Race shouldn't matter
I'd say if you saw the guy who was a big help you could tip him if you liked him
But if it was a guy who you had never seen before I wouldn't have tipped him
― 龜, Monday, 15 September 2014 13:37 (ten years ago) link
Maybe there's a doorman's pool, just like how they handle tips at restaurants.
― pplains, Monday, 15 September 2014 13:42 (ten years ago) link
Kinda doubt it, but I don't really know shit about doorpersons. Feel like it would be assumed that a tip was for particular help rendered by that particular individual, kind of like the police informant shoeshine boys of 'every old movie' fame.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 15 September 2014 13:45 (ten years ago) link
yeah I was probably idealising a little by hoping for a pooled system huh
kinda sucks to be the weekday guy in that case
― fedora, wherever it may find her (darraghmac), Monday, 15 September 2014 13:53 (ten years ago) link
if you were staying as a short-term guest AirBNB style in a building where people mostly live full-time, and the building is staffed by a doorman, the residents likely tip the doorman during the holidays, and you are under no obligation to tip for your marginal cost to the doorman's labor.
― Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Monday, 15 September 2014 16:40 (ten years ago) link
ok thks
― fedora, wherever it may find her (darraghmac), Monday, 15 September 2014 17:30 (ten years ago) link
next q
howd you get a refund form overtipping
Do good work for others until one of them tips you
― 龜, Monday, 15 September 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
well im shit out of luck i live in civilisation
― fedora, wherever it may find her (darraghmac), Monday, 15 September 2014 17:34 (ten years ago) link
I am getting married, and I believe that I am supposed to just tip everyone I see that day, including aunts and uncles.
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
I believe you've just misread 'tipple'
― fedora, wherever it may find her (darraghmac), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
tippling opportunities unbridled at this wedding
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
I believe youve misreaded unbrided
― fedora, wherever it may find her (darraghmac), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
misreading 'unbridled' for 'unbrided' would be grounds for a terrible fight, I think
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link
I believe you've misread 'grounds for divorce'
― 龜, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link
i like the new direction of this thread
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
xp if the dj plays 'misread' during dinner, he will get a better tip. if he plays 'grounds for divorce', he will get a different kind of tip, i.e. "hey man, maybe don't play songs with that title at a wedding. or maybe just don't play any wolf parade songs."
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 17:18 (ten years ago) link
but then he'd also get a monetary tip because I don't like confrontation
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 17:31 (ten years ago) link
http://gawker.com/working-for-tips-is-a-path-to-poverty-1648413053
― A solid little house from the p-funk boys (I am using your worlds), Monday, 20 October 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/AI3DUST.png
― 龜, Thursday, 11 December 2014 13:10 (nine years ago) link
bitcoin.txt @bitcoin_txt 3mA tip is the equivalent of an upvote except you get real money.
― lag∞n, Saturday, 20 December 2014 17:50 (nine years ago) link
http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5342bf77ecad04af524063da-720-905/chart-tipping-statistics.png
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-you-should-tip-in-every-situation-2014-4
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 9 April 2015 01:51 (nine years ago) link
should you tip your airbnb hosts?
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 9 April 2015 09:25 (nine years ago) link
Bartender... 98% lol good luck usa
― their fantastic and relevant debut single, ‘Times Are Hard’ (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 9 April 2015 10:03 (nine years ago) link
The thing that is a drag about drinking in the UK versus the US is that the tipping is a GOOD thing for the customer. If you always start off the night at a bar you're going to be at for a while by tipping $5 or $10 on the first round, then, when the bar's crowded, the bartender will come to you faster. Plus you get buyback drinks. And you get treated better the next time you come in. Everyone wins.
The amount of time I've wasted standing at a pub over here waiting for a disinterested bartender to eventually work his or her way over, paying no attention whatsoever to the order people arrived at the bar...
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Thursday, 9 April 2015 12:38 (nine years ago) link
That's just inept bartending though.
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 April 2015 12:53 (nine years ago) link
Well, it's certainly very American: Throw a little cash around, etc. Not saying that's not unfair.But when I tip well and get stronger drinks faster, I think that's great bartending.
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Thursday, 9 April 2015 12:57 (nine years ago) link
That's the other thing, of course: Better tips and a heavier pour.Reminds me of that old Doug Stanhope bit on Charlie Brooker's show about UK bartenders putting on a labcoat and grabbing a beaker to measure your shot, making sure not a vapour more of spirit leaks into the glass...
