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Is $20 A Big Tip?
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I got my ears pierced yesterday (4 on each side). I gave my piercer a $20 tip. He said thank you with a bit of a surprise look. At first I thought it was because the tip may have been too small. So I felt bad...I don't know. What do you all think? Thank you. (:
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This is probably the wrong site for your question - the majority of us are Brits, and we find the notion of tipping embarrassing at almost all times.
As you may be aware, tipping is not culturally essential in the way it is in North America, but as I understand it from my visits there, fifteen to twenty per cent is considered the norm.
On that basis, if your piercings cost $200.00, you were on target. If it was much less than that, then you were perhaps generous, but without knowing the final bill, it's difficult to assess.
As you may be aware, tipping is not culturally essential in the way it is in North America, but as I understand it from my visits there, fifteen to twenty per cent is considered the norm.
On that basis, if your piercings cost $200.00, you were on target. If it was much less than that, then you were perhaps generous, but without knowing the final bill, it's difficult to assess.
Tipping is a weird practice. It simply allows employers to underpay and expect customers to offer more than the quoted price. And the customer then feels unfairly obliged not to look mean, and capitulates even though the pay the price shown anyway. It should be a banned practice. The self employed ought to set prices that needs no extra, if they have any ability to judge the worth of their expertise.
If you want to gift $20, $2, or $20,000 then that's your choice.
If you want to gift $20, $2, or $20,000 then that's your choice.
I agree with Naomi. We do tip in the UK. I tip my barber, I tip in Pizza Express and most restaurants, but not as a matter of course - just if the service has been good. I usually do 10%. Some places say on the bill that the service charge is included or not included. If it's included I don't tip unless the service is exceptional.
Naomi - // We in the UK don’t tip and we find it embarrassing? That’s news to me. I tip. //
So do I, but I suggest that neither of us are representatives of the larger population, who, although exposed more to tipping as a cultural norm thanks to foreign travel, still don't accept it as part of the salary structure, as they do in the U.S.
So do I, but I suggest that neither of us are representatives of the larger population, who, although exposed more to tipping as a cultural norm thanks to foreign travel, still don't accept it as part of the salary structure, as they do in the U.S.
LAS - // Thank you everyone so much for your answers! I apologize, I forgot tipping is not done in the UK. Again, thank you everyone! (: //
Not a problem, thank you for your courtesy.
Out of curiosity, may I enquire who much your piercing was - or of you prefer, was your tip a ten or fifteen per cent?
Not a problem, thank you for your courtesy.
Out of curiosity, may I enquire who much your piercing was - or of you prefer, was your tip a ten or fifteen per cent?
