Should you tip bookie staff in shops?

asking for a freind

no

No. Nobody tips me when I do a good job of work.  If they don’t like it they can always apply for a better paid job.

If you went to a restaurant and ordered a 12 oz steak but they sayed no you can only have 8 oz for same price would you tip them?

i do always when i win with fred, they then tell you what the limits are on each horse on saturdays and big race days.

No, f*ck 'em!

I won a few quid on a Patent last year, I didn't have a grid card and needed a grid card for best odds. the girl behind the counter, scanned the card of one of the regulars to give me best odds and it made me an extra £620 by her doing that. I gave her £100 as a thank you. I see nothing wrong with that. Without her help, I wouldn't have made the extra.

Can't say I go in the shops in recent years but if a lass done me a turn like that I'd give her more than £100.

I'd spend £200 on a meal and see where it got me.

I'm married and the girl looked very manly and had lip hair. I wouldn't have been wanting to take her anywhere.

I'd lend her me razor.

Not fazed she looked like a man then no ?

I'd have to see a pic to judge that.

I always do but each to their own.

Yes most definitely I tip, I only really go to one betting shop and that's a Hills a 15 minute walk away. The manager is a lovely bloke and would go out of his way to help anyone. If he is single manning I'd bring him in some lunch, fish and chips or whatever and if I get a reasonable placepot up I'll give him a tenner for a drink.

Aug 26, 2018 -- 4:49PM, domino14 wrote:

I'm married and the girl looked very manly and had lip hair. I wouldn't have been wanting to take her anywhere.

dont know dom ,, remember i wear a mask

If you plan to use shops regularly definitely tip and if they've done you a favour be generous.

of course you should, they are on £7.83 an hour

Apparently Burkey give the staff at hills a nice tip yesterday. Next week they'll still be larfing behind his back when he aint got a pot to pish in.

Hows this tipping lark supposed to work then?  You ask for a price they say no, you say thank you very much here's something or your trouble?

As said on another thread. I used to tip after a lumpy win and it didn't stop each and everyone of them giving me the bum's rush when told to by "The Man". Bunch of Bella reading, FOBTy promoting, mathematical illiterates!

Oh yes, but that was a long long time ago in my regular bookie. It was Grand National day, and I gave her a bunch of slips; one of them was Red Marauder at 33/1. I told her it wasn't mine, and she said have it, it could be lucky. I did, and the rest is history. They would also
advise me of any return on bets with a non-runner/s and/or miss-written eg doubles/treble as a trixie; yankee as a patent, etc.

I was not a big punter however, I'd buy them drinks if I was getting one for myself or takeaways for lunch occasionally (usually saturday) or when they were snowed under with customers/work. I'd be allowed back prices (if i was late to the counter); I also knew the manager (socially) who later became the Area Manager.

i always do ,problem is i dont use the shops much unless i have a footy multi ,its a poxy job and they have to take a lot of shyte from those above them,

I do if I get good service but you get some who slam the money on counter hating the fact you won so I give them nothing ! Most are very polite and yep I tip then , all book maker staff receive poor wages and work hard

tip before the race - make sure no cameras

Tipped a score once when I had a nice placepot but in general never tipped,never use betting shops now but did work and run betting shops over thirty years ago and tipping was vary rare in my experience and I was very punter friendly.

my son is a manager and gets a fair few tips per week!

Having worked in bookies until a couple of years ago I can say it was really nice when someone tipped you be it a £1 or £20 it makes up for all the scum you have to deal with on a daily basis .The people losing on FOBTS and accusing you of pushing buttons behind the counter,the ones who expected more winnings than they got and kick off even though they couldn't work a bet out to save there lives . And then there is the drunks and drugy,s .£7.83 is no where near enough ,so think on if your shop staff are nice show them some appreciation .

You get a decent win

Tip staff member

then you go on a long losing run

whats the small talk

If they've given you some kind of service that has specifically helped you out personally, fair enough tip them.

If they've been the usual (gruff/slow) service, yeh right

Had a bookie try to void a winning treble on football in a shop I was never usually in - ended up accidentally overpaying me in embarrassment when he had to pay me out eventually, gave him a tip...?

The other regular one I used to use, the old bird continually tutting and huffing if I put her out asking to 'take a price' (the cheek)...so pleasant to use these places.

Don't really blame them, must be carp job, but tip them, lol