tipping

[Ironside]

I love you bolty. Shoot the tightarse non-tippers please. For me, you understand.

Where do you draw the line?

Are you going to tip a bus driver?  the ticket clerk in the cinema?  the person who then shows you to your seat with their funky little torch?  the guy in the kebab shop?  your mechanic (who probably ripped you off already)?  The shop assistant who brought a 40" waist to the cubicle instead of your hopeful 38"?  the newsagent?

The list goes on and on for people who "tippers" decide not to tip.

I generally only give a little extra when there is a reason for it.  i.e bunging a waitress or barman/maid a few quid to get served quicker next time around!


Perhaps that would be considered tight by some, but then i'd rather spend my (limited!) cash on friends/family than on someone i have never met who is already getting paid by their employer.

i agree i tip all the time, £2 for a cuppa keep the change when they get me smokes etc etc
but when they already charge a fee as a tip for dealers i will refuse to give them another tip on top

ffs you have already tipped them

[GreekStein]

Do you pay a tip in a restaurant where service is already included? Seems stupid.

[pokerfan]

Lets say you cash in a poker tourney and the TD when paying you out 10k then says a 5% dealer tip is customary. Do you give him that or a figure you think is more realistic ? (may be higher obv)

[lucky_scrote]

Do you pay a tip in a restaurant where service is already included? Seems stupid.

If service is already included I never tip as the compulsory tip annoys the hell out of me. They don't do themselves favours either because often I would have tipped more than what I've already been charged.

[#1Instigator]

I have always been a great tipper and always will be. For me, we all make lots of mistakes, and we make them day in, day out. The bad calls, the bad moves, tilting...the list is no end. So after spunking, for me, hundreds even thousands of pounds, the extra tipping is a reminder to me that this goes out of the total income and therefore if I play better and make better decisions then the tips will become insignificant. Yes it all adds up in the end, but thats nothing compared to the amount spent tilting, pay-offs and bad moves!

Here's another consideration. People are always moaning about dealers! Fact! That they are too slow, not good enough, doesn't protect the players....
But do you realise that most dealers are on close to minimum wage? Work for a longer period than normal with little break, and needs to have great attention span (to make sure there is no mistakes that will cost YOU thousands) to work sometimes for 6 hours on one table. All the while having to deal with out of turn bets, because people are not paying attention, telling people over and over the action is on them, making sure at all times no one is angle shooting and trying to gain an advantage, and trying their best to protect you as players but lets face it, we as poker players are not the easiest group to satisfy are we?

For the above reasons, I tip, and I tip well. I want a good customer service, so that the fishs feel comfortable on my table. I want fast dealing, so I can maximize my winnings. I want full protection, so I don't get another angle-shooting b******* trying to con me.....again! I want the dealer to be happy and want to work hard and pay attention, so he doesn't make a mistake that'll cost me alot more than if I would have tipped him.

[GreekStein]

Do you pay a tip in a restaurant where service is already included? Seems stupid.

If service is already included I never tip as the compulsory tip annoys the hell out of me. They don't do themselves favours either because often I would have tipped more than what I've already been charged.

Most people would tip less though.

Poker is the same - the dealer fee is like our service charge so why should we have to tip again for this

[Jamier-Host]

Do you pay a tip in a restaurant where service is already included? Seems stupid.

If service is already included I never tip as the compulsory tip annoys the hell out of me. They don't do themselves favours either because often I would have tipped more than what I've already been charged.

It isn't compulsory, and i ask for it to be taken off - as should everybody.

Those who particularly want to leave a tip should then pay it in cash so that you make sure it has a better chance of actually going to the waitress who served you.  I've heard a few stories about employers snaffling the extras that go through as part of the bill.

[TheWhisper]

  I've heard a few stories about employers snaffling the extras that go through as part of the bill.

This is true, an employer can use these tips to make up the employees wage. Totally unfair

[Jon MW]

...
For the above reasons, I tip, and I tip well. I want a good customer service, ...

This sounds to me like you tip because you want good customer service - shouldn't you tip because you've received it?

Or is that not what you meant?

If someone is paid to do a job, they should do it. They've accepted that pay for that job, it's up to them to have the right work ethic and professionalism to deliver what they're meant to.

If they have the right work ethic and professionalism to do more than they have to - then I'll tip. It doesn't happen very often.

[StuartHopkin]

Lets say you cash in a poker tourney and the TD when paying you out 10k then says a 5% dealer tip is customary. Do you give him that or a figure you think is more realistic ? (may be higher obv)

I probably laugh at him and walk off.

I dont mind tipping. At DTD i normally leave the 'change' if i finish in the top 4.

But if anyone implies I should be leaving something they wont get a penny, its not right.

I only tip there, I know the staff they all make me feel welcome, have a chat and know me by name.

At Gala I have no interest in tipping because the staff arent as good.

As for everywhere else I live my life by a simple rule.

Fit young girl = tip
Fat or male = no tip

If their fit who gives a shit about the service?

[GreekStein]

Lets say you cash in a poker tourney and the TD when paying you out 10k then says a 5% dealer tip is customary. Do you give him that or a figure you think is more realistic ? (may be higher obv)

I probably laugh at him and walk off.

I dont mind tipping. At DTD i normally leave the 'change' if i finish in the top 4.

But if anyone implies I should be leaving something they wont get a penny, its not right.

I only tip there, I know the staff they all make me feel welcome, have a chat and know me by name.

At Gala I have no interest in tipping because the staff arent as good.

As for everywhere else I live my life by a simple rule.

Fit young girl = tipFat or male = no tip

If their fit who gives a shit about the service?

Every bloke is reading that in agreement

[sovietsong]

Fit barmaid at the local I go to always gets a tip, she deserves it she always wears a low cut top. I generally drink hand pulled when she serves too just to make sure I get value for money. The old lady barmaid can gfo!

[Jamier-Host]

Now the thread is getting more sensible.

[sovietsong]

Now the thread is getting more sensible.

and about time too...

[salfi]

so all we neeed to do now is get more fit birds into poker and we wil quite happily open our pockets it seams.   guess this is a life bad beat if u aint a fit young bird.
 maybe simon trumper shud hide at the business end of tourneys to make us dive deeper for a tip.