American Reacts to Brits Hate American Tipping Culture!

[@austinwiththehat]

If you tip out of fear of getting a crappy service next time, then it’s not a tip, it’s a protection racket

[@wulfgold]

If they spit in my food, I'm gonna rub one out 🤣 Better tha OF.

[@simonmetcalfe5926]

We tip for good service, not because the restaurant won't pay their staff properly. ✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@dscott1392]

The reason we don't like US style tips is that it isn't a tip.....you are paying their wages....in the UK it's to reward good service

[@thomas-xj1hs]

but why ? Can the employer not pay the wages, not the customer!

[@andycooper6085]

@@thomas-xj1hs Not under capitalism in the US!

[@scottirvine121]

@@thomas-xj1hsnot the way US business is set up with little government legislation

[@scottirvine121]

Spot on this comment

[@seijunsejuki]

Service in the US is better than in Britain though

[@Chris-c7i8d]

I would say the real difference is that the moment it is expected it isn't really a tip. The whole point of a tip is that it's something extra!

[@lenaoxton8827]

Love your matching hoodies!

[@kev2020-z9s]

That because in the UK and euro we pay a proper wage.

[@chollisketteridge7727]

Tipped staff in the US can earn more than twice the UK's average salary, with EASE.

[@someone-un7op]

​@@chollisketteridge7727 yes after they've been tipped, whereas in the UK they earn a decent wage without the consumer having to pay again

[@chollisketteridge7727]

​@someone-un7op It's British Anti-American snobbery. The service industry being a tipped profession is one of the best parts of American culture, I know people earning comfortably 75k a year in good restaurants. While the Brits earn a poor minimum wage and do an equally hard job

[@wulfgold]

@@someone-un7op and can generally still accept tips. Worked somewhere that had a "no tip" policy, but you could run drinks through if a customer bought you one - backfired on the owner, as we were a good team + there'd be a few of us getting wankered at the end of our shifts every day 😂

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

@@chollisketteridge7727 You completely miss the point there.

[@neuralwarp]

In Finland, offering a tip is seen as patronising, and disrespectful to a fellow professional.

[@paulvader7269]

I only tip in the UK when I think the person has gone above and beyond their normal duties.

[@Diamondmine212]

Brits DO tip but it’s VERY MUCH a case of IF THEY FEEL THEYVE HAD EXTRA GOOD SERVICE. We aren’t forced to tip because we paid a mandatory minimum wage law,so staff aren’t forced to rely on tips to make up their wages. Usually there’s a ‘ tip jar’ on the counter where you pay your bill to leave a tip,it’s shared out between ALL the staff working that night. But we don’t HAVE TOO.

[@alisonrodger3360]

If there's a service charge, we'll pay it, but it will put us off going back there. We usually go to the same Indian restaurant, the bill is normally around 50 quid & we'll tip a tenner because the food & service are excellent. Standard food & service probably a fiver. I'll tip a food delivery person a couple of quid, extra if the weather is terrible. Anywhere else, taxi's for example, it's a round up & keep the change situation. I think in britain we like to think of a tip as an extra reward or thank you and don't like when it's almost mandatory & making up staff wages.

[@joerhorton]

Back in 1989 I worked as a waiter and barman near an airport, for a few days I was talking to this american chap and serving him over the 2 days he was staying. We chatted and got on, he told me he was a pilot and on his last morning before checking out, he turned up in his uniform and called me over to give me a £50 tip. I told him I didn't want to accept it, but he said that because I was genuine with him and made him feel at ease. I was ecstatic over this and as you can guess, I still remember it very well as £50 in 1989 was a massive amount to get a tip. Thank you to that Pilot.

[@wulfgold]

I've done bar work and that's literally the job, keep people happy - the bonus is that happy customers are much easier to deal with so win/win. That was an excellent tip back then. I've alway done alright on that front, but not that good. Look after the regulars, let them know you know they're there and work through the queue. Hell, if I had a NICE local pub, I'd do a couple shifts a week as long as I didn't have to do any cleaning.

