I was wondering what services you thought you are expected to tip for?

For example, you are expected to tip at restaurants (unless the service was shockingly bad!), but not a bus driver.

So what do you tip for, and don't tip for?


What about:

hair dressers/barbers?
hand car washes?

Barber, Restaurant (like you say unless service was bad in which case all they get is a goodbye), Taxi (if they've been pleasant)

window cleaners,everyone should tip there window cleaner. would you like to be out in the cold all day.big tips for window cleaners!!!!!!

I was wondering what services you thought you are expected to tip for?


None whatsoever. In this country, it's the employer's job to pay the employee's wages, not the customers'.

i tip at restaurants, I wouldn't even dream of tipping a bus driver!! 1.60 +tip!? screw that!

The last time a waiter asked me for a tip I said "Night Nurse, 3.30 at Redcar".

I tip at restaurants if the service is good and the food is good, the size of the tip is dependant on both these factors, if the tip is primarily down to the good service I always make a point of giving it to the waiting staff and telling them it is for them.

Hairdressers, rather not lose an ear :)

Taxi Drivers if they are nice and chat to you, also if they don’t drive like a maniac.

The last time a waiter asked me for a tip I said "Night Nurse, 3.30 at Redcar".

was it a good tip :hihi:

None whatsoever. In this country, it's the employer's job to pay the employee's wages, not the customers'.

Thats exactly what I say.

I might you go to a restaurant and say the meal comes to £37.60 give them £40.00 and let them keep it but thats just because I want to hurrey up and get out of there most of the time!!!

Taxi drivers, but never black cabs they are extortionate anyway

Restaurants - if the food was good, hot and the waiting staff smiled

I rarely go to a hairdressers thats why my barnett looks a mess :hihi:

I was wondering what services you thought you are expected to tip for?

For example, you are expected to tip at restaurants (unless the service was shockingly bad!), but not a bus driver.

So what do you tip for, and don't tip for?


What about:

hair dressers/barbers?
hand car washes?


restaurants, always tip unless the service has been really bad.

I always tip the bar person in a pub on first round.

my hairdresser

taxis i tip if its a really short journey because they could have had a bigger fare.

we have done a collection for bus drivers before but only on journeys where the bus has been booker for us as a private hire.

I always tip the bar person in a pub on first round.


Doesn't happen often then Sav ;)

I always tip my hairdresser and taxis.

Think I should start to tip my window cleaner though.

Doesn't happen often then Sav ;)

oi! you cheeky swine! i have bought you many drinks:mad:

why should you tip any one you don't tip your poor retail staff on minimum wage

oi! you cheeky swine! i have bought you many drinks:mad:

I know, and once you arrive here the favour will be returned :thumbsup: :D

I always tip a hairdresser unless she's the owner.

"You know what this is?"

*rubs thumb and forefinger together several times*

"It's the world's smallest violin playing just for the waitresses"

:D

I always get really embarrassed when it comes to the tipping stage, especially at the hairdresses. I pay £30-odd for my hair to be cut and blown dry, so a 10% tip on top of that seems extortionate.

What about delivery people - for takeways?

I always tip takeaway delivery guys
Soft spot for em :D

I always tip takeaway delivery guys
Soft spot for em :D


Any chance you could pm me your address? ;)

Urm is it normal to tip hairdressers then???? I never have!

they're getting near forty bloody quid for an hour's work anyway - I know it doesn't all go to the hairdresser but a wadge of it must!

I'm never sure how much to tip,whats the going rate for a hairdresser?

Unless someone goes out of there way to make my experience 'ultra special' by doing something that they are not getting paid to do anyway....then I don't tip.

I don't expect people to come out of a film they really enjoyed and slip me a couple of quid for 'letting them watch it', so why should I be expected to tip other people for doing their job as expected?

None whatsoever. In this country, it's the employer's job to pay the employee's wages, not the customers'.

Fully agree.
When you are paying out your hard earned cash, why should you pay extra to receive what you are already paying for.
You don't buy a DVD player from a shop and pay extra because someone went in a storeroom and got it for you. Thats part of the 'service'

I'm not sure whether it still applies but at one time waiting staff, hairdressers, taxi drivers and the like who were often tipped, were actually taxed on their 'notional tips'. In other words the taxman decided on an arbitrary figure that they were expected to receive annually in tips and taxed them on it.

Not sure whether that still happens?

I'm not sure whether it still applies but at one time waiting staff, hairdressers, taxi drivers and the like who were often tipped, were actually taxed on their 'notional tips'. In other words the taxman decided on an arbitrary figure that they were expected to receive annually in tips and taxed them on it.

