Well here in Sweden the tip is generally already taken care of in the price, that is, everything is calculated into the wage of peoples salary, and the tip is a bonus you have to pay taxes for, but nothing that should be expectyed to have a living on.
Tipping have started to be more common here but in general when you go to a store and they offer you something with a pricetag set in plastice numbers, you donīt tip.
Services you can tip. I would never tip my hairdresser, she is cute and very nice and all, but after every time I cut my hai (never improves my looks anyway
) I say to my self that I will get a can of razorfoam and shave it all off next time instead
Most things here are pretty expansive, just go out at a bar and have a beer, and you feel they are stealing from you and tipping is generlly sone to make the bartender acknowledge you later on when it is monkey wars around the bar to get a drink.
Pretty risky when you get abroad and donīt know how much or when to or not to give tip.
First time in London, we got a crash court by a Swedish friend living in London about tipping, and then he said that if you tip a waiter only in the copper coins, you are very displeased with the food and the service. Donīt know if that is still valid or ever was?
This waiter forgot our order twice, and it was not worth the one hour to wait for a pizza. We tipped him all spare copper change we had..
Bah.. how to express that in Euros??