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**popandopulus** · 06-01-2009, 10:19 AM

Bearing in mind I live in NYC, this is what I tip

- Restaurants: 15% if it's awful, 20% of it's good more if it's excellent
- Hair Cuts: Where I go, it's $50 for a cut. I give my regular hairdresser $20 (40%)
- Hotels $1 per bag for the guy who opens the car door and gets them out, same to the guy who takes them to the room, plus another buck (usually this is out of town, Chicago etc).
- Bars. $1 a drink to the barman/woman. If I make a big order or stay for 2 or 3, I'll probably just tip $5 at the start of the night and be done with it
- Sandwich shops/take out coffes - I usually drop the change
- Cafes - might drop a buck if I stay in for a coffee and cake, especially if I'm staying in to write a paper or something this is pretty much polite protocol across the US. I basically do exactly like you do, the exception being I pretty much always just tip 20% no matter how poor the service is. I used to bartend and wait tables, so I relate to their plight. Basically, I tip 18-20% no matter what because if I get crappy service and stiff someone a tip,, it just reinforces to the waiter... "oh well, he was a prick anyways and wouldn't have tipped regardless"

Anyways, I find it more satisfying to give the person 20% and tell them straight up to their face "you gave really shitty service, what was the problem?" If they're nice about it, I'll be nice back. If they give me a lot of attitude, I'll complain to management.

The biggest reason I tip the same everytime though, is because it really aggravates me people who go into a restaraunt just looking for a reason to stiff the waiter or give someone a crap tip. It's just takes the self-serving element and subjectivity out of the equation. Also, when you do let them know you got poor service, they are much more receptive to your criticism and are usually pretty cool about it and apologize or offer a free desert or something.

The other rule of thumb I try to go by is that if I can't afford the 20% tip, I don't go to that restaraunt that particular day. period.

One thing about bars though, if you're ordering and paying for 1 drink at a time, generally $1 per drink, or a couple of bucks for 4 or 5. If you're running a tab, it's customary to just tip the straight 15 or 20% of the total tab.

06-01-2009, 10:19 AM	#66
popandopulus Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 448 Senior Member	Bearing in mind I live in NYC, this is what I tip - Restaurants: 15% if it's awful, 20% of it's good more if it's excellent - Hair Cuts: Where I go, it's $50 for a cut. I give my regular hairdresser $20 (40%) - Hotels $1 per bag for the guy who opens the car door and gets them out, same to the guy who takes them to the room, plus another buck (usually this is out of town, Chicago etc). - Bars. $1 a drink to the barman/woman. If I make a big order or stay for 2 or 3, I'll probably just tip $5 at the start of the night and be done with it - Sandwich shops/take out coffes - I usually drop the change - Cafes - might drop a buck if I stay in for a coffee and cake, especially if I'm staying in to write a paper or something this is pretty much polite protocol across the US. I basically do exactly like you do, the exception being I pretty much always just tip 20% no matter how poor the service is. I used to bartend and wait tables, so I relate to their plight. Basically, I tip 18-20% no matter what because if I get crappy service and stiff someone a tip,, it just reinforces to the waiter... "oh well, he was a prick anyways and wouldn't have tipped regardless" Anyways, I find it more satisfying to give the person 20% and tell them straight up to their face "you gave really shitty service, what was the problem?" If they're nice about it, I'll be nice back. If they give me a lot of attitude, I'll complain to management. The biggest reason I tip the same everytime though, is because it really aggravates me people who go into a restaraunt just looking for a reason to stiff the waiter or give someone a crap tip. It's just takes the self-serving element and subjectivity out of the equation. Also, when you do let them know you got poor service, they are much more receptive to your criticism and are usually pretty cool about it and apologize or offer a free desert or something. The other rule of thumb I try to go by is that if I can't afford the 20% tip, I don't go to that restaraunt that particular day. period. One thing about bars though, if you're ordering and paying for 1 drink at a time, generally $1 per drink, or a couple of bucks for 4 or 5. If you're running a tab, it's customary to just tip the straight 15 or 20% of the total tab.
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