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 think that's a matter of opinion. I personally don't find being served at a table especially personal. Not really different to being served in a shop and some shop purchases feel a lot more personal and involve a not more conversation. My mortgage advisor went through my entire household budget, that felt a lot more personal TBH!

Restaurant/cafe should pay their staff above living wage, so they don’t need tips.

Not only tight but a total CF by handing it over to make it look as though she did and thus make it look like you all only tipped a miserly 5%

Was the service above and beyond? I will tip if I feel like I’ve needed service which is beyond the norm, so for example if a big group, if something is spilled/ dropped and needs cleaning up or if the order is very complicated but I don’t feel the need to always tip if I’ve literally just ordered basic food from the menu, had to brought out and then later had it cleared away. That’s just the bare minimum expected of the job role and wages should cover that.

I must admit I tip more now I am older any my children have worked as waiting staff. They often worked difficult shifts with little break and low pay. Their shifts were often messed about at the last minute etc. I can afford it so I do if I feel service has been good. My teenagers really appreciated their tips. I do judge friends who dont contribute to a shared tip when there are lots of special requirements etc, but it amuses me mostly (people I know aren't hard up).

I don't tip but if I enjoy a meal, I go back and take my friends and family there, which is worth much more.

In my workplace everyone got a share tips according to how many hours they'd worked.

But also the tip is mainly for the service really. You could have a not so great meal but the service might make up for that.

It’s a personal choice to tip in U.K. maybe she didn’t have change

Tight as a ducks arse. And as for the non-tipper handing over the tip - that one's a cheeky fucker as well as tight.

In many hotels and restaurants, the kitchen and dining team will have a "tronc" into which all tips are pooled. Cash tips are divided monthly; credit card tips are calculated and shared quarterly. It was much appreciated by DS who was the breakfast chef in a swanky country house boutique hotel, and earned NMW for his age (19).

No, it's not 'tight'. Tipping isn't a pre-requisite to go out to eat in the UK.

This thread crops up so often as a topic. There will be someone along shortly to demand that if people can't afford to tip, they shouldn't eat out. Never mind that the hospitality industry is on it's knees. Far, far better that they close due to lack of customers. Honestly, there is such a disconnect with common sense here.

Did you make your friend feel uncomfortable, OP? Best you don't eat out with them in future if that's how you feel. Gossiping away about them. Ugh.

Bit mean not to tip when other couples are, whatever their views on tipping.

I’m really surprised by these replies. I always tip and would feel embarrassed not to (unless I received pretty bad service and fairly obvious why I didn’t tip)

I thought it was the ‘done’ thing in the UK. Can’t think of anyone I know who wouldn’t leave a tip either.

Is it a regional thing maybe? I’m from the North West

Being served in a shop, you have to walk up to the counter to be served, they don't come to you, I don't tip at the bar if I get my own drinks either

Tight.

XingMing that's interesting. Were those tips from the lunch/dinner services? I ask because the breakfast staff at hotels (who really do deserve extra cash if anybody does), don't seem to have any sort of tip entitlement.

The lunch/dinner staff do have the expectation and are least deserving (from my experience).

Estate agent commission is their fee, not a 'tip'.

People who don’t tip are crap in bed.

So are lots of people who do tip, to be fair. So I'm told.

For the PPs saying "how come you got 100% of your tips if you gave some to the kitchen????" Etc:

What that means is that everyone gets their fair share and then they keep 100% of that, as opposed to losing some to their employer.

Harridan81, exactly which is why they don't need tipping

They were tight and all the tight people explaining on here how it's not tight are also tight.

It's a bit tight but why do u care

Yes, really cheeky.

Definitely tight!