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Anyone get embarrassed over tipping eg hairdressers, waiters, taxi drivers?

Marianne72

There are many reasons I dislike the habit of tipping:

1. these people earn salaries and not everyone in all jobs expects to be tipped - I can't understand how this came about

2. I often don't have enough and feel mean if I give a small tip, not knowing how much is appropriate anyway

3. I find it embarrassing - a bit demeaning on both sides

4. the only person I give a tip last year was the postman, and last Christmas I left a note that as I'm retired it would be the last

What do you think? What is the history of tipping? Should it be banned? Is there a way of getting around the embarrassment?

Parents

  • Oh man, it's so stressful, I wish we didn't have to. I was taught to tip at restaurants and hairdressers (when I used to go). But restaurants are difficult as if you pay by card, does it give you the option on the machine, have they added it and you have to opt out, you don't always have enough change to do it in cash, how much to leave, where to leave it, and  as said, some places charge the staff for having been tipped by card reader (Las Igaunas had a news story years ago the management used to take a cut first which was scandelous and they had to stop after the backlash). Arrgh. I wish we could just pay without the hidden tip stress.

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  • Oh man, it's so stressful, I wish we didn't have to. I was taught to tip at restaurants and hairdressers (when I used to go). But restaurants are difficult as if you pay by card, does it give you the option on the machine, have they added it and you have to opt out, you don't always have enough change to do it in cash, how much to leave, where to leave it, and  as said, some places charge the staff for having been tipped by card reader (Las Igaunas had a news story years ago the management used to take a cut first which was scandelous and they had to stop after the backlash). Arrgh. I wish we could just pay without the hidden tip stress.

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