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<blockquote data-quote="Sidekick" data-source="post: 3343432" data-attributes="member: 13946">Tipping in general Well I guess it depends on where you are and whats expected of you.For instance here in London most places seem to expect a tip. Sure I've got no problems giving 10% if the service is good but I'll be fu*%ed if I'm going to give 12-15% for <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />e service. That&nbsp; ain't gonna happen.But then I've got my local places that I love where I'll readily give them a £2-£3 tip even if we've only spent £15. The food great, the people are good and I plan to go back.When I had aholiday in the states I managed to get my head around the tipping thing. I tipped my waiting staff, hotel people, bar-staff ($1/round) etc all what I thought was appropriate for their level of service (good = 15-18%, bad = small change).Like someone else said, if you don't tip at all they just think you've forgotten, ESPECIALLY if you're a tourist or have a foreign accent. Show your displeasure with a 1cent peice or something...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sidekick, post: 3343432, member: 13946"] [b]Tipping in general[/b] Well I guess it depends on where you are and whats expected of you. For instance here in London most places seem to expect a tip. Sure I've got no problems giving 10% if the service is good but I'll be fu*%ed if I'm going to give 12-15% for :):):):)e service. That ain't gonna happen. But then I've got my local places that I love where I'll readily give them a £2-£3 tip even if we've only spent £15. The food great, the people are good and I plan to go back. When I had aholiday in the states I managed to get my head around the tipping thing. I tipped my waiting staff, hotel people, bar-staff ($1/round) etc all what I thought was appropriate for their level of service (good = 15-18%, bad = small change). Like someone else said, if you don't tip at all they just think you've forgotten, ESPECIALLY if you're a tourist or have a foreign accent. Show your displeasure with a 1cent peice or something... [/QUOTE]

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