Not sure whether that still happens?

You still have to declare tips as they do go towards your annual income and are taxable.

Do any of you tip for a service you recieve & if so how much & who?
I always tip a hairdresser, a taxi, when a take away is delivered, when I have someone do work in my home (decorater, gardener, aeriel fiited), in a restaurant oh & when I get my PC fixed, car serviced the list goes on.
But someone said to me they are getting paid for the job why pay more then you need to.
My fella is a removal man & is astonished if he doesn't get a tip especially as the majority of the people he moves appear wealthy by the type of homes he moves. He finds the people who do tip him probably need the money more than us.
From what I understand it is etiquette to tip 10%.
Whats you're opinions?

You still have to declare tips as they do go towards your annual income and are taxable.

I can see that would apply anyway. But back in the day, I'm sure the taxman just decided that you had had a certain amount of tips and you paid the tax on them whether you received that amount or not?

Thread (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=181119&highlight=tip) here about the exact same thing :)

I can see that would apply anyway. But back in the day, I'm sure the taxman just decided that you had had a certain amount of tips and you paid the tax on them whether you received that amount or not?

Yo mama!!.wotzapnin wiv tipz?

Don't you just hate it when that happens?
I usually run through all recent posts, didn't spot this one?
Guess I will be deleted & merged by tomorrow!

I was wondering what services you thought you are expected to tip for?

For example, you are expected to tip at restaurants (unless the service was shockingly bad!), but not a bus driver.

So what do you tip for, and don't tip for?


What about:

hair dressers/barbers?
hand car washes?
no services should be worthy of a tip, a person providing any service who puts in extra effort to make your experience better would be worthy of being tipped, ive never tipped in a restaurant but i have tipped a bus driver.
my uncle tips a standard 10% in a restaurant, more if the service was "good"
none if bad.

Yo mama!!.wotzapnin wiv tipz?

So, are you trying to say that you know the answer to the question? If so, would you care to explain, in English, perhaps :rolleyes:

So, are you trying to say that you know the answer to the question? If so, would you care to explain, in English, perhaps :rolleyes:

I was merely requesting a precis of the tipping situation from the point of view of your own wisdom and experience: in your preferred argot.:)

* & taking the mickey a bit, as I am drunk *

I find it strange how so many people tip Taxi drivers but not Bus drivers or Aeroplane pilots?

I was wondering what services you thought you are expected to tip for?

For example, you are expected to tip at restaurants (unless the service was shockingly bad!), but not a bus driver.

So what do you tip for, and don't tip for?


What about:

hair dressers/barbers?
hand car washes?

Here's a tip for you Cardboard........dont wear your deck shoes in the rain.....init

Mod: Threads merged. Please remember to search before posting a new topic. Ta. :)

I think, for waiters etc, the tips count towards their wage, meaning they can actually have an hourly rate less than minimum wage, on the basis that they'll make it up from tips.

I also heard that, in a lot of places, the above only applies if you pay with a credit card, so for the staff's sake, if you're going to tip, leave cold hard cash :thumbsup:

I think, for waiters etc, the tips count towards their wage, meaning they can actually have an hourly rate less than minimum wage, on the basis that they'll make it up from tips.

I also heard that, in a lot of places, the above only applies if you pay with a credit card, so for the staff's sake, if you're going to tip, leave cold hard cash :thumbsup:

Isn't it illegal though for an employer to pay less than the minimum wage?

No because, if you tip on the credit card, they can put it through the payroll as part of the wage.

No because, if you tip on the credit card, they can put it through the payroll as part of the wage.

I understand now, so if people don't tip with cash then the employer has to pay the minimum wage?

I've never heard of it happening, but it does - I always tip at restaurants, 10% if the service is reasonable (although its rough, sometimes they end up with 15%, sometimes 5) - and nothing if its poor.

When I worked at a restaurant, waitresses were assumed to have earned 1% of the days takings in tips, so if they'd collected £1000 during the day, they were expected to hand £10 in to be distributed to the kitchen/bar staff.

Nice thread. I can add/delete some people to/off my Christmas card list.:hihi:

When I went to USA last year I was wondering about this, and after being told by a USA'er, I realised you can upset people in other countries without realising it.

Ok, this country, and me.

Pizza Delivery - I once did it and it's crap money and hard work on the busy nights that you should be out having fun. tip £1, whether it's late or not. It's not his/her fault.

