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Money Moral Dilemma: How big a tip should I give when using a 2 for 1 voucher?
Former_MSE_Nick
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This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks...
I ate out with a friend recently and we got half off the food bill using a 2 for 1 voucher. He wanted to give a tip of 10% of the total bill before the discount, whereas I thought 10% of the final price was enough. What's appropriate if you're using a 2 for 1 voucher?
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Why should the tip be a direct percentage of the bill? Great service deserves a big tip and poor service doesn't deserve a tip at all. I've given a £5 tip on a £25 bill before and not given any on an £80 bill and many variations in between.
Though if you insist on going with a % then why not split the difference?0 -
Who cares?! These weekly 'dilemmas' get more ridiculous each week. If they were real, the people asking really ought to get out more if they have nothing more serious to worry about.0
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I generally bung in 10% of the bill near enough. I never bother about how many people are there or what the total bill is.
My tip is 10%, I chuck that on the table and finish my drinks while everyone else fights it out/uses their phone calculators/argues/discusses/whatever they like.0 -
It's mainly just chains who offer "voucher deals" and the only way they can do this is by inflating their standard prices in order to make people think vouchers are giving them a good deal. I would never dream of eating at a chain without a voucher and normally tip 10% of the bill if I'm happy with the food & service (rounded up or down to the closest full pound including tip)0
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So because you got 1/2 off you reckon that should apply to your tip also ? Do you think the chain made that deal with its staff ?
I ask other readers to imagine some pithy four or five letter words that might apply to you ... Are you real even ?
Tips should be based on 'good service and good food' - your satisfaction . You can work them out as a percentage, you can work them from your heart or your stomach , but please don't for a moment think that a coupon comes into the equation !
I wish there was am 'emoticon' for a slap around the face with two wet fishes !0 -
I tip if I believe the service is very good. If it is average then no tip. I work in a service industry. I don't receive tips for doing what I am paid for, so only tip if the service is very good.0
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I only give tips if I receive exceptional service where the staff have gone above and beyond what I expect them to do. Even then I've never given a tip as high as 10% of the total bill.
This means I only give tips once or twice a year and usually eat out once a week on average. I think people give out tips far to readily to restaurant staff when they are simply doing what they are paid to do.0 -
Do find a real dilemma instead of this sort of daft nonsense.
Who gets the tip - the chain or the waiting staff (Google before you go, if in doubt)? If the staff and service was great, do the decent thing - you've just saved on the cost of the meal.0 -
I agree with Decor58, good service (and food of course) good tip, bad service then no tip. Having been a waiter in the past I feel this would be fair. There's no need for any dilemmas on this one.0
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We usually tip a £1 per person dining and for exceptional service upto £5 when there are 2 or 3 of us! That's usually cos we we've paid by card and the tip is given in cash to the member of staff! Assuming every person dining gives £1, in a busy place the staff could easily make £40 to £50 a day.
In Europe we usually round up to the nearest €5 or €10 where possible but that's cos we tend to pay cash.0
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