2Chicks1Mac - Tip Applications: Hot? or Not?

How does the iPhone application assess the quality of service you recieved? Surely that is a key factor in the size of tip required.

Obviously we have a very different tipping culture in the UK, but a tip should be an extra thank you for someone who deserves it - not the default. Employers, who expect their staff to be tipped and essentially reduce their staff's wages in line, should be shunned.

Generally I aim at 10-15% and round to the nearest whole paper note.

Pulling out a gadget or counting coins out is not cool.

I'm currently reading "Waiter Rant;" a bit tedious at times, but it really makes me cynical about waiters and the tricks they pull on you to bump up your bill to earn a larger tip. You might google for the blog of the same name by the same author.

The whole tipping business is outrageous - everyone wants a tip these days, even the coffee bar place where they put the obnoxious little tip cup in front of you while they do the extremely difficult and time consuming task of pouring you a cup of coffee.

I disagree with the comment earlier that no one is getting rich off tips. Granted, the waitress at Denny's isn't pulling in much, but the waiter at Lawry's in Beverly Hills can make a small mint on a Friday/Saturday night. I have friends who are bartenders, pulling $1 per drink poured/beer bottle opened at local night clubs. These guys easily make $500 or more on a Saturday night. I guess that's not going to make you rich, but not bad for a part time job one night per week.

I agree about figuring a tip. The math is so simple anyone who can't do it in their head most of the time should be ashamed of themselves; and using the calculator on the iPhone should be sufficient for the rest.

I've never understood the point of tip calculators. The iPhone already has a calculator. All you do is multiply the total by .15 to figure the tip. Am I missing something?

I thought this so-called feature was a bad dream last week. I WAS MISTAKEN!

I enjoy these posts, and I don't think it's right to ask for an "erica-free" feed, Come on guys, that's just cruel. Good job both Erica and Christina!

If you like calculating tips in your head; don't get an app.

No need to crap on people who find it handy.

Tough crowd.

Well, my first comment didn't make the cut, I guess. I find TUAW getting pretty light on content and the allusion to the 2 girls 1 cup nastiness is just another reason to avoid the site. Coprophagia is not funny, just ask Treat Williams.

I will agree overwhelmingly that the AppStore is chock full of crap. Dozens of tip applications, Soduku applications, Checklist applications, ToDo applications, Movie Theatre applications, Flashlight applications... Junk. I can appreciate the time and work that developers put into making these apps, and as a full time student I am grateful that many offer these applications for free. That being said, I thins that Apple should spend MORE time filtering the junk out of what is submitted to the store. If I were a brand new iPhone or iPod Touch owner with no idea of what is what, I would want to get into the AppStore and download quality applications. The rule of the game here should be quality not quantity. If I want a tip calculator I should be presented with one option, maybe two (free and paid). Now, I agree that competition begets innovation, but this bloated condition of the AppStore is starting to get ridiculous. Secondly, while Im perched on this here box, I want to add a simply complaint about the swich-a-roo that developers are trying to pull. If you release your app free, keep it free. If you release it at .99 keep it there. I have seen apps go from free to .99, to 1.99, then to 2.99, and then when their ratings start to tank due to aggravated reviewers, the price drops .99 cents. This is silly.
Whew. Done.

please take this comment constructively, this is a waste of a post with nothing of any significance to write about. something as mundane as tipping really doesn't need to be written about..