Why do most people think you HAVE to tip?

You don't HAVE to. When I was younger I worked at papa gino's in the kitchen and one women was a delivery driver and she told me I should just become a delivery driver instead, they got 9$ an hour PLUS tips. Yet I was making minimum wage at the time- 7.25 an hour.

A tip is just an optional reward for good service.



Another question.. I used to work as a receptionist at a hair salon, and when I was being trained they made me ask the customer if they were using a credit card to ask "Would you like to put the tip on your card?" I thought that was the rudest thing, I was always taught it was rude to ask that, and it was bad etiquette. They assumed they were getting a tip, and the hairdresser's made good money.Why do most people think you HAVE to tip?
u rr right....i think it should be up to the customer if the service was good enough to tip...for instance when i take a taxi right down the street, and its 7 dollars already, which is a lot....why would i tip u for doing ur job....they dont do nething thas extra special...



when i go to dunkin donuts and order box of joe and sandwiches/dpnuts..w/e then i tip like 2 dollars, cause they are working hard to helpme with my order.Why do most people think you HAVE to tip?
It all depends- If my haircut/eyebrows/food/etc was good, i usually lean toward 15%. If I have my food delivered I always tip the same amount. ( except one pizza guy who twice brought me pizza with the cheese all on one half- it was obvious that he applies his brakes frequently in an unsafe manner- I told him his tip was to stp tailgating people). But I think aside from banquets/functions where the tip is already in the price it is ALWAYS optional- folks, if you want a tip- just treat us the way you'd like to be treated.

Simple as that.
At many restaurants, waitresses get paid below the normal minimum wage, and rely on tips to make something approaching a living income. Essentially, the "tip" is a part of the overall cost of serving the food. Without "mandatory tipping," the price of dining experience would be 10-20% higher.



In the case of delivery drivers, sometimes the drivers are expected to pay for gasoline, and tipping offsets that cost.



By and large, though, there doesn't seem to be a lot of logic to the way tipping is usually handled. A tip really ought to be a completely optional thing for generous patrons or exceptional service. There is really very little a pizza deliveryman can do that really justifies being called "exceptional service," so it's pretty stupid that we're expected to tip them.



Soliciting tips, I agree, is fairly rude/unprofessional.Why do most people think you HAVE to tip?
i usually tip someone that i know is making only minimum wage and who is giving me good service. if the service is bad, dont tip and dont be intimidated by people who say "you have to leave at least 15% or more" suki
because the taxman assumes that people in the service industry gets tipped and taxes them above their actual wagesWhy do most people think you HAVE to tip?
tips r optional so it should not be asked or forced its a gift for good service company's who ask for tip is greed