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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

  • I dislike tipping intensely. I feel obliged to tip, especially if it is for a service which I need on an ongoing basis.  I am concerned I will be dealt with badly if I don’t tip when I get bad service and I get anxious over the whole thing. 

    I have a sense that many of the people who would have been tipped traditionally are doing better financially than those who are tipping. It is an outdated practice in today’s society. 

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  • I dislike tipping intensely. I feel obliged to tip, especially if it is for a service which I need on an ongoing basis.  I am concerned I will be dealt with badly if I don’t tip when I get bad service and I get anxious over the whole thing. 

    I have a sense that many of the people who would have been tipped traditionally are doing better financially than those who are tipping. It is an outdated practice in today’s society. 

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