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Thursday, 9 April 2015 12:58 (nine years ago) link
Tipping is a flat circle
― 龜, Thursday, 9 April 2015 13:01 (nine years ago) link
everyone wins except somebody who doesn't have $10 to give away obv
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 9 April 2015 13:02 (nine years ago) link
Better idea if publicans only employed Polish or Czech barmaids tbh
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 April 2015 13:05 (nine years ago) link
prefer the egalitarianism of shit service for all to the favouring of a monied elite
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 9 April 2015 13:06 (nine years ago) link
I always tip properly (as instructed by ilx) at US bars and I've noticed no discernible improvement in bartender attitude or attention. I've had tiny numbers of buy backs (maybe 4, ever) and since I'm primarily a beer drinker I get no benefit in pour size.
― Tim, Thursday, 9 April 2015 13:10 (nine years ago) link
so what would you all normally tip a tattoo artist? I've had two tats and gave a $60 on a $340 tattoo and a $40 on a $150, figured that was enough but I never know the protocol.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Thursday, 9 April 2015 13:15 (nine years ago) link
wat is buy back
― their fantastic and relevant debut single, ‘Times Are Hard’ (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 9 April 2015 13:19 (nine years ago) link
guess u must have tipped ok or guy wd have inked swastikas on u second time round
― their fantastic and relevant debut single, ‘Times Are Hard’ (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 9 April 2015 13:23 (nine years ago) link
Believe it or not, some of us have no tattoos.
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 April 2015 13:29 (nine years ago) link
wat is buy back― their fantastic and relevant debut single, ‘Times Are Hard’ (Bananaman Begins),
― their fantastic and relevant debut single, ‘Times Are Hard’ (Bananaman Begins),
aiui you tip enough for five extra drinks and eventually you get one of them
― not content (onimo), Thursday, 9 April 2015 13:29 (nine years ago) link
er, cool lifehack
― their fantastic and relevant debut single, ‘Times Are Hard’ (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 9 April 2015 13:52 (nine years ago) link
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Thursday, April 9, 2015 2:29 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
believe it or not, some people on ILX do, and that's who the question was addressed to
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Thursday, 9 April 2015 13:59 (nine years ago) link
Ha, yes, it was just phrased in such a way that seemed to imply that most of us have... which might actually be true!
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 April 2015 14:07 (nine years ago) link
I always tip properly (as instructed by ilx) at US bars and I've noticed no discernible improvement in bartender attitude or attention.
same here. but i always assume it's because i look like i'm 12 and the bartender already thinks they're doing me a favor by not calling my mom
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 9 April 2015 14:09 (nine years ago) link
By the time I go to a bar it's too packed to meaningfully believe that an extra dollar or two will get you better service
― 龜, Thursday, 9 April 2015 14:10 (nine years ago) link
tip on tattoos as you would for hair salon/barbershop.
― new noise, Thursday, 9 April 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link
Tipping and Your Tattoo Artist?
― new noise, Thursday, 9 April 2015 14:31 (nine years ago) link
everyone wins except somebody who doesn't have $10 to give away obv― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, April 9, 2015 2:02 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
So $5 if you're getting a couple drinks, $10 if you're buying a bigger round. Don't think it's a preposterous ask if you're preparing to spend a bit of time at the same bar. If $5 is a crazy amount, how can you drink in any bars in any big city? Believe me - for a bartender it's much more about the gesture, really. Despite what that chart says, a SHITLOAD of people don't tip at all, or leave a couple bucks and then take one back when you're doing something else like some kind of Costanza move. A couple extra bucks to a hard working bartender is simply a gesture of respect that will be rewarded
The "egalitarianism of shit service" is a noble idea that leads to a culture of nonstop shit service everywhere.
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Thursday, 9 April 2015 14:52 (nine years ago) link
a noble culture tho
― their fantastic and relevant debut single, ‘Times Are Hard’ (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 9 April 2015 15:07 (nine years ago) link
A couple extra bucks to a hard working bartender is simply a gesture of respect that will be rewarded
Or won't, depending. I tip, as far as I can tell I tip correctly, though obviously it's an opaque and somewhat exclusionary system, I've even given up complaining about it being unfair and unhelpful, I am even happy about it if it means bar staff get paid a decent amount BUT it's fair to say that your description of tipping in bars as something which works smoothly to the benefit of the customer does not match my experience of drinking in America.
― Tim, Thursday, 9 April 2015 15:09 (nine years ago) link
Seems to me that the system is geared squarely in the interests of the bar owners, fwiw - pay less in wages, accept a bit more wastage, build in a reason for people to stay for longer rather than leg it after a couple.
I am used to experiencing both good and bad service in the US and the UK, I've genuinely not felt a substantial difference between the two. Maybe I'm tipping wrong, perhaps I should make a bigger show of it or something.
― Tim, Thursday, 9 April 2015 15:20 (nine years ago) link