how much to tip at a waxing appointment?
― chupacabra seeds (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
also I was wondering if it's ok to just ask "what do people normally tip?" if you're paying at the front counter or whatever
― chupacabra seeds (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 02:04 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it totally is. or just call ahead and ask.
for a salon service like that i'd tip 15% - 25%, but no less than $10.
― ♆ (gr8080), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
i love it when people ask me that, it means i might get a tip.
― of family bonds and individual triumph. Narrated by Tim Allen, (zachlyon), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://gawker.com/5925465/family-fulfills-deceased-mans-dying-wish-purchase-a-pizza-and-give-the-server-a-500-tip
30-year-old Aaron Collins passed away last week, leaving behind one final wish for his family: To go have a pizza and leave the waiter or waitress a $500.As Aaron sadly had no money with which to fulfill his wish, the family started a website to solicit donations. After just a few days, they reached their goal and headed out to Puccini's to make Aaron's last wish come true.In the video's description, Aaron's brother Seth writes: We think he just wanted to provide a random act of kindness and generosity for someone he thought was under appreciated; the kind of thing that would make a lasting impact they would never forget.And the family's not done yet: They are still accepting donations, and say they will do this again "each time we have $500."
As Aaron sadly had no money with which to fulfill his wish, the family started a website to solicit donations. After just a few days, they reached their goal and headed out to Puccini's to make Aaron's last wish come true.
In the video's description, Aaron's brother Seth writes:
We think he just wanted to provide a random act of kindness and generosity for someone he thought was under appreciated; the kind of thing that would make a lasting impact they would never forget.
And the family's not done yet: They are still accepting donations, and say they will do this again "each time we have $500."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP-TOI1mO0A
― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Thursday, 12 July 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
awww
― alan is more upset (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 12 July 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
if my parents do that they better use their own money and not crowdsource it!
― hot sauce delivery device (mh), Thursday, 12 July 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
making me tear up!
i quit my delivery job btw, now i am broke but happy but eventually sad because i'm broke.
― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Thursday, 12 July 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
I hope there's some requirement that the server gives good service. Wouldn't want to reward some surly asshole.
― nickn, Thursday, 12 July 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
tip on pre or post tax figure?
always thought it was on the post-tax but noticed the other day on the bill it had a suggested amount, which was 20% of the pre-tax
― suare, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
tipping is a feeling
― Misc. Carnivora (Matt P), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
Huh, I've always gone with post-tax just because that's the big number at the bottom of the check. I guess pre-tax probably makes more sense in the abstract, but, eh, servers gotta pay tax on stuff too, I don't mind the difference. Or is there really high tax on food where you are? It seems like 15-20% of 5-10% is kind of a trivial number, compared to the price of the food.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
tipping is on pre-tax, but generally the kind of people who care aren't tipping so well anyway
― I DIED, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry to revive this.
Anyway, I buy coffee at a local coffee shop. Two bags, in which I ask them to ground for french press. Total comes in to about $42. On top of that, they give me a free coffee drink, which I usually get a latte. How much would you tip on this?
― Jeff, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 12:28 (eleven years ago) link
Hmm. I don't buy bulk coffee so I'm not sure. The grinding is something they kind of normally do, but feels a little "extra" right? My gut would say to tip something around the price of what the free drink would have cost.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
If the grinding is something they normally do for customers as a service, I don't think it needs to be tipped at all tbqh
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 12:53 (eleven years ago) link
Never apologise for reviving this thread! I love it!
Anag, wouldn't making coffee be "something they normally do for customers as a service"?
― Tim, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 12:55 (eleven years ago) link
(By which I mean, isn't a tip most often applied to things done normally as part of a service? And then an extra special big tip applied to something extra / especially good?)
― Tim, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 12:57 (eleven years ago) link
My gut would say to tip something around the price of what the free drink would have cost.
maybe a little less than this but otm. a couple bucks at least.
