Tipping! And polls!

[on_reserve]

Tipping -- it's everyone's favorite subject -- I'm curious so please answer honestly.

Ok, imagine you find yourself in the following scenarios as a restaurant customer. Your answer is how you would tip in that situation (and it's perfectly ok if your answer is the same for all situations):

Poll Tipping!

Comments

[retrofizz]

tip totally depends on what I'm tipping for. I answered this poll in regards to food service.

I always tip at least a dollar if I get some kind of beverage somewhere. For haircuts I generally tip 25%, unless it sucks.

I also generally tip 20% unless the service is HORRIBLE or I'm broke. I figure that when I tip less and have no money my karma is okay because when I have the money I tip with it.

I also agree with onceupon, if the check is really small then I don't leave a tip according to percentage...

[fetteredwolf]

Yes, I'm with you and onceupon on the small checks. I always tip 20% unless the service was exceptionally bad. If I have no money to tip, I have no money to eat out.

For haircuts- well, my friend cuts my hair. She used to just be my hairdresser, but now she went back to school to be an electrical engineer so she cuts my hair in her home. She charges a lot less then the salon she used to work in, but I pay her the same, i.e. her tip just got larger...

[maa3120]

Agreed - I always tip a minimum of 20% UNLESS the service was extremely horrible. And sometimes if the service is really bad, I take pity on the server and tip her well because I know the *rest* of the tips she gets that day will probably be lousy.

And if the bill is really small I always leave 25%+.

[on_reserve]

The very small checks are in their own category.

I've tipped $5 on a $2 refillable hot cocoa at late-night IHOP because that's just what you do when you're there for 3+ hours at 2 a.m.

[fetteredwolf]

3+ hours at 2am? Sounds like an adventure!