Do you tip? I really want to know. I am at a loss now as to who you are really obligated to tip and who people tip...just to tip. I tip waiters and waitresses at restaurants, usually 15% to 20%, depending on their service. I tip the newspaper boy everytime I pay the bill. I tip the gal at Supercuts when she cuts my hair. When we are on vacation, I tip the curbside people at the airport, usually a dollar or two a bag, depending on how big the bag is. I tip the rent a car bus driver if he gets to my bag before I do :) and the hotel shuttle, if this is what we take to the hotel and we have a bag. But, as far as I can remember right now, these are the only people I tip. I don't put money in the little jar at the coffee house. I don't give my paper boy an extra tip at Christmas, even though he solicites it via a flyer and self addressed envelope folded into the paper. Honestly, I think this is why I DON'T tip him. If I tip someone, I tip them. I certainly don't want them to ASK for a tip. That is a surefire way NOT to get a tip from me. I don't give him one because I don't even know him. I really think it would be different if he collected door to door, like in the old days. I don't give the gal at Supercuts an extra something at Christmas because I get someone different everytime. I get Drew's teacher something at Christmas and the end of the year. I always either get, or chip in on something for his coaches at the end of every season. I don't know, do you guys give special gifts at Christmas to all concerned, paperboys, hairdressers, mail delivery person, etc.? I just don't know where to draw the line. As far as tips...what do you do? When you buy a cup of coffee, do you tip the people who hand it to you across a counter? I just can't see it, but maybe I just am not getting this custom. I don't tip the people at Baskin Robbins either, or any place such as this where you walk up to a counter, order and walk out.