OldBlueLady
Junior Blues Coordinator⭐⭐
Just following on from the discussions on the free travel thread, I thought I would open it up more for discussion.
Back in the day it used to be common place to give your postman, your milkman, your window cleaner and your dustman a Christmas "box" or a "good drink", in a similar way in which it is fairly normal to tip your waiter or waitress, your hairdresser.
I am fully aware that the Americans have a rather different culture to ours in that tipping is recognised as 10% in a huge variety of establishments and seen almost as a right.
I like to think I am a good tipper, I rarely don't leave a tip and if I don't then it's usually either because a hefty service charge has been added or because the food and/or service has been very poor. Even then, the food may have been poor but the service good, so sometimes the two don't go hand in hand.
I've always contributed to the driver collections when travelling on either Trust or TZ coaches, it's just something I accept as "normal". I always tip my hairdresser a good 10 - 15%, plus a Christmas present. Our window cleaners always get a "drink" at Christmas, and I always leave the dustmen some beers at Christmas. I suppose my reasoning is that it's how I'd like to be treated if it was me, and that by showing I'm thankful, I get a better service.
Well......?
Back in the day it used to be common place to give your postman, your milkman, your window cleaner and your dustman a Christmas "box" or a "good drink", in a similar way in which it is fairly normal to tip your waiter or waitress, your hairdresser.
I am fully aware that the Americans have a rather different culture to ours in that tipping is recognised as 10% in a huge variety of establishments and seen almost as a right.
I like to think I am a good tipper, I rarely don't leave a tip and if I don't then it's usually either because a hefty service charge has been added or because the food and/or service has been very poor. Even then, the food may have been poor but the service good, so sometimes the two don't go hand in hand.
I've always contributed to the driver collections when travelling on either Trust or TZ coaches, it's just something I accept as "normal". I always tip my hairdresser a good 10 - 15%, plus a Christmas present. Our window cleaners always get a "drink" at Christmas, and I always leave the dustmen some beers at Christmas. I suppose my reasoning is that it's how I'd like to be treated if it was me, and that by showing I'm thankful, I get a better service.
Well......?
