Clever boy! It's useful to know little tricks like that.

I usually tip 5% or leave the small stuff if all I've had is a couple of coffees, but 10% if it was a good meal.

Never really thought about it, but I do tend to get good service.

Another useful thing if you frequent any places a lot is to learn their names.

That's one of my OH's tricks. That and a VERY large tip if it's a place we're impressed with and want to get VERY good service next time! So far it's worked!

Waitresses trick, if your bill is 4.95 and you give a tenner you get back 5 x 1 euro coins and 5 cents, then i have a better chance of getting more than 5 cents from some stingy old bugger !!

(s.o.b. - different acronym, of course - being me, OH, et al!!!)

We don't tip nearly as much now that we live here as we used to when we only came over for holidays, but haven't noticed that we get any worse service!

In a restaurant we will usually leave around 10%, occasionally more if the food and/or service has been exceptionally good. I usually tip taxi drivers around 10% too. In bars I go to often (not there are many of those!) I don't tip every time, just now and again, and if I've just popped into one for a coffee as a one-off, I don't tip at all. We have also done the thing of leaving the smallest possible coin if we've had a really bad meal or poor service - I think they get the message.

I don't tip my hairdresser here as she owns her own salon rather than being an employee.

We also give a small tip to delivery men who bring large and heavy items up the steep street to our house as they have to carry them a long way from their van - does anyone else do this?

Yes - though it's a 1.5km off tarmac followed by several tens of metres of track etc etc .. but of course they've all (mostly) been there before because most of our stuff comes from the local ferreteria! Doesn't stop us making sure they have a few Cruzcampos when they get free time, though!

For me - a few small coins in a bar. In a restaurant never more than 5% unless the service is extraordinary - which it rarely is - part of their job is putting the food on your table.

I have never understood why people tip a hairdresser - do you tip your doctor?

Why do you tip a taxi driver but not a bus driver?

Why pay a delivery person if you don't tip the postman (assuming you have one)?

There is no logic to tipping! Best avoided.

I used to gets tips sometimes, but I suspect that most people thought 'It's his own business, he must be rich'.

I often think that not tipping in those circs is all to often an excuse for people to be mean. When someone did it to me, I always appreciated it as a sincere 'thank you'.

My clients tip me when I save them money, but it's usually in liquid form.

The best - and I bet you don't declare it!

It's never around at the end of the tax year!

You aren't a thief if you steal less than an MP.

Tip in restaurant according to service plus both quality and value for money of food. If both are rubbish give em nowt.

A doctor may consider it unethical and he probably has more than enough money anyway.
A hairdresser is not so well paid and usually dealt with on a much more friendly chatty basis.

Its normal to have a whip round for bus drivers on excursions, however those on local services often deal in tickets only and in any event everyone gets the same service, however tips may be given to a regular driver at xmas or new year.

Its normal to give the postman a sizable tip once a year at xmas or new year as with the dustbin man.

Just 2 words from me.


Minge bags.

I have noticed that some bars round up/down the bill on a random basis, usually to a neat euro without any cents.