Tipping

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As a rule I rarely tip pizza guys. Sorry, just don't.

With that being said I will usually tip wait staff around 20%, unless they are god awful, then the tip is lower.

Bartenders I am not as good a tipper. Usually it is 10-15% tip. Again I do not know why this is the case, part of it may be that I see waiting tables as more difficult task with fewer patrons to take tips from. Bartending I also see as more of a skill, if you can make a really killer martini or introduce me to a new drink, I will tip quite a bit.

The tipping culture here is very different when it comes to pubs. Generally, you don't tip barstaff. At all.

I learned to tip delivery people early on, but I have to admit it wasn't an obvious thing to do at first. It was only after I thought about the fact that the food cost the same whether it was delivered or I picked it up that it became obvious to tip the delivery person for the clear value added.

People who don't tip get their pizza last as a rule, we generally like to take care of the ones who take care of us. It's a tipped position, but more dangerous than being a waiter or waitress

I hate tipping. I generally tip 15-20%, but I really go out of my way to avoid restaurants that require tipping. If I order Chinese or pizza, I'll pick it up myself. It's not that I have anything against the workers, I just think the whole tipping system is idiotic. The owners should pay their workers properly, and raise prices instead.

I am so embarrassed to tip. I try to hide it so no one can see how much I tipped and then I quickly leave the restaurant before the waiter can count it. I don't think I tip poorly but I am worried they won't be happy with it.

The thing I like most about China is tipping is not expected and is considered rude. Tips here are reserved for extra 'adult' services.

I generally tip very, very well - especially to people who I will return to. In my mind, I want my hairdresser to like me, so I tip her well. Kinda messed up.

Other than tipping as a result of someone else paying for dinner, and they requested tipping, I haven't really ever did the tip thing.
When I had a job that suckered people into tipping, it never amazed me who tipped and didn't. What amazed me is that people tip so often and how mindless the general population can be when it comes to these things.

As to how I feel about it: If someone wants to tip, so be it, although the repercussions to the mentality of tippers makes me want to vomit

The people tipping using the rationale that the server makes crap wages do need a course in critical thinking. Their tipping is the specific reason why the wages won't go up and it reveals how selfish and ego stroking many are and how it reveals the lust for having power over a servant/lower caste citizen in so many people.

A friend of mine would specifically treat people like crap and ignore the customer just to mock how moronic they were as he seemed able to spot the big tipper by default mindset in people. I never could figure it out (I didn't ask either) myself.

What kinda makes sense is "tipping," when for some reason a person feels a person doing their job went extra ordinarily out of their way to provide good service. Personally, each and every time I got a tip it just did not make sense, considering the other jobs I had that had low pay and the work was many times more difficult than doing a server type job.

Tipping someone for doing their job is very odd indeed to me. I've encountered quite a few people outside of the USA who also scratch their head and finding USA citizens very silly.