michaelro

Was out with some friends the other night for a chinese.

Got to the end and we all chucked some money in to cover the bill.

Left about £30 tip (30%+), which I thought was far too generous and especially annoying as I had to get more cash out to cover the taxi home.

Do you over tip?

Torquemada

I give 10% if the service is good. Otherwise they get nothing, especially if they try and automatically add it to the bill, I simply refuse to pay it.

30% is over the top in my opinion.

BlkKnight

The automatically added to bill tip takes the **** IMHO. I only remove it if service was sub standard.

I recently got married, and the cheeky buggers tried to add a 5% service charge - on a 10k bill!

Torquemada

That kinda malarky deserves a good kick in the nuts!

Was at a meal with work a while back and it took 45mins to get the food, then they expected to just apply the tip automatically.
I told the waitress there was no way we were paying it and she got all arsey about it (another reason not to pay the bill, their attitude was apalling and generally miserable as ****), she even inferred that I hadn't been to a restaurant before or something, lol.

Spoke to the manager and before I'd even finished what I was saying he said it wasn't a problem and wrote off the tip, still not going back there though, d1cks.

markr1963

Generally, I don't tip unless the service is exceptional and that's what we had at a place in Perth last Saturday. I don't think I've had service quite that good and the food was not bad either. The tip would've been just shy of 20%

Glowplug

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Only really tip when abroad on hols and only if the service is good.

I will round the bill up at home but that usually only amounts to a couple of squid. All our local eateries know us anyway and don't seem to expect it

I think 30% is far too much in this case

So in answer, No i don't over tip

Leslie

The accepted amount was always 10% of the bill which seems fair enough. I consider that it has to be earned though.

Les

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Always annoys me in a restaurant when I see "for tables of 6 or more a service charge of 15% will be added to the bill"

Why the hell should a table of 6 pay more than a table of 2? The restaurant should be grateful to have that many people, they are selling more food thus making more money.

I only tip for good service, generally about 10% if around £100 but more like 15% if £30-£40.

Chop

Jay m A

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If OK =10%
Better than OK = 15%
Sh1te = nothing

Will

I have tipped many tonnes of sand, gravel etc etc when i used to be a lorry driver.

Markus

I usually give 10 - 15 percent. As others have said, all depends on service, wait times, food quality and such like. I've been to places where the food is excellent but the service has been appalling, hence no tip.

I recall going to some pizza place in Bluewater (it was near the cinema) and the food was ok, but service was very poor indeed. The bill came and the waitress had circled the "Tip not included" statement on the bill. Obviously she didn't get a tip, but I did give a tip to the manager, which was that he needs to have a chat with his staff, as I consider her actions to be downright rude.

AndyC_772

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Another thing to watch out for is that some restaurants include the tip on the bill, yet they still have their c/c machines set up to ask if you want to add a tip at the point of sale as well. That's downright dishonest IMHO.

Luan Pra bang

Tables of 6 or more are typically a pain in the **** in any proper restaurant (not fast food huge chainy places) and hence many places state that 10% will be added to the bill for those tables. If it states on the menu that it will be added I don't see what issue you have with it. Pre credit crunch we used to refuse tables of more than 6 on friday and saturday nights.

urban

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When I'm at home my local Indian restaurant are the only one who get a tip off me - 10 or 15%
OK, other places will get a couple of quid out of courtesy (if they haven't messed up that is)

Brun

No one tips me for doing my job so why should someone get tipped for theirs
..... having said that, i will tip when someone has gone above and beyond

chocolate_o_brian

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Best service I've recently had was when me and the Mrs went to Pizza Hut. Granted all the staff are probably only one shot up from Maccy D's guys, but they were all polite, courteous, asked how we were all the time etc, and I left a couple quid in the tip jar thing. Was all I had like (50% off voucher for spending over £25 ) but I asked to speak to, and tell the manager how good they were. Sometimes that means more than a tip to me...

Luan Pra bang

Had a local guy spend his honeymoon in our hotel a few weeks ago and he stills tells me once a week how good the staff where in the restaurant and hotel specifically the manager. Given how many people treat service staff like the **** on thier shoe a few kind words if the food and service is good can go along way towards helping people feel a bit of pride in what they do.

chocolate_o_brian

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I'll go along with that I prefer to tell staff that I appreciate their efforts and tip when I can afford too.

Rapid17

I give 10% if the meal and service is good.

Geoff.

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Fair point but I find it rude, if a chef cant cook for a table of 6 or 8 and the staff serve the food hot then its not a restaurant I want to eat in. Maybe 12 plus people for a charge but 6-8 is not on in my book. Post credit crunch I would refuse to pay this and be prepared to leave if a restaurant wouldn't budge. If they can afford to lose 8 covers then good for them. I have had to make sacrafices in the credit crunch and that is 10%/15% I definately would not pay anymore.

Chop

my06 ppp silver

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10% is about right imo. get annoyed though when i see on bill service charge inc. so dont leave one then. also if i recieve the bill without a service charge inc. and have had excellent service from a particular waiter-waitress, then i will ensure that they take my money AND pocket the tip. surprisingly in a lot of places they are not allowed to do this, the tip must go behind the till , collected seperately, where the management divvie it up at the end of the night. sadly though i seen once on a programme similair to watchdog, that the management sometimes actually use this money to HELP pay their employees. so beware anyone that tries to tip a waiter or waitress directly and they say it must go over to the till. Personally i try to eat elsewhere.

billythekid

10% seems to be the norm here in the UK (for good service of course).

In the US on the other hand... 20% seems to be the "norm" these days.

The only +ve is the $/£ rate!

For food service I tend to tip about 10% here in the UK. If the service has been poor I wont leave anything. If its been really good, I will maybe go to 20% but only if the waitress is hot (joke!)

I always try and leave the tip in cash so it goes into their pocket and not the owners! I have seen signs up saying "please do not tip"... whats that all about?

As the merikins would say "only in England"...

tarmac terror

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I dont agree with tipping personally. If a company / restaurant or whatever is good, I will make recommendations to friends, colleagues and family, I will support them by giving them repeat business etc. I will not leave cash on tables, or drop it in a pot - in my view tipping encourages employers to keep their staff on minimal wages.

Why draw the line at restaurant staff or those in the hospitality industry, would you tip your car mechanic, window cleaner, gardner etc?

chocolate_o_brian

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I have tipped the Subaru specialists I used in the past for excellent service. Usually give my fortnightly window cleaner a tip at xmas aswell as hes a nice chap and does a sterling job. And thats from someone who has been unemployed for a loooong time. Called karma and I have had some people do me good turns too

Lisawrx

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I've always kind of wondered this myself. Maybe tipping should be rolled out to all customer service type situations.

I don't really eat out much, but when I have, I can't say I've ever 'got' why it's an industry you need to tip in. I have if a waiter/waitress has been particularly pleasant, with a thank you (tbh I find that rewarding enough, as it's a word people seem to be struggling with more and more these days)

I work in a shop, and I've seen myself be helping the same customer for over half an hour before (it's not uncommon), and in 10 years, I've had one tip (on the sly as we're not allowed).

M444GY

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i normally only give a few quid if its me and the missus but if there is a group we all have a whip in 20 quid or so

The Dogs B******s

Rich tw*t

If my bill comes to £29.65,i'll give them £30 and let them keep the change

stoneface

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I never tip, their just doing their job.

jods

Edited for honesty.

kingofturds

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That's probably why the chef *********** all over your food