While I wait for Whomageddon to finish airing so I can download, here's a poll!

[gogmagog]

[Poll #1218262]

I'm just curious about the art of tipping; I'm well-versed in the art of restaurant tipping (having grown up with "home cooking" being various Kansas City restaurants), but I'm always unsure when it comes to those other kinds of tips how much I should give. (I usually end up going for the high side of what I think is acceptable, because I'd rather err on the generous side, but then I wonder whether I'm tipping TOO highly.)

Note that I ask for "on average"; what I mean by that is, how much would you tip for acceptable to good service in this area? Also, if any of these results don't apply, or you have other thoughts about tipping and such, post them in the comments!

Comments

[yoshitsune.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I usually don't get coffee either, and while I feel fine tipping if I get a strawberries and cream frappucino or whatever, I do always feel vaguely stupid tipping for having them get me a cookie and a bottle of water. That's part of why I did this, so I can get a feel for how tipping usually works with other people.

And I don't use cabs that often either, but I do on rare occasions (like the other day it was storming cats and dogs when a friend and I got out of a Shakespeare play, and since we'd walked I called us a cab), so I figure it's worth figuring out.

[braaaiiins.livejournal.com]

Also, according to the internet, you should totes tip your cab driver fifteen percent. I just put down ten percent or less because if I only ever occasionally use a cab, I don't really care if my stinginess causes poor service or whatever.