Patsy Pastry said: I noticed a tip jar option is available.
Tipping is not a real part of British culture.
Does anyone use it?
Not sure where you get the idea tipping isn't British from? I've always tipped taxi divers, waiters, etc. It's not as widespread or compulsory as it is in the US, and 10% is the norm, but it's still fairly standard.
Having said that the trouble with on-line tip-jars like the one here is you still need to be a fully signed up member to use it, it's not as if a random anonymous user can chuck in a couple of dollars like people could with a hat on the pavement back in the days of cash.
I have one on my free videos. I believe it's been used exactly once. Though I'm still very grateful to the person who contributed, every sale (or donation) is very much appreciated, they are what let us keep going.
Not sure where you get the idea tipping isn't British from? I've always tipped taxi divers, waiters, etc. It's not as widespread or compulsory as it is in the US, and 10% is the norm, but it's still fairly standard.
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I would agree. In the UK tipping is ALWAYS optional. It is not like the US where the tip is used by the employer to bring the pay up to the minimum wage. 10% is the norm, but this is often exceeded in the case of exceptional service. Servers do not hassle for tips, it being very much left to the customer.
I know it works on YouTube, (buy me a coffee etc,) I don't know how it could be made to work in a similar way on UMD. .
I've never been outside of Canada myself, but tipping is pretty customary here for certain things, such as servers, waitresses, delivery drivers, fast food/coffee shops etc. It is always optional, and never required. As someone who has had a brief employment in customer service, those little extra bits go a long way in such a stressful work environment.
I think I have one video with the option available enabled on here, and I've been very grateful to the people who have used it. My sole intent was to have the video entirely free, and while it still is, I'm always surprised that people still decide to give what they can.
I'd love to explore the world and experience the customs I'm not familiar with. It's very fascinating to learn about the history and culture behind where many of my friends live. I look forward to the days when I can travel and visit them, and maybe share some Canadian hospitality to those who visit me
Patsy Pastry said: I noticed a tip jar option is available.
Tipping is not a real part of British culture.
Does anyone use it?
In the US, it is more common to use a 5 gallon bucket. I think a tip jar would be way too small to use. Do you even have 5 gallon buckets in the UK?
I don't understand why tipping is not part of your British culture. It is a fun way to get all of the contents poured out all at once all over the subject. Tipping a 5 gallon bucket is very common here in the US.
I have found the tip jar on umd to be rather useless. We haven't received any tips but if that goes along with our tipping culture - I am ok with it. As a order server, I hated the tipping mentality and the consequences of not pulling in your taxed rate worth of tips. I think it is another legacy think that needs to be replaced. But don't ask the 2025 Project about that.
Patsy Pastry said: I noticed a tip jar option is available.
Tipping is not a real part of British culture.
Does anyone use it?
Not sure where you get the idea tipping isn't British from? I've always tipped taxi divers, waiters, etc. It's not as widespread or compulsory as it is in the US, and 10% is the norm, but it's still fairly standard.
Having said that the trouble with on-line tip-jars like the one here is you still need to be a fully signed up member to use it, it's not as if a random anonymous user can chuck in a couple of dollars like people could with a hat on the pavement back in the days of cash.
I have one on my free videos. I believe it's been used exactly once. Though I'm still very grateful to the person who contributed, every sale (or donation) is very much appreciated, they are what let us keep going.
Compared to US I'd say its not customary. We always tip the hairdresser for example, but it's not a percentage. What I thought about tip jar. Thanks.
Patsy Pastry said: I noticed a tip jar option is available.
Tipping is not a real part of British culture.
Does anyone use it?
In the US, it is more common to use a 5 gallon bucket. I think a tip jar would be way too small to use. Do you even have 5 gallon buckets in the UK?
I don't understand why tipping is not part of your British culture. It is a fun way to get all of the contents poured out all at once all over the subject. Tipping a 5 gallon bucket is very common here in the US.
Why would you want to keep boobs in a jar... oh sorry misread the title
I do tip in general at say a restaurant. Sometimes, an extra few quid sometimes just something like: Don't trust a person with no eyelids that blinks, or don't eat the yellow snow.
On here, I have seen scenes that offer the tip jar, but usually just pay fully, unless it's tip jar only. I would be fair with the amount i'd give,and not just the lowest amount, as it's only right to respect the time and effort/clean up gone in to making the scene for us.
I've seen tip bucket, but was never sure exactly how it works.
As for tipping inthe UK, I was told not to tip bartenders when I was in London. I believe that the bartenders are paid a better wage than they are in the US. That's what I've heard.
Allpiedup said: I've seen tip bucket, but was never sure exactly how it works.
As for tipping inthe UK, I was told not to tip bartenders when I was in London. I believe that the bartenders are paid a better wage than they are in the US. That's what I've heard.
We have minimum wage laws, it's illegal to pay less than minimum wage and its set at a level that is supposed to be sufficient to live on. Any tips people receive are tax-free extras, and there's no assumption that people will get a set tip level, or any tips at all.
Generally, tips are for people who deliver a personal service, like restaurant staff who bring you food (the tips are usually centralised and shared with all staff so the kitchen workers get some too), taxi drivers, hairdressers, etc. People who just sell you stuff like bar staff aren't usually tipped, even if the pub (like the Wetherspoons chain) has app-based table service. For reference, average wages for a chain pub bartender are about £20k ($25k) a year, with 28 days paid holiday.
Various arrangements have been made to enable restaurant tipping by contactless cards/phones, and laws passed to make it illegal for owners or managers to cream off card tips, as we are very rapidly becoming a completely cashless society. I almost never carry cash these days.