Just curious...when I delivered a baby shower cake this weekend they gave me a $20.00 tip. The last 3 cakes I delivered the customers gave me tips.

My husband and I own a Home Repair business and in 12 years of doing business (with very happy customers) we have never once gotten a tip. I was a sign painter before having kids and only once in 5 years do I remember getting a tip and I had to split that one with the person that was working with me.

Do you think it has something to do with the food business? I'm not complaining, LOL, just curious!

You just have very kind customers I usually quote a price and end up getting 10 or 20 dollars more just lucky Congrats to you that is asign they LOVE your cakes!

Way to go! I thought you meant a TIP like "Gee, I think that you should do THIS differently"... To which I always respond "My tip to YOU is don't walk down stairs with your finger in your nose!"

Congrats!!!

Most of my customers do not tip me but there is one repeat customer that gives me about 10 dollars more everytime! I don't think that people think about it when they get a cake to be honest! When you go get your nails done, you automatically give them a tip or when you are at a resteraunt, but typically when yopu go pick up a birthday cake from a store or bakery, you don't leave them a tip! Some people just think differently!

i almost always get tips from customers- on celebration cakes- never gotten a tip from a wedding cake yet, but I can keep wishing. I think it depends on where you are- its still pretty customary around here to tip people.

I sometimes get a small tip at work (grocery store bakery) for writing "Happy Birthday Blank" on a cake, I have gotten 2 $5 tips recently, which was very sweet. I also made a cake for a friend and we decided $70 for ingredients/delivery...she gave me an extra $30 to pay the toll for driving the cake to her during rush hour (toll at state bridge is $.

I have recieved tips several times. It always makes me feel wonderful. I use to design wedding gowns and I remember the first tip I got doing that. The mother of the bride sent me a $50 tip for helping her daughter find a style that would be unique but suit her.

By the way we had a construction business for 10 yrs and my husband use to get tips all the time. It amazed me, but they would tip him $50-$200 when they did and some would just give him things. We have a very nice dining set that one of the homeowners gave him. These homes were on the lake and very upscale so I think it depends on the area. But these are people who would pay him $25 per picture to hang a picture just because they didn't want to do it themselves lol.

I never get a tip for a drop-off cake, but my crew usually gets very nice tips for working a catering. It could be the perceived "service". Like if you deliver the cake vs. them coming to pick it up. (like they tip the pizza delivery guy).

Biggest tip my staff ever got was an $800 tip to divide among 4 of them. They were a VERY happy bunch that night!

There are kind soul's in the world! All I can ask is pay it forward. We lived for years off of my husbands tips when he was bartending. Sometimes a special tip made for an extra bag of groceries.

Now I always over tip, and when someone is really good at a restaurant or whatever, I will sometimes match what we spent. Once we tipped a gal $20 for a $10 bill, she was a teenager and doing a great job. We watched her reaction on the way out. You would of thought we had given her a new car.

So if you can, pay it forward!

I've only gotten one tip for a wedding cake, but several for party cakes. It's rare, but delightful!

I have gotten occasional tips and I always have 2 reactions....My first thought is--"Maybe I should have charged more in the first place!" and my second thought is...."Dang, someone appreciates me!"

A lot of my customers have been tipping lately and it's always a wonderful surprise.