Originally Posted by
Mr H
Your story seems to bear out my thinking - very few people tip pizza delivery drivers and tips are not expected. I don't know how many orders a delivery man would make in an evening, but £5 a night suggests only £1 an hour. If that.
I have lived in six different towns/cities in the UK and never yet seen the barber get a tip.
Perhaps things are different in the South East, but it seems to be fairly customary in run-of-the-mill barbers here.
In restaurants, certain chains pay their staff zero and then make their salary up to minimum wage using the 'optional' service charge (which can save the employer fortunes in VAT), and if you are foolish enough to add any more, the staff will not receive any of the additional money either.