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Round up to the nearest tenner but not less than 10%. I would have to be very badly treated to leave a bad tip (or no tip). I go for regular meals with my mate and his kid and the bill always seems to end up about £56. £60 seems slightly stingy and £65 seems overly generous. That's when you need some assorted shrapnel to bulk it out a bit.
Taxi drivers get less because they're taxi drivers and deserve only misery.
Pizza boy gets f*ck all because I pay in advance online nowadays. Suckers.
And take your glasses - my wife managed to give a £45 tip on a £75 meal once [left her glasses at home] .. we were popular the next time we went back.
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I worked in the service industry for a while-for the tips really, made good money but I was in high end places. It's an overlooked career and looked down upon in this country which is a shame. You're tipped because you're on a low wage, working when everyone else is not and its customer facing(being nice to people while they're generally behaving like idiots) on the back of a 16 hour day.
Tip bar staff and get to know them a bit and you'll get served first, be generally treated better, have a nicer experience and get the odd freebie, wouldn't have to be much either....
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I've noticed tits and a low cut top work at least equally as well also.
Sounds like playing guitar for a covers band at a pub gig...
Low wage... yes... especially compared with cost of kit, cost of strings, rehearsal rooms, repairs to cables etc
Working when everyone else is not... yes
Customer facing... being nice to people while they're generally behaving like idiots... oh yes, yes, yes...
...spilling beer on your pedalboard... repeatedly requesting a: the song you already played 10 mins ago b: something 'really rocking' by Max Bygraves... falling against your amp and knocking it off its stand (cue sound of expensive glass tubey things breaking).
... and still we don't get tips... the odd punter may buy you a pint (a rare thing in these economic downturn days... and if they do, I always buy them one back)... some pubs may let you have the odd drink... and on a very, very rare occasion, the odd pub may give you a few extra pounds (always gobsmacking and a bit touching).
Manchester based original indie band Random White:
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You show great wisdom. Taking lateral thinking to a whole new level