― there is no dana, only (goole), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 12:58 (eleven years ago) link
my instinct is not to tip for the ground beans because mentally i think of that as 'groceries', oddly
"mentally i think" uh haha
mentalist
― ledge, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 13:01 (eleven years ago) link
Actually, it was $32 this morning. Price seems to go up and down each time.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
if i get a $12 haircut in the US, i give the guy $15, right?
― caek, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 13:16 (eleven years ago) link
I'm guessing most customers just go for whole bean, so it does feel like extra. I did $3 this morning. Will probably do $4 next time.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 13:17 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, for a total of $27 xp
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 13:41 (eleven years ago) link
$3-4 sounds pretty all right, I can't imagine complaining seeing three bucks go in the tip jar!
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 13:48 (eleven years ago) link
Would you tip a butcher?
Maybe if he gave you a free turkey leg at the end.
― pplains, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
To me the little-freebie is just a nice little opportunity for a moment of recognition between customer and employee - - - you get something you would have bought anyway, the money you would have paid for it leaves your wallet anyway, but both people involved feel like they stepped out of robotically carrying out formal transactions and "gave" something to the other. It's nice.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
really feel like half the time I over-tip, especially when doing so after paying by credit card at restaurants, and under-tip other times. hope the universe averages these out when tallying my karma
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
caek buddy my tip is to shell out a little more for a haircut
― there is no dana, only (goole), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
My butchers (who hand out gratis stock/dog bones to those who need them) have a tip jar. If I got, say, £2.65 in change, the 65 pence goes in the jar. They generally tape a one-sheet, bold-type political screed onto this jar, about the suckage of the UK government etc. It's like reading the fevered thoughts of a non-racist, Murdoch-hating cab driver.
― ella fingerblast hurls forever (suzy), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
yeah he seemed kind of unimpressed but was a v low key guy so it was hard to tell. i will fix it next time.
― caek, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
I meant to bump this, not to ask but to tell: if I am carrying four cases of Penta water you just spent $100 on to your car a block away and you don't even give me a dollar, you are a disgusting savage.
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/7bNiXkd.jpg
http://gawker.com/5980177/pastor-refuses-to-pay-restaurants-auto+gratuity-asks-server-why-she-deserves-a-bigger-tip-than-god
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
should prob be posted in the reddit thread
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
peoples opinions on tipping are kinda just a black hole
― future crimes (Lamp), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
Any pastor who considers his tithing "a tip" should go back to seminary school.
"Hey, God! Keep the change."
http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/coin-flip-mcduck.gif
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
How do pastors who are getting paid by the church tithe? Do they have to kick it up a level or something?
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
10 percent to Brigham Young football program.
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
does god's portion come out pre-tax or what
― goole, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
http://consumerist.com/2013/01/31/waitress-who-posted-no-tip-receipt-from-pastor-customer-fired-from-job/
― that futterwacken you like is back in style (how's life), Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
applebee's otm
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I have mixed feelings cause obv that pastor is a dick but I'm not sure I like the new world where one person being a dick gets their phone number on 4chan etc because some blogger/reddit/etc decided they were the dick-o-the-day
― iatee, Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, no, but it's pretty lame to be like "I only wanted the person I was insulting to see that I was insulting her. Now that EVERYONE knows I insulted a defenseless server I'm so MAD AT U."
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
well he's a crazy person, for one
― iatee, Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/tipping-pastor-apologizes-687234
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
The folks at The Smoking Gun have interviewed the pastor who left the receipt.
“My heart is really broken,” she tells the site. “I’ve brought embarrassment to my church and ministry.”
The pastor claims that though she scratched out the automatic gratuity on the bill, she left a $6 cash tip at the table. She also alleges that the restaurant charged her the 18% tip anyway.
She left a $6 tip on the table for a party of 20?!?!?! Fuck this person with a chainsaw tbqh.
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
well this is going to help all of the "'Canadians' don't tip" stereotypes
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
js
― :C (crüt), Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:24 (eleven years ago) link