Do you tip in restaurants?

Nick_C wrote: »

It used to be common practice to tip the bin men, the coal man, the milk man, the paper boy, the postman...

Its usually now a sackable offence for a binman to accept tips. And some binmen are on over £30k and have second jobs. But they work hard in all weathers.

I will continue to tip in restaurants where it is custom and practice to do so, and where wait staff get low pay in the expectation that they will earn generous tips by providing good service.

Binman salary? Do they earn more than waitresses?
https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Salaries/bin-man-salary-SRCH_KO0,7.htm

Taskmaster Resources
£8/hr Range: £7 - £8

Glasgow City Council Bin Man
£15,042/yg Range: £14K - £16K

Many waitresses in the restaurant are students. They have something bright in their future. I fully believe many binmen if offered the job as the waitresses they will choose to become waitresses given the nature of works. Also many binmen are more likely to be breadwinners with some family members to feed. In contrary to binmen, waitresses are normally young which could mean they are more unlikely to have family in this stage.

So those who tips in the restaurants why do not you tip your binman?

Keep in mind this is UK not US. In the US waitresses are earning so little and expect to top up their salary via tips. In the UK everyone get minimum salary reflected their skills. The binmen are not earning more than waitresses.

Are you doing that because someone such as your girlfriends, colleagues, business partners are watching you and you do not want to look stingy? Are you doing that because you have experienced to be treated like king?

I give my postman a small cash xmas box.
But not the binmen.
The postman is a lovely chap who chucks my packages over my locked side gate saving me a 4 mile round trip to the sorting office.
The binmen are an unhelpful bunch!
For years I had an old wheelie bin I used to gather my general waste, in bin bags. We have a back door collection policy, so they’ll come in as far as your back door to get rubbish. Now I have mine in a wheelie bin half way up the drive, so well within the distance.
They didn’t take it once so I called them. They decided it was against health & safety to dip into a wheelie bin & remove bags.

I tip anyone who provides me a personal face-to-face service (generally only if it already costs money, otherwise it feels a bit odd) but they do have to actually provide good service, I never do it as a matter of course or through social anxiety.

always choose great places to eat. Always tip 10%