[@simonrobbins8357]

It’s like sales tax. Many videos praise the fact that in Europe the price on the shelf is the price you pay at the till. It should be the same in a restaurant, the price on the menu should be the price you pay. I don’t mind paying for service, but if you want me to pay £12 then print £12 on the menu!! Don’t tell me it’s £10 and then expect me to guess how much you really want😂

[@neuralwarp]

In Britain, soliciting a tip is technically classified as Begging.

[@nautilus4599]

Up to 6 years in prison

[@brianc-i2i]

The self service tills at Newark airport's shops now prompt for a tip! Take a bottle of the water off a shelf, scan and pay for it yourself.. who exactly are you meant to be tipping?!

[@moominmay]

Sounds like a comedy sketch lol - maybe it’s meant for introverts who likely did have their preferred service? 😅

[@benabel7326]

Being from the UK I'll tip my hairdresser and often taxi drivers but that's about it.

[@Chris-c7i8d]

Thanks for your easy going but not too easy going' channel, it seems to really be helping me in some troubled times :-)

[@paulmoore4223]

Good luck mate, you'll get through this

[@distracted5097]

I tried to tip once here in the UK because the dinner and service was lovely. But they refused. They said they couldn't take it because it would be unfair for the other servers that didn't serve me

[@stevenmclaren2730]

I don't believe you.

[@se4307]

@@distracted5097 really tho???? 🤔

[@sirderam1]

Strange. Most places operate a tip pooling system where all tips are pooled and distributed equally to the various types of staff. The waiters will normally get the largest share but an agreed percentage will often go to bar staff and even kitchen staff. This evens out the luck factor of waiters getting high tipping or low tipping tables, and also rewards the whole team that is needed to provide the good customer experience that generates the tip.

[@countgeekula9143]

Like others here have said I object to tipping in order to subside employers who don't pay their staff properly. I like and enjoy to tip purely to reward genuinely good service and at a rate of my own choosing.

[@JJLAReacts]

That’s the way it SHOULD be!

[@jerbil9353]

If I visited the US I wouldn't tip. I don't see why it's my job to pay their wages. If all Americans stopped tipping tomorrow, nobody would take a $4 per hour job serving, and restaurants would have to pay their staff properly. Problem solved. Just yet another example of something odd in US culture, which when dug into, is due to corporate greed.

[@seijunsejuki]

So you wouldn't tip, knowing that wait staff rely on your tip in order to make a wage? So... you're a giant a--hole, then? Got it.

[@katashworth41]

We did give the staff at my youngest nieces birthday party a slightly unusual tip, part of the cake. It was big enough to feed about 100 people and even with my partner’s family and their love of cake (I don’t have a remotely sweet tooth) it was the best way to not waste it. They seemed happy enough.

[@Faluzeer]

Back in the late 1990's i worked for an Anglo / US company. Occasionally i had to go over to the states for work purposes, at the end of one trip my department went out for lunch, there were only 10 of us there, multiple mistakes were made, including me initially getting the totally wrong meal. Despite all the issues, we still collectively paid a large tip... I did not want to tip, but then people mentioned how the staff relied on the tip.

[@gingerwaynos]

Nice touch mirroring the subject you’re reacting to, clothing wise. Next step recreating the background. Next level reacting.

[@sandraback7809]

We had multiple trip to Las Vegas and we always tipped what was relevant at the time. Over the years this moved from 15% to25%. The basic rule was if it breathed, you tipped. We didn’t really like it, but when in Rome, and we were aware it was part of the servers income. In the UK, because I waited on for years while I had a young family ( husband walked in from work, I went out to do bar or wait on)I will tip cash to the server. I am critical, having done service and silver service but I will tip at least 10% or a fiver. I met some lovely people while waiting on. Young people supplementing their student loans while studying at university and other young mothers fitting in work around child care. Hard work and long hours!

[@johnstrac]

The worst is when businesses take some of the tips for themselves and short change the staff. I believe that this practise has recently been outlawed in the UK. I do like "pooling" of tips though, my daughter worked in a restaurant kitchen and all the tips the waiting and bar staff got were shared amongst all the staff, after all they're all part of the team.

[@littlemy1773]

I hate pooling. I worked at a place years ago that did this . I ended up working with one girl a few times, she did none of the waiting on or bar work. She spent the whole time chatting with customers . People left tips for me, as I was the only one who attended to them, and she took half. For doing sod all.

