I don't tip for anything that I can do myself

Feb 14, 2019
11:01:13am

Ojiisan All-American

I can deliver food, I can drive a taxi, I can and do cut my own hair. I did, however, tip my urologist. Because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.

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Ojiisan

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POLL: If you consider yourself well-off, what kind of tipper are you? (Be honest with yourself)

pink22

2/14/19 10:17am

My tipping totally depends on the situation

boorad

2/14/19 10:20am

Me too. I tip regular people I see well over the norm. I will also tip at restaurants well over if they are good.

RoaroftheCougartails

2/14/19 10:24am

I tip pizza delivery guys well because my being stingy won't single handedly fix the messed up system

Slim

2/14/19 10:27am

20% always. I don't even short change bad service

cougarblue

2/14/19 10:29am

Don’t be duped, standard is 15%

Pretorian

2/14/19 10:50am

It’s not.

TCuz

2/14/19 10:55am

I feel like it used to be. But the accepted value seems to have

JuicyJam

2/14/19 11:12am

Moving it from 15% to 20% means the price of food doesn’t change....or the

Pretorian

2/14/19 4:38pm

Service at a restaurant would have to be absolutely and objectively horrible for me not to give 20%

TCuz

2/14/19 10:30am

I don't tip the pizza delivery driver because I always pick it up myself.

Bergloewe

2/14/19 10:40am

I tip based on service provided. If I go to a really expensive place

cougarfann888

2/14/19 10:25am

I try to tip generously. It’s a good way to make someone’s day, and it’s no sweat off my back.

Virginia Ute

2/14/19 10:28am

Would have no problem giving a pizza delivery guy $10-20 to deliver in snow

boorad

2/14/19 11:07am

And you are the one making his job crappy

Sandy Lyle

2/14/19 11:21am

If you’re ordering delivery from the same place over and over you’re probably getting spit in your pizza.

Virginia Ute

2/14/19 11:33am

Do you tip people at McDonald's? They have crappy jobs too

boorad

2/14/19 11:57am

If mcd delivered I would

Sandy Lyle

2/14/19 1:55pm

I would too

boorad

2/14/19 3:29pm

Do what you want. I’m just saying you come across as a trashy

Virginia Ute

2/14/19 3:10pm

Explain to me why they should get tipped

boorad

2/14/19 3:28pm

Because they make less than minimum wage. You may not like it but it is what it

Dillinger

2/14/19 3:46pm

Are you new to America or something?

Virginia Ute

2/14/19 4:11pm

Still waiting for a logical reason why they should be tipped...

boorad

2/14/19 4:26pm

RE: Still waiting for a logical reason why they should be tipped...

Dillinger

2/14/19 4:30pm

Yes, it is your responsibility. I’m not gonna make you understand it.

Virginia Ute

2/14/19 4:36pm

But I’m not “stiffing” anyone

boorad

2/14/19 6:38pm

Here’s an idea: go pickup your own pizza.

TCuz

2/14/19 7:14pm

IT DOESN’T GO DIRECTLY TO THE DRIVER NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU THINK IT SHOULD!!!!!

Dillinger

2/14/19 7:21pm

I realize this. The system is messed up. I know that my stinginess won’t fix it

boorad

2/14/19 8:55pm

Yeah sure make the poor minimum wage guy pay for your disagreements with the system.

Virginia Ute

2/14/19 10:39pm

Sorry just noticed you’re a Ute

boorad

2/14/19 11:10pm

My wife and I are both physicians, so we have sufficient for our needs, thanks.

Virginia Ute

2/15/19 2:05am

So cluelesss.

Virginia Ute

2/14/19 10:38pm

He basically risked his life to bring you a freaking pizza. Tip the guy.

pink22

2/15/19 8:51am

Risked his life? What are you talking about?

boorad

2/15/19 9:10am

He’s driving. It’s a risk. To bring you a pizza. Give him a few bucks.

pink22

2/15/19 10:53am

Do you tip your mailman? Your UPS driver?

boorad

2/15/19 12:34pm

It's not CB, it's weird American custom. It doesn't make sense but

JuicyJam

2/15/19 12:51pm

Tipping isn't necessarily going to be logical. The lines of when we do and don't

Jay Rick

2/14/19 5:19pm

If you are too cheap to tip delivery drivers, you’re too poor to get delivery.

TCuz

2/14/19 4:19pm

Spot on.

Virginia Ute

2/14/19 4:36pm

For those saying that you stick with societal norms, does that mean that you also tip your mailman, garbage collector,

cheezedawg

2/14/19 10:30am

Man, if someone doesn't tip their hairstylist...how cheap can you get.

TCuz

2/14/19 10:33am

Yea, some of those I've never heard of, but I thought hairstylist was a common

Cougar8Duck

2/14/19 5:20pm

I think hotel maid tips are pretty common too.

Jay Rick

2/14/19 5:25pm

Social norms do not dictate that I tip those people.

Jay Rick

2/14/19 10:37am

Yes, I do.

scootsy

2/14/19 10:40am

You're kind of a big deal, aren't you?

cheezedawg

2/14/19 10:43am

So big.

scootsy

2/14/19 10:43am

RE: So big.

cheezedawg

2/14/19 11:10am

20-25%. Never lower. Once in a while higher but rare

cougfanz

2/14/19 10:33am

For regular service, I do 20% rounded up to the next dollar (or two)

cheezedawg

2/14/19 10:47am

Seems to me tipping should be more fee based rather than percentage.

Left Shark Coug

2/14/19 10:34am

I'm in Costa Rica right now. I searched online before hand and the consensus was that tipping isn't expected here.

cheezedawg

2/14/19 10:38am

This would be nice.

JuicyJam

2/14/19 10:52am

Tippin a dollar for good service makes me feel good inside. I'm selfish that way

ClackamasCoug

2/14/19 10:36am

20% and up, more if I take my family

driver off the deck

2/14/19 10:43am

In college I worked at the hospital 33 hrs a week.... my roommate served at

Pretorian

2/14/19 10:48am

My wife and I were both servers for a long time. We over tip every time.

Dillinger

2/14/19 10:50am

Even bad service? If so, why? I dont understand the rationale of rewarding bad

BYUfan92

2/14/19 1:19pm

As former servers we also understand when a server is not trying or is being

Dillinger

2/14/19 1:22pm

Same here. Waiter at a steakhouse for a few years. Always tip generously.

mik3

2/14/19 4:16pm

I don't tip for anything that I can do myself

Ojiisan

2/14/19 11:01am

You've got to earn my tip. I am a very generous tipper, but you've got to earn it.

TheLoneCougar

2/14/19 11:13am

you're all very cheap

lukeskywalker

2/14/19 2:36pm

This is what's crazy about tipping, and men...

So it goes...

2/14/19 7:20pm

Tipping ends up being racist and sexist and is overall a terrible system.

JuicyJam

2/14/19 7:22pm

Gum balls? I’d think watermelons... never heard of gumballs impressing anyone

Pretorian

2/15/19 4:55am

Think differently

scootsy

2/15/19 8:19am

Follow where scootsy is going and put a gumball on a watermelon...

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