Tipping

Whilst in A-dam, over the weekend, only tips I were giving were rounding up to next 5 or 0.

Over here I very rarely tip.

When I first went to the US the norm was 10% from hat I heard over the weekend its now close to 25%!!   How can they justify that?

bwfc71 wrote:Whilst in A-dam, over the weekend, only tips I were giving were rounding up to next 5 or 0.

Over here I very rarely tip.

When I first went to the US the norm was 10% from hat I heard over the weekend its now close to 25%!!   How can they justify that?

Who is adam and why was you inside him

What were you celebrating in Amsterdam Mr Amos?

I have started getting into tipping a bit, even though I am practically skint. Its a change in mindset for me.

It tends to pay off in the long term I think. I don't generally like the idea of feeling like its compulsory but at the moment I think you can tip based on service.

Today, as a result of offering a £10 tip to the guy who delivered me 10 tonnes of soil, he was kind enough to return the gesture by saying if we needed an extra tonne or two, give him a shout he will drop it off for free.

I always tip the hairdresser over the odds after a good do.

But the mindset also extends to giving money to people in need, homeless people, big issue sometimes, even a mum in a shop who couldn't afford something for her kid.

It just makes you feel better and it costs nothing really.

Tip.

Arrive at hotel, find out who looks powerful, give them £20 (if Turkey, say) and ask them to make sure you get the best room. They normally sort you out with a decent room with a view or a "free" upgrade. It works out cheaper than officially booking an upgrade and it gets the staff on side early too.

I don't see it as a waste of £20, I just look at it as part of the holiday cost.

You're even giving tips here! Good on you

I tip but I don't think of it as tipping.

I've never been so tight fisted that I hold my hand out for change - what are you going to spend your say 40p on back from the taxi driver / pizza delivery man / barber / etc?

It's nothing to me but if everybody give those who gave them a service their odd 40p's here or 60p's there, then it mounts up into something worth having for them at the end of the day.

I even give a bit more than the bill at places like the garage when I take my car in for a service as a small show of gratitude.

Believe me doing a good turn soon comes back to you.

People remember a small kindness given to them - they also remember the tight bastards too!

Well said Sluffy. Totally agree.

Natasha Whittam wrote:What were you celebrating in Amsterdam Mr Amos?

Meeting old friends and one of them ending his contract in Netherlands and moving to Thailand to build his own house.

Cue ladyboy jokes......

bwfc71 wrote:

Natasha Whittam wrote:What were you celebrating in Amsterdam Mr Amos?

Meeting old friends and one of them ending his contract in Netherlands and moving to Thailand to build his own house.

Cue ladyboy jokes......

Its supposed to be really cheap over there. (Thailand)

Ive always fancied going but ive heard apart f4om the main stream tourist area the rest of its a shithole

y2johnny wrote:

bwfc71 wrote:

Natasha Whittam wrote:What were you celebrating in Amsterdam Mr Amos?

Meeting old friends and one of them ending his contract in Netherlands and moving to Thailand to build his own house.

Cue ladyboy jokes......

Its supposed to be really cheap over there. (Thailand)

Ive always fancied going but ive heard apart f4om the main stream tourist area the rest of its a shithole

To be honest I have never been...

Heard its cheap, very cheap, and seen phots of hotels and private villas but nothing else.

y2johnny wrote:

bwfc71 wrote:

Natasha Whittam wrote:What were you celebrating in Amsterdam Mr Amos?

Meeting old friends and one of them ending his contract in Netherlands and moving to Thailand to build his own house.

Cue ladyboy jokes......

Its supposed to be really cheap over there. (Thailand)

Ive always fancied going but ive heard apart f4om the main stream tourist area the rest of its a shithole

It's not a shithole like you think, it's not India for example...

Not a dump at all to be fair Johnny.

karlypants wrote:

y2johnny wrote:

bwfc71 wrote:

Natasha Whittam wrote:What were you celebrating in Amsterdam Mr Amos?

Meeting old friends and one of them ending his contract in Netherlands and moving to Thailand to build his own house.

Cue ladyboy jokes......

Its supposed to be really cheap over there. (Thailand)

Ive always fancied going but ive heard apart f4om the main stream tourist area the rest of its a shithole

It's not a shithole like you think, it's not India for example...

Not a dump at all to be fair Johnny.

YOU DIRTY RACIST KP, POOR LITTLE INDIAN FUCKERS

Mr Magoo wrote:

karlypants wrote:

y2johnny wrote:

bwfc71 wrote:

Natasha Whittam wrote:What were you celebrating in Amsterdam Mr Amos?

Meeting old friends and one of them ending his contract in Netherlands and moving to Thailand to build his own house.

Cue ladyboy jokes......

Its supposed to be really cheap over there. (Thailand)

Ive always fancied going but ive heard apart f4om the main stream tourist area the rest of its a shithole

It's not a shithole like you think, it's not India for example...

Not a dump at all to be fair Johnny.

YOU DIRTY RACIST KP, POOR LITTLE INDIAN FUCKERS

Have you got a problem with you Caps lock key?

NO Y YOU SAY THAT

Mr Magoo wrote:NO Y YOU SAY THAT

BECAUSE YOU ARE CONSTANTLY SHOUTING!!!

OH

Mr Magoo wrote:OH

Everyone knows now.

http://forum.boltonnuts.co.uk/t12177p60-six-word-challenge#256651

Haircut i give a tip, i dont tip the big brands like L.A pizza or Fat Greasy Dicks Burger Joint, or ASDA or anything, mainly when i pay with cash, strip clubs and at the corner shop.

Fat greasy dicks burger? Do you get a surprise when you order from there?

You go to strip clubs? Is that the best you can do Scott?

Good good!