tipping

if you get a friendly taxi driver who you enjoy, wildly overtip them

Don't tip hotel desk clerks. I don't know about concierges, I'm not that uptown.

Tip bellmen if they take your bags to your room, a buck or two.

The hot dog/beer promotion sounds like it's designed to pry a full fiver out of your hand. ¯\(°_o)/¯

#1-4 are generally right. #1 and 2 may sound kind of off, but the tip is based on a percentage of the purchase price of the goods/services, not based on what the service staff makes, unfair as that might sound.

what CAD said about leaving a few bucks for the hotel housekeeper

Tipping hotel desk clerks in Vegas supposedly gets you a free upgrade ~75% of the time.

Ah, I didn't know that part. Haven't been to Vegas yet.

lol but the upgrade is at the shitty imperial palace hotel i think all it means is i'm going to get a mirror on the ceiling and a hot tub lol

http://www.imperialpalace.com/casinos/imperial-palace/casino-misc/luv-tub-room-detail.html

thanks for the info btw! i'm still perplexed about 1) 2) but if that's the way it is then it's all cool

this question isn't about whether i should tip, but how much i should tip.

if there's a delivery charge, do i tip 20 percent of:

subtotal+tax+delivery charge?

or just

subtotal+tax?

i'm going to tip on the tax anyway because i'm a chronic NICE PERSON.

quick question - is the delivery person standing at the door right now as you type?

hell no, i always work this shit out beforehand

I would just tip on the subtotal+tax, but that might be way wrong

that's my impression too.

I would fuck it and go to Olive Garden® instead

does not sound like a plan

http://bestlittlebookshelf.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/malcolmgladwell2.jpg

You tip 20% (subtotal + tax) - minus the delivery charge. The delivery charge comes out of your tip.

delivery charge != tip!!! the delivery charge goes to the restaurant, not the driver.

that's what they want you to think

When I delivered pizza, they charged the customers a $2.50 delivery charge per order. I got $1 per every order I delivered to compensate for gas, and I got minimum wage, and that was all. And actually, people tipped me really poorly more often than not.

Tipping on the delivery charge there would have been an extra $.50, not to much to palliate a nervous conscience. I just hand the pizza guy a $5 every time, and watch their eyebrows go up.

I always think delivery tip should depend on how much of a hassle it is for them to get to your house

yeah, for me working out appropriate tips for delivery vary anywhere from 15-40% depending on order size, distance, weather, time of day, speed, etc.

whether it's an african or european swallow, etc.

i delivered for jimmy john's in college. so many people assumed that the delivery charge went 100% to the driver (all i got was 5% of the total $ of food I delivered to cover fuel cost), that ANY tip was appreciated by me. if you're having angst over exactly what to base your tip on, you're already an A+ customer imo.

http://consumerist.com/2010/08/how-much-would-you-tip-this-dominos-driver.html

"On Sunday, people in sections of Charleston, SC, were up to their knees in flood water. But that didn't deter this driver for Domino's Pizza from making his deliveries.

According to the driver, when confronted with an 18-inch deep river of water between him and his destination, he ditched his shoes and to deliver the order of two medium pies and a 2 liter of soda."

They tipped him $4, what assholes.

I've already started tipping $2/first drink, $1/each additional drink but I'm trying to start tipping $2/each drink. But it's v difficult when you're making a very small amount of money.

Jesus, I wouldn't be ordering pizzas during a serious flooding situation, but if I did, I would feel obligated to tip at least the price of the pie.

It's great with pizza guys in Ireland... they don't expect tips, so if they get them they are pathetically grateful.

"There you are, my man, a shilling for your stout efforts", I say.

How much to Irish delivery guys get paid?

The same as Irish obstetricians, because delivering is delivering, amirite?

somebody was arguing with me about those delivery car services, you know like the black or gray cars in new york with nothing on them, saying the tip is included in the price. it's this far-reaching rumor in new york. i maintain that it is not included. you tip, just like any other service. people get heated about this.

You've come a long way, ramzi.

lols

HAH

got a cab from the airport. internet said avg cost should be $22. called a cab co. and they said it'd be $30. whatever, didn't have time/not in the mood to shop around. had $35 on us, so figured we're good w/$5 tip. driver is pleasant enough during drive. drops us off, says it's $35. my sister hands him $35 saying that's all she's got. dude looks at money, incredulous at what he's seeing. "no tip??? where's the tip? no fucking tip???", becoming irate, etc. what a fucking asshole.

To be fair, I doubt anybody had informed the cab driver that the ride was quoted at $30

Even so, it's a TIP. It's not your goddamn birthright.

and we explained that we were quoted $30, only had $35 on us, and dude was still being a raging peepee head.

I understand his fury, but (1) he should take that out on the person who quoted you the $30, and (2) you couldn't stop and get an extra ten - twenty bucks, in case traffic or whatnot?

You're insane.

30 is like the standard airport fare around here. and that guy was a raging douche and i would have told him right off.

now when i get in a car like that, i tell the driver exactly what i was quoted on the phone. no surprises.

My sister's place is literally 10 minutes from the airport. There's no traffic at 9pm on a Saturday. I'm not gonna be some no nuts "ooh sorry sir please don't be mad at me, is $50 enough to drive me a few miles? Here's my bank account # if not."

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now when i get in a car like that, i tell the driver exactly what i was quoted on the phone. no surprises.

― janice (surm), Friday, August 20, 2010 1:18 PM (39 seconds ago)

^^^^ exactly this. It doesn't take much forethought to take away somebody's opportunity to fuck you over. It looks like micromanagement, but so fucking what. xpost to surm

lol max like this thread was ever any different than what it's like right now

those ppl that get all panicky and upset and demand a tip from you are just kind of embarrassing and funny

nobody here better ever go to Egypt.

all i'm sayin.

this thread stresses me out so much

I don't know if it was earlier this thread or one of the other tipping threads, but I delivered food and for a $9.75 order I'd have some people demand I go back to my car to grab a quarter to give them change for a $10 (which I would calmly and politely do). So I really have no sympathy for guys who get apoplectic over it.