Tipping - the great debate

Fish for Sunday brunch, yes, but baked beans for breakfast? Not in my neck of the woods.
 

It just goes to show again...2 countries separated by a common language..and common but different cuisine.. :D

This is a traditional English breakfast...

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This is eggs Benedict with smoked haddock which many people will have .. for breakfast ( we do) more especially in restaurants or hotels , and is absolutely delicious

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This is smoked haddock fillets with poached egg..a very common way to have breakfast for many people especially in Scotland..where it's called Finann haddie and poached in milk for breakfast

H. Forman & Son Smoked Haddock Fillets zoom.JPG...often the haddock will be substituted with smoked or unsmoked kippers..

...and there's loads and loads of other breakfast fish variations..


Incidentally at what meal do you folks in the US eat baked beans?
 

hollydolly said:
It just goes to show again...2 countries separated by a common language..and common but different cuisine.. :D

This is a traditional English breakfast...

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This is eggs Benedict with smoked haddock which many people will have .. for breakfast ( we do) more especially in restaurants or hotels , and is absolutely delicious

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This is smoked haddock fillets with poached egg..a very common way to have breakfast for many people especially in Scotland..where it's called Finann haddie and poached in milk for breakfast

View attachment 20867...often the haddock will be substituted with smoked or unsmoked kippers..

...and there's loads and loads of other breakfast fish variations..


Incidentally at what meal do you folks in the US eat baked beans?
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Holly I know lots of people in Whyalla , South Australia which has many residents in its 20.000 + population who immigrated from England to work in the steel smelters/ ship building in Whyalla ...( hubby's first Mrs was from Whyalla but was born in England ) ..one couple who live there are people who run a dance we go to when we visit Whyalla , they eat a breakfast just as you described as a traditional English breakfast, we know other couples who eat baked beans and eggs together for lunch or tea as well ,I like BB I buy small tins as hubby won't eat them people tend to look down their noses at the mention of BB but I believe they contain fairly good fibre , but they are one of the foods that are high in sugar ( not the beans but the tomato sauce they are in) Oh I know you asked what meal US residents eat BB ,but I'll put in when this Aussie eats them Almost always lunch , I Eat then cold straight out of the can after tipping out most of the tomato sauce
 
People also eat them for lunch and dinner here too Kadee.. hot..and on toast for a snack!!

I don't know why people look down on Baked beans ( have to say they're not my favourite but I do eat them occasionally)...but they are very high in fibre, and protein, and you can buy the low sugar variety...a quick and nutritious low fat snack!! :D
 
hollydolly said:
People also eat them for lunch and dinner here too Kadee.. hot..and on toast for a snack!!

I don't know why people look down on Baked beans ( have to say they're not my favourite but I do eat them occasionally)...but they are very high in fibre, and protein, and you can buy the low sugar variety...a quick and nutritious low fat snack!! :D
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I have never seen a low sugar variety in Aus , the brand I buy ( SPC) has low salt............ I'm home again Holly yes it's. Still cold sitting here in my fleecy PJ blanket over my legs ..( it's 8 pm here) Oh well we will look forward to our month up in Qld next year
 
yes we have low salt and sugar brands.. they taste better..glad your home safely shame about the cold....better get off this subject we've strayed waaay off topic.. we'll get told off by the OP.. :D
 
I agree with all of the above. No tip jars, thank you. My daughter-in-law was a waitress though, and they don't get paid well. Most who work as waiters and waitresses, ( excluding exclusive restaurants ), really need the money. I think its one of the most under rated jobs around. Taking an order from eight people talking at the same time, dealing with kids, the handicapped, and just plain obnoxious people who think part of the eating out experience is abusing the waitress. I would never do it. So unless service is really bad, I do tip waiters and waitresses 20%.
 
I tip at restaurants depending on the quality of service. I do not visit complaints about the kitchen to the wait staff. My wife is a cheapskate we often disagree on the proper amount.
I never not tip, if I get poor service leaving no tip may be misinterpreted as just forgetting. For poor service I will leave an extremely paltry tip of an amount that can not be mistaken for anything other than an insult. I will also make a note on the bill.
I will never tip the owner of a business ,but will the employees of certain service providers if their actions are exemplary.
I was a letter carrier for many years and greatly appreciated Holiday gratuities,be they cash,liquor or trinkets. Most of the baked goods I received were discarded as I did not know the conditions they were prepared under! While I provided good service to the letter for all my customers,I went above and beyond for the few that expressed their appreciation
 
Interesting thread. I tend not to leave tips in "tip jars", but have been known to make an exception for the young men/women who are clearly on summer jobs at the local ice cream stand. But I never tip when I go for fast food and see it on the credit card slip. I tend to tip 20% for servers in a restaurant if I get good service and it's rare that I don't leave less than 15% unless the server has been neglectful. I used to go for deep tissue massage and aways tipped the woman because she always went over and above the allotted time. I always tip the woman who cuts my hair. That's about it. My wife gives a Christmas gratuity to the woman who cleans our house. I disagree with her; it's the woman's company, but my wife insists and it's not worth fighting about.
 
