Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by vixen99 on Friday September 22, 2017 @07:32AM
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And that applies to tips?
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"Tips" are not a thing for London taxis. It's not the US, the price is the actual price.
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by Jaruzel on Friday September 22, 2017 @10:20AM
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Well you kinda do... If he's done a good job (direct route, not taken the piss, been polite) then the custom is to round up the fare to the nearest £1.
It's England. You don't tip here.
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by mittermayr on Friday September 22, 2017 @07:52AM
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Well, in restaurants now the tip's already on the bill, unless you want to make your entire group or date uncomfortable by "talking to the waiter about taking it off".
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by Sean1708 on Friday September 22, 2017 @09:22AM
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To be fair, I've only ever seen this in expensive restaurants.
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by mittermayr on Friday September 22, 2017 @10:11AM
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Really? I rarely have dinner over 20 pounds a person (which isn't cheap, I get it, but for London prices it's also not expensive), and I haven't seen a bill without service charge added in months (excluding Whetherspoons). As soon as I don't manage to order at the register, and instead someone brings a menu, there will be a service charge.
There was one restaurant recently that didn't have one, and we almost freaked out about it.
Really? I've seen it in heaps of places in London - adding 12.5% "gratuity" is common at many places where you'd pay ~£15+ pp.
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by vixen99 on Friday September 22, 2017 @09:01AM
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http://www.visitlondon.com/traveller-information/getting-aro...
"You can tip taxi drivers as much as you like, but most people round up to the nearest pound."
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by jamiegreen on Friday September 22, 2017 @07:46AM
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Apart from restaurants
Not really, it's a service charge that in most places is charged for groups over a certain size (4 or 5). There is no culture of compulsory tipping for anything, because it's ridiculous.
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by kahnpro on Friday September 22, 2017 @08:45AM
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In London I see this charge all over the place even for only two people... usually it's 10-12%.
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by jamiegreen on Friday September 22, 2017 @08:33AM
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My experience does not match what you are saying. I was always taught that (unless a service charge is already included) you should tip 10-20% in good restaurants. Not to tip I believe is generally seen as rude/a sign that service was bad.
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by vertex-four on Friday September 22, 2017 @08:44AM
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Of course, most of us don't regularly eat in "good restaurants" - pretty much anything on the high street/your local shopping centre isn't, and anywhere you can get a meal for under £15 a head before drinks doesn't count as a "good restaurant", in my books.
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by jamiegreen on Friday September 22, 2017 @08:58AM
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I mean where you draw the line is up to you, but if there are three of you x £15, plus drinks lets say total of £64 , I would normally round it up to 70. By good restaurants I meant anything that isn't fast food (Subway, McDs). But perhaps I am not a typical customer, I don't know.
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by vertex-four on Friday September 22, 2017 @09:07AM
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Often I go out to a restaurant with a friend and order fairly common food - totalling <£30 including drinks, and not making many demands of the staff. I don't think tipping someone to do the bare bones of their job is reasonable.
On the other hand, if I were to go with a reasonably sized group of people, had to get a table big enough for the lot of us, have people with dietary requirements or order cocktails or who otherwise make many demands of the staff... it's worth tipping as we're a pain in the ass, basically. And many restaurants automatically add a service charge in that case anyway.
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by jamiegreen on Friday September 22, 2017 @09:41AM
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Seems reasonable!
Sure, but you wouldn't leave a tip after getting a cup of tea at a wetherspoons, would you. I guess that's the UK equivalent of coffee at a diner.
Some places accept tips, and perhaps in some you should. The vast vast vast majority don't expect them as par for the course.
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by jamiegreen on Friday September 22, 2017 @09:52AM
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I have never heard of someone getting a cup of tea at spoons ;)
Ok, but I still think restaurant = tip expected. But hey, you are free to tip/not tip as you see fit.
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by walshemj on Friday September 22, 2017 @10:31AM
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I normally round up or if I have called a minicab in real bad weather I might add an extra couple of pounds to a £7 ride to say 10
Re:Uber London loses licence to operate
by PaulRobinson on Friday September 22, 2017 @07:55AM
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Always nice to tip. Not expected or required.
Uber, it's worth pointing out, does not currently allow for tipping either, I believe.