Okay, gotcha. I thought tipping the housekeeper was fairly well established. The lawn guy I think of as someone like the dorrman, who gets tipped around the holidays but not on a time by time basis.

Now I'm reminded of a time when I left $50 on the counter for my dad - disremember why he was coming by - and the dog walker took it.

(Totally fair assumption for her to make that it was for her, to be clear. I'd forgotten she was coming on a different day that week and it was right before the holidays. Was just a wee bit more than I'd anticipated giving her at the time.)

Today I was super relieved that I had a couple bucks to tip the guy who washed my hair at the hair salon (not the same guy who cut my hair.)

Man, I would pay just for that to be done a couple times a week. I looooooove getting my hair shampooed professionally.

I tip the hotel housekeepers. ($2-3 bucks a day)

I've heard $3-$5, but is that per person if there are multiple people in the room?

Oh man, have I not been adjusting for inflation? Ah well. I tend, more often than not, to round up at the end anyway.

But what about the places where you order at the counter and they bring it to you?

I don't tip them, nor do I tip when I pick up carryout food.

pizza delivery.

I tip basically 20% on that.

Ugg. I agree with Spidra, just pay everyone a fair wage so the price is the price.

This, definitely.

I tip the hotel housekeepers. ($2-3 bucks a day)

I've heard $3-$5, but is that per person if there are multiple people in the room?

I think it's per room. But then, I would tip more if, say, there were more than 2 people sharing a room, because people are messy and chaotic.

I tip about $3-$5 for the hotel housekeeper, depending on what we have in our combined wallets. Last time we stayed in a hotel, between us we had a bunch of $20s, and only a couple of singles. Fortunately we also had a buck or two in quarters, and though I felt stupid leaving quarters as part of the tip, I figured they would rather have it in quarters than not at all.

I usually tip 15% for bad service at a restaurant, because I feel guilty tipping less. For good service I tip at 20% or just above. If I am at a breakfast place where my bill comes to $5, I still tip about $2 because I figure they're working hard and shouldn't be penalized just because the food they are serving is cheap. I never tip at the coffee shops in bookstores because I know they are making the same as the booksellers, and it doesn't seem fair that they should get tips and the booksellers don't.

The original tipping page!. Links for US and international.

I tend to tip 20% in restaurants (actually more than 20, since I tend to tip on the total, not the pretax total). If the service is not good, I will reduce the tip, but I will never tip less than 15%. If I feel that the service is that bad, I will speak to the manager (after giving the server the opportunity to correct the problem).

I don't tip on take out, but I will tip on delivery (especially since they are walking up three floors :) )

I tip a few dollars a day at a hotel if they do a good job, left at the end of the stay.

My issue with tipping is that it's become de rigeur as opposed to a reward for superior service. For example, why do we tip taxi drivers for getting us from point a to point b without dying? It's different with restaurants because the tip is built into their wages (which I think is stupid). I hate going to get my hair cut and tipping once for the shampoo guy and once for the hair cut, etc., etc.

I used to go to a salon where the receptionist would always ask if you wanted to tip the shampoo girl when you gave him a tip when paying for the cut, as in "and how much for Alejandra?" I once said "doesn't Charles tip her out?" and he sort of stammered and said yes. So, he was hustling for extra, which I didn't appreciate.

I kind of resent tipping, honestly (service wage employees aside). I won't cheat service people who work hard, but I hate feeling like I have to give people extra for just doing their jobs. Tipping is supposed to be because they've gone above and beyond. Of course, just because I feel this way doesn't make it optional.

I almost always end up tipping housekeepers at least partly in change because I always forget I`ll need dollars. And then half the time I don`t leave it in a clear enough place so they don`t take it. But then the inimitable BHP mentioned something and I learned from her to tip on the pillow, which seems to work since you wouldn`t be accidentally leaving money there and of course the housekeeper sees it.

That's one of the reasons that I wait until the end, so they know that it's for them since I've checked out.