This is a good point. A paramedic is very comparable to a delivery guy......in a way. Both require bringing something to you (be is medical supplies or food), in both cases speed of the delivery is key to the customer satisfaction and if either were being rude to you you would not be in the lest bit amused by that. So why are paramedics not tipped?

The rules seem to be really strange. I don't see why a delivery guy should be tipped, what exceptional service is he going to give you? I'd rather tip the chef if the food was exceptional (in a restraunte too)

To me the rules are not strange at all. The Chef in a restaurant usually gets a good salary, a delivery boy might have a particular low salary because his employer expects him to be tipped.

It is complete weird, why do you expect a waiter or a delivery boy gets a low salary and therefore do you think you should give away some money because of your 150k income?

Wouldn`t it be crazy asking the staff where you had dinner, for copies of their working contract figuring out their tip.

Personally I am against tipping on principle but in a society where tipping for certain professions who deal with the public is customary your practically have no choice.

The classic example are the hairdressers as I mentioned in post No 20. First the price goes up because the hairdressers are getting a salary which they didn't before, but a short time later the various piggy banks with the name of their owners (which had been removed) appear again on the counter.

However, these tips are peanuts compared to the 'tips' the bankers get even if they have practially ruined their employers. Most of us - unless we have diplomatic status - finance those 'tips' through paying taxes.

actually in some cities the tip is included, and also if you are a big table they add the tip as well, so you always better check.
believe me on my first trip to miami, lot's of waiters thanked me and blessed me, until i noticed that the tip was included, lol

but otherwise, they chase you outside the restaurant, i did it once because the waiter was awful, at the end i left with no tip... he followed me and i called the manager to complain about his service... and obviously never returned back there

Some of you guys may not agree, but my minimum tip to a good service is 20% and maximum tip to a bad service is 5% It makes me happy when I tip,

[QUOTE=marcopolo;716585] ..... but my minimum tip to a good service is 20% tip/QUOTE]

Then it's no wonder that people who only give 10 % don't always get good service.

for me, it's just like the appraisal and annual salary review in a lot of companies...

performance within expectation /job spec i.e. satisfied service =no tip

exceed expectation i.e. very good service = tips

'below expectation' i.e. lousy service = no tip (you won't get a salary decrease for below expectation in your appraisal

the only circumstance is that you know the owner or a frequent customer of the restaurant. I feel like obliging to give tips but still i pay 10% only.

The employer of a delivery boy canNOT expect him to be tipped ! Most people do NOT give tips.


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Beside being wrong, it is clear snobbery !


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[QUOTE=Higa;716611] The tip also for a good service is 0%, if it was excellent I might simply add CHF 5.-- .


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He should not expect him to be tipped but many employers unfortunately do.

All the people I know do give tips. I sometimes warn my friends against overtipping.

In principle, I agree with you. Everybody should be paid correctly for whatever work he does without depending on and expecting tips. In practice, that is not always the case particularly in times of unemployment.

And of course there are also cases where the system is abused.

you pay the bill for the goods (eg food), you tip the service that facilitates you getting the goods (eg the waiter/delivery boy/whatever) if the service is reasonable... if it would have been faster for me to walk in the kitchen and get the food myself or down to the cellar to get my wine, then no, no tip...

That there are employers who "expect" things not to be expected is the reason why people at UNIA are fairly busy !

People I know do NOT. Are you in banking ?