I love tipping. However, I tip when deserved and I will not tip one single cent if the service or experience is terrible. I do not reward people who do not deserve it. Apart from not tipping, they will want to have a great product or they lose me as a customer too.

I liked your point on splitting bill. It is a pet hate, and I weed out those serial pests who do it all the time. I only socialise with people I enjoy the experience with.

Best wishes

Craig

I have to confess, and you should slap my hand, I used to do that all the time. I hated going out to dinner and eating 1 main meal worth $11 and get lumped with a bill of $60 because others had had 3 course dinner and wine to go with it.

It was a pet hate of mine so I stopped going out for those dinners.

I remember when you, myself and others went out to dinner and for some reason I got the bill to tally up, everyone else was too plastered. The table was filled with people who didn’t want to pay anymore than their share, so I spent 15 minutes trying to add up this bill that was over $300 from memory. I had people yelling at me that I had charged them $2 to much and people unhappy with what they had to pay. It was not an experience I wished to have again.

I also remember that you paid for more than your share because Mal was the one who was getting stuck with the $$$ that people didn’t want to pay. That really pissed me off. Here were these people, most of them extremely well off, well loaded in fact arguing about $2.

After reading this post and taking a minute to breathe. I get that your not only paying because it makes you feel good, you are tipping because you are appreciating the experience and you get that money comes in as fast as it goes out.

Bob Proctor used to say, view money like it’s on fire. Don’t hold onto it for long otherwise the universe has no reason to give more to you.

Thanks so much for changing my mindset of tipping and sharing it around.

Kindest Kayley.

Tipping is a great thing to do – it helps the person receiving it feel special.

When you have no money spare, a kind word or something good about the service
is a good way to say thanks as well.

Recently I went to get some garden stuff at the landscape centre. Now these folks have a transport company and I always appreciate the courtesy their drivers give to me.

So as I was buying these garden goodies, I was talking to the owner of the business (truck driver as well).

I said thanks to your drivers for being so courteous on the road. I live just off a main highway, plus near a busy road and their trucks always slow down. They don’t tear down the laneway in front of our house a zillion miles per hour leaving a a huge dust cloud .

Anyway, the owner was shocked – speechless and he turned red. I said I didn’t mean to embarrass you by what I said. He said you didn’t – I was the first person ever to say thank you to them. They always received negative feedback.

Kindness or a money tip don’t cost anything at times and make a persons day.

Thanks for the article Pete and I enjoy reading the other comments as well.

Restaurants, I’ve even seen people use their phones or have mini bloody calculators on them to work it out.Tight poverty-focused attitude — and they always seem to forget half of what they had anyway. Really irks me when I’m out and that happens — just split the damn thing (even if you’ve had a bout of food poisoning!!!). Sometimes someone in the group is an exception, and that’s okay. But that itemisation crap … oh boy.

Worse example I remember from way back in school years was going out with a group to a restaurant, adding a $15 tip (was a lot for me in the 1980s) — and then having the others in the group just pay what was left owing, not accounting for my tip, which never got to the waiters! So I gave them a separate tip on the way out.

But the best thing is the reactions from cab drivers — that’s fun.

Attracting clients that tip my staff though, is something I think I need to work on. (Any suggestions)

A few of my regular massage clients, tip my girls very generously, I mean, one girl got $100 buck tip after doin a 90 minute massage (client paid me $167) , just the other day (with no extras) see we have a Day Spa, all above board.

I know this might sound strange, but I find men are generally more generous tippers than women…anyway that’s probally another discussion altogether…:)

Thanks for another great post. Just wanted to say…this is THE POST which finally convinced me to join the Inner Sanctum. I joined this morning. I want to be around people who think like you do:-)
Cheers
Rachel

Chen

And Bret, I remember that night buddy. You’re kids rock mate, they really do. Reminds me of a night on the Gold Coast at our Inner Sanctum gig. There were about 20 of us waiting at the door at this Chinese restaurant. The place was packed and it started raining so you couldn’t sit outside like we usually do and watch the Surfers Paradise nightlight walk on by.

Anyway, a staff member comes over and tells me we’ll have to wait. Then the manger, who knows me, spots me at the door and comes over. I slip him a 50, and within seconds a big table is being cleared and within minutes we are sipping drinks and ordering food.

Tipping works.

My old mate Ted Nicholas calls tips: “To Insure Prompt Service.” You see, he tips before the meal… this way, you get looked after. Sure does work and my above example proves my point.

PS. Hey Leon, thanks mate, love those back-handed compliments!