undertipping
Gratuity below standard
Undertipping is leaving a gratuity smaller than customary or expected.
In contexts where tips are standard—restaurants, hotels, salons—undertipping may signal dissatisfaction with service, ignorance of local norms, or simple stinginess: She accused him of undertipping the waiter.
What counts as undertipping varies by country and establishment.
Restaurant service employees
- serversMachines providing network resources
- bartendersDrink preparers at pubs
- housekeepingDomestic cleaning and upkeep
- valetsThose who park cars
bellhops · baristas · hairdressers · porters · cabbies · gratuity · tip jar · service charge
Stingy person
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
- miserlyExcessively reluctant to spend
- ungenerousUnwilling to give freely
grudging · stinting · skimping · cheap · mean · shortchanging · niggardly · parsimonious
Offensively ill-mannered
- disrespectfulShowing lack of regard
- inconsiderateLacking regard for others
- impoliteLacking good manners
- insultingShowing contempt through words
discourteous · ungrateful · unappreciative · tactless · offensive · gauche · shameful · unacceptable
waitstaff
Restaurant service employees
- serversMachines providing network resources
- bartendersDrink preparers at pubs
- housekeepingDomestic cleaning and upkeep
valets · bellhops · baristas · hairdressers · porters · cabbies · gratuity · tip jar · service charge · wages
cheapskate
Stingy person
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
- miserlyExcessively reluctant to spend
ungenerous · grudging · stinting · skimping · cheap · mean · shortchanging · niggardly · parsimonious · greedy
rude
Offensively ill-mannered
- disrespectfulShowing lack of regard
- inconsiderateLacking regard for others
- impoliteLacking good manners
insulting · discourteous · ungrateful · unappreciative · tactless · offensive · gauche · shameful · unacceptable · embarrassing
- tippingtip, tips, gratuity, bartender tips, server tips
- tipping errorsmath error, rounding error, rounding down
tipped, tipping, tipper, overtip, tippers, overtips, overtipped, overtipping, undertipped