This is just a Yes or No question, more out of my own curiosity. TIPS actually means: To Insure Prompt Service. So how many out there really know why you tip?
2006-09-26 04:42:29 · 18 answers · asked by marirene74 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
No. The word tip is not an acromyn. It usage dates back to the 1600s and means to give a small gift of money directly to the person performing a service. Usually the person performing the service was not the one that would normally receive payment for the act.
[Origin: 1600–10; perh. special use of tip4]
If it is the societal norm to tip well if you receive good service, then it indirectly promotes giving good service because you expect a good tip in return.
2006-09-26 04:58:50 · answer #1 · answered by kclark747 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Actually, you are completely wrong: the word "Tip" means "to pass from one to other". It can be money, as a gratuity or information. For example: a tip about a horse race.
When you think about it, it's ridiculous to believe that tips are intended to "insure prompt service". You give a tip in the end of a meal, after that service was already "insured"
2006-09-26 12:56:53 · answer #2 · answered by Pedro ST 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I leave a tip when I think the service has been good. I don't leave a tip just because it's the done thing.
Good service = Tip.
Except in a New York bar where Tip = don't get ignored by staff when trying to buy next round.
2006-09-26 11:48:04 · answer #3 · answered by Henry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I know what it means. It doesn't make sense though since you'd need to tip ahead of time not after the service is already rendered. Do you have more information regarding it's orgin?
I tip for good service. If the food is bad but the service is good, I still tip. However, I call out the manager or owner and lodge a complaint for lousy food. They need to hear it. My family is in the industry. 21 years.
2006-09-26 11:57:02 · answer #4 · answered by Night Wind 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. A couple years ago, my husband told me what it means.
edit: And as some people have pointed out, a tip is given after the meal. From what my husband told me, it used to be that money was given to the host so that the person would be the first one served. Anyway, not sure how true this actually is but it is one explanation.
2006-09-26 18:08:07 · answer #5 · answered by ☼Grace☼ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I knew what it meant, but I often wondered how it insured prompt service when they don't get the tip until after the service.
2006-09-26 14:18:39 · answer #6 · answered by Patti C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard once that it used to be custom to tip before a meal, "to insure prompt [or proper] service".
2006-09-26 11:50:39 · answer #7 · answered by el_scorcho6 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As some have already answered, I leave a tip only and only if I am deeply satisfied with the services. If not I take even the last penny...I know it's rude, but they have to deserve the tip, isn''t it?
2006-09-26 12:23:25 · answer #8 · answered by sweetkiss2001 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ok. I don't think that's right though. What do you do with this acronym if you have only one tip? As in "I left a tip for the waiter but I believe that the busboy nabbed it"
Here in Quebec we call them Pourboire(for drinks) so the server may buy themselves refreshments
2006-09-26 11:53:21 · answer #9 · answered by Ragdollfloozie is Pensive! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did not know that. And I tip according to service. No service no tip.
2006-09-26 11:52:13 · answer #10 · answered by jen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