yellowbricktoad said:

If it’s a $9 ride I’ll give them a $10 and not get change back. So basically... if there’s a bit of change left I just let the Uber driver have it, even when leaving the rest of the money with the Uber driver it’s cheaper than a cab

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PatrickKn said:

Taxi/Uber - 15%

Low-Mid Priced Sit Down Restaurant or Diner - 20%/$4 minimum (more likely to split tips with cooks and whatnot)

High Price Sit Down Restaurant - 10-15% (higher price anyway, less likely to split with cooks)

Hotel Room - $10 on the dresser if I have room open for them to clean the room or if it's the day I check out. I usually have a do not disturb sign though.

Hair Cut - $4-$5 unless they rush it in order to accumulate more tips. If so, and it looks like shit, $0. I especially hate it when I ask someone cutting my hair to touch something up and then they do so and then put some kind of gel or hairspray in my hair without asking. It's a subconscious message that the haircut is over and that any more touching up is not invited. With that said, I've found an awesome barber shop 4 or 5 months ago and haven't had to deal with that since.

A Bar - $1 per drink. I've settled on this rule and will stick with it until death, even as inflation goes up.

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The numbers seem reasonable. What about valets though?

chibiabos said:

yellowbricktoad said:

If it’s a $9 ride I’ll give them a $10 and not get change back. So basically... if there’s a bit of change left I just let the Uber driver have it, even when leaving the rest of the money with the Uber driver it’s cheaper than a cab

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Uber is literally just an unregulated taxi market.  The only real difference between the two is that Uber calls itself a "Transportation Network Company" and, beyond not being compelled to give a shit about whether you live or die, literally write their ToS so that you waive the right to hold them responsible for anything that your driver does.  Aside from the fact that they go out of their way to ensure that they aren't actually doing effective background checks on their drivers, your driver doesn't even need to be registered with the company (which means that whether or not they do any background check at all is sort of a moot point, even ignoring the fact that they check names against a databases that you can have your name removed from).  And that's just for starters...

And yes.  They do treat their drivers like crap.

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moonrockmushy said:

I don't get why people are paying Ubers with cash though.  I thought it was all billed on cc through the app, and now they give the option of tipping afterwards through the app. 

Uber drivers give out their cell numbers to customers so they can bypass giving Uber a cut.

moonrockmushy said:

I usually will give a dollar or two because fuck it.

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I like that attitude seriously.