I was in the barber's at Christmas and a junkie & his dealer fell in through the door fighting and threatening to kill each other over a debt. They scared the shit out of my daughter who was waiting on me and I ended up (with half a haircut and an apron/collar thing around my neck) manhandling one of them out the door while the barbers stood and watched.
I still left an extra £2.
― not content (onimo), Friday, 10 April 2015 11:07 (nine years ago) link
^ tipping practices i can get behind
― their fantastic and relevant debut single, ‘Times Are Hard’ (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 10 April 2015 11:20 (nine years ago) link
For real. Great story, onimo.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 10 April 2015 12:29 (nine years ago) link
i tip and bribe according to cultural norms, h8 the patronage not the player is the only way
― ogmor, Friday, 10 April 2015 13:15 (nine years ago) link
Barber charges $9. I give him $11. He whines that I only come by every three months instead of every week like the retirees.
― pplains, Friday, 10 April 2015 13:46 (nine years ago) link
One of the tricky bits about tipping protocol is if you are getting something free or less, you should try to tip as though it were full price. My head cannot always math that, but I try.
My employer frequently gives out gift cards for the Palm restaurant, and they can be awkward to use. They're supposed to work only for the food and booze, not the tax or tip. One time I had a $51-ish bar tab and a $50 gift card. I didn't have any cash with me for tipping purposes (I'd been expecting a credit card slip for the overage and the taxes, to which I could then add a tip that reflected the real amount). The bartender just accepted it and said, "Yeah, we're good." It was too much trouble to reopen, and I felt bad - made a concerted effort to go back another time and tip generously to make up for it.
― Ye Mad Puffin, Friday, 10 April 2015 13:49 (nine years ago) link
An $11 dollar tip? Oh, right! (xp)
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Friday, 10 April 2015 13:50 (nine years ago) link
Do your thing, of course, but maybe try to let yourself feel good about it sometime. You can make someone who has been slaving away for a bunch of assholes for 12 hours' day that way. I had my day made that way a few times. Feels good. Feels good to feel good. etc.
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Friday, 10 April 2015 13:53 (nine years ago) link
you are always one of the assholes they are slaving away for, it is the very nature of the deal. i believe it was tom baker on the very profound mansun album six who observed that pats on the back are what pushes you down
― ogmor, Friday, 10 April 2015 14:07 (nine years ago) link
i don't tip my actual slaves tho
― their fantastic and relevant debut single, ‘Times Are Hard’ (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 10 April 2015 14:15 (nine years ago) link
Sure, there are a range of assholes when you're a server. There are the assholes who have been where you are before, and in a show of kindness and understanding and thanks throw down a little extra when they can afford to. Then there are the assholes who have a stance - Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs, my libertarian freshman year roommate - those are the ones that make your day shittier
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Friday, 10 April 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link
its funny ppl imagining some socialist utopia and then being all tipping is bad well yeah everything is bad compared to imaginary socialist utopia
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 April 2015 14:34 (nine years ago) link
then ppl want to replace tipping servers with a living wage which wld def end up being less than what they make from tips now
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 April 2015 14:35 (nine years ago) link
eh no ppl could still tip if servers received a living wage as basic
― their fantastic and relevant debut single, ‘Times Are Hard’ (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 10 April 2015 14:37 (nine years ago) link
I mean, if I thought servers weren't getting paid a living wage and relied on tips just to make basic, they wouldn't get tips from me because I wouldn't be in that restaurant or whatever in the first place
― their fantastic and relevant debut single, ‘Times Are Hard’ (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 10 April 2015 14:38 (nine years ago) link
ok m8
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 April 2015 14:40 (nine years ago) link
not sure you need the vantage provided by living in imaginary socialist utopia to see that the american faith that every individual's good&honest hustle will be appropriately rewarded w fortune is in most cases delusory
― ogmor, Friday, 10 April 2015 15:37 (nine years ago) link
should you tip your airbnb hosts? ― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 9 April 2015 09:25 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkthis was a srs q btw― bizarro gazzara, Friday, April 10, 2015 5:06 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this was a srs q btw
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, April 10, 2015 5:06 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i only stayed in an airbnb once, it felt like itd be weird to tip because it was a nice group of 2 couples living in a house in rural VT who let us use their 2ndary house... thing... they had on their property. had a real "staying with pals" feel even tho we didn't see them that much. we ended up leaving them a gift instead (iirc, six pack of beer and some nice cheese... and yes it was wrapped, this wasn't a leave-our-leftovers situation) with a nice note thanking them.
imo if they seem like normal ppl, treat it like u stayed w/ a pal & leave a gift, if it feels like a hotel (impersonal etc.) fuckem
― GGGOAT: greatest goat game of all time (Will M.), Friday, 10 April 2015 15:44 (nine years ago) link
unless they're like... doing maid service or w/e, in which case... tip the "maid" part?
― GGGOAT: greatest goat game of all time (Will M.), Friday, 10 April 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
Tipping the host never occurred to me when I Airbnb'ed in Chicago.