[@johnstrac]

@@littlemy1773 that's the other side of the coin I'm afraid.

[@wobaguk]

Doing the dishes is called 'washing up' in the UK. A 'washing up bowl' is a large plastic bowl that sits inside the sink to hold the items. Americans seem mystified why they are popular in the UK despite featuring a lot on American Amazon.

[@JJLAReacts]

Oh I see, thanks for pointing that out!

[@mattbentley9270]

Tips are taxed in the \UK and have to go through a payroll, no longer allowed just to keep them in cash... You must declare tips properly for tax purposes whether you are an employee or self-employed, whether you get them in cash or in another way. Tips do not count as income for national minimum wage purposes, but they do count as income for other purposes, such as tax, tax credits and universal credit.

[@philliproberts963]

I will never pay the restaurant service charge. I ask for it to be removed from the bill and then give the waiting staff a cash tip(normally 20%)for their service and attentiveness. That then goes into their pocket and they don’t have to share the tip with the money grabbing restaurant!

[@sharpskilz]

America, the most needlessly complicated place on the planet.

[@anotherthez7598]

You stole my comment (lol)... Ya, 100%.

[@JJLAReacts]

😂

[@tryaluck]

We do tip taxi drivers and barbers/hairdressers in the uk and bar staff sometimes.

[@MattMcQueen1]

My mother was a waitress for many years. I always tip, although I sometimes tip in cash when paying by card. Otherwise, I'm not sure if the waiting staff get the tips, and it's up to the waiting staff if they declare it for tax purposes (they legally should, but I think it's very unfair that tips get taxed).

[@KevinN-df8eo]

If I'm in a pub and I like it I buy the bartender a beer, also helps when it's busy, but tried it in Wetherspoons and they told me it was company policy they could not accept. I asked for the tip jar and was told they didn't have one. That's a damn good policy.

[@garyforteath1969]

Also in the UK I have worked in places where I as the waitress got all my tips, and also places where the tips were communal - we were all expected to put out tips in the big jar - then at the end of each week they were split evenly between all staff - kitchen as well as serving. I don't like those places because customers aren't tipping for the standard of food; they're tipping for good service. If I got a great tip it was because I did a great job as a waitress. I resented having to share it with other servers who did bare minimum, counting on a share of my tips, a kitchen staff the customers never saw who were already making more than me. ( FYI I didn't always put the whole tip in the jar).

[@garyforteath1969]

my cousin in Pittsburgh told me that servers are also taxed as if they had earned 20% of their declared wage income, so if they have been stiffed on the tip a bunch of times, they're actually paying the tax on tips they never got out of their earnings! It sucks so much - people don't tip so much in the UK because servers get payed the national minimum wage, if not a living wage, by their boss.

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

Forcing people to beg for alms instead of paying the staff decent wages is just bizarre. Yes, I do often "round up", but just as a courtesy when I feel so inclined. And never more than 5-10 percent. This in Norway.

[@machendave]

Servers in the UK get a wage that they can live on, maybe not live well but survivable. We tip good service

[@MattMcQueen1]

I liked the almost matching tops 🤣

[@eezZzee]

Tipping is bribery....and only that. I never tip when im buying a washing machine.

[@BexREB]

This was 10-15 years ago so may not be the same now and of course itll vary whoever you ask tbh. I worked in a pretty fancy restaurant and there were never tips (but that was before the govt got on at some restaurants for holding back tips etc so that could absolutely have been happening). But when i worked at Maccys i had a few customers ask if they could give me a tip but company policy was to not accept them if offered but it was interesting having such different experiences in polar opposite environments.

[@Ayns.L14A]

WOOAH hang on there gerty, as an ex barman, in the UK, if you have any sense, on a busy night you always tip the bar person with your first drink, when the queue at the bar is 5 or 6 deep, you tip, you will get served quicker......

[@sc3pt1c4L]

You are a perfectly handsome chap JJ, if you want to wear your glasses, DO it, be yourself. We are chilled with it. Unless they are Dame Edna style.

