tiping

[Disel]

I heard a serva on the radeo 2 days ago and thot i'ed get it on hear

tiping when to do it when note to do it

I tip good serfes like at tim hortons,  when i get delvery, but not when i pick up the food up (pizza)

[alleycat009]

I don't tip when I can't understand the person performing the service.  It seems to happen a lot around here with all the people that don't speak english.

[Terias]

I dont tip when a persons income is higher than mine

[alleycat009]

Heheh! *applause*

[Disel]

if i don't have the mone on me at time i won't

[FoX_MoLdY]

I've made a habit of tipping generously. I don't find myself in a situation where a tip is customary too often, though.

[bloodredruby]

When it comes to waitresses, hair dressers, tattoo artists, and anyone else that falls in the same genres...

I tip more generously when I have some disposable income, and in at least an average way when I am following my day to day budget.

I will, however, complement exceptional service and ignore tips for mediocre services, where ever and what ever the service is rendered.

There are also times when I think that a sincerely spoken comment of satisfaction over the job done is easily as good as a cash tip (especially if the tip would be small, anyhow).

Key point; I had a special floral arrangement in mind today, and the florist I went to see went above and beyond my expectations to create a beautiful, affordable arrangement. I did not tip her with cash, but I spoke to her directly and openly to let her know how pleased I was with the service, and how much i appreciated the time she took to satisfy my needs.

The traditional gratuity would have been about sixty cents, but the praise and thanks I offered her is certainly worth much more.

[Disel]

I heard that people in fort mack don't tip at Tim Hortons.  is that true?

[Nexus]

I don't tip at Tim Hortons. The person is working behind the counter so really, I don't see the need to tip. Plus, at Timmies, a coffee is so cheap you usually have around exact change, so why pull out more?

When a waiter or waitress is present, or someone delivered pizza perhaps, and like Ruby said, at a hair dresser's, then I tip. 

[Disel]

it's is $1.62 for a coffe at Timmes and i just give $2.00.  too what for change is not worth it to me pluse the worker will be made at you for holding the line up to long[)

[alleycat009]

I have never heard of tipping at Tim Hortins, or any coffee shop for that matter.

And really, $2 is expensive for coffee.  That's like an 80% profit, unless you're Starbucks, where you're shipping coffee from rich soiled areas to make the best brew, then it's more like 79%.

[Disel]

In Cape Breton it is difernt   hehe we don't go by real live hear:D

[blue-vulpine]

They must have really good coffee up in Cape Breton. :3

I tip on what I think is fare, and the amount is fully dependent on the service that was received. I'm likely to tip more if the person serving me is friendly, I don't really mind for the speed of the service, just because its nice to be out, and when in a group, enjoy some good conversation while you wait. :3

[Drewdle]

I tip generously. People who work in server positions, be they at a Tim Hortons, an every-city-has-one chain restaurant, or The Keg, put up with a lot of crap from people who think they're better than them because they're serving their food. They also get paid some of the lowest wages in the service industry. I won't tip well if the server is not doing their job or they are rude, which I've seen before, but generally I tip far more generously than someone on my income would. I'll usually use the percentage rule (I use 15%) and then round up to the nearest five or ten.

I take issue with a couple of the opinions offered in this thread, first and foremost being the following:

I don't tip when I can't understand the person performing the service.  It seems to happen a lot around here with all the people that don't speak english.

While I have difficulty understanding some people who I serve at work (and indeed some people who serve me at their work), I would never tip poorly based on someone's race or regional background. Just because your server has difficulty getting their words out does not mean they're working any less diligently than ANY of the english-speaking people at the establishment (it's been my observation they're often working harder). Why should I tip them less because they're not like me? It's disrespectful, and frankly, a poor comment on Canadians to do this to someone trying to learn our language.

Secondly, $2 is not expensive for a coffee. When you consider the cost to clear the space to grow the coffee, the costs in growing the coffee, the costs in shipping the coffee, and the welfare of those who grow coffee for us, you're lucky you're not paying $10 for a cup of coffee. The only reason you're not, in fact, is because Tim Horton's takes beans from the cheapest sources it can manage, pays the growers a pittance for it, and assists in no way the maintenance of the land used to grow the coffee (and thus contributes to the destruction of fertile land, and the rainforest, which is cleared to make more fertile land). Starbucks is not a saint either, but they can show you where your money goes and what their supply chain looks like. Tim's couldn't tell you any of that; most of them don't know how the coffee got in the foil packet.

