What's your "tipping" philosophy?

@kellys3ps (3723)
United States
June 18, 2010 1:13am CST
The average tip is anywhere from ten to twenty percent depending on whom you ask. You probably already know that waiters are usually paid a very meager wage and depend on tips to make up the balance of their paycheck. Generally, a fifteen percent tip is considered sufficient with twenty percent left for exceptional service and ten percent for poor service. Although most financial experts recommend leaving a tip of some sort, some people are adamantly opposed to the whole idea of tipping. How much should you tip your server?
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oldchem1
@oldchem1 (8132)
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18 Jun 10
I have quite strong feelings about this matter actually, and I think that it is very wrong that a 'tip' is expected. I will base my opinion on my country(UK) where everyone is on the minimum wage. If the waiter, taxi driver, hairdresser what ever is on the minimum wage they are probably earning as much as the person expected to leave the tip. What about other professions? The lady or gentleman at the checkout in the supermarket are probably on the minimum wage - we don't tip them!! In fact they are not allowed to take tips - my daughter works at a Co Op and she recently went out of her way to help a customer who tried to give her £2 for her help - she asked him to pout it in the charity box instead as they can't take 'tips' If I have a service off somebody like a waiter etc who really goes out of their way to make my experience good well yes I may want to tip them, but this should be an if and when situation and not a compulsory or expected situation. I am vehmently oppossed to a service charge being levied on a bill - regardless of what service you get!! I far prefer the idea at the likes of McDonalds where a charity box is on the counter for your odd coppers. I am not mean it is just that no one ever tipped me for doing my job why should I tip anyone else!!