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PostIcon Posted on: Oct. 17 2000,08:12  Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
drunk or not, you have a damn good point

noone tips anyone in australia, it rocks no obligation, cause staff get paid enough to put food on their table. i deliver pizzas for a little cash on the side, and this is one of the only proffesions in aus where tips come. i would say about 30-35\% of people give me tips, i am appreciative when they do, and i let them know it, but if they dont, hey, they just spent ฦ on pizzas (halve for US currency) and i get paid ū.50 out of that so who am i to complain if they dont tip me? i dont care

it does annoy me though when old people think they are doing you some huge favour by giving you 10 or 20 cents this old lady seriously gave me 20 cents and said "theres two bob for you my boy" i almost thought she was gonna add "don't spend it all in the one place" or something

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PostIcon Posted on: Oct. 17 2000,08:28 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
well i still tip people based on their service. like i remember this one time when i had ordered chinese food, and the dude took an hour to get there (after saying something like 30 minutes) so i didnt give him a tip, cause it was sposed to be food comes, i eat it in ten minutes and go to sleep. but instead i had to stay awake another half hour (you dont know how tired i get sometimes). and then my friend started lecturing me on how im sposed to tip everyone no matter how bad their service was. wtf???

and then there was the pizza dude who took about an hour and a half to get to my house (i know for a fact it doesnt take an hour and 15 minutes to make a pizza, cause it takes at max 15 minutes to get to the pizza place) and then he gave me a dirty look when i didnt tip him for shitty service. whats going on when tip has become something people think is required??

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No tippin in the pubs in the UK either. It's called minimum wage. We have one and if you are earning it for providing a regular service, you don't get tipped. Beer's expensive enough in London. There is also the point to be made that, in this kind of environment, when I tip a bartender well early in the night, I invariably get great service from them thoughout the evening. They almost seem to ignore other people when I am at the bar. so you do win when you tip in a no tipping society.
I do, however, tip appropriate to the level of service I feel I received when eating out and other stuff.
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I am a heavy tipper. I know that a big tip will get me remembered during my next trip to the bar. I get great service. On the other hand there is one worthless little bitch that can't pour a drink to save her life. I wont even sit at her bar and it pisses her off. She even complained to the manager who then came down on the rest of the staff. I heard about this and went off on the manager and told him exactly what was wrong with the little bitch and why I, and NO ONE else, was a regular at her bar.

Point is this. I tip well and expect service. If you good to me, im good to you. If you fuck me ill get you fired.

Little bitch is still looking for a job...I go to a lot of bars

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this was on some day-time talk show like maury or something awhile back. Ms. America 1999 lives in New York City and makes Ŭ.50 an hour as a waitress. i'd say fuck that. she makes more in tips-an-hour than she does her regular pay. just think about that one... if people didnt tip, then the restaurant (spelling?) would have to charge more for food to pay the waitresses better. git what im saying? no? THEN YOUR ALL DRUNKARDS! *hic*

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PostIcon Posted on: Oct. 17 2000,12:58 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
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Originally posted by Wolfguard:
I am a heavy tipper. I know that a big tip will get me remembered during my next trip to the bar.

I was just about to bring up bars. That is the only place where I tip extremely well. Resturaunts and stuff I tip ok, unless the waitress is really good, and really hot.

But at the bar I normally tip about ŭ on a บ tab, บ on a ฤ tab, and ฤ on a โ tab. Needless to say I get excellent service, occasional free drinks, and that sexy little bartender, Bridget, flirts with me all night long... Worth every penny.

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I think I'm the same as most of you out there. I tip well in resturaunts. I divide the price by 6, then round up the total to the dollar. It comes out roughly between 16\% and 20\% usually then. At bars, I don't keep a tab. If the beer is ũ.50, I leave the quarters behind. If it's Ū.00, then I leave a dollar behind every other beer. Pretty standard stuff, and I notice that people appreciate.

I will never tip a god damn pizza delivery guy. What's your job? Drive... get paid for the miles, and show up at my door to make change. I usually just pay then and don't take back any jingly change... 12 cent tip? Ah hahahahaha

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It's a little easier in Ontario (Canada) since our taxes (Provincial and Federal) equal 15\% which coincidentaly is the amount one is "supposed" to tip. So I just add up the taxes and leave that amount, unless the waiter was very good then I leave more. Once though I went out to dinner with my husband and waited 45 minutes for our drinks, just the drinks!!! After we were done our meal (a 2 hour affair) I left 3 cents. I even took the dimes and quarters from the change. So I can be pretty vindictive when it come to horrible service.

I won't tip pizza delivery guys (or any delivery guy) either for the same reason as others have mentioned. It seems pointless and stupid and I never get the same delivery person twice so I don't have to worry about shody service. Not to mention the old 30 minutes or its free rule...gotta love that!

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I used to have a class with a guy who worked as a pizza deliveryman, once I heard him ranting about people who tip less then ŭ.00 to have their fucking pizza delivered. Apparently he (and a few others) would be sure spit on the pizza of these “cheapskates” the next time they had one delivered. Needless to say, I now pick up my own damn pizza.

As for tipping in bars, I am only 20 so I have never been presented with the opportunity. However, I don’t think I could be anything *but* generous to someone who is serving me sweet, sweet, alcohol.

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I just got done listening to love line and Adam was ranting about tipping. That got me going, so…

Is anyone else a little pissed off about the growing number of people that you are supposed to tip for providing the service that they ARE PAID TO PROVIDE? I recently got a haircut and I was expected to tip the “hair stylist” for her work. WTF?!? I JUST PAID YOU ฟ TO TAKE A FUCKING PAIR OF CLIPPERS TO MY HEAD FOR 8 MINUTES AND NOW YOU WANT A TIP?!? And what about tipping waitresses? (yes, I always tip, and usually pretty well) I just dropped ฤ for one fucking plate of food (I know it isn’t much, but I am in college) and the restaurant can’t afford to pay their own damn staff? BULLSHIT. My favorite is when the tip is included in the bill; hey, my waiter just took 45 minutes to fuck up my entire order, I think I’ll tip him 15\%. Now, I know that tipping is most of a waiter’s income; BUT, a tip is supposed to be payment for service above and beyond your job description. I RARELY see anyone in any profession doing more then the minimum that is expected of them.

In the words of Dennis Miller: “That’s just my opinion, I could be wrong”

BTW: yes, i am pretty damn drunk right now

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