what is your view on tipping?

Question

do you only tip if you had good service or feel that you have to tip and do you think places should be stopped from putting 10% tipping on the bill or should make it clear that they do that before you go in

i do give tips if it is good service.

Answer 1

Personally I feel that employers should pay an adequate wage so that there is no need to tip. After all, If you work in an office, or a hospital, or some other such employment nobody tips you.
However, having said that, I do leave a tip if I have had good service in a restaurant and abroad for hotel staff when I know they do not have a good wage structure. I do feel most strongly that it is a diabolical liberty for the management of restaurants, etc to automatically add a service charge to the bill - you may have had bad service, or not wish to leave a tip for some other reason

Answer 2

Tipping is good. I always give 20% tip unless the service was less than acceptable. I have given no tip before because I was so disgusted with the service. Usually a 10% tip is added to bill if the party is five or more people. When they add the 10% tip automatically, I never give more. I do think it is rude to make you tip.

Answer 3

If a restaurant adds a 10 percent gratuity for a party of six or more, pay it. Typically those gratuities are 15 - 20 percent and you will be getting off cheap. They must notify you of the charge, which they usually do that be placing that on a sign when you walk in or on the menu itself. Be careful not to double tip which happens quite frequently. Tips should usually run in the 15 -20 % range for excellent service. I will leave a much lesser tip for bad service and let the manager know when I leave so he/she can communicate that back to the server. The easiest way for me to figure the tip is to multiply the tax by a number that falls into the 15 - 20 % range. So if the bill comes to $80.00 and the sales tax is 6% ($4.80), I multiply that by three and leave that amount. $14.40 Then I know that I left 18 percent. Simple.

Answer 4

TIPS, to insure proper service. That is what it means and how I use it. 15% for adequate, 30 for great, a penny for bad. I resent having the tip added to the bill and will not go to that restaurant again. A tip is a gratuity. Not a given. It is owed for good service only.
Yes, I have been a waitress, and I made great tips, with my service, not by company arrangement or extortion from the customer. Wait staff often make less than minimum wage and are expected to work for the customer to make the rest of the money up to minimum wage for themselves.

Answer 5

I think places should say and also have a sign saying a 10% charge will be added to the bill. Also if the service is bad I think you should be allowed to remove the 10% it would then show how crappy the service was. Also no one should ever feel they have to tip, its 2006 not 1996 anymore we so have rights after all in what we should expect in life.....

Answer 6

I generally tip 15% but if the service is bad I tip only a nickle. There have been times that the restaurant did automatically add the tip to the bill like Mother's Day buffets but I tend not to go to those very often.

Answer 7

I have worked in the sector. I always got a fraction my colleagues got in tips, because I was terrible. We all got paid minimum wages, but some of us managed handsomely. I really struggled to survive. The good old days...
Now I tip every time about 10% - unless the service is stellar or I take a liking to the waiter/waitress (up to 20%), or I eave just small change if it is dismal. Unless of course it is stated in the menu that service is included.

Answer 8

I always give 10%, I dont think that restaurants should just assume and put 10% on to the bill already, and I dont think you should tip if you have had bad service.

Answer 9

In England 10 percent is expected. If the service is less than you expected then don't leave a tip. If you tip poor service you get poor service

Answer 10

I give 15% for normal service, 20% for exceptional service.
Places that charge an automatic gratuity do so for parties of 6 or more. That's to prevent the waitperson from getting stiffed working a busy table of people who then bust up the check and no one takes care of the tip. They typically state this policy at several locations on their menus.