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  7 2 A $6 alcoholic drink: $1 (mixed drinks always get $1, opening a beer gets $0, pouring beer usually $1 every 2 beers or so) A $4 coffee drink: $1 (always round up a latte to $1 for simplicity's sake) A $20 haircut: $3-5 (depending on how much I like it) A $33 pizza dine in: $6-7 (my standard 18-20% for dine-in) A $33 pizza delivered: $3 (10% for delivery or take-out) A $14 dollar taxi ride in the yellow cab: $3 (20%, I suppose? I haven't really developed a pattern for taxi tips) Jon answered in Finance/Insure/Legal over 2 years ago | Report 7 comments by Joel, Jon, and Some Young Guy… 0 0 So, why do you group delivery and take-out in the same tipping bracket? Take-out: food is prepared, packaged and handed to you. Delivery: Food is prepared, packaged, and then driven to your home in someones personal car. Not ragging on you, just curious why? I find that this seems to be common practice. Joel commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 No real reason I guess. When you put it that way, 10% for take-out seems like too much but it is a good round number. Jon commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 If someone is opening a beer for you at a bar, they are still serving you. You tip people who bring you food they didn't cook or plate, how is this different? Some Young Guy commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 It's different because opening a beer isn't even doing anything. I'd just open my own beer but they won't let them serve it unopened. What would you tip for a $2 can of beer? A quarter? Jon commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 A buck every other beer puts you at 25% percent and only drives that $2 can up to $2.50- and it buys you class. Not to mention service- it's funny how an extra buck or two keeps a full drink in your hand. Can't afford to tip, can't afford to go out. Some Young Guy commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 I tip the pizza delivery more because he's using his own gas. beelzebufo commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 That may or may not be true, beelzebufo. I know lots of places reimburse gas. Jon commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  4 0 Tips should be conditional on quality of service. Before anyone goes crazy on me, I live off of tips. I don't deserve a tip if I treat you like shit. It doesn't matter how hung-over or sick I am. That being said, I agree with most of the numbers posted above. In a restaurant, %20 should be given for great service. %15 for average service, and %10 for rude service. About half the time, poor service is the fault of management understaffing the restaurant, or someone calling in sick or quitting without giving notice. So if a server can be cool and kind while being inefficient, I do 15%. If we're mean and snippy, we don't deserve a tip. I only tip cab drivers if they aren't talking on their cell phones. Even talking on hands free cell phones while driving is as bad as driving drunk. Toasterhedgehog answered in Finance/Insure/Legal over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  4 1 A $6 alcoholic drink: $1 for a mixed drink. $1 for a beer, but if I'm getting a bunch of bottled beers, I may round down (e.g., $3 for 4). A $4 coffee drink: Min: Whatever the change is. Max: $1. And depends on where I am (airport Starbucks usually gets change, local coffee shop $1 -- Starbucks person is probably not putting as much time into my drink) A $20 haircut: $4 A $33 pizza dine in: $6 A $33 pizza delivered: $3. I almost never tip for take-out, though... Who am I tipping? The cashier? The cooks? A $14 dollar taxi ride in the yellow cab: $3. The tough ones are like the $7 fare. $1 is not enough, but do I want to tip you $2/30%? Probably not. Julie in Eugene answered in Finance/Insure/Legal over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 If you are or have been in the service industry like me, you probably tip well like I do, like this- -$4; -For Vivace- $5, if not- $1; -$10; -$7; -$3, more if they let me smoke yeah right answered in Finance/Insure/Legal over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 1 A $6 alcoholic drink: $1 per drink, but I pretty much always get a mixed drink or draught beer. A $4 coffee drink: $1. A bit more than 15%, but am I seriously going to ask for 4 quarters so I can leave them .75? A $20 haircut: $3-5, depending on how much I liked my hair. A $33 pizza dine in: $5-7 A $33 pizza delivered: $5 A $14 dollar taxi ride in the yellow cab: $2-3, could be less if the driver brings up a woman's place in society (happens surprisingly often for some reason, maybe they can tell I'm a harlot) Lauren answered in Finance/Insure/Legal over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 1 A $6 alcoholic drink: $1 A $4 coffee drink: $1 A $20 haircut: $5 A $33 pizza dine in: $6 A $33 pizza delivered: $5 A $14 dollar taxi ride in the yellow cab: $2 BlueSax answered in Finance/Insure/Legal over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 $1 for the drink change for the coffee $4 for a $20 haircut $7 for the dine in pizza $7 for a delivered pizza, why are people tipping less for delivery? If the ride was quick and he didn't stop for yellow lights then $3 for the cab ride. (former member) answered in Finance/Insure/Legal over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 $1, $1, $4, $6, $6, $2 sober/$3 drunk. Andy answered in Finance/Insure/Legal over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 If I'm getting a $6 drink it's