Tips

[al]

I tip for good service and don't for bad.


al.

 

[Neil]

Years ago - at a guess around 1990, I was a young, new, homeowner at the age of 20.

At about 5pm, on a day on the lead up to Christmas, I had a knock on the door - it was the binmen. Wouldn't mind but they normally collected the bin bags (as it was then) quite early in the morning.

When I answered the door, I didn't recognise him, he said something like "Hi, it's your binmen, wishing you Happy Christmas". A bit dumbfounded and slow witted at the time (as an excuse, I did used to work shifts at the time...) I just said back to him "Merry Christmas..." and closed the door.

It was only a few minutes later, I realised why / what they were up to.

 

[lewis1641]

like many above i tip for good service.

we got friendly with a waiter at our turkish hotel last year and went out for a few drinks with him. he explained that wages in general were pretty low (although the hotel we stayed in were higher than most. posh innit.) tips are expected.

we were due to do a god awfull jeep sufari the following day and his mate was one of the drivers. He said that he would be paid around £8 for the day, and have to pretend to be ha[ppy all day (8am pick up, 4pm back at hotel), plus be responsible for his group. so he was working for little more than £1 an hour. I have him £20 but i dont think anyone else in the truck gave him anything

 

[David B]

A funny story:

When I was a lad I did a Saturday milk round. It was the run up to Christmas. We used to get a lot in tips at that time of year, far more in fact than my £5 wage. One year the milkman (Harold) was asked by a pin sharp elderly lady (late 80s at least), "Would you like a tip young man?" - Harold was in his late 50s, so I was sniggering a bit at that last one. "Yes please," replied Harold.

"Give up smoking, it will kill you," she replied grabbing the milk and closing the door.

I also saw my first nude lady (not the old one above!) on that round but that's another story.

I always give the milkman a Christmas tip of a few quid as he does a fantastic job - he manages to deliver in all weathers; even on occasions during the last couple of bad winters when the bus company couldn't run a service through the village due to the poor roads, the milk float still made it!

David

 

[1duck]

Depends on the country, living in most countries is far cheaper than the uk, america for instance ok they get paid less...but everything costs less, they just like tips because its cash in hand and they can avoid a bit of tax. The house prices are far lower, the food prices are lower and petrol prices are lower...no i won't tip them.



When i visited india we were even told by the hotel staff not to tip the locals too much, because it really did cause problems...you had to tip in accordance with what was a local tip, if you paid a taxi driver 20p for a taxi to somewhere you couldn't for instance tip him a pound,you'd give him 10-15% Tourist's it seemed caused a micro inflation in the area.If you tipped a pound the next day you would have 20 taxi drivers outside the hotel and the locals would be struggling to get a cab! this was the same for shoeshine places, street vendors and pretty much everything else.

When i travel now i don't tip...if the staff are paid badly, well that's between them and their employer, giving money to homeless people on the other hand i can understand giving to especially in some of the worse off countries.

 

[legrandefromage]

I drive taxi - I neither ask nor expect any sort of tip.

I get between 10p and £40. It is entirely up to the ccustomer.

When my take away is delivered I always tip because if I can't be bothered to cook a simple meal, I deserve to lose a bit more cash through absolute lazyness.

 

[Rusty Scrubber]