Remember “carry-out boys” at the supermarket? In high school I was cashier simmer and some weekends, and the guys (and then they were always guys) who bagged the groceries asked if the customer wanted a carry out. Well, one time the guy working my lane came back and said the man had given him 50-cent tip (which in today’s $$ would be $3.50 USD). Not bad, but I’ve never heard of tipping baggers since then, and rarely do I see a carry-out. Exceptions are if the customer is very elderly or disabled - by that I mean those are the people who are given assistance, but I doubt that they tip.
 
Where I live many of the stores have charity jars near the till where people place their change. I tip cabbies, food deliverers and waiters but never tip in fast food places .I don't know if it's still the case but when I was in Fiji tipping was illegal. One night we got sick of waiting for the bar guy to bring back our coin change and left. We got chased down the street and given a very stern lecture as our change was handed over.
 
I had a friend who used to live in NYC/Manhattan. She was absolutely NUTS about tipping. When I went to visit her and we ate out or took a taxi, she would be sure to tell me “you have to tip at least XXX”. I’m not a cheapskate and I didn’t grown up in a cave…..so I finally said “yeah, I know about tipping”. :rolleyes:
 
Another “resurrection” thread.

Just returned from lunch with a friend – my treat in exchange for a favor. Great food, good service, they didn’t rush us. I left a nice tip.

Friend was telling me about how she stopped ordering pizzas from a particular place for delivery. Why? Because when she calls in the order and tells them she’s paying by credit card the person on the phone asks “Would you like to include a tip?” I think that’s presumptuous and inappropriate.
 
Cookie said:
Credit card of cash, everyone knows you always tip the pizza delivery person.
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Well, I don't know who you mean by "everyone". I usually tip pizza delivery people. Some on here said they don't, which is their prerogative. And if the delivery is slow and the delivery person is nasty,I they wouldn't get a tip from me. But you missed the point - asking for a tip is rude. Asking for a tip before service is rendered is rude and downright tacky.
 
When placing a phone pizza order the charge is calculated and tip can be included then and there. I see nothing wrong with the phone person asking if a customer wants to include a tip at that point. That's a pretty poor excuse for welching out of giving a tip and taking needless offense. And, yes, if someone doesn't know that pizza delivery people deserve a tip (unless of course something goes horribly wrong) since they get paid so little, then I must wonder what hell and gone boondocks they are from.
 
I don't tip Pizza delivery because I never order Pizza... ;)...but I do tip any take away delivery drivers ( Chinese/Indian) etc ...usually I just round it up to the nearest pound...or if it's already say £10 I'll give £2 on top...I've never had a surly delivery driver, but if I did the only tip he'd get from me would be to smarten up his attitude.. :lol:
 
I always tip unless the service is poor or server/delivery person rude. My son worked in the University cafeteria for years in order to afford university. I am well aware of how little money servers make.There is nothing wrong with the pizza phone

person politely asking whether or not the customer wishes to include a tip. The customer always has the right of refusal. Servers/delivery people both deserve and need tips due to the paucity of wages they receive. IMHO, Cookie did not miss the

point, any tackiness in this instance would be owned by the customer. Certainly taking offence is not warranted in this instance, unless the persons concerned are truly unaware of the realities surrounding the working poor.
 
Once in a hotel dining room the service for my breakfast was so bad that I left 2 pennies as a tip.

My coworker came in immediately after I left. When we met later and talked about it, he said he had never had such good service there. I think they got the message.
 
I am a generous tipper most of the time in restaurants. At Christmas I gift the mail carrier with a gift certificate and the gardeners get a card and cash. I sometimes give sealed boxes of nice chocolates as well.
 
The guy who does my pedicures gets $10 because he's an angel. The rest get $5 for mani or pedi. My husband figures out the tip when we eat out...I have no idea how to figure %.
 

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