Do you tip?

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Countries have different manners when it comes to tipping, but as a whole do you? Do you feel tipping should be expected for certain services? Is there any occasion where you'll always tip?

Personally, I don't tip. Whilst the UK is not completely devoid of tipping, it's really never expected. I don't ever tip because I feel I've paid my bill, it's a done deal.

But what are your thoughts?

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Tips are not mandatory where I live. But in the case of taxis, we let the drivers keep the change depending on the situation.
 
I tip when possible. I don't tip based on percentages or anything though. As for why, that's hard for me to say really.
 
Tips are not common here. I sometimes tip when the change is disproportionately small to the amount paid and/or it would make it much harder to pay the change back because of the set of coins/banknotes that would be required.
 
10% of the bill is the norm here. Some places it's 15%. It's usually indicated at the bottom of the bill how much gratuity is decent. I always tip because that's how the waiter/waitress gets paid above their really low minimum wage, also some places don't pay their staff so they work on tips alone, and so it's considered really bad form if you don't.
 
I always use credit cards so I don't have to worry about change. When I get takeaway I tip 15% using the app I use to order takeaway. If I'm not using an app I usually tip about USD$5 cash (but since I rarely carry cash I don't usually order from places like this). If I'm in a restaurant I always tip 20%, sometimes even if the service wasn't that great. It takes a lot to cause me not to tip. Like @leaf-green said, waiters/waitresses don't get paid much and they're usually like college students trying to pay tuition so I feel kinda bad if I don't tip. Besides, the restaurants I go to aren't exactly cheap and who wants to pay for a $120 restaurant bill and look like a total cheapskate who doesn't tip.

I think this is more a cultural thing though, cause I know in places like Japan it's actually considered bad form to tip. To the point, in my culture when you go to a salon you tip the lady who washes your hair, the second lady who cuts your hair, and the third lady who styles your hair. My stylist is a Japanese lady and I tip the lady who washes my hair and the one who dries my hair but Machikosan is the one who cuts my hair and I don't tip her because it's not appropriate in her culture (apparently it's almost an insult to tip in Japan).
 
Rarely, though I wouldn't dream of not doing so where the staff must make up their wage in tips. I didn't even realise that tipping was sometimes done in pubs here till - you guessed it - I got tipped myself. Which, in my typical English way, I never really know how to take. It seems odd to me for a customer to pay me for a service I already get paid to do.

My rule is usually to tip to reflect how much the staff have gone above and beyond what could reasonably be expected for them to do. I would tip for four-star service in a two-star restaurant, by way of example
 
I always tip for restaurants, particularly since it's a large part of their income. In other situations, I don't particularly do it though. If someone does a particularly good job, then I will give a little extra for them regardless of their job.
 
I don't really tip, since it's not really the norm here. If there's like a jar or something specifically set aside for it I'll throw in some of the change I may have gotten, but, since it's not the norm, you don't generally see any of those around.
 
I work in a restaurant in the US, so tipping is an absolute must for me, even if I felt the server wasn't amazing. I will typically tip 20+ percent if the service was great, but just 20 if average. If not really good then I'll just tip with whatever change I'm carrying.

Tipping isn't fun and even though I do it, I do hope that eventually US restaurants will learn to pay their employees, and tipping can a form of gratitude rather than a social "must", which I think is a far better approach to it.

Outside of restaurants I will try and leave a tip if expected, but I do not typically follow the 20% as the only other service I use (haircuts) aren't being paid the smallest of wages.
 
At restaurants, I always tip. Even if the service isn't that great, I tip because I know a majority of US restaurants don't give great wages and the employees depend on these tips as part of their income. I'll give 20% as the minimum and 25% or more for excellent service. It is a shame the US gives terrible wages to restaurant staff, which is why tipping is a must over here.

Places where tipping is optional, it depends. I'll give a tip if I have cash on me, but I won't deduct it based off of a percentage of what I paid. I just give what I can give.
 
I ALWAYS tip my Pizza Hut deliveries when possible. Considering delivery drivers may sometimes have to deal with disgruntled customers for reasons outside of the drivers' control, I usually like to show my appreciation.
 
I always tip wherever it's possible. Since sometimes, for example, in a restaurant, they take a while to get the food ready, especially when it's busy. I feel it's the right thing to do.
 
I ALWAYS tip. Pizza delivery, hair-stylists, Lyft and Uber services...
I tip depending on how good the service was, though Good service gets a fifteen percent, terrible gets like, two percent or so.
 
I do tip, though it's pretty much mandatory for me.

I tend to top around 15% though because they still have to be paid minimum wage in California , tipped or not.
 
I tip whenever I possibly can: restaurants, cabs, etc. (I can't say haircuts as I don't get them all that often.) But I tip and tip well when I go out to eat; I've worked food service jobs. People can be unbelievably crappy, no matter how well you treat them. I've seen people leave their tables absolutely filthy, treat waitstaff rudely then walk away without tipping. I swear, one of these days I might just snap and call one of these snots out on their garbage. :mad:
 
usually i tip15% for average service, 18% for good and 20 for great service. Anything over that is for superb service or if i get a cute waitress's phone number. I usually have a 3 strike rule for bad service. If the service is bad, I tip at 12% for first major mistake, 9% for second and 0% after the third strike unless they are rude, or intentionally forget me. And by the third strike, i will be wanting to see the manager. Usually, to get me that mad, it likely has been something intentional. Only times i have left a nice big 0% tip involve when my servers have managed to leave me waiting for my bill for over 2 hours after getting my food, managing to seat, fill and serve orders and get the bill to parties larger than mine even though i was seated well before others. And to make matters even more infurating, i had a waiter ignore me and serve others who ordered after me and managed to set up a date with his grlfirend on company time. After waiting an extra 45 mins, he even had the audacity to ask for a big tip for his hot date sent for the night. His tip was a big fat 0%. As evil and heartless as i can be, Its not something i enjoy doing.
 
I tip when I get my hair cut, and that tip varies depending on how long I have left it for!
 
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