I'm generally pretty tight on the tipping front, will always tip in restaurants if service is good usually in the 10% region, but takeaway drivers, naaaaaa, all they have to do is sit in their car and drive to my house then walk 3m to my front door, not like service in a restaurant where you have to be all nice and polite to people. Nando's defo miss a trick by taking cash up front, the fools
I bet you're an exception to the rule though. Tell you who I won't tip though. Bellboys. I've seen Quadrophenia. That Ace Face was a right flash bastard.
I tend to pay on cards in restaurants, but will tip 5-10% depending on service and what change I have on me (and usually take some change for this purpose). I understand the 'they get paid for doing a job' / 'no-one pays me for doing my job' arguments but still feel a moral obligation to do so. Probably is double standards as I don't tip anyone else except taxi drivers and hairdressers. Tipping taxi drivers is becoming more grudgingly as more tend to have radios blaring, have to be told how to get to my house (learn the fooking street index!), or charge stupid amounts for short distance (admittedly company's charges). I'm also beginning to regret tipping my hairdresser. Mine only costs about £10-£12, but it is effectively short back & sides and 15-20 minutes work. At that rate she's on over £30 an hour (they are always busy so no real quiet periods). She spends half her time chatting to her colleagues, and I don't think ever really cuts it the same way twice. On the plus side she is fit. What really annoys me is when with a group someone won't offer a tip (as with Mr Pink). I understand they may not normally tip, but when with a group it can cause a bit of friction. My Father-in-law never tips, so I then feel awkward and end up putting more in myself to compensate. I wouldn't mind too much, but he's loaded. He was also quite happy to accept tips himself when he had second job as a taxi driver.
I sometimes play tipping roulette in restaurants. They can have whatever is lurking at the bottom of Our Lasses handbag. Not her purse. The handbag. Actual coinage and noteage that's fallen unseen down into the bowels of a bloody great fake Chanel monstrosity. Could be twenty quid. Could be 17p. Try it. It gets the post-meal adrenaline flowing.
Depends, I usually let them keep the change if it's not an enourmous amount. As has been said, it usually goes in a charity box anyway so I'm guessing there's some sort of policy with tips there.
One thing to bare in mind is that in some places, tips don't go to the staff, some go to the mangement/owner, so make you ask before leaving one
I tip and I believe in tipping, If I,m out around town on a day/night out I will buy the odd barmaid/man the odd drink, I always tip taxi drivers, its usually just over 4 quid fare to get me home on a night so I,l round it up to the fiver. If I,m having a meal I usually tip around 10-15 percent. My most extravagant tip is when I go to my barbers, Its £5 pound for the hair cut but always pay £8. I use to go to sea in my early years and back in the day tipping seemed to be part of a fishermans culture, so guess its being with me most of my life. Plus it makes me feel happy.
