Tipping in Britain.

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 03:37:26 -0800, Icono Clast wrote:

> I tip a buck a drink.

If I did that I'd be bankrupt in a week.
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Tim C.

Tim Challenger <tim.challenger@aon.at> wrote:

>On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 03:37:26 -0800, Icono Clast wrote:
>
>> I tip a buck a drink.
>
>If I did that I'd be bankrupt in a week.

Or sober.

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PB
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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:52:51 -0000, Mark Hewitt wrote:

> "The Reids" <dontuse@fell-walker.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:f9sv31ps7fbs453ooha1jk0ifl807oo7is@...
>>
>> "live in reality" what nonsense.
>> In UK you tip taxis and restaurants, you don't tip in pubs except
>> that the line between the two is rapidly blurring.
>> Your comments about London and "posh restaurants" make me suspect
>> you might have the "professional northerner" attitude expressed
>> as contempt for all things you perceive as "southern" or "posh".
>> Don't use your prejudices to confuse visitors with a genuine
>> query.
>
> The very fact we are having this debate says that the 'rules' regarding
> tipping are not as clear cut as you hoped.

Count the number of people in this thread that say it is commonplace to tip
(or at least that they do). Me, Mike, David, Jim, Keith ...
Count the number who say it isn't. One, you.

There's no real debate. The only variety it the actual amounts and as we
have already agreed it's *about* 10% more, or less, or whatever you feel
like. Because *you* don't tip doesn't mean that it's not common. It just
means that either you never get good service/food or you're a tight
northern git.

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Tim C.

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:13:06 +0000, Padraig Breathnach wrote:

> Tim Challenger <tim.challenger@aon.at> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 03:37:26 -0800, Icono Clast wrote:
>>
>>> I tip a buck a drink.
>>
>>If I did that I'd be bankrupt in a week.
>
> Or sober.


...then sober. :-(
--
Tim C.

Tim Challenger <tim.challenger@aon.at> writes:

> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:52:51 -0000, Mark Hewitt wrote:
> > The very fact we are having this debate says that the 'rules' regarding
> > tipping are not as clear cut as you hoped.
>
> Count the number of people in this thread that say it is commonplace to tip
> (or at least that they do). Me, Mike, David, Jim, Keith ...

Please add me to your list. (I'm in Bristol, which wasn't London the
last time I checked.)

Des

On 22 Mar 2005 14:38:14 +0000, Des Small wrote:

> Tim Challenger <tim.challenger@aon.at> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:52:51 -0000, Mark Hewitt wrote:
>>> The very fact we are having this debate says that the 'rules' regarding
>>> tipping are not as clear cut as you hoped.
>>
>> Count the number of people in this thread that say it is commonplace to tip
>> (or at least that they do). Me, Mike, David, Jim, Keith ...
>
> Please add me to your list. (I'm in Bristol, which wasn't London the
> last time I checked.)

The way the commuter belt is spreading it soon will be :(

--
Tim C.

"Tim Challenger" <tim.challenger@aon.at> kirjoitti viestissä
news:1111501049.32b8fc9771a591de74534b39c8939df1@t eranews...
>
> There's no real debate. The only variety it the actual amounts and as we
> have already agreed it's *about* 10% more, or less, or whatever you feel
> like. Because *you* don't tip doesn't mean that it's not common. It just
> means that either you never get good service/food or you're a tight
> northern git.
>
Why do you "tip" (hand over some money not stated on the bill) in
restaurants in the first place? Shouldn't good service be a triviality. Bus
drivers select lots of loop roads (via Ongar when heading to Wimbledon),
keep the speed under 10 kmh all the time and let passengers go in and out
100-300 meters away from bus stops if they have not given tips sufficiently
?

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:48:18 +0200, Markku Grönroos wrote:

> "Tim Challenger" <tim.challenger@aon.at> kirjoitti viestissä
> news:1111501049.32b8fc9771a591de74534b39c8939df1@t eranews...
>>
>> There's no real debate. The only variety it the actual amounts and as we
>> have already agreed it's *about* 10% more, or less, or whatever you feel
>> like. Because *you* don't tip doesn't mean that it's not common. It just
>> means that either you never get good service/food or you're a tight
>> northern git.
>>
> Why do you "tip" (hand over some money not stated on the bill) in
> restaurants in the first place? Shouldn't good service be a triviality. Bus
> drivers select lots of loop roads (via Ongar when heading to Wimbledon),
> keep the speed under 10 kmh all the time and let passengers go in and out
> 100-300 meters away from bus stops if they have not given tips sufficiently
> ?

*I* tip because it's "the done thing". If no-one else did it I wouldn't
either. I'm a stickler for conformity, me.
Here I round up to the nearest convenient Euro amount, a bit more if
they've been good, none if service was bad.

--
Tim C.

In article <yyrj7jjzlp9l.fsf@pc156.maths.bris.ac.uk>,
des.small@bristol.ac.uk says...
> Tim Challenger <tim.challenger@aon.at> writes:
>
> > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:52:51 -0000, Mark Hewitt wrote:
> > > The very fact we are having this debate says that the 'rules' regarding
> > > tipping are not as clear cut as you hoped.
> >
> > Count the number of people in this thread that say it is commonplace to tip
> > (or at least that they do). Me, Mike, David, Jim, Keith ...
>
> Please add me to your list. (I'm in Bristol, which wasn't London the
> last time I checked.)

I also tip in anything that isn't self-service, I leave smaller tips in
buffet style places where starters/drinks have been served. I usually
leave around 10%, with deductions up and down for good/bad service.

My one funny habit, is that if the drinks with the meal goes over about
100 quid (usually wine), then I don't tip on the over 100 quid portion.
Mind you, this happens about once a year and I can't remember when I
last did it in the UK.

I must have really pleased a lot of people in Australia and NZ, because
I was tipping my usual 10%.

Unless in the US, I never tip bar staff, even if some places have
started leaving little silver trays on the bar.

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:03:14 -0000, Iain Bowen wrote:

> Unless in the US, I never tip bar staff, even if some places have
> started leaving little silver trays on the bar.

I tip in bars Austria and Germany as it's normally waiter/ess service.
I do sit at the bar I still tip but they have to keep the wait between
drinks to an absolute minimum.

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Tim C.