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Love your near matching tops, nice

[@britishknightakaminininja1123]

Tipping is still common when a group of people go to a restaurant in the UK. However, yes it will likely be 10-15%, and it is absolutely dependent on the level of service and care they felt they got. So a great server at a good restaurant can still earn a lot of extra money in tips, but staff applying for those jobs will have been assured of a good wage before ever applying - better restaurants pay better than minimum wage specifically to attract good servers who won't want to lose that job. The other side of this, of course, is that where servers give bad service nobody feels much guilt about not tipping at all. If a server has been rude, has been obviously more interested in talking to other staff than serving the customers, or otherwise done a bad job of it, they probably are getting nothing, yet still earn their wages. You'd probably never go back to that restaurant with such awful staff and no oversight, but that's on the business, not the customers. I do remember, as a kid, my mother leaving an envelope marked 'tip' on the table for one particularly awful server. Inside was a handwritten note that said "If you'd been polite, attentive, and cared about your job, there would have been money in here" - which honestly, is a pretty good tip. 🤣

[@teedeed5390]

My mum leaves money on the table for them to get when clearing up but if service is rotten no chance 😂😂 we are in Scotland I do tip if service is good.

[@paulmoore4223]

Where can pay someone elses wages to save the business owner the cost? SHOW ME ON A MAP!

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Hi seeing you and girl gone London are both former Floridians, have you thought of doing a catch up with her when comes back to visit family and friends?

[@carolineskipper6976]

In the UK I've grown up with the expectation that if I have had good service I tip in a restaurant with table service, and my hairdresser (and I guess by implication other beauty therapists should I use them) - both at about 10%. But I don't feel obligated to do either- the moment it becomes an obligation it isn't a 'tip' in my book. I do also tip Uber drivers a flat £1 as I know they only get 45% of the money I pay for the trip (which costs the same or less than other taxi firms I could have chosen). I guess if I stayed in the sort of hotel where someone carried my bags to my room I might tip........But no automatic tip for room service in general. Beyond those examples, I don't see why I should tip anyone just doing their job. If a business expects to provide a certain level of service to their customers they should be paying staff to provide that, not expecting the customer to pay their wages!

[@lenaoxton8827]

I much prefer the U.K. way of tipping (basically never unless the service was amazing) but when I visit the US I always always follow the local custom and tip no matter what. I just can’t handle the awkwardness of not tipping where it’s expected.

[@AlOh-2]

The only tip that is acceptable in the UK, is beer! Usually given to construction workers at the end of a job and teachers. 🤭

[@dscott1392]

@AlOh-2 yeh I've done that...had carpet fitters in all day....added a case of beer ....just a nice touch for a worker at the end of a hard day

[@rickythompson8718]

You should do some British music video reactions. I would love to hear some of your views on Ren, a UK musician. Also, Ren reaction videos are a license to print money/viewers!

[@michaeltunnicliffe4935]

For me, a big reason I don't like tipping is because I don't see why you should pay someone extra just to do their job when no one else gets that perk. I mean sure, you go to a restaurant and some young college student comes and takes your order and brings you the food and you are happy with the service. But what did they really do? Listened to you speak, write it down and then bring you what you asked for. And you praise them for doing a great job. But you aren't tipping the chef who cooked your meal. You aren't tipping the restaurant owner/ manager who is the whole reason that restaurant is open in the first place. You aren't tipping the cleaners who keep the restaurant safe to cook and consume food in. You aren't tipping the delivery driver who brought your steak to the restaurant to be cooked. You aren't tipping the farmer who grew the food you are eating. You aren't tipping the person who made the oven that was used to cook the food you consume. You aren't tipping the iron worker who prepared the iron that was used to make that oven. You aren't tipping the people who are busy making the energy that powers the ovens as well as the lighting. Why does the server get a tip when they have both, done the least amount of work to get that food on your table, but also has simply just done her job just like the chef, delivery driver, farmer, cleaner etc. It's far fairer and just common sense that all people should be given a fair wage and that is the reward they get for doing the job they are paid to do.

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

I agree, I worked in a laundrette nobody tipped me for doing their laundry.