― WilliamC, Friday, 10 April 2015 16:37 (nine years ago) link
seems unnecessary
― And let’s say a new Hozier comes along, and Spotify outbids you (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 10 April 2015 16:41 (nine years ago) link
it is,it always is
― post you had fecund thoughts about (darraghmac), Friday, 10 April 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
ty for yr input - i am but a humble scotchman set to visit californian airbnbs in a couple of months and your arcane american tipping practices confuse and frighten me
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 10 April 2015 17:06 (nine years ago) link
i only learned recently that i have been overtipping a) delivery, going 15-20 and b) service staff, tipping 18-20 on the bill + tax (tax is 15% here) so yay more money for me i guess!
― GGGOAT: greatest goat game of all time (Will M.), Friday, 10 April 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
15-20%/18-20%, not $15-20/$18-20
― GGGOAT: greatest goat game of all time (Will M.), Friday, 10 April 2015 17:25 (nine years ago) link
one of the best things abt tipping is how it makes visitors incredibly nervous
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 April 2015 17:26 (nine years ago) link
or at least the british which i guess speaks well of them as most continental euros seem content to just shrug and throw like 65 cents on the table
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 April 2015 17:27 (nine years ago) link
weird tipping masochism
― conrad, Friday, 10 April 2015 17:28 (nine years ago) link
i speak loudly in a british accent so ppl know not to take it personally when i don't tip. i pay 20% less than the bill in case it was already added in.
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 10 April 2015 17:32 (nine years ago) link
youve only been here like ten years so its understandable
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 April 2015 17:33 (nine years ago) link
tipping is short for toodle-pipping iirc an old british custom of grinding the underclass to dust
― post you had fecund thoughts about (darraghmac), Friday, 10 April 2015 17:34 (nine years ago) link
i've never bribed anyone before, i imagine it's quite thrilling
― brimstead, Friday, 10 April 2015 21:15 (nine years ago) link
i'm British and living in the states and the tip when collecting take-out is the one that confuses me most. how am I to know what proportion of a pizza clerk's wage is tip-based? is there a 20% or nothing rule? i feel like a single dollar will only ever be seen as a diss.
― + +, Friday, 10 April 2015 23:33 (nine years ago) link
a dollar is fine u dont really have to tip on takeout imo but its nice if theres a jar there u know
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 April 2015 23:44 (nine years ago) link
I'm sad when I see "Please don't tip our employees" signs at groceries stores and retail outlets it sort of seems like the company is admitting it doesn't pay its employees enough, and that fact is apparent enough to impress itself naturally to paying customers, who should repress their reflex to care for their servants. It comes across real petty and anti-human, like something an insurance adjuster would recommend.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 11 April 2015 00:09 (nine years ago) link
Starbucks locations inside grocery stores/bookstores often don't even have tip jars per company policy which is pretty wrong imo
― rip van wanko, Saturday, 11 April 2015 00:21 (nine years ago) link
Starbucks employees don't make $2.15 an hour. Just because it's coffee and not a cheeseburger doesn't mean you're entitled to a tip jar.
― pplains, Saturday, 11 April 2015 02:31 (nine years ago) link
everyone shd have a tip jar i carry one around with me
― lag∞n, Saturday, 11 April 2015 02:32 (nine years ago) link
Congratulations did not know you were a mohel.
― pplains, Saturday, 11 April 2015 05:42 (nine years ago) link
He's a mohel and he's looking goodHe'd like to circumcise my cock it's understood
― 'come around to your house and fuck your ho' (paraphrase) (Bananaman Begins), Saturday, 11 April 2015 07:16 (nine years ago) link
very disgusting and gross u guys
― lag∞n, Saturday, 11 April 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link
i tip and bribe according to cultural norms, h8 the patronage not the player is the only way― ogmor, Friday, April 10, 2015 2:15 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Real question, just because I find your stance genuinely interesting: If tipping is something you're really appalled by, do you stick to a consistent 15% or 20%? Do you adjust based on the experience you have?
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Monday, 13 April 2015 12:40 (nine years ago) link
I have my venmo username tattooed to me forehead
― 龜, Monday, 13 April 2015 12:56 (nine years ago) link
what is it, i owe you for the cab on friday?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 13 April 2015 20:52 (nine years ago) link
@sorryimessedup
(Everybody else also feel free to venmo me)
― 龜, Monday, 13 April 2015 21:01 (nine years ago) link
One of the tricky bits about tipping protocol is if you are getting something free or less, you should try to tip as though it were full price. My head cannot always math that, but I try. My employer frequently gives out gift cards for the Palm restaurant, and they can be awkward to use. They're supposed to work only for the food and booze, not the tax or tip. One time I had a $51-ish bar tab and a $50 gift card. I didn't have any cash with me for tipping purposes (I'd been expecting a credit card slip for the overage and the taxes, to which I could then add a tip that reflected the real amount). The bartender just accepted it and said, "Yeah, we're good." It was too much trouble to reopen, and I felt bad - made a concerted effort to go back another time and tip generously to make up for it.
lol this wd stress me out so much tbh
― gybe horses (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 12:09 (nine years ago) link
I went to a restaurant with no money it stressed me out!
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 12:15 (nine years ago) link
xp I definitely just go over the gift card amount no matter what it takes
― And let’s say a new Hozier comes along, and Spotify outbids you (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 14:38 (nine years ago) link
buy a t shirt if you have to
― And let’s say a new Hozier comes along, and Spotify outbids you (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 14:39 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the worst thing in the world is having the card handed back and the cashier says "You've got $2.73 left!"
― pplains, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 15:23 (nine years ago) link