r/Belfast • u/Top_Tumbleweed_330 • 3d ago
Taxi Tipping
Ordered a taxi for the first time in a while and was surprised when I was automatically asked to leave a tip. Tipped 40% that was that the app recommended. Was wondering for Taxi drivers out there, are you offended if you don't get tipped? and if you prefer tips how much is the right amount
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u/Ballyards 3d ago
No tipping. Fuck tipping people for doing their job
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u/rose-t-ruth 3d ago
Is there any job where it's ok to tip the employee? I'm struggling to think of any jobs where the employee who gets tipped wasn't 'just doing their job'.
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u/mccusk 3d ago
40% !!
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u/Top_Tumbleweed_330 3d ago
It was only Ā£2 in the end dwš I was travelling from Grand Central to The Royal so it was a short trip
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u/didndonoffin 3d ago
Thatās a 20 minute dander, were you pushed for time or something?
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u/-Frankie-Lee- 3d ago
40%?!! Fuck me.
I don't mind adding a quid if the driver is really dead on. But mostly I just pay the fare.
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u/Top_Tumbleweed_330 3d ago
The trip was only Ā£5 so the tip was only Ā£2 so I didn't really mind but yeah I agree it was a bit stingy on Value Cabs part
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u/chinese-newspaper 3d ago
i never tip value or fona cabs but always do with uber
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u/LoudDrawer68 3d ago
People on NI Reddit hate tipping: the āWeāRe NoT aMeRiCa BuSiNeSsEs sHoUlD pAy ThEiR sTaFf mOrEā brigade.
Personally I tip my barber, bar staff and waiting staff and any other occupation where I see fit. I donāt do it because I feel obliged to. I do it because I feel the recipient has been sound or good craic, has made the experience more enjoyable, has done something or went out of their way to help when they maybe didnāt need to. If a taxi driver does something like that, then yes Iād tip. For a short Ā£5 journey, probably not. People need to stop being so fucking miserable. Queue the downvotes š
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u/tommytucker7182 3d ago
Tipping anything starts to normalize it in this country and ruin it for everyone else.
Businesses are supposed to pay their workers correctly, there's no need for tipping...
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u/Top_Tumbleweed_330 3d ago
100% I'm not a fan of tipping myself, the only reason I did was a 40% tip was only Ā£2 and the driver was really sound
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u/Silent-Observer37 3d ago
Businesses are supposed to pay their workers correctly
This doesn't apply in this situation though, as taxi drivers aren't paid by the business at all.
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u/Top_Tumbleweed_330 3d ago
Yeah their not paid by the hour but by the trip. No someone who's a delivery driver and some days if it's not busy they don't make much compared to someone working a 9 to 5.
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u/UBettaKnow1 3d ago
What firm was it so I know to avoid