Hair Dressers/Barbers - Well it's 4.50 at mine on Commonside for a cut. So a fiver seems right. (she's easy on the eye too:love: :hihi: )

Taxi - round up to the next pound, if he/she got you home ok and no broken limbs. Maybe an extra quid if decent bloke, and round upto the next £10 if I ever pick you up:) :hihi:

Restaurants - don't go, and never will:gag:

Ash:)

I go out deliverin takeaways on the odd occasion and I don't expect a tip but it is nice. the money is crap and its the tips that make it worth doing. 35 quid can soon turn into 60 with a good run which for 6 hours int all that bad. I think that waiting for 10p change is just rude and a little pathetic and more often than not its the people in the 5 bed detached houses and the X5 or similar on the drive that do this (not saying you are all like that before another thread turns into a warzone). It could be pi55ing it down wi rain on a friday night and there is always some idiot who makes you stay on his doorstep longer to fumble about in your pockets for 10p. I mean come on get a grip..........

I think, for waiters etc, the tips count towards their wage, meaning they can actually have an hourly rate less than minimum wage, on the basis that they'll make it up from tips.

I also heard that, in a lot of places, the above only applies if you pay with a credit card, so for the staff's sake, if you're going to tip, leave cold hard cash :thumbsup:

Tips can only be counted towards minimum wage if they are paid through the payroll, so yes, there's a greater chance of the tip being any kind of bonus if it is paid straight to the person in cash.

I think, for waiters etc, the tips count towards their wage, meaning they can actually have an hourly rate less than minimum wage, on the basis that they'll make it up from tips.

I also heard that, in a lot of places, the above only applies if you pay with a credit card, so for the staff's sake, if you're going to tip, leave cold hard cash :thumbsup:

You've got it spot on there Andy, as this happens where I work. It is legal too. :rolleyes: I've never once had to have my wage "topped up" to meet National Minimum wage, as people tend to leave a credit card tip rather than nothing if they havent got any change.

Cash tips are the way forward! :D

Personally, I tip my hairdresser, as she makes me look good :hihi: Also, I tend to leave a greater tip than anticipated in restaurants, as I know what its like to do that kind of job, and how much of a difference a few extra quid makes. Unless the service was shocking, and I'd tell them so too!

I don't tip anyone. No-one tips me, why should I tip someone because of their job title?

would you still tip in a restaurant if the money just went to owner and wasn't handed around the staff??

chefs do all the hard work and they hardly ever get tips.

we get ours shared out equally at the end of the month. all kitchen staff and all waiting staff.

we get ours shared out equally at the end of the month. all kitchen staff and all waiting staff.

thats a good way to do it.

Hair Dressers/Barbers - Well it's 4.50 at mine on Commonside for a cut. So a fiver seems right. (she's easy on the eye too:love: :hihi: )

I think we may have used the same barber :hihi:

She was my hairdresser when I lived up that way

Do you tip hand car wash people? If so, how much extra would you give for a £5 car wash?

I go out deliverin takeaways on the odd occasion and I don't expect a tip but it is nice. the money is crap and its the tips that make it worth doing.....

Liam, what would you consider fair, good and excellent tips when delivering?

Would it depend on the total value of the order? If so, what percentages would you be happy/delighted/overjoyed with?

I would genuinely appreciate some guidance here! ;)

I don’t bother tipping anyone except my hairdresser because they are offering a highly personal service, which can make or break your next few weeks. A good hairdresser is worth their weight in gold (IMHO)

As far as I am concerned, taxi drivers get paid enough, and by driving me from A to B, they are simply doing their job.

As for restaurants, it infuriates me when they add a "discretionary 12.5% service charge"

In other words they are too tight fisted to pay their staff properly in the first place. To compound matters, it seems that this service charge isn't always passed on to the staff, but simply to the restaurant's coffers.

To circumnavigate this problem, I now ask for the service charge to be removed from the bill, and if we have had a particularly good service (or the waitress has nice tits) then we simply give the the cash as a direct tip.

I don’t bother tipping anyone

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As for restaurants, it infuriates me when they add a "discretionary 12.5% service charge" In other words they are too tight fisted to pay their staff


pot and kettle?....:hihi:

pot and kettle?....:hihi:

I am far from tight fisted. I just dont believe in effectively paying what is nothing more than a stealth tax on my meal.

Why should I, as a customer, feel automatically obliged to pay someone just for doing their job.

I didn't notice anyone tipping me when I used to work on the checkouts at Tesco.

I tip:
*in restaurants-if we've been given good service
*my hairdressers - Usually just what change they give me
*Takeaway delivery people - Usually let them keep the change, if theres no change, usually a £1
*Sometimes in my local pub back home in Notts.

I know its nice to recieve tips and yes it is always a good idea to tip in a pub on the first round, it gets you remembered and your likely to get served quicker later on ;)