Do I have really to tip?

I'm from Norway where we usually don't tip. I know you're supposed to tip something like 11-22% here in the U.S., but do I have to? I don't want to be a cheap-*** but I think it's so pointless. Why pay more on your bill just because you can? Why on a $10 bill should I pay $15 when I don't have to, it's just what you're supposed to do? Also, should I tip when I just pick up Chinese food at the local place? And what about the pizza delivery man? Do they really get their feelings hurt if I don't tip? I actually went out to eat on New Year's eve and paid $50 on my $35 bill, then headed to the restaurant bar for some drinks. After sitting at the bar for about 10 minutes, my food waiter comes up to me and asks me why I only gave him $15 in tip. Isn't that extremely rude? In front of my friends... I thought I was being generous, makes me not want to tip at all.Do I have really to tip?
The reason we tip here is because people who serve you usually only make about $3 an hour. They depend on tips to make up for what they don't make in hourly wages. If you order into a place and go to pick it up, there is no need to tip. However, if you sit down at a restaurant and have someone wait on you, you should tip them. The pizza delivery man should get tipped as well because they are responsible for putting the gas in their car to get to your house. They need that money to do their job. But, for that waiter to come up to you and ask why you only gave him a $15 tip is extremely rude. A $15 tip for a $35 bill is more than enough. There was no reason for him to do that.



All in all...in the U.S., servers need you to tip them because they earn very low hourly wages and their employers expect them to be able to make up for the low wage by getting tips.
The general tipping practice in the US is 15% of the bill. The waiter to complained about your $15 tip on a bill of $35 was way out of order. $15 is almost a 50% tip.



We tip in the US because there is no "service" added to restaurant bills as is the custom on many countries in Europe. Also, waiters are paid very poorly in the US and depend very heavily on the tips they receive in order to pay their own bills and to live half way decently.



You do not have to tip for take-away food, but if food is delivered to you at home then a tip is in order for the delivery person.Do I have really to tip?
okay. serious answer. you tipped very well. some people want more than they deserve. they are f -u-c- ks. so you have to deal with them. but most people who get a tip really feel good about it. i do. it means i did a ******* god damn good job. i LIKE it. AHHHHH! i like money, because i earn it. waitresses go through hell. you need to tip them if they serve you. if you dont want to tip, go to pick up your own food, and pay for it. that's it. and now i KNOW i am going to norway, because i will tip the **** out of that waitress. she deserves it, because she deals with bulljive from people who dont pay HER a cent. you know waitresses here dont get paid more than 3.00 an hour??? they don't work 'for their health' as they say.
Tipping is vouluntary, but in north americans are very rude and aggressive when they do not get a tip, which is why I resent tipping them.

Please take a calculator with you when you go out. You are tipping far too much. This thing about tipping 20% is something invented by americans who want the tips, not by the patrons. In Europe, 10% is sufficient and the service is much better.Do I have really to tip?
I see your point. But if you ever want to return to that place and get good service best tip them.

It was rude for that waiter to do that, in that case, no tip. :)
You don't HAVE to tip, but it is considered rude not to. If anybody provides a service, it is considered polite to tip for good service. For picking up food at a Chinese restaurant, tipping is not expected because you are picking the food up.
Tipping is 15%.

If you don't tip, you are considered a rude customer OR the server deserved it by making many mistakes.

I'm a waitress, and trust me unless I worked 60 hour weeks, I couln't manage to pay the bills.

It's terrible, and I say terrible pay that servers make.

Though that was very rude of that person to complain, at my restruant we are not to look at the tip we earn until we are out of the customers sight.
There is a handy pocket card that will tell you the correct tip to give.

You can print one out, here:

http://www.itipping.com/free-tip-table.h鈥?/a>

Yes, it was rude of him to come up to you and ask you why you only gave him 15.00. You actually gave him MORE than he needed! On a bill that is 35.00 you only had to give him 7.00! So he should be downright Happy! Next time a waiter says that to you say: Your right, can I have that back? Then put it in your pocket and leave. :) End of problem.
A $15 tip on a $35 bill is over the top, and for him to complain is OUTRAGEOUS. Tips should be 15%-20% with the top end 20%. If the service is passable but not good, then about 10%. If the service is bad, then 0% and NO WAITER EVER has the right to complain to you. You should go to the manager about that.



You never have to tip, ever. It is the custom because there are special allowances written into our laws to pay servers less than the national minimum wage. When in the USA, you should generally tip, but not be walked all over like that waiter did to you.
A $15.00 tip on a $35.00 bill was very generous. A $6.00 to $7.00 would be the norm, He was very rude indeed. On a $10.00 restaurant bill a tip of $1.50 to $2.00 is fair unless the service was very bad, then a $1.00 tip would be acceptable. If the service was exceptional, you can tip as much as you want.
I'm a server, and That was a very generous tip. Your server was very greedy. I hate that because it gives the rest of us a bad name. I would have said something to the management. That was very unprofessional of him.