How do YOU tip?

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Not looking for advice on how much to pay, arguments for and against, etc. I'm interested to know how you all pay tips, when appropriate. Personally, I tuck the notes under my thumb and offer a handshake, assuming the notes will be subtlety palmed. That approach has been known to go wrong on the odd occasion for me though, leading to an undignified scuffle to retrieve the notes and bring the resultant embarrassment to a swift conclusion.

I'd love to hear how you guys deal with it? Equally, I'd love if this thread turned into a bunch of tales about toe-curling embarrassing incidents!

Have at it! 😃
 
well, I'm from Yorkshire so your speaking a foreign language to me, iv been known to sit and wait for my 15p change, i pay my bill and thats that, i once had something added to the bill that was a tip, i refused out right to pay it, i took that cost off and left what i owed and walked out. i wont tip for a service I'm paying for in the first place,
 
Tikkat1x said:
well, I'm from Yorkshire so your speaking a foreign language to me, iv been known to sit and wait for my 15p change, i pay my bill and thats that, i once had something added to the bill that was a tip, i refused out right to pay it, i took that cost off and left what i owed and walked out. i wont tip for a service I'm paying for in the first place,
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Couldn't agree more....
No one tips me to go to work everyday🤔
Also what really bugs me now is when you pay by card somewhere there asking for money for some charity or tips
 
Tipping is a very cultural thing - ride and out of control in North America, rude in Japan and Italy. I do tip openly if the service has been exceptional, I don’t if it’s assumed or built into the price.
 
Folded in the hand given during a handshake,only if they have gone out of there way, or on a walk around day
 
Tikkat1x said:
well, I'm from Yorkshire so your speaking a foreign language to me, iv been known to sit and wait for my 15p change, i pay my bill and thats that, i once had something added to the bill that was a tip, i refused out right to pay it, i took that cost off and left what i owed and walked out. i wont tip for a service I'm paying for in the first place,
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Rumour has it copper wire was invented in Yorkshire...2 blokes fighting over a half penny🤭🤭
 
Coming firmly from the proletariat camp, I've never found myself in the position of having to offer a tip.

Receiving them on occasion from the bourgeoisie in the most traditional manner, with a handshake, smile, and a thank you :tiphat:
 
Have received and given a few.

Personally think what goes best is when you keep the cash tucked under your thumb and then gently close your hand around, and only open up your hand once you're practically in the palm of the receiver.

Shake hands, and then receiver should close up on the cash as the hands part. Touch wood, never had it go wrong like this.

Alternatively, do what one chap I loaded for a few weeks ago. Count out the cash and then hand it over for me to stick in my pocket before shaking the hand 😅😂
 
I never find myself in a situation where a tip is expected.........I don't "eat out", or use taxis, I do my own wiring, plumbing, car servicing etc., and face to face, I always offer cash in the hope of getting a discount. ;)
It usually works...

D
 
Bo Diddley said:
Make the most of receiving a cash tip while you can.... as soon as CBDC and Digital ID are rolled out and running smoothly all these quaint British traditions will be impossible.
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Or be like my employer, just borrow it from your keeper 🤣
Loading for him one day earlier this season,he came to me at the end of the day a bit flustered and said "do you have any cash on you?"
He'd forgotten to carry any to tip the keeper, presumably his business orientated world is cash free.
 
Quixote said:
Not looking for advice on how much to pay, arguments for and against, etc. I'm interested to know how you all pay tips, when appropriate. Personally, I tuck the notes under my thumb and offer a handshake, assuming the notes will be subtlety palmed. That approach has been known to go wrong on the odd occasion for me though, leading to an undignified scuffle to retrieve the notes and bring the resultant embarrassment to a swift conclusion.

I'd love to hear how you guys deal with it? Equally, I'd love if this thread turned into a bunch of tales about toe-curling embarrassing incidents!

Have at it! 😃
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Red Sea trips I ran be it daily diving or 5 days onboard then I would collect from the group and give to the captain in front of the crew as once I gave it to the captain and the next trip was the same crew different skipper with one lad said he never dished any out. :eek:

Trips to Lincoln when we went I would always give the keeper a tip, I remember a trip with a overseas guest I woke up the morning of the second day with a horrendous headache and went out because of the guest (yes stupid) it was -1 got in the seat never took the rifle out of the slip and the cold got to me so after an hour I text him (don't feel very good at all) he was there by the time I got out of the seat. Back to the shack water tea pills got my cold breakfast roll down my neck and curled up on the sofa. Woke up 3 hrs later went out for the lunch time session shot a fallow buck at 250 we got that. Paid the bill + tip and went home. Happy days.


Had a couple of times a short 1-2 day in hospital, so once better always taken a box of chocolates to that ward as a thank you.
 
If I tip, which is rare, I make sure I identify the reason I believe the service was above and beyond what I was already being charged for and hand it over plain as day.

Slipping cash in a handshake just exemplifies that tipping is a seedy underhand business that could be seen as inflating the cost of the service and avoiding tax….

I read recently a restaurant chain will now be sharing all tips with the office staff at their HQ. It’s out of hand.
 
Shooting - held between my middle fingers as I stretch out my hand for the shake. Firm shake then its gone. Never had an issue, save for one shoot in Shropshire where we had lots of waiting around all day, far fewer birds to shoot at than expected and finished after the fourth drive with half the bag. In November. Only saw the keeper when he appeared at the end with an outstretched hand. I was torn, because I think he had been trying but it was a bit of a disastrous day and I told him as much. He still got a tip (not a particularly generous one) but the shoot host got a piece of my mind too. Shoot went bust owing people quite a lot of money (it was quite a big and prominent one) a year or so later.

Worked in the US - hate the expectation to tip for everything, which has got worse. Europe mostly has the right approach, just a few coins normally. UK has gone too far toward the US and I routinely ask for the tip to be removed when it is automatically included and service hasn't been anything more than ordinary. Generally serving staff are getting more used to people doing this (proportionate to the amount of times it is being demanded, I suppose) but you do get the occasional one who is huffy.

Had an Egyptian bell boy once put his hand out for his tip on bringing the bags to our room, and gave him a dollar or euro or similar. Normal level of tip for the place and time. Cheeky bugger had a look at it and said "oh, this is very small" so I said, "oh dear, give it back to me then", which he did expecting it to be replaced. It wasn't.
 
Rhodesianjess said:
Or be like my employer, just borrow it from your keeper 🤣
Loading for him one day earlier this season,he came to me at the end of the day a bit flustered and said "do you have any cash on you?"
He'd forgotten to carry any to tip the keeper, presumably his business orientated world is cash free.
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Ah! that old chesnut... I hope you told him to pull the other leg 😂...

I hear the King never tips :rolleyes:
 
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