Have your tipping habits changed with the rising cost of living?

[SwanBuster]

Have you found yourself having to think more carefully about tipping - cabs, hairdressers, deliveroo etc now that the cost of things are going up?

I do a little ‘roo-ing’ on the side, and I’ve found that despite some of the orders I’ve been doing being insanely ridiculous - huge shops, long distances by bicycle, working out to way less than minimum wage, I’ve been getting very, very few tips.

I’ve always personally tipped when on the other side of the transaction - and still would - but times are getting tighter and wondering if this is one of the first things to go?

To be honest, nothing. Delivery takeaway is the first to go in our house in these depressing times.

I'll hold onto my hairdresser with my cold, dead hand but I expect her employers to pay her well enough for me not to tip.

Fair play to you though OP, j admire your work ethic.

In a way yes. Used to tip before but now don't really use any kind of service where tipping would be an option as everything is too expensive.

@SwanBuster

All this said - I highly recommend giving the gig economy a go and seeing what it’s like first hand. Even if you earn 100k+in your main job. It’s one hell of an eye opener when you really get a practical sense of how it works.

Without going all ‘tone deaf’ like that other infamous thread - doing that sort of graft for less than minimum wage very quickly makes you not want to waste anything at all.

Nah you're alright thanks, what an odd suggestion.

I haven't ordered a takeaway delivery in years, but I would usually tip drivers, taxi, hairdressers etc.
I would just say that since WFH and shops encouraging use of cards, that I often don't carry cash anymore, so its would just be pure chance I had a couple of quid to offer.

I always tip Deliveroo drivers, I would do the same with Just Eat if I could do it with a card - don’t really have cash these days.

The only place I ever tip is a restaurant, that has always been the case. We aren't a tipping country (unlike some where people earn their living from tips because the wages are so poor - in some countries it's really insulting not to tip and can cause quite a problem, likewise if you tip well you can make somebody's day because that's about a full day's wage). Places price services for what they'd like to earn.

I'll still tip in restaurants if the service is good but won't just dish out tips willy nilly.

Nah you're alright thanks, what an odd suggestion

🤷🏻‍♀️ Each to their own. I’ve found it an important continuation of living my life as a stoic, a practice I started when on a solo retreat to Patagonia beac on the mid noughties. You may already be channeling Marcus Aurelius, or have no interest in doing so and that’s fine too.

*back in the mid noughties

Well done you for doing it. I bet you get lots of exercise! I think I would die!

Unfortunately we don’t have deliveroo or similar where I live but I continue to tip my hairdresser, nail lady, gardener and restaurants same as I always have. I appreciate good service (and I’m forever scared of losing my hairdresser!).

Or people could just watch Sorry I Missed You to gain some empathy and understanding if they don’t fancy cycling around with a week’s worth of groceries on their back.

No. I still tip the same amounts and the same people.

Honestly I was never a huge tipper to begin with. I live in a large city and most businesses around here are chains where tipping isn’t expected (built into the costs of services), and I’m early 20s and broke

I’ll keep the service charge on the receipt at a restaurant but I’m not going to tip the deliveroo driver or my hairdresser.

@NeedleNoodle3

Or people could just watch Sorry I Missed You to gain some empathy and understanding if they don’t fancy cycling around with a week’s worth of groceries on their back.

Hmm, yeah, another political piece by Ken Loach. Has no one worked out yet that all is stuff is so made up and loaded so as to drive hard at his political views?

Like with that Warehouse programme on the BBC lately (yes, I know not a Loach film) - they want you to think it's based on fact, yet, because it is totally made up they have to say so at the start.

Two of my young adult children work in hospitality (one as a career, one casually to support herself as a student) and I can't imagine not tipping in a restaurant or café. We don't have food delivered but if we did I'd expect to tip the driver.

And in actual restaurants I tip as I’ve always done.

The times i do rarely eat out if i've got change on me i'll leave a few pounds tip (pay bill by card) if the wait staff have been friendly and checked in if everything is satisfactory mid meal.
Never used deliveroo etc, cut my own hair, so i'm not often in a situation where tipping is relevant.
That being said, i don't think any industry should pay such a pittance that tips are relied upon to make it worth while to be doing the job.

I’ve never ever been one to tip, my decor a couple of pounds maybe in a restaurant. I don’t tip the bin men, postman, movers, valet person or anyone else I pay a service too. I believe it just encourages employers to keep wages low because they rely on the generosity of already-paying customers

And I don’t tip my hairdresser. She has a £60,000 Range Rover, she doesn’t need my help

We've just stopped eating out now as the additional costs (fuel to get there, always get tempted by starters/desserts ect) but we usually leave a small tip.

We don't tip delivery drivers as I thought that was what the delivery fee was for? Although we've stopped ordering takeaway as much, get it once every couple of months now

@SwanBuster

All this said - I highly recommend giving the gig economy a go and seeing what it’s like first hand. Even if you earn 100k+in your main job. It’s one hell of an eye opener when you really get a practical sense of how it works.

Without going all ‘tone deaf’ like that other infamous thread - doing that sort of graft for less than minimum wage very quickly makes you not want to waste anything at all.

A lot of people are already working full time as well as balancing children/households/general life and want to enjoy their rare free down time. It’s great you have the privilege of ample time to spare but not everyone is so lucky to try out a part time job for a lark. And many have worked/are working in low paid roles and don’t need their eyes opened…

No I don't tip unless it's exceptional service. I'm not
Going to start tipping Deliveroo

@PlasticineMeg

And I don’t tip my hairdresser. She has a £60,000 Range Rover, she doesn’t need my help

This!! My hairdresser makes more than I do if what she tells me is true, and I earn well above the average salary!

@Moochio

Nope. I would not have a meal out or takeaway rather than have one but stop the tip.

Really?

So the business goes out of business because you don't use them??

We have minimum wage in this country,

I very rarely tip, I usually round up if I’m in a taxi but other than that not really.

A friend of mine used to work in a restaurant and she was really off with me when I said I don’t tip, but why should I? The staff get minimum wage the same as millions of others in jobs where it isn’t expected, I don’t tip the staff at Asda or Primark and they work just as hard as hospitality staff.

@Imlovinglife

No. Still zero.

Tell me the price you actually want and I'll decide whether to buy or not.

Don't tell me a lower number but expect me to add x% on my own initiative - and get uppity if I don't. No time or energy for games like that.

Oh so much this!!!