[@daverees9344]

Went to the US in October, they charged service charge, then tax, then wanted a tip?. This got very expensive as the food was expensive to start with. In the UK they get 10% if the service is good, nothing if the service is bad. My sister refuses to give a tip at any time. She sais 'nobody tips me at work so why should I tip them'.

[@clairesel22]

Wrote the below before she added on the end how sadly we've picked up the American practice, and now if you eat in a restaurant it does feel more obligatory. Even in France (where I'd learned was a culture offended by tips) a few weeks ago, I had the 'add tip?' message appear on the card machine and had to embarrassingly click no as I'm scrimping. My parents always pay tips, but it's normally never more than £20, and only if we got decent service. On a real though, why are Americans so obsessed with adding more money onto the total?? I get stressed enough at UK Costco where they display the total cost in the fineprint underneath the pre-tax cost Americans are used to.

[@scottirvine121]

I was actually laughing out loud when you had to look up 20% of a very easy couple of numbers 😂😂😂 Just do 10% and double it dude

[@helenwood8482]

The fact that tipping started with servants is a large part of why we hate it. I work for a living. I consider myself the equal of anyone else who works. Sometimes, Americans try to offer me a tip. This shows they consider me a servant. In fact, Americans developed tipping so former slaves were not paid fairly. They are saying they consider me a slave. I refuse all tips.

[@susanpearson-creativefibro]

The suggestion that if they are paid a proper wage the service quality goes down, could be interpreted as they don’t want to work in the hospitality industry. They are using the job to suck up to customers for tips. So in a nutshell they are begging for a living.

[@daviniarobbins9298]

I think the only times I have ever tipped is if I am at a restaurant or in a taxi. I have never tipped a bus driver or the cashier at a supermarket or bank. One time I got a coach in New York. After we got to the coach station in New York I asked the coach driver to get my suitcase out from the luggage compartment, he refused. I had to get it myself and it was at the back so I didn't tip him because he was rude and refused to help. More fool him.

[@jeanauguste-f7i]

I'm a Brit went on holiday to Italy, had an average meal in a restaurant. Was thinking of tipping until the waitress wouldn't hand me my change, saying it's my tip. I was going to tip more than the change.cos its normal for us to leave a tip discreetly on the table, not hand it directly to them. She ended up with nothing. No one tells me what im doing with my hard earned money.

[@LAD907]

I won't think twice about expressing my gratitude if the tip (full amount) goes straight to the employee's pocket at the time of tipping. However, it's a serious red flag towards to the company if the tip needs to be disclosed to the employer

[@rachaelbullmore48]

I feel like a massive point is being missed here: in the UK the minimum wage means that all wait staff are guaranteed to receive at least a decent wage for the hours worked: we Brits are not being stingy or miserly. That's why we tip for excellent service in the UK and 10% on top of a decent wage is good. I know tipping culture means that you MIGHT earn more in the US - you don't get a guaranteed decent hourly rate.

[@daverees9344]

Washing up bowl. A plastic bowl put inside the sink to put the dishes in, rather than ptting the dished straight into the sink

[@Elkott]

You pay $70 for a haircut?! I pay £15

[@JJLAReacts]

Ugh 😩

[@paulmoore4223]

You pay £15???? Leeds Market, Old style barber, £5. Admittedly tip on top

[@BuickRasDesign]

We don't hate USA tipping culture. We do hate they Americans think that begging is normal everywhere else, when it's just not. Americans seem to have been programmed to believe this is the case hence they get upset when travelling abroad. We DO tip here in the UK, but only for exceptional service. Everything else below that is already paid for in the bill, ie; the food, is a contract between me and the chef and I never asked for a middle man that I then have to bear responsibility for - that my friends, is the chef's job to hire his own staff. Although it's not his fault the USA system is so corrupt, but neither is it the fault of the consumer, the government has for decades put this onus on the humble waiter/ress to go begging and to look upset when there's no tip. The USA governing/tax system is so corrupt and so mean to their people that it's shocking to the rest of us around the world that you even allow yourselves to be treated this way. Pride is a big thing here. LoL So much so, just yesterday a homeless guy refused me giving him a bag of chips (fries, for you American speakers) as he'd "just eaten a big meal" - kudos to that guy though, because I found another homeless guy that was so hungry he nearly kissed me! - karma is real peeps! When you get some, pass it along, them is the rules.

