Tipping

Was catching up yesterday on 2017's year's end updates on tipping.

I'm old enough to remember not even thinking of tipping -- didn't even know what tipping meant. A tip was a quarter or, if we were really extravagant, a dollar! And tips were not expected. Then, it came out that food servers expected a 10% tip, and we were informed that their employers didn't give food servers even minimum wage, because we were expected to give 10%. Later, it came out that we were supposed to be tipping all kinds of people, from the food server to the cabby. . . and so it went on.

Well, here is what I learned is the latest scoop on tipping:

GENERAL SINGLE TIPS in the UNITED STATES

$1 for the restroom attendant
$1 - $2 for the general door attendant
$1 - $20 each for the apartment's door attendant, superintendent
$2 per bottle for the wine server
$2 to the skycap or bellhop for the first piece of luggage, plus $1 each for additional bags
$2 - $5 for the pizza deliverer
$2 - $5 for the parking attendant or valet
$2 - $5 per night each for the hotel staff who personally serve you
$5 - $10 for the maître d'
$5 - $20 for the concierge
10% of the bill for the 10% of bill at the time of payment for the newspaper deliverer
10% - 15% for the taxi driver
15% for the laundry attendant or the tour guide
15% - 20% of whole bill for wait persons
15% - 20% for the hairdresser or spa therapist

Is anyone really going to remember all this, and comply? There are those who refuse to do anything other than a straight 15% for everyone.

There are also still those who refuse to tip at all.

And what if the service is poor -- or hideous? What do you do?

Thoughts?

For myself, when it comes to tipping wait persons, I do 20%, unless the service is poor. We tend to haunt the same ol' places, so we always get good service.

Long ago, I did have some incidents of bad service, and I admit it: back then, I would retaliate. I carried itty-bitty coins for the purpose -- teensy quarters, dimes, etc. Today, however, if I get bad service, I ask the server why. Often, they are having a horrible day. It makes no sense, then to add to that. Also, when their poor service was brought up, they tried harder and deserved a tip.

When dining I usually leave 20%. Currently tip $5 for pizza delivery. Any other tips would be on a case to case basis depending on the type of service performed and the results.

In Philippines and here in the country that I am currently working the customers are never feel obliged to tip...but you are allowed to tip... Unless there is a sign that says "no tipping"


Personally I do tip...I give extra amount always maybe not a lot but I always do give extra(good or poor service)

I usually double the tax in a restaurant - my granddaughter who was a waitress said that it is a good rule to follow IF you are happy with the service. Of course, this is California.

I don't even go to that many places where tipping is expected.
When I have money, which I don't now, restaurants are the only places I go where tips are given. I give $2-5 depending on service and how much I have.
Pizza delivery is a joke anymore. You order a $9.99 pizza and by the time you add everything up on delivery you nearly double it. And bigger pizza places sneak in a "delivery fee" as part of the fee, then people give their own tip unaware they were already charged extra. Add taxes and your $10 pizza becomes a $15-18 pizza.

In many countries tipping isn't as critical as here in the U.S., because service people here are often paid far below any reasonable wage. Here in the U.S. the tipping is a genuine need... it could make up almost the entirety of the person's income.

When you tip that waitress in the U.S., you are quite literally paying her rent... and you should.
Those tips are how she pays the bills.


In other countries it's often an entirely different kind of issue.

I am reminded of many other tipping threads I have seen in this forum.

WAIT! I'm not saying "you shouldn't have started this thread, you should have dredged up a zombie thread." I'm just commenting that this is an oft-visited topic, thus it seems to be preying on people's minds a good bit.

Fortunately I live in Southwest Tennessee, where the only people who even get a tip are the waiters. We don't even HAVE any fancy places where they have a doorman or baggage carrier. Even in the big city of Jackson you carry your own luggage to your room. If it's a fancy place the rooms are indoors instead of opening directly to the outside. Some people might tip the pizza guy, but I never order from those pizza places.

Personally I would go broke in half a week with all those tips in the OP. I think I'll stay down here in Tennessee.

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Good Post, Max,

but there are many more people other than waitress' that need $$$, and many of them
have given much more than what was just required...pink has served kings...