tipping is not normal here in ireland or whatever, although the opportunity is always there and exceptional service deserves *something*
― walloreinhart (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 1 February 2013 09:41 (eleven years ago) link
Tipping is normal here
― b'hurt's tauntin' (darraghmac), Friday, 1 February 2013 09:51 (eleven years ago) link
Tipping is very normal in Ireland, in many but not all circumstances (I never tipped cabbies regularly until I got to London, and never got called up on it by anyone I was sharing a taxi with)
LOL @ guilting rich people to tip. If only it were that easy, the entire economy would be a completely different story.
Tipple down economics!
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 1 February 2013 10:26 (eleven years ago) link
Feel like I rarely see people tipping in Ireland, and only ever in a restaurant. At Christmas I tipped the server in a pub (with table service), she seemed quite surprised.
When I'm in the US I feel under constant stress that I'm doing something wrong due to not knowing the tipping etiquette in whatever situation I'm in and can't search ILX for the answer due to no Internet, but I guess the system more or less works for those in it.
― questino (seandalai), Friday, 1 February 2013 10:33 (eleven years ago) link
When I'm in the US I feel under constant stress that I'm doing something wrong due to not knowing the tipping etiquette in whatever situation I'm in
This. Not that that is anybody's problem but my own, I suppose, and any poor sod who I'm accidentally stiffing because I didn't know that I was supposed to tip them for unlocking the door to the room where my bags are stored, or whatever.
I find the "that's not necessary, sir" when I proffer a couple of paltry dollars to someone I'm not supposed to tip utterly excruciating, btw.
― Tim, Friday, 1 February 2013 10:37 (eleven years ago) link
Tripadvisor article on tipping in ireland is p much otm
― b'hurt's tauntin' (darraghmac), Friday, 1 February 2013 10:41 (eleven years ago) link
Wait is autumn almanac in ireland
― b'hurt's tauntin' (darraghmac), Friday, 1 February 2013 10:42 (eleven years ago) link
i think AA was saying that he is in "ireland or whatever", i.e. not-America, like in the poll options.
when i went to New York like 10 years ago i didn't realise that you tipped on coffee when you were having it to-go and i still feel bad about it.
― bantz a make her dance (c sharp major), Friday, 1 February 2013 10:45 (eleven years ago) link
like, i could have guessed i guess that working a coffee machine involves enough skill that it counts as 'service', but at the time it didn't occur to me to tip when you're not eating in (unless you have somehow outstanding service, or a lot of change to get rid of).
― bantz a make her dance (c sharp major), Friday, 1 February 2013 10:49 (eleven years ago) link
Tipping is 15% if service is good or any coins that you wish to throw at the head of your server otherwise.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 1 February 2013 10:52 (eleven years ago) link
huh, for me 10% is normal but you have to round up, 12.5% sometimes the amount added to a bill, and i've only knowingly failed to tip once, because the waiter was patronisingly rude (i am totally happy with rude service when it's brusque and does not care about you).
(and i still don't know if i'm supposed to tip taxi/minicab drivers)
― bantz a make her dance (c sharp major), Friday, 1 February 2013 10:55 (eleven years ago) link
there's a whole giant thread for this iirc
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Friday, 1 February 2013 11:00 (eleven years ago) link
no, really? tell me more.
― bantz a make her dance (c sharp major), Friday, 1 February 2013 11:02 (eleven years ago) link
Cant believe farrell's nicked my tipple down gag without even tipping his cap
― b'hurt's tauntin' (darraghmac), Friday, 1 February 2013 11:02 (eleven years ago) link
when my gf visited ireland she apparently really surprised one of her waiters by tipping like it was something that never happened, and the waiter wouldn't stop thanking her
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Friday, 1 February 2013 11:04 (eleven years ago) link
tho maybe it's cause she thought she was supposed to give an 18%+ tip? dmac when you say ppl tip there is it like a dollar or two
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Friday, 1 February 2013 11:05 (eleven years ago) link
I tip prob about 12-5% but if rounding up to the nearest note or ten is more than this then i'll do that, but it varies by service (tips jar on coffee counter gets change, barber gets 15/12, if restaurant service/meal is good it's prob closer to 20%)
I find dublin/city staff are blase about it, rural staff a generous tip is def more of an unexpected bonus
― b'hurt's tauntin' (darraghmac), Friday, 1 February 2013 11:22 (eleven years ago) link
Bah sorry darragh I shall give you 30% of my kudos received for the rest of the day (er, I'm hoping you're not dependant on that to keep the wolves from the door)
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 1 February 2013 11:52 (eleven years ago) link
*knuckles forehead as if to salubrious yank*
― b'hurt's tauntin' (darraghmac), Friday, 1 February 2013 11:58 (eleven years ago) link
Do i mean salubrious rob not ah well
― b'hurt's tauntin' (darraghmac), Friday, 1 February 2013 11:59 (eleven years ago) link
I think tipping should be expanded as a social practice because it's a good way to get money out of rich people, like every interaction w/ them we can try and guilt them into tipping us, the whole economy can be constructed on guilting rich people into tipping / making them feel good about themselves for tipping
so I guess you give money to every homeless person who asks you, right?