[@capablancauk]

Go in and ask the wage. Poor wages walk out, don't say walk out. Ask if you are expected to tip if yes walk out. If the business fold thats just economics.

[@emmajayne4894]

Our minimum wage for over 21s is £11.44 ($14.33) so similar to california

[@mattbentley9270]

Montana $4 !!! What? I know there is F'k all in Montana but still .... Love the matching tops by the way

[@campbelljacable]

I'm english but my dad's side of the family is all american and my grandma supposedly got a 5k tip when she was working at a steakhouse in montana back in the 60s. Apparently there was this entitled oil baron type who asked for his steak blue who kept on sending it back because it was too well done, after about the 4th or 5th time she was that pissed off that she just grabbed a raw slice of beef and slapped it on the plate and this seemed to impress the fella.

[@AndrewAHayes]

The US should pay a real living wage to service staff and add the service charge into the prices, relying on tips to pay their income is wrong. On my first trip to the US I kept forgetting about the tipping culture and was chased by the waiter for their tip. When I have travelled in Asia the staff always ask which country you are from, sometimes this is just curiosity but is mostly to determine if you are American, they will then ask Americans for a tip if they don't pay them one. I am English and do sometimes leave a tip, but only for good service and usually about 15% and then round that up.

[@robcrossgrove7927]

Washing up bowls. In one of her previous videos, Caylin discussed that some Brits put a large plastic bowl in their kitchen sinks and wash the dishes up in that. Contrary to her saying or giving the impression that this is what most Brits do, we are very divided over the practice. Some of us can't see the point.

[@daiman56]

Tipping in the US is actually subsidizing the restaurants staff costs. Tips should be for good service, and businesses should pay a living wage.

[@ivylasangrienta6093]

I only tip at restaurants, and not even all of them.

[@janolaful]

Anyone notice there both wearing the same tops lol, i hate it when you get your bill and it has tip already added i always get it removed i personally hand the server their tip and make sure it goes to them

[@a1f13a]

I'm from England I do tip occasionally but only if I felt that I received a good service or want to support the company i.e. small restaraunt or barbers. With US tipping is it generaly shared or does the tip go to who ever served you also does the company takes a percent?

[@slytheringingerwitch]

A tip for us is basically saying, 'thank you for giving us good service,' it shouldn't be because your wages are so low, that without my tip, you cannot survive.

[@michellejones5541]

In my opinion if a business can not afford to pay its staff or just does not want to pay their staff they have no right being in business. Staff should not be expected to have theur wages paid directly from the customers. Very good service does deserve a small tip but you shouldn't feel forced to pay. Ive also been in a few restaurants where the "tips" are kept by the business especially when paying by card

[@pds8475]

In a lot of the world tipping in seen as being disrespectful to the owners. As it's seen basically that you are saying the owners don't pay their staff poperly. Here in the UK tipping mainly means that the staff has gone above and beyond.

[@KevinN-df8eo]

Sorry to come in again, but I just remembered - wait staff in the USA have to declare their tips to the IRS and be taxed on them. Their bosses, as everyone pretty much pays by card now, are told if you tell the IRS who got each tip, you will pay less tax, so all the chain restaurants etc snitch on their staff and still pay them shit wages. Effed up.

[@AngelaVara-i4l]

Bad service deserves no tip. It's time people stood up for themselves and get paid properly and not have to rely on tips.

[@AndrewBush-d2j]

I visited a takeaway i was pleased with the service i asked if I could tip i was told off by the management we pay our staff proper wages that is Britain for you

[@EdDueim]

Trotsky was strongly opposed to tipping and when he ate at his favourite restaurant he would announce that "Tipping is bourgeoise and demeans the dignity of labour" and refuse to tip. He was right, but he did get hot tea spilled over him.

