Friends didn't "tip"....bit tight?

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Me and three friends went to a little family run Greek restaurant.
The bill came to around £80 for four of us.
At the end of the meal
Friend 1 put £2 on the table and I also put £2
Friend 3 said "is that for a tip"
We said yeah.....she shouts for the waiter and hands him the £4 and says thanks
They didn't bother to put a couple of pound in each

Aibu to think it's a bit tight?

I see tipping as a reward for excellent service. The expectation to do it automatically annoys me. As PP have said, there are plenty of service industries that we never tip.

What other service industries

i always tip for good experience in a restaurant but what particularly gets me about your scenario, is that Friend 3 was the one to hand the tip over, therefore giving the impression THEY had donated the money. CF indeed.

How do they get to keep 100% but kitchen staff also receive a fair share?

I don't think people should have to tip but it was cheeky of them to take money others gave and hand it over like they'd given the server a couple of quid!

Yes, really tight. Very embarrassing.

You don't have to tip it's the not the USA people make a wage here.

If all staff keep 100% of their tips, how do kitchen staff get any? Are people tipping the kitchen staff?

Off the top of my head, car/bike repair places, shops (even when they have guided you through a complicated purchase), hotel receptionist, estate agents, delivery drivers (except for food), I am sure there are more..

In the UK, most people tip because they are embarrassed and it is supposedly the "done thing".

I don't tip because I earn at least the same or less than the waiting staff. In the past when I went to tip, friends told me off!

@WhenISnappedAndFarted the kitchen staff are ‘tipped out’ buy the waiting on team, it was 20p for every pound when I worked in restaurants.

The kitchen staff receive a smaller percentage as their wages are often a little higher.

The tips have never been taken as ‘takings’ anywhere I have worked (or my husband).

In OP's scenario it was a bit cheeky for the non-tipper to give them the £4, but they weren't tight to not tip.

Yep it's tight and I would judge them, I'd probably have thrown in a couple more pounds to try and make up for the shitty over all tip

I am going to the States and really not looking forward to the tipping element. Some places have now taken to adding 20% automatically and then looking for an additional tip to be left in cash for 'exceptional' service.

That the exchange rate £ to dollar means I will probably be bankrupt when I arrive back home!

I think tipping is weird and I don't do it. I think a service charge is cheeky as well.

To me it's like tipping for someone to scan your items in the supermarket. They get paid a wage? There's no need.

I never tip

It is up to them if they wish to tip or not. They have their reasons, that is enough.

DD worked in a gastro-pub last summer. All tips were split pro rata for the number of hours worked. It included all kitchen staff too.
I think your friends were tight tbh

What about the other person? Didn’t they tip?

I think tipping is weird

It is weird isn't it! Like a throwback to rich people at banquets, throwing scraps to the 'peasants' who served them.

How can both those statements be true? How can the staff member keep their tips but also the kitchen get a share? That makes no sense at all

Classic blunder, the services you mentioned aren't as attentive and personal as someone waiting on your table, bringing food and drink to you, and don't estate agents put on their own 'tip' through commission?

I always ask the waiting staff if the tips go directly to them. If they say yes ,then I leave a tip.

In the hotel I worked in, all tips were given to management to be shared out equally amongst the staff, including reception, cleaners, kitchen staff and waiting staff.

100% of the tips are given to the staff because the management don't take it to fund their wage (which I think may be illegal?) So the tips are always on the top of the regular wage, which is currently pretty good in the UK due to staff shortages.

I live near St Ives, kitchen porters are being offered up to £12 per hour and waiting staff will earn up to £20 per hour after tips.

It's two quid! If you can afford to go out for a meal, you can afford a tip. Yes, it's tight.