tipping is something you do because you want to, not because you have too, thats what tax is for

That girl who brought you the coffee makes minimum wage. In fact, in a lot of places, she actually makes less than minimum wage as her income is supplemented by tips.

The cable guy, however, is probably making upwards of $20 - $25 per hour, unionized, with amazing benefits and great job security.

That was Devon. She started seeing her phone guy. Dunno how long it lasted. They'd been together for two months when the interview came out.

I have no problem tipping a waitress, a bartender, a taxi cab driver, a stripper, a delivery guy, etc.

I hate tipping people like the bouncer at the strip club who simply shows me where to sit, or the guy at the taxi stand who opens the door to my cab, or the girl at the door who charges me $5 to get into the club.

Seriously, you Americans get raped by this tipping scam. You might as well add an additional 20% tax to your income. You seem to somehow manage to convince yourselves that somehow its your responsibility to pay the employee that is serving you, rather than their employer.

You got it all backwards. :1orglaugh

Not sure about other states. But here they are required by law to be paid X amount if they don't make that much in tips.

Never have.

tipping is hard to understand for us Aussies..

Here you don't tip anyone.. you just pay the price on the bill. If you choose to give the taxi driver a few dollars more or leave the change with a restaurant, it's genuinely appreciated. But importantly, no-one expects or demands it.

I much rather like tipping in this environment.. as opposed to being 'forced to tip' - it's not a tip if it's mandatory imo, you gotta earn it through good service, and even then it's entirely up to the customer.

My 2 cents...

My absolute favorite is when the gratuity is already added to the bill. I'm usually a very generous tipper when it comes to getting good service, but I just find that insulting. So much so that I've made a point of telling waiters that their employer took money out of their pocket because I'd have given them more than what they put on my bill and I refuse to give them any more when they've already told me what I SHOULD pay.

That actually happened to me in Vegas by accident this year. I won a poker tournament and I ran into a great dealer that dealt me the entire first day. He called me over at Paris Paris. It turns out he was a pitboss over there. Without thinking about it, I reached into my pocket and handed him a $100 bill and told him, I was going to give him that, but he was gone by the time I got my money. After I handed it to him, somewhat aided by the look on his face, I thought about it and asked him if it was okay that I gave that to him, him being in the position he was in NOW. He looked at me, looked at the money, thanked me profusely and told me he can't accept it now, but it was a great gesture.

That's the only time I can recall it ever happening to me and while it saved me $100, he was probably the ONE guy in Vegas who I WOULD have liked to have been able to tip.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh Sorry. You used trust and mechanic in the same breath. I find that humouous.

Mechanics have a reputation for not being entirely honest (I like to think I've contributed to this reputation because of my past experiences). If I ever DID find one that I felt was being 100% honest with me, I probably would consider tipping him though, partially because I'd want him to STAY that way and partially because I'd consider him somwhat of a freak of nature.

Because wait staff min. wage is $2.18! I always tip 20% and if the check is $5 or less a dollar a person. If the food or service was bad, I speak to a manager.

No one tips workers in TEXAS. I've had tips refused from:
Flower Deliveries
Circut City
Funiture Set Ups
A Lawn Guy
Grocery Bag Boys

I refuse to tip
The person who hands me food or beverage that I had to stand in line to get. WTF would I tip a Starbucks counter girl for, doing her JOB?

On Long Island
you tip EVERYBODY, even..

The Mailman
UPS guy
Trash Collectors

I remember my parents gave the mailman a bottle of scotch and envelopes to 10 or so workers every Christmas. Every year we gave presents to all the Teachers. Do they still do that?

Amazing what happens when you don't pay your workers a living wage!

Fortunatly i live in country where you dont need to tip anyone hehe

"I'll tip you $10 if you knock $10 off my bill."

It never occurred to me to tip a cable guy... but now that you mention it, when the guy hooked up my cable in Orlando he kept hanging around and talking about how he really hooked me up with a hell of a deal. He told me not to tell anybody he did it.

I don't think the cable guy is gonna want to suck my dick, but hey, I'll offer it up if it's the right thing to do... :1orglaugh

the bathroom attendants are the absolute worst. i hate feeling obligated to pay someone because i needed to take a piss and wash my hands. i don't really need anyone's help with that

yeah the bathroom attendant thing is just creepy to me. i don't want some guy standing around while i take a piss. must suck when someone has to take a dump in there, for both parties.

The bathroom attendant situation is weird because in most cases they don't actually work for the club. They are entrepreneurs who buy their kits from some company and then they make arrangements with the clubs to go in and hang out in the bathrooms. As far as I know, the only money they make is if they do get tipped. I only tip them if they give me earplugs or I use their hairspray, or take something that would not normally be in the bathroom anyway. But I can get my own towel, thank you very much!

I just had cable installed and the guy was super friendly and did a hell of a job. The cables are tucked away and he installed through the ceiling etc. Did a great job.

I did not tip him and he did not expect one. He simply did his job.

I never tip the gas guy. I'm not sure I know anyone who does. You can't pump your own gas in jersey anyway.

I always tip the gas attendants. Specially if I ask them to check tire pressure, oil, wash windows, ect.

I also tip my mail person each year. However I would not tip the cable installer.

Your tip? Cheapskate :)

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