Why people pay tip in restaurant etc.? Same person baragin in footwear shop, pay demanded to transporter but?

Question

People bargain in various shops. Pay as per demand to transport, cinema etc. Shout if stamp vender, taxi demand extra but they happily pay extra in hotel etc. Why this ulta-pulta?

Answer 1

Its basically tradition - the way things have been.

Let answer your questions 1 by 1 :

(1) At the shoe shop , the salesman gets a sales commission from his boss for every shoe he sells , hence you dont tip coz he's already making money from your purchase.

(2) Cinema Halls have fixed prices - pay it or leave it - there is NO choice ...... but yes if tickets are sold-out you may actually pay black market rates or a premium for the tickets

(3) Taxis : Do you know that you have to tip taxi drivers in London , but not in India ........ its tradition. I dont know the reason, but the taxi drivers in London are supposed to carry city maps & are always supposed to know the fastest & shortest way from one place to another, unlike India where some taxi drivers will take you all over the place just to get a high meter bill.

(4) Restaurants : Waiters survive on tips & a good waiter can make your meal enjoyable (by being attentive, polite, prompt, recommending the best dishes to suit your taste & pocket etc) and a bad waiter can make your meal a total disaster (by being slow to serve the food, rude , absent , not even knowing what are the best dishes etc) .......... hence you tip the waiter if he has made your meal enjoyable ....... normally this tip is also shared with the cook & the manager of the hotel ......... in some places the bill includes a 10% service charge , hence you dont tip as the bill already contains the tip amount. So pls check your bill for service charges , if you see a service charge, then don't tip (unless you really loved the service & want to tip beyond the standard 10% or 15% in some cases) and if you see no service charge , then pls tip something , anything , they survive on tips.

Answer 2

What is the minimum wage for workers who receive tips?

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets a federal minimum wage of $5.15 per hour for covered, nonexempt employees. An employer of a tipped employee is only required to pay $2.13 an hour in direct wages if that amount plus the tips received equals at least the federal minimum wage, the employee retains all tips and the employee customarily and regularly receives more than $30 a month in tips. If an employee's tips combined with the employer's direct wages of at least $2.13 an hour do not equal the federal minimum hourly wage, the employer must make up the difference.

Some states have minimum wage laws specific to tipped employees. When an employee is subject to both the federal and state wage laws, the employee is entitled to the provisions which provides the greater benefits.

Answer 3

tip is given for the service provided in the restaurants. it depends upon the standard of service. when you land up in the same restaurant again, you can expect a better service and respect too. it is also advisable to offer a tip to the steward who can take better care of you.
the footwear, if not branded, is always overpriced. you can do bargaining in unbranded footwear shops.
taxi fare as per meter has to be paid unless the meter is tampered with. for a long journey within a metro, it is also advisable to pay tip to the taxi driver.
when we book a hotel for accomodation, we decide to pay for the room charges as per the tariff. It is a decision already made. You cannot compare it with a tip in a restaurant.

Answer 4

You may get better answers if you make more sense out of your question...right now it amounts to mostly gibberish. People tip for service in restaurants...better service usually garners a higher tip. Poor service may result in a few pennies. Remember that most restaurant workers aren't paid all that well and really depend on their tips. There are other jobs were tipping is the norm as well. Shoe stores? No...if anything, they depend on commission...but taxi service, it is relatively common for people to tip. Actually, tipping is common with a lot of service oriented jobs...like commission is the norm with sales jobs.

And what the hell is 'ulta-pulta'???

Answer 5

Connected to None7's answer about merchants being thought of as thieves is that people have been paying tip for so long that it is expected as part of the server's salary. At least in the USA, servers are taxed on their tip, and the government assumes that these servers are going to get a tip.

In some countries, it is considered rude to tip for food, as if to say that they would provide you with better service because you have more money.

Answer 6

normally people visit those restaurants which they like for their ambiance,food and service on some special occasions.By going again and again to the same one, they become familiar with the waiters who in turn would extend a more personal-touch in their service making their dining-out a more pleasant experience.Many times when they are treating their guests or business-clients,especially in a high-end restaurant they are able to leave their mark on them by the more personalised service extended to them by these waiters.
All this comes at a small price in the form of a good tip to the waiter by which the patron acknowledges that not only has he enjoyed his eating-out this time but also he would like to be treated differently when he visits next time.
It is sort of an arrangement of tacit reciprocity between them which not only ensures special treatment for the patron but also raises his feeling of self-esteem, surrounded by people of his own class.
Such is not the case in the other situations mentioned where they become one more face in a crowd and so a part of the general public.

Answer 7

Staff, workers, servant is same in various shops. Restaurant is also shop / business. Some says, hotel staff get low salary. Staff of shoe shop or transporter also get low salary. All staff is under paid but buyer never pay money to worker in shoe shop or bus or dry cleaner. If tip is valid in restaurant / hotel, it should be valid in all shops where employees get low salary. Mercy should be at all places and not only in restaurants.

Answer 8

Maybe because they are exposed in restaurants and everyone can see them. The same goes for the hotels.
Bargaining in shops, markets and so on is sanctioned by traditions.
It was believed that merchants were thieves anyway, and could sell their good much more cheaper.

Answer 9

It is Simple - Because here you are getting service from a person and if you are happy with the service you give him Tip.

Tip is a form of expression that I have been treated nicely and got good service.

Thank You
achu

Answer 10

ulta-pulta, right... It's simple. They don't get paid nearly as much as the CEOs, and if they serve you well, shouldn't you be a bigger person and be a little gracious and compassionate?