I would tip a pizza delivery person if I got my pizza delivered.
I tip at restaurants where there is a server. If I am picking up at a fast food restaurant, I don't. But I do tip at the local coffee shop.
Bartenders get an automatic tip, as do those who actually bring me a drink when in an establishment that serves alcohol.
Coat check person gets a tip.
However, on hair cuts, I don't. I reckon I am paying for the cost of this service in the price quoted. Perhaps if I was not a regular customer (there are six of us in this family who all go to the same person) and I was getting a cut in a hotel lobby when travelling, I would behave differently.
And, lastly, in those resorts that purport to be 'all-inclusive' the server who looks after you all week deserves a tip at the end of the week. Theoretically they are paid extra to make up for the lack of tip opportunity, but that is seldom really the case. Edit: And if you take your children with you to such a resort, do remember to tip the long-suffering people who fed them and looked after them for you! They deserve at least double whatever you tip the server for your table. *
* My eldest worked at such a resort one summer, and discovered that he and his partner in the children's area were usually ignored when tip time came. And when they did get a tip, it was usually a fraction of what the servers at the 'adult' tables got. This was grossly unfair, considering how behaviour at the adult tables was generally a lot more civil than that at the children's table. :rolleyes: There was less clean-up, less crying at the table, less sibling warfare and definitely less "I want my mommy" even when Mommy had indicated that she was not to be disturbed.
I tip at restaurants where there is a server. If I am picking up at a fast food restaurant, I don't. But I do tip at the local coffee shop.
Bartenders get an automatic tip, as do those who actually bring me a drink when in an establishment that serves alcohol.
Coat check person gets a tip.
However, on hair cuts, I don't. I reckon I am paying for the cost of this service in the price quoted. Perhaps if I was not a regular customer (there are six of us in this family who all go to the same person) and I was getting a cut in a hotel lobby when travelling, I would behave differently.
And, lastly, in those resorts that purport to be 'all-inclusive' the server who looks after you all week deserves a tip at the end of the week. Theoretically they are paid extra to make up for the lack of tip opportunity, but that is seldom really the case. Edit: And if you take your children with you to such a resort, do remember to tip the long-suffering people who fed them and looked after them for you! They deserve at least double whatever you tip the server for your table. *
* My eldest worked at such a resort one summer, and discovered that he and his partner in the children's area were usually ignored when tip time came. And when they did get a tip, it was usually a fraction of what the servers at the 'adult' tables got. This was grossly unfair, considering how behaviour at the adult tables was generally a lot more civil than that at the children's table. :rolleyes: There was less clean-up, less crying at the table, less sibling warfare and definitely less "I want my mommy" even when Mommy had indicated that she was not to be disturbed.
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake