To not tip every time

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Who do you tip?

I always tip in restaurants, 10-12%

I sometimes tip hairdressers, Beauty therapists, nail bars, taxis. Normally £5 or sometimes 10%. But I don’t tip every time.

I tip in coffee bars if I have change…

I never tip builders, plumbers etc
i never tip delivery drivers

i give the cleaners Christmas presents but don’t tip….

I never know what is normal… what do you do?

It's become a very American thing to tip as they rely on tips due to lower pay, as I understand it. Over here, I guess if you think someone has done a good/great job or gone out of their way, then it's down to you the individual if you want to praise/thank that person with money.
It's more a personal decision I feel in this country. It shouldn't be frowned upon if you don't.

I don't tip at all

I don't tip anybody unless they've gone over and above.

Never tip

I don’t tip anyone, I can’t really afford to.

There was a thread about this exact subject started on here yesterday, so I will copy and paste my post.

I don't tip anyone, ever. People are paid their wages, and we have the minimum pay act in the UK that means no-one can be paid under a certain amount - shouldn't be anyway! Many of these people who expect tips, earn more than me.

Tipping is a quarter of a century out of date. No-one tips me in my average paid admin job, or the checkout workers, or the GP receptionists, or builders and plumbers etc, or the staff in the pharmacy, butcher, post office, bakers, card shop, shoe shop, etc etc etc... So why should waiting staff, taxi drivers, and hairdressers be getting tips? Most people have fuck-all surplus money these days, and they can barely afford to pay for their everyday bills and food. Adding tips onto everything is ludicrous.

It's like when I go into various shops, I get asked 'would you like to add a charitable donation?' McDonalds does it. Add 5p, 25p, 50p, or £1. No I WOULDN'T like to 'donate' thanks. Where is this 'charitable donation' going to anyway?

Also, several charity shops are now asking you to 'round up' at the till for charity. I am already giving to charity by buying items from your bloody shop that you got given to you for free! FFS, do these people want blood?

As another poster said on that same thread... (MuggedByReality.)

Next month, the U.K. minimum wage will increase to £11.44 per hour. That is a fair & reasonable wage for unskilled service industry work. Tipping is therefore now unnecessary & obsolete so I no longer tip. And I say that as someone who did lots of bar work & waiting tables when I was a student.

The price is the price. I'm sure if they wanted to charge more, they'd do so.

They don't need me to treat their business like a charity case and chuck extra money in the pot. They are perfectly capable of setting a price that works for them.

The only people I always tip are waiters. I've had food removed from the bill but never felt the need to withhold the tip. I would if service was awful though.
I used to tip black cabs all the time but don't really do often now. I've only ever tipped an Uber about 4 times.
Hairdressers, again it depends.
There's no right or wrong. Obviously every service worker appreciates a tip but there's no need to feel forced.

As a rule, I don't tip.

It is ridiculous that there is some sort of expectation to tip some people, but not others. In the UK people are supposed to be paid a National Minimum wage. No, it hasn't kept pace with the cost of living, and that should be looked at separately, but it is bizarre to me that some people feel they 'have to' tip people doing one job, but feel no social pressure to tip people doing a different job on the same pay.

I used to tip but rarely do now.

I tip in restaurants

I tip deliveroo £1 p

Nothing else

The McDonald's charitable donation goes to their Ronald McDonald houses at hospitals for parents to stay in when their kids are sick in hospital.

@vodkaredbullgirl @Bringonthesunforthewashing @takealettermsjones does that include a restaurant eg if they add a tip would you strike it off? I got charged a 17% tip in a bar in London (for drinks!) . I took the whole lot off.

I never tip

I will tip in a restaurant if service is good. Also if it's a big table and we have kept them on their toes. BUT I always ask the severs if they get to keep the tips. If shared amongst all staff at the end of shift then I'll maybe tip. I remember a few years back I had a student in work for experience who was working in a restaurant. I was shocked to learn they had to hand in all tips. It was then given back to them on top of wages as a bonus (so taxed). A

I very rarely tip anyone else though unless they have gone above and beyond.

I hate when it's automatically added to bills though and will make a point of removing it.

I don’t tip because they’re already getting paid for their jobs, so why should I pay them extra?

Restaurants 10-15%

Hairdressers nowhere near a percentage, it's too expensive but usually £5. Same with beauticians, usually less expensive but I would give a couple of £ or round it up.

Taxi round up to the nearest 5 or 10, prob not quite 10%

Hotel room cleaners, usually more likely to remember abroad I would usually leave around £20 for a week.

Delivery - don't usually tip as often there is a delivery charge.

I don't really tip anyone else. I've never been tipped in any jobs I've had!

I hate tipping.

Before the minimum wage was a thing, I worked in a shop for a pittance. Obviously no tips. In today's money it would be worth £4 per hour.

So it's going up to £11.44, almost 3 x what I was getting, in today's money. Some jobs who also get tipped earn more than £11.44 an hour.

Tipping is entirely different in the USA. We shouldn't become like there. I feel my parents and grandparents never tipped anyone, but it's become more of a thing in more recent years.

I never tip. I can’t afford it. It’s so arbitrary too - no one tips me in my shit job why are some tipped and others not?

Not fair, not equal, not a level playing field, not British values. Best to not entertain the whole thing.

I very rarely go to places where a tip would be added on already. But the odd time it's happened, I'm fine with it if it's a large group (say 6+) because I know service is harder in those circumstances and I see that as part of the cost of the meal. I remember asking to take the tip off the bill once, when there were only two of us and there was nothing special about the service. But I do think it's only been the once. I can't really comment on what I would do if I was a bit posher and went to these places more often 😂

I am not telling you that you should donate or anything like that. I just wanted to say that actually, the Ronald Mcdonald charity is fucking awesome. They run houses beside children's hospitals so that families with distances to travel can stay in site to support the suck child and keep the family together through a nightmare time.

I stayed in one for a while with a child in nicu, then later picu. I was so unbelievably appreciative. I was a bit snobby about McDonald's at one point. Never since! And they always get my change. They do other stuff for sick kids too. It is a wonderful charity.