probably part of a larger bill (if I'm at a bar, I'm there to have a few drinks and/or a meal) so 15-20% of whatever the grand total is. If I'm at a busy cash-only or card-unfriendly hipster joint where I can barely find space at the bar to order, let alone get the bartender's attention long enough to order a drink, then I leave a dollar on the bar. For a $4 espresso drink I drop in a dollar. For a $20 haircut I'll tip $4-5. Whether it's 4 or 5 depends on my mood. Good god a $33 pizza. That better be the best pizza I've ever had. That's high end for me. I'd tip $7 to make the bill an even $40. Ditto on delivery. My tip doesn't change for delivery. If the cabbie's lucky enough to catch me when I have insufficient small bills, he's getting a $20 for a $6 tip. Otherwise I'm giving him $3. Steven Gomez answered in Finance/Insure/Legal over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 A $6 alcoholic drink: $1 A $4 coffee drink: $0.50 A $20 haircut: $3 A $33 pizza dine in: $6 A $33 pizza delivered: $6 A $14 dollar taxi ride in the yellow cab: $3 Millerisben answered in Finance/Insure/Legal over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 1 1. $1 for the drink. if you order a $10 martini, tip 2 bucks. go with 20% if service is decent, just as you would in a restaurant. 2. i'm on the fence about this one, maybe because when i was a barista no one tipped but it didn't seem as essential as it is in a bar/restaurant (don't jump on me, i know making coffee is a 'craft' too). i think it depends on each situation. are you familiar with the barista? is the drink complicated? 4. i'm generous with haircuts, but that's just me. i'd say 15-20% on this one. personally, i'd tip $4 5. 20%...$6 6. i think pizza tip minimum should be $3. it's their gas, car, etc... (yeah they're reimbursed, but what a pain). $5 maybe for that large order 7. $3 sneaks answered in Finance/Insure/Legal over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by (former member)… 0 0 I would tip baristas more if they brought my drink to my table and then bussed my empty cups and brought me my check and then gave me my change. I always tip less for counter orders no matter what they are. (former member) commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 4 One dollar for the first drink and fifty cents for each drink thereafter. 50 cents to one dollar for the coffee drink. $3-$5 for the haircut, depending on how well a job he/she did. $5 for the dine-in pizza, $3 for delivery. $3-$4 dollars for a $14 taxi ride. ErinPants answered in Finance/Insure/Legal over 2 years ago | Report 2 comments by Joel and ErinPants… 0 0 Why the difference in the pizza tips? Joel commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 It's a general rule that you don't have to tip as much for take-out and delivery than you do in a restaurant, this is because there's much more work and service being provided when you dine-in; people seating you, serving you, taking away your plates, brining you refills, etc, which does not happen when you take-out or have it delivered. ErinPants commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 5 I'd hate to be an asshole but Bill Maher said one time why the hell should I tip when I'm waiting on you? But the bartender $3.00 coffee drink? Depends if they get it right, at most $1.00 Pizza Dine in? 10%, none of them are worth more than that Pizza delivered? $6.00 Yellow Cab? Seriously? There are some drivers who I wouldn't tip if you held a gun to my head. Andy answered in Finance/Insure/Legal over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 7 $1, $1, $5, $6, $6, $5. That didn't even take two seconds thought. (Most of them are at the floor of a minimum tip. Easy.) Ask me a hard one, like a $275 bill for a party of 6 split one-third/two-thirds, including drinks. elenchos answered in Finance/Insure/Legal over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 24 Always tip a minimum of 20% on all tipped transactions. If your service is exceptionally bad 15% will do, but otherwise 20% is the starting point, exponentially upwards from there. levide answered in Finance/Insure/Legal over 2 years ago | Report 5 comments by Andy, levide, and Ryan Parrish… 0 0 That is crazy. If my service is "exceptionally bad," they don't get gratuity, because I'm not grateful. Andy commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 I take it you've never worked service. levide commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Well that's just tough levide, tips aren't guaranteed. The whole idea of working on tips is that you're exchanging stable income levels for the potential of getting more for excellent work. So, if I don't judge your service excellent there's no way in hell you'd get more than 20%, and if it's terrible you're luck to get a tip at all. Ryan Parrish commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Oh, I don't work service, I just feel obligated to help out those who do. levide commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Yeah, um, "marginally bad" service may get 15% from me (e.g., waiter forgets requests two or more times, doesn't check in to see if we need anything). But "exceptionally bad"? Like, they were an asshole to me? 0%. Granted this has happened in real life maybe only once or twice. But still. Average to "reasonably good" is 18-20% for me, "exceptionally good" is 20-25% (maybe 25-30% if it's not that big of a tab and/or they were truly awesome). Julie in Eugene commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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