Inappropriate tipping (?)

[BB Bobcat]

how about housekeepers at hotels?

I should but never do

 

[Spartan Squad]

When I was restaurant manager at Ryans in Danville, Va, the waitresses hated - HATED working Sundays. These large families - church groups - would come in, were talking 10-25 people ... They made a gigantic ****ing mess and leave the waitress a $1.

In high school working the after church shift at a fast food restaurant was the worst. People were always polite, but their orders were needlessly complicated and they always just trashed the place. Did get one dad force his young son to give me an apology for throwing food across the room. I was grateful for that until they left and I wanted an apology from the dad for how they left things.

 

[Buck]

There should be some fastfood rules:
1. If you're ordering food for more than three people, go inside. Don't use the drive-thru.
B. If you don't know what you want and have the review the menu board, go inside. Don't use the drive-thru.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

I also don't tip maids.

 

[Buck]

I have tipped for maid service before, but only for really long stays.
I should tip for maid service. I feel bad that I have not done it more often.

Of course, I was also a small-time newspaper reporter and editor for 15 years. I was broke all the time and just lucky to scrape together money for a trip now and then.

 

[Buck]

And you can never over-tip a bartender, no matter how broke you are.

 

[heyabbott]

Always leave a few dollars maid service at a hotel, every morning except checkout

 

[Key]

There should be some fastfood rules:
1. If you're ordering food for more than three people, go inside. Don't use the drive-thru.
B. If you don't know what you want and have the review the menu board, go inside. Don't use the drive-thru.

Also, if you have more than one person paying...go inside. Don't use the drive-thru

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Also, if you have more than one person paying...go inside. Don't use the drive-thru

Oh my God, yes. There's a special place in hell for the people with 4 different orders, all being paid separately, at the drive-thru.

 

[SpeedTchr]

I just knew this thread was gonna be asking if it's ok to put dimes in a stripper's g-string.

 

[heyabbott]

I just knew this thread was gonna be asking if it's ok to put dimes in a stripper's g-string.

Never go to clubs where they have to wear gstrings

 

[Key]

If it's a restaurant where people normally sit down and are served, then you should probably give a few bucks to the take out lady. I don't tip at normal take-out places - Chinese, pizza, etc.

I'll leave a buck or two per night for the maid when I think about it. I usually forget, though.

Also, $5 on a $20 haircut.

 

[MTM]

I tip a few bucks $2-$4 for my $10 haircut. Not a huge fan of tipping barbers, especially those that own their place and set the rates.

My barber owns his one-man shop and I tip him $2-$3 on an $11 cut, but feel weird about it because I'm basically paying over the listed price. On the other hand, I've been going to him for probably 20 years and his $11 is the cheapest good haircut around.

 

[Webster]

$5 per day for hotel maids.

 

[User 11148]

A haircut where I go runs $12, so I'd ordinarily tip up to $15. But, they give teachers/professors a $2 discount. So I tip up to $15. Hey, hey, big spender!

 

[Vombatus]

Was she cute?

A little, in a Geisha sort of way, until she looked at me like I was some sort of pervert.

 

[Rhody31]

I feel like any drink I get made I throw a buck in for. Coffee, milkshake, whatever.
Do I need to tip my housecleaners? We pay X for the service but have no clue.

 

[SpeedTchr]

I've been stiffing myself on haircuts for years. Dammit.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Pretty solid 20 percent on everything, unless the service is awful. And a couple of bucks in the tip jar for takeout, for karma. Kinda like tipping the person who cashes you out at casino if you made a profit. Karma.

Question: Most bars near me do the standard three-drink buyback for regulars (for those who don't know, you buy three drinks, you get the fourth drink free).

My standard has always been to tip at least the amount of the fourth drink, with an extra couple of bucks. Good? Too little?

 

[Riptide]

A little, in a Geisha sort of way, until she looked at me like I was some sort of pervert.

You're not just some sort of pervert.
You're a sophisticated sort of pervert!

Well, sort of ...