Before it was customary to tip only people like bartenders and waitors. But now so many people want a tip.....from the cashier at Starbucks to the taxi driver.
2007-05-04 08:11:30 · 11 answers · asked by male in the USA 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
You're not a tightwad. Too many people DO ask for tips nowadays. It's frustrating to see so many people who expect something extra in return for just doing their normal jobs. I don't want to see a tip jar in every single place I walk into.
I do my job and that's that...I don't put a jar out.
2007-05-04 16:15:03 · answer #1 · answered by Jen 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe there are too many people wanting tips now. I don't think you are a tightwad. But it seems as if we are expected to tip everyone. I know it helps balance out their salary. However, I am not highly paid either and I don't work in a "tip" industry. When a company is charging a high price for the service (such as delivery or movers) then I believe it is either the company's responsibility to pay a decent wage or the employee's responsibility not to work there if they are not paid decently. I don't feel I should make up anyone's short coming by giving a large tip after I have already paid a high price for the service.
2007-05-04 10:21:26 · answer #2 · answered by Patti C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its always been customary to tip people like cab drivers, servers, bartenders, hair stylist (if not the owner), pizza delivery or any other take out delivery service, bellhops, maids in hotels, valet, cruise personnel, etc.
You don't tip cashiers. What you are tipping for at Starbucks, if you choose to, is speedy service in making your coffee. Many people don't tip at coffee places or the like, but if you had great service, why not tip? These people working there are only making minimum wage plus maybe a dollar more. Any little bit extra helps. And it certainly brightens up their day.
Additionally having separate tips keeps America's service industry actual service higher. Even when you think you've had bad service here in the US, remember that tip is included in Europe and that is possibly the lousiest service. You have to hunt down a server to get a refill on a drink that doesn't even have ice in it. Making service industry workers actually work for tips keeps the level of service higher. The more they do for you the higher the tip, if they keep getting good tips they continue good service.
2007-05-04 09:27:25 · answer #3 · answered by Dawn E 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is it because all the prices have risen so fast? The money to tip has been taken up at the gasoline pump. Our luxuries are our basics, and when we do indulge we do notice how much a gratuity is. Always tip a dollar my mom said, if you can't afford anything, and never leave the person empty=handed, because this person normally deserves a tip. This doesn't include restaurants, hotels, and places where this in normally expected.
The serviceman whom always tops off your oil for free, checks the fluids, adds windshield washer fluid, etc., and the person whom lifts the heavy thing you can't manage. Try a dollar and don't fret.
If you have money to go to the clubs, I would stay home, and build a home bar, instead of worrying about the amount to tip at bars. Buy Starbucks and make it at home, the same way.
2007-05-04 08:25:38 · answer #4 · answered by Marissa Di 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To tip or not to tip,that is the question...then again, how much? Let me give you two examples of how the tip impacts a salary. Applebee's resturant chain pays its servers a little over two dollars an hour in Arizona. In the state of Washington, they earn minimum wage, which is over seven dollars an hour. In both states the menu items are priced approximately the same. In Arizona, without tipping, the waiters and waitresses would literally starve amidst the food, while in Washington, the tip makes the difference between surviving and having a decent wage. I guess the question is, would you want to work for a little over two dollars an hour? If not, have one less glass of wine and share the wealth a little.
2007-05-04 08:21:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Tipping is a way of useful good service. in case your service sucks you get your crappy low salary. if you're fantastic at your job you receives a higher tip. The corporation receives an worker it really is attempting to do their superb for the shopper to get a higher tip ensuing in a returning shopper. The low paying jobs are in service industries that go away the shopper to pick if the server has performed a passable job and advantages something else of their salary. i develop right into a delivery motive force and a Batista and that i loved going homestead each and every paintings evening with money from practise.
2016-11-25 02:18:44 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US is rather unique in this fashion, but yes, everybody expects a tip, LOL.
The standard tip used to be 10%, and now it is up to 20% for waiters. Dang, it is getting expensive...
Plus, the hairstylist gets the usual tip, then you also have to tip the shampoo girl, etc...I find myself running around the salon tipping everybody. I WISH they would just add a fair amount for wages into the initial cost of the product.
2007-05-04 08:23:18 · answer #7 · answered by greengo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i thought it was common place to tip the taxi driver (and delivery people) but not cashiers.
2007-05-04 08:15:48 · answer #8 · answered by mojo 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you are a tightwad.
2007-05-04 10:24:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well you could just stay home. Make your own coffee.
2007-05-04 08:23:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