To not want to leave a tip ?

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Went for a meal tonight nothing fancy just pizza and my friend seemed mortified that I didn't leave a tip. I was paying for our meal and I generally don't leave tips. Ive never left a tip for anyone actually not taxi drivers, hairdressers, waiters is that mean of me ?

Yes.

Yes it is mean and YABU.

YANBU

Depends what type of restaurant really.

I've never eaten in a posh restaurant that requires a tip

I never tip. I find it strange that DH who is a delivery driver gets tips. And he tips the pizza delivery driver.
I'm planning on getting my hairdressers some chocolates when I go in Christmas eve but that's about it.

Yes, YABU. Why would you not tip someone who receives barely minimum wage for providing you with good service? I'd be mortified if I was with you too.

I just seem to pay them what they ask. I've never thought twice tbh. Oops

This is common in the US where waiters get $2 an hour and rely on those tips. Not in the UK. We never tip here. It's not expected and unless you're tipping all minimum wage workers then I don't see how waiters are any different. I will be buying my child's nursery carers a gift at Christmas though.

Hope you never come to the US on vacation! You'll be classed as a stingy tightass Brit.

Ha ha rumpel I'm Sure I would !

But we do it in the US. 20% is normal. It's not a British thing. It's definitely not European either (Italian waiters got really huffy after we once left €1 on the table, chased after us to give it back).

Yanbu. Tipping is a ridiculous practice that seems to be on the increase. There are many many minimum wage workers who works bloody hard but do not work in the sort of industries where tipping is acceptable. What makes then less worthy than wait staff or hairdressers or taxi drivers?

And fwiw I've worked as a waitress,i was fucking minted when I did Friday and Saturday nights thanks to the tips. I was pulling in far more money than when I was working as a care assistant.

But like above rumpel everyone is paid minimum wage here.

So unlike the US we don't rely on tips. Though they come in handy

I was brought up to tip in restaurants so always leave around 10%. I think it's mean not to and do judge if I'm out with other people and they don't. If I was dating I wouldn't see someone again if they didn't tip.

Isn't minimum wage like £7.50? That's a huge difference from US waiters who are often self employed.

Oh and I do tip in the US since I understand that wait staff are expected to make up their wage with tips.

I had a job once...in a very swish restaurant in London where I simply greeted people on the door. Sort of a host.

I got about 2 quid an hour but people used to give me 50 pound notes as a tip.

They'd breeze in and say "Hello darling...can you watch my car?" and point to their stunning vehicle parked on double yellows outside.

For some reason, no car ever got clamped or anything! I used to be shitting myself that a traffic warden would appear and I couldn't do anything about it after they'd dropped me fifty quid!

I loved that job. I'd come out with loadsamoney! It was the early 90s though.

I only ever refuse to tip if the service has been awful. Otherwise 10% for waiting staff, hairdressers, taxis, etc.

Is it not the case that waiters are taxed to take tips into account? That was definitely the rumour when I was a waitress...

Wow user I wouldn't have taken the money

i do sometimes depending on the service if its not good i dont tip

Why tip because they are on the minimum wage? Ia that the customer's fault? And do you tip at a checkout? Or tip a dinner lady or teaching assistant? Or the person who delivers the papers? The list is endless. How about if you received awful service in a restaurant? How do you decide who does get a tip and who doesn't?

Our neighbour in Salt Lake used to work Friday and Saturday nights in a restaurant and that's all she had to do. Cash in hand. She worked damn hard for it though. I find here you are waiting around for ages for your food and the service is always very average. I love the efficiency in American restaurants.

Not in the UK. We never tip here.

Eh? I'm in London and I've never not tipped, it's normal.

Tipping 10% to a hairdresser

I pay £50 for a cut and blow dry on its own. Am I buggery going to give more bloody money on top