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 ?

I hate tipping and would much prefer to pay a price that reflected the cost of the meal, including paying the staff properly.It's awkward, and it requires you to have the right amount of spare cash, and different restaurants have different policies about who the money actually goes to - not necessarily the person you give it too. And you don't always settle the bill with the person who waited on you. It really irritates me to see tip containers left out in self service cafes. I've queued for my food, juggled my tray and my purse and my child, stumbled around finding somewhere to sit - no, I am not tipping!

Yanbu I never tip

Oh tell a lie , I tip the students that cut my hair in the training academy , I get a proper shampoo with them massaging my head for 10 minutes , then the spend about 1 1/2 just cutting it , then putting product in . All in all about 2 hours for just a basic cut with long layers
They're in training and need the clients to practice on
The whole thing costs me £7.50
I normally leave them the £2.50 change
Other than that I never tip no , and I eat out ALOT

" Not in the UK. We never tip here "

yes we do...

I have never met anyone who doesn't tip - I think that's awful! The amount on the bill is what you pay for the purchase of your food and drink, the tip is the money you pay for the service.

To be honest, if I went out with a friend to eat and they didn't leave a tip I would be horrified.

Eevee well your bus driver mate should definitely be looking for a new employer!

Plus it's the chef / kitchen staff that cooks the meal ... Where's their tip ?
I'm on minimum wage and I don't get tipped

Agree Sara. We tipped at Giraffe once and asked her if she got to keep it (she was a good waitress and tip was about £3). She said she was supposed to share it with All the bar/kitchen staff.

And NMW is definitely not standard for a receptionist or customer service advisor.

vanilla chefs and kitchen staff are paid a lot more than waiting staff, apart from maybe the pot washers....... When I worked as a waitress we would give the KPs a share of our tips.

waiting staff, taxi drivers and hairdressers are taxed on a presumption of tips at a certain rate. Tipping isn't that complicated, but for waiting staff, taxis and hairdressers it is a non-optional social convention IMO, unless they have done a bad job.

Nursery staff are quite often on minimum wage (at least round where we live). parents Never tip them and they are looking after their most precious thing. A box of quality street at Christmas doesn't really make a difference to the hourly rate of the job and it's a hard slog for these women to make ends meet every month.

I don't know why some jobs are tipped (waiting on/bar staff, hairdressers, taxi drivers, takeaway drivers) other generally low paid jobs aren't (shop work, childcare, parcel delivery drivers-although this might not be minimum wage, but if it is, why does it matter if you are delivering takeaway pizza or Tesco food shopping).
I sometimes tip when we have eaten out, depends what type of place we are in and how good the service is. If your friend was that bothered why did she not leave a tip?

I worked at one of the business class lounges at Heathrow. Got lovely tips off ordinary folk who had just upgraded or been given an upgrade, and sweet nothing from the "Special" passengers. My basic salary was about £14000 at that point. I certainly didn't moan that people didn't tip though, they've bought their tickets which were inclusive of the lounge access.

I hate tipping, but I do it to save an argument...

Oh well if google says so...
He's a school bus driver. Wages are bad in my area. Not that it matters, my point still stands.

It was standard in the catering industry for tips to be shared out by all the staff so that kitchen workers etc get some too.
But at a hotel where I met friends for coffee we asked the waitress if she kept her tips she said cash tips were hers to keep, tips added onto a bill paid by credit card were shared.

Agreed that the decision on which professions should be tipped is arbitrary. That's why we have a minimum wage, so that employers will take responsibility for paying their staff, rather than leaving it up to the customer.

90% of places I eat at seem to add a 10% service charge onto the bill nowadays anyway, so the argument is moot.

Those saying YABU to not tip in the UK and minimum wage is impossible to live of...
Do you tip the supermarket workers who serve you?
Do you tip your child's TA?
Do you tip your child's nursery worker?

I doubt it.

YANBU not to tip. It's your choice whether you do or not. Don't feel pressured into it

Wouldn't dream of not tipping in a restaurant, from Pizza Hut to seriously posh places. Surely everyone tips? It just seems normal. I used to love working New Year's Eve when I was home from Uni, I'd get tenners throughout the night and there was no sharing, ruddy marvellous.

Surely tip if it's good service (or a big table), don't tip if it's not. I thought that was always the rule in the U.K.?

I hate tipping and the only time I would ever do it in the UK is if I'm in a group and the majority have a desire to do so.

If you want to charge me 10% extra for eating at an establishment then increase the food costs

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I am not sure that there is a presumption for wait staff in the uk, i would be interested in knowing a little more about that

There is in the US

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I am not sure that google is right on everything

Generally i would tip in restaurants and posher cafes. Dont usually tip in pubs or cafes

Wouldnt always tip 10 or 15% either

YANBU but people seem to believe we're in America and will say you are When they tip the checkout operator then I'll listen to them...

Live in Scotland and always tip in a restaurant and often at a bar too. The service industry involves long, unsociable hours, shit pay and often arsehole customers. Making tips is basically the only perk of the job