodwill, especially at the festive time of Christmas Eve.

I tip anywhere from 15% -25%. The servers live off their tips.

[splitimage]

15 - 20%

Cab drivers 15%
Hair stylists 15%
Servers in a restaurant 18-20% depending on how good the service has been and the type of restaurant.
Delivery people - 15% unless they wildly exceed my expectations in which case it might go up to 18%.

I never know what to tip housekeeping in hotels, I don't stay in hotels that often, so I often feel like I'm clueless.

splitimage

[lizardlady]

I used to live off tips so I ALWAYS tip. I usually shoot for 15-20% in sit down restaurants, more if the service is really good. If it's some place like Subway I usually dump the coins from my change and a buck or two in the tip jar. I used to not tip at places like that, but the pay sucks so I started tipping.

I have mixed feelings about tipping people like the guys that delivered my washer/dryer. They get decent pay, plus I have to pay a delivery fee. I don't usually tip them. On the other hand when the guy from AAA came to change my flat tire when I was trapped at home with no transportation I tipped him 5 bucks. He saved my bacon.

About tipping when with a group... many places now automatically add a percentage to the check because large groups are likely to short the server because everyone assumes someone else will take care of the tip. Matter of fact, if I'm with a group and notice someone else not tipping very much I'll leave some extra.

As for not tipping if service is poor, most servers assuming poor tipping just means yhe person is cheap. I'd recommend a minimal tip and tell management service was poor. For that matter, tell management if service was exceptionally good too.

[LiteraryLark]

Originally Posted by splitimage

15 - 20%

Cab drivers 15%
Hair stylists 15%
Servers in a restaurant 18-20% depending on how good the service has been and the type of restaurant.
Delivery people - 15% unless they wildly exceed my expectations in which case it might go up to 18%.

I never know what to tip housekeeping in hotels, I don't stay in hotels that often, so I often feel like I'm clueless.

splitimage

I would say $5 is standard tipping for a 3 star hotel. As with all tipping, I think it's a personal choice. My parents never tipped and I never thought of tipping until I started housekeeping. Usually my form of tipping is a nice thank you note. Usually if someone goes above and beyond, I prefer kind words because I feel it's more meaningful than the cash.

I like to carry "kindness coins" with me for people I meet who go above and beyond to be kind. I've handed a dozen of them out to hotel staff to a Goodwill employee to teachers to cashiers and waitresses, all of those people who were exceptional. The responses I get are so heartwarming. It meant a lot to those people to receive it, so now that's my thing.

[divine1966]

20%. I tip with a group too. I don’t consider it overtipping. I pay for service I got regardless if I was alone or with a group.

[Nammu]

I'm a pretty generous tipper. But I think tipping in America is out of control. Pay people a decent wage and eliminate tips

[lizardlady]

Lark, what is a kindness coin?

Originally Posted by Nammu

I'm a pretty generous tipper. But I think tipping in America is out of control. Pay people a decent wage and eliminate tips

I don't tip at all for that very reason. I am sorry for the employees but it has become like corporate blackmail and I can't give into it any longer.

[greentires4me]

I worked in the hospitality and tourism industry for numerous years and 15% is standard but not everyone does it there is apps you can get for your phone to see how much you need to tip after total including tax.

Things ones gotta recognize is that in restaurants it’s not always the servers fault the food comes from where the kitchen and servers can have a section up to 6-10 tables. If it sits to long in the window and no fault of the customers because sometimes the communication is key from all parties involved.

Something like a medium rare steak takes less time to cook then well done steak. The well done steak goes on first because it takes the longest to become less like meat then medium rare steak. But kitchen does there best but that we’ll done steak holds the rest of tables food up because they want everything to go out together.

[lizardlady]

Originally Posted by Emily Fox Seaton

I don't tip at all for that very reason. I am sorry for the employees but it has become like corporate blackmail and I can't give into it any longer.

Emily, I hope you don't eat in restaurants then. Federal law sets minimum wage for servers at slave wages. If people don't tip, the servers are the ones that suffer. That's not corporate blackmail. That's sucky federal law.

I agree companies should pay people a living wage. Don't punish the worker who has no control of the system, protest to management of the companies. If you continue to do business with companies that don't pay their employees enough, but don't tip the workers. The company continues to turn a profit while the worker can't make ends meet.

[~Christina]

I waitressed a lot when I was young and then off and on as second jobs...

I always tip at least 20% often 25 % unless the service is truly poor.

[Raindropvampire]

20-25% unless the service is really poor. I once left the server a dollar and a note so he knew it was because of his poor service and I went to the manager. That is a rare instance for me. My uncle has always managed restaurants so I know how hard the people work and what they are getting paid.