― :C (crüt), Friday, 1 February 2013 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
fyi the constant background hum of stress that tipping induces doesn't go away if you happened to have grown up here and grown up with tipping, it just never goes away, do I tip my surgeon???? should I???
― 乒乓, Friday, 1 February 2013 13:35 (eleven years ago) link
If you're able to, then stiff the anaesthetist
― b'hurt's tauntin' (darraghmac), Friday, 1 February 2013 13:37 (eleven years ago) link
I almost never give money to beggars but very regularly give money to buskers. that actually seems like the norm in nyc. I've never not lived somewhere w/ a large homeless population and people def give way more often here than other places but you gotta do something to build up the guilt. the tipple down economy will have lots of busking.
― iatee, Friday, 1 February 2013 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
tipping is horrible because it makes you interact with the world through the filthy presence of money, almost all of your interactions are mediated thru money, that is you get to respond and send a message to other people by how much money you give them, instead of just paying a fixed price, fuck you america
― 乒乓, Friday, 1 February 2013 13:48 (eleven years ago) link
otoh that's awesome, tipping is the only way you can give/receive money to/from virtual strangers without it being weird
tip jars should be everywhere
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Friday, 1 February 2013 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
no its not
― 乒乓, Friday, 1 February 2013 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
only virtual strangers who happen to work in the service industry
and only that small subset of service workers for whom its acceptable to tip
― 乒乓, Friday, 1 February 2013 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
librarians are fucking awesome and I can't tip them! but it is mandatory to tip the shitty cab driver who took a 50% longer route than necessary
fuck you america
― 乒乓, Friday, 1 February 2013 13:57 (eleven years ago) link
this is why everyone should have a tip jar and they should always put clever signs on them
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Friday, 1 February 2013 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
"unlike cows we don't mind tipping"
"tippecanoe and me too"
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Friday, 1 February 2013 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
no the answer is to get rid of all tip jars and also all forms of tipping
― 乒乓, Friday, 1 February 2013 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
it makes you think 'is this person being nice to me just because they are nice or are they doing it because they expect a tip' which is just a terrible thought to have about every single person you interact with every day
"give me money if you like tupac"
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Friday, 1 February 2013 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
(( btw you can tip me by paypalling me at y✧✧.dan✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧ ))
― 乒乓, Friday, 1 February 2013 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
maybe you should interact w/ fewer strippers dan
― iatee, Friday, 1 February 2013 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
thinking about money is generally just an awful awful thing, money is an awful thing to think about
― 乒乓, Friday, 1 February 2013 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
"i'm just really cool with you giving me money i promise i won't have an existential episode because of it"
― #guy #guy fieri #poop #hallway (zachlyon), Friday, 1 February 2013 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
I am uncertain if Americans have the spiritual fortitude to withstand being able to tell if their waiters are having a great day (spoiler - probably not)
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 1 February 2013 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
serious question do you tip your ETSY seller?? you know just paypal him a lil' extra
― 乒乓, Friday, 1 February 2013 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
xp I mean many Americans, no need to insult an entire country when 51% will do.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 1 February 2013 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
there is no such thing as a bad day in America
― iatee, Friday, 1 February 2013 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
when I am feeling the least bit down I just go outside and lay on the street made of pure gold for a lil' bit, like 5 mins or so, then I feel better
― 乒乓, Friday, 1 February 2013 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
then someone tips you
― iatee, Friday, 1 February 2013 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
Kicks some gold dust into your face.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 1 February 2013 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
gold dust woman is secretly a song about tipping
― iatee, Friday, 1 February 2013 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, February 1, 2013 9:08 AM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark
have you ever been on yelp.com?
― 乒乓, Friday, 1 February 2013 14:39 (eleven years ago) link