I know the bashing an iconic Canadian business is going to get me flamed here, but Tim Hortons has changed so much in the last twenty years that I wouldn't feed my cat there, and this is coming from a guy who has done time behind the counter in said establishment.

[Runemist]

I've worked at Tim Hortons, and I'd like to point out that, usually, the people buying the coffee are people making a tonne more money than the people behind the counter. Who cares if there's a counter in the way, or a drive through window, as opposed to a table or whatever? I don't think it's terribly fair. I mean, waiters and waitresses get an hourly wage, so what makes them special?
That, and do you think the staff sees that 80% profit on coffee? Nope, not at all. They usually try to squeeze as much out of their staff as possible. At least, that's been my experience. Also, the paper cups and sheer amount of coffee they go through, it's not nearly an 80% profit. They started freaking out at staff at mine during the summer because they were using disposable cups for water! Those things cost a pretty penny.
Also, I don't agree with the idea with "not speaking english, not getting a tip," as I've known a lot of people who don't speak english very well, and do their job wonderfully. The implication was made that, just because they have not yet learned english or have not been born english, they don't deserve a tip, and I don't agree with that.
I tip when and if I can. I don't often have a lot of disposable income, and if I'm purchasing something that is barely within my budget and a "treat" for myself, then I suppose I don't tip. However, I make sure that everyone knows that I am pleased and happy with what's going on, and I thank people often. Similar to Ruby's method.

[Terias]

I suppose my stigma comes from my job, Im a non-employee supervisor (all the work none of the pay) for ATT techinical support.  I deal with way more crap than any delivery guy or waiter, I handle People money, they're servives.. In some cases they're lively hood.. I have to watch every word I say as Im Liable from ATT"s standpoint.  And do I get a tip, no...

So random guy working as a delivery boy, he gets a wage for a job.. I dont think they need to get much extra.. hell I dont

and again, im in windsor.. minimuim wage is maximum wage.. you're pay is = or > then mine then no tip for you

Now, if I get REALLY outstanding service at some place then I'll usually tip.. but not regularly.. And yes I tip pennies too... so bite me

[Kell]

I work in the food industry, I bake for a living... and tips are the only spare income I have.

I tip well, however, I also DON'T tip if its not deserved. If I sit there for half an hour waiting for my food without a drink or a word from the waitress, I rarely tip, or tip less, but as long as people are polite and helpful, I'm the sort that leaves a twenty on a sixty dollar meal.

You have to remember, in MOST places these days, your not actually handing your waiter or waitress your tip. He/She likely keeps most of it, but there are also cooks, precooks, bakers, and countless other staff members (Dishwashers, Bakers, you name it) that get a cut of those tips.

That being said, most people that tip, tip plenty, just don't be one of the old bitches around here, that hand the waitress a nickle like its some great gift

If your ever at the home restaurant in salmon arm, BC, have a piece of pie! Trust me, its damned good

[Spike V.]

I learned how to tip from watch reservior dogs. Great instruction from Mr. Pink.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-qV9wVGb38&feature=related

[Disel]

Ok I lide erler.  or sourt of I did give a tip when I piced the pizza up but it was a now shop and he was rele cool about me being hiper

stuf like that is so cool becuse I'm rely hiper and can't help it all the time.  some people thinkes you should beable to help it all the time and thay scrame at you when you even trie not to be so hiper

[Giri]

I tip when I can,but at timmies there is always the customary 25 cent tip,and along with most food services,aside from fast food. It just occur to me to tip there. I also aviod tip jars,maybe if I've a bunch of change but tip jars don't sit right with me :/

Agree with whoever mentioned giving people a "pat on the back" for good work ^^

OH and cabbies,always give a good tip to cabbies. I'd tip the bus driver,but the friggen rates are ridiculous enough as is