My lad's been delivering pizzas

Rarely gets tips, especially as most people pre-pay. Personally I think that's a shame, they try really hard. If I got a pizza I would at least keep a pound coin to one side to give them.

Edited by Mapletree (25 Aug 2016 1.54pm)

Do many people actually have cash these days to tip anyone ?

I know people who pay for their drinks and meal on a card then get an UBER cab home where the fare comes off the card they have registered with them.Everything done on a card.

By contrast, the other day I someone pull out a thick wad of notes to buy a round which is unusual to see these days.Funnily enough on the way to this pub I saw an eldely gentleman with a pipe which is certainly an unusual sight in this modern era.

Sliding scale really isn't it? If I go to a restaurant I start with the default 10-15% figure in mind. If they're friendly and put in a real effort I'll give them that or more, if they are rude and/or lazy then I will give less. Went to one recently where the waitress was abysmal, really rude and seemed furious with me every time I asked for something and as such I had no reservations leaving sod all.

Same with a pizza delivery I guess. Will give them a few quid unless it shows up cold 80 minutes later in which case I probably won't.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

I wonder if Simon Jordan tipped Tim Cahill's agent...

I try and tip people in advance if I can. That way they're more incentivised to deliver a good service.

Otherwise, I'm pretty conventional: hairdresser, waiters or waitresses, delivery people. I try and avoid tipping taxi drivers unless they're really nice.

...we must expand...get more pupils...so that the knowledge will spread...

In many ways that's what dictates my tipping. If I regularly use the same person for something I tip them, which essentially incentivises them for next time. It's mainly my barber actually...