Hello, we have 'traditional' barber shops here, but also lots of franchises or other cheap shops. You can get a straight men's haircut for 8 euros or for 25 euros or for any rate between. Most people tend to go to the cheaper shops I guess. Think of how low the wages have to be. A shop that hires people with a master craftman's certificate (don't know if that the exact english term) can't go that low. So lots of them have to close. The barber shop I used to go to in my younger years ceased to exist many years ago. I can still remember the members of the US army, that are customers there, too: 'gimme a white line' . Regards Gyro
I don't understand American tipping, why don't people get paid what their job is worth in the first place? Here in Australia, a tip is a bonus, an employer is required to pay a minimum wage and if some one wants to tip them, they can. It seems like you Americans have come up with a social system of pay for work that avoids taxes? I don't geddit. P.S. On the other hand, it seems like you retards need the mental work out of figuring out what %15 of the total is.
Hello, it's the same here in Germany. Usually we tip at a restaurant, maybe 5 or 10 per cent. A colleague of mine doesn't do it, I do it. For me it's a bonus if I get served a good feeling with a meal for example. I don't tip for the good meal, I expected one if I go to a restaurant. Tipping a barber or a taxi driver is rare here I guess, but some people do. I don't tip the UPS man, but I tip the men from the company of movers who carry my washing machine for example. Regards Gyro
We dont have to tip people, it is a indicator of good service. If someone does a shitty job they probably will not receive a tip or a small one. If they do a semi good job you give 10%, very good 15 to 20%.
Just follow this rule of thumb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-qV9wVGb38"]YouTube- Reservoir Dogs - Tipping Scene Hotwater
Blah, blah, blah. I didn't not mean that people are required LEGALLY to tip people, rather that it is a social norm to do so. That is to say, that unless some one does a shitty job, it is rude not to tip the person. Basically exactly what you said, except i understand what you are saying, but it seems you have missed my point entirely...
Its kind of an incentive for people in front of house type jobs to be friendly and provide good service. In restaurants the wait staff usually only gets paid 4 or 5 dollars an hour, the rest is made in tips. The better the waiter the more cash he or she makes. Some people at a good restaurant can make 4 or5 hundred dollars a night.
That's my point, $4 or $5 is fuck all, if you're doing a good job your employer should be paying one a decent wage, otherwise that person should just get their ass fired. Why should some one have to rely on some one DECIDING that they're going to pay them what they're worth? It's also pretty inconsistent, on the one hand the waiters are required to rely on the kindness of strangers while the back staff are only judged by their employer, while the front staff partially relies on the back staff to make their money? it makes no fucking sense. If some one is doing a shit job as a waiter... they get fired, not paid a half shift... it makes no sense.
I totally get your point and I am not trying to argue or nothing just trying to explain why we do it that way. I think its to try and get the best possible job from someone. And oddly enough I encounter shitty wait staff all the time and tip accordingly.
Thank you, but I do not need it explained to me, I understand. You have explained why you guys do it, which i understand, and i have explained my problem with it, so i guess there is nothing left to say? Whether you agree with me or not, I do not need the basics of why you guys (Americans) operate in such a way. I would be much more interested in your thoughts on the subject, not the basic argument for it. If you do not care one way or the other, that is also fine.
Minimum wage here for wait staff is around $2.15 an hour (that's shit, in case you're wondering. Far under the minimum wage for any other job) We'd pay two to three times as much for the food in a restaurant if they paid the employees the average hourly amount that they make from tips. SO. I'd much rather leave 20% to the waiter/ess every time I went in than doubling or tripling my total bill. Also, you're one dude/tte half way across the globe. What you WANT to happen and what IS happening are two totally different things.
I dont care one way or the other, in one of your earlier post you said you did not understand American tipping, just trying to help you out.:cheers2:
I usually tip 20%. If in a restaurant, with a large party, I tip 25%. I have rarely tipped under 20%.
wow Im surprised at how many people tip by % I just started a job waitressing again and they have me reading a book about tipping and the book was talking about people just doing their %. I didnt believe the book because NO ONE I know tips by % I always just tip according to the job the person did, Ive tipped $20 on a $15 bill, and Ive tipped 0.25 on a $50 bill. Ive been calculating my tips (picked how much to tip them, then figuring what % it is) since I started reading this book and I usually tip over 30%