[@wulfgold]

JJ - look up the conecpt of "Universal basic income" + some places (Euro mostly) are experimenting with 4x day week. US service feels incredibly fake and scripted especially in tourist places and you do feel pressured to "move on" asap - a meal out isn't something I do for work anymore, it's ALWAYS a pleasure/treat + I want to chill, have a few (or more) overpriced drinks + if I'm paying for the overpriced drinks, I'll stay as long as I want. I have had some great service/meals in the US, but more in places off the beaten path + they're great for local-info kinda stuff, like finding good bars, venues or "medication" and that's much more like UK service, slower pace + relaxing.

[@martyjones1413]

never have, and never will pay extra, for the service you pay for in the first place

[@helenwood8482]

You talked about an 800 dollar charge for a meal lasting an hour. That's obviously an insane amount to spend on anything you can't live in for at least a week, but certainly, one hour is a very short time to have a table. Three hours would be more usual in the UK.

[@annedunne4526]

We tip because we enjoyed the service not because the waiters are not paid by their employers. It's not automatic to tip.

[@tightropewalkergirl6485]

Do the IRS assume you’ve made a certain amount of tips when they calculate your tax? If these things are in cash it can fly under the radar. I know here in the U.K. hairdressing was assumed to have a certain amount of cash tips and the tax people would tax you accordingly

[@EarthAcademy9]

I don't know this lady is spending time with, but tipping in UK restaurants is normal. And 10% is the minimum. Noticed in recent years how stingy people have become with tipping here. Even with a limited income I would never assume to tip less than 10%. I have skipped tipping once or twice because of horrendous service. And it really has to be extremely bad. And this is not Americanised. This has been the way things are done here. I often check that tips got to the waiters, because some companies keep the entire tip. We don't tip in self-service places. Well, there will be exceptions. Taxis are tipped. Hairdressers. Not bars usually (though it's nice to pay a little over and the barman puts it in a glass). Hotels abroad we tip. Those people are often very poorly paid. If I go out and see my friends haven't tipped (and they are all better off than I am), I will sometimes add extra. Waiters here are poorly paid. And I like them to know I appreciate them. And what a great idea your father has! I've never heard of that.

[@hiramabiff2017]

In truth , I found it tiresome and quite annoying having to tip when we have been to the USA visiting relatives and eating out , especially as I am not that impressed with the service given. You go to Egypt/Greece/Turkey and tip piss poorly paid staff and they will treat you like Royalty compared to the USA.

[@nicw5574]

We always tip for good service, for two reasons. One, for good service and two, I work in customer service and I know that the customer isn't always right. Sometimes the customer is a complete idiot.

[@TheMarlinspike]

Not my job to make a server's wage a living wage, that's the job of the employer. Tips are for good service only.

[@mariospacagna2132]

If an American restaurant owner put $1 on the price of every item on the menu the owner could pay a server $20 an hour....and customer would not have to tip.

[@daubreyjaneweirdsley]

American begging culture.

[@davehilton3588]

Amy's Bakery Company, check that ep of Gordon out

[@matthewdearsley123]

if someone is annoying or disappointing, why would you pay more?

[@pfella1878]

Or maybe Americans just have more money than sense......obviously not you JJLA😂😂

[@nolaj114]

4:25 JJ signing 'diarrhoea'

[@rayfearne1379]

Here is a Tip. Only, Tip for good service!

[@emmajayne4894]

Did you and Girl gone london coordinate your outfits today?

[@jaynehouston3896]

I wouldnt eat at a restaurant that could not afford to pay its staff at least minimum wage, why I would never visit the US again.

[@neuralwarp]

The minimum wage should be £24,000 a year. No hourly stuff. A UBI would be even better.

[@stewrmo]

If you don't tip and do want to return to the restaurant, just wear a face mask! Oh wait, that's a political statement in the US...😷🙄😬😜 One love from Scotland. 💙 🦄 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@wobaguk]

Thats another thing, you said 'when it all works out, youve got a buddy for the night'. Maybe this is the whole unfriendly Brit thing, but we REALLY dont want someone trying to be our buddy for the night. Be polite, accurate, and available when we need you, but please, we dont want you hovering around trying to integrate into our social event thank you...

[@joannedwyer-bc5py]

Tbh if i went to the US and i went to a restaurant, if it helps the waiter/waitress i wouldnt mind tipping them. No harm in that really is there