I know there is the argument that the UK pays their workers a living wage so tipping is not really needed in most cases, but I'm just curious as to what most people ACTUALLY do. For example:

• delivery drivers
• waiters/waitresses in a cafe/pub/restauraunt (may be different depending on setting)
• bartender in a pub
• barbers/hairdressers
• [edit] Taxi drivers / uber drivers (do you treat them different)
• any other situations - car valet, concierge (if you're lucky enough to ever have one), etc, etc....

I have citizenship in both the UK and the US and lived in the UK when I was young and didn't need to worry about these things, but I've lived in the US for far longer and the amount of tipping that goes on in the US would probably blow the average Brit bonkers. Now there is a good possibility that I will be moving back within the next year, so I'm just trying to get a baseline of what is normal and what is not.

FYI, in the US, all of the above would expect tips, including some that I didn't mention like the sandwich makers at Subway, the local chinese takeaway even if you just ordered it to go in person, and a lot of places just put a jar out with the label "tips" to see what they will get, and surprisingly enough, they get them.

Also, please say who else you tip that is not on the list, or if you know of an American custom of tipping a person that is not on the list that you wouldn't in the UK.

THANKS!

EDIT: so far a lot of the response has been yes in restauraunts. What is the normal tip rate? In the US is was customary for 15% of the bill, but lately most restaurants suggest 20% (I suspect that is so that they can continue the low pay rate for staff) but when you do tip waiters/waitresses, do you go on a percentage?

Also, on the restaurant thing, seeing a lot about how good the food was, does that play into how much you tip the waiter, considering he/she had almost nothing to do with how good the food was?

EDIT 3 (placed above EDIT 2 because 2 is a bit long): I am trying to get through all the responses but it may take a bit.

EDIT 2: (this is in a comment below but I thought I'd share it here:

A little anecdote which may or may not have prompted a part of this question:

The last time I was there, probably around 2010, I arranged for me and my mum to see a show in the West End (Oliver - it was great), stay the night in London and the next day take a tour to walk in the stones at Stonehenge before they opened to the pubic (that's hasn't been allowed for quite a while except to private tours like this).

After the show the tube was overflowing so I got a minicab from the same company that I had already scheduled for the next morning to take us to the bus pickup point for the tour. It was a short ride but I tipped the driver 5 quid. Mum asked what the hell I was doing and I said this was the same company that was taking us in the morning, plus none of my relatives had let me pay for anything yet (and to be fair the same would have been true had they visited me) so I had a bit of exta cash.

Was I wrong?

COMMENT EDIT: I completely forgot about this incident which helps explain the above incident: When we arrived at Euston we got into a cab outside the terminal (if you know the long line of cabs out there) and gave the hotel a short ride away and the driver complained about how he'd been in line for hours to get the ride and would get nothing out of it. My mum had trouble walking and the hotel was a good 15 minute walk. We told the cabbie to never mind and got out, even though it would have been about a 3 pound fair and I'd have given him 20. I think he lost out in that deal. Anyway, I think that may have influenced the above situation a little bit also.