No tipping allowed!

[broncofan]

I tip at the barber shop and restaurants. I was wondering whether you guys and gals tip on take out orders? I tend not to, but then if you pay by credit card there's a line for it and I get guilted into it (but I don't tip the same percentage when I tip for take out).

Who tips when they get their Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts coffee? Anyone?

Do you tip the valet parker when the valet parking company charges a lot for parking?

As long as employers aren't paying their employees enough (in some states the minimum wage can be met with tips), it's really necessary. Being a liberal I think people should be paid a living wage. If restaurants have to charge more then so be it...but being a waiter is a stressful, tough job.

[broncofan]

Just to answer the poll. I think people should be allowed to tip. But tips should not go towards any mandated wage. I think employers should compensate their employees irrespective of gratuities.

[Jericho]

I understand tipping is different where you are

Yeah...The only tip they're getting's don't eat yellow snow!

...what do you usually pay for a haircut and how often do you go....without a tip my barber charges $14 for a cut and shampoo...I go twice a month. I also appreciate the fact that he doesn't talk too much, ...I'm not chatty.

Being follically challenged, i don't have to worry about that so much these days! But, 14 bucks, that's about 8 or 9 quid. I'd expect to pay more...but i wouldn't have to pay any extra for him to stfu!

I do get it, and when I've been in countries where it's the norm, i have tipped, but, the need for it is something that grates against one of my core beliefs.

[fred41]

I do get it, and when I've been in countries where it's the norm, i have tipped, but, the need for it is something that grates against one of my core beliefs.

I admit - life for me would be simpler if we didn't tip for everything in N.Y.C...it becomes the norm and I feel weird when I go to a place that tipping isn't required...and then sometimes I tip anyway and get a weird look.

I tip at the barber shop and restaurants. I was wondering whether you guys and gals tip on take out orders? I tend not to, but then if you pay by credit card there's a line for it and I get guilted into it (but I don't tip the same percentage when I tip for take out).

Who tips when they get their Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts coffee? Anyone?

Do you tip the valet parker when the valet parking company charges a lot for parking?

As long as employers aren't paying their employees enough (in some states the minimum wage can be met with tips), it's really necessary. Being a liberal I think people should be paid a living wage. If restaurants have to charge more then so be it...but being a waiter is a stressful, tough job.

I do throw a buck into the cup at the local chinese take-out...and I usually give a buck or two extra at the taco truck...I also tip at Starbucks...though I don't go there much anymore.
Sometimes I tip the oil change guy...
I will almost always avoid valet parking if I can, not because of the tip, but because I don't trust anyone not to rummage through my car ...so I'm NOT leaving anyone the keys while I'm gone.

...Oh Yeah, I used to tip escorts too!