tipping
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Nov
I went to a steakhouse with my mom yesterday. When we got the check, I saw that they automatically added 18% tip to the bill. That is not right. They shouldn’t decide for me how much tip I give them or that I give them any tip at...
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189833)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Aug
Tipping actually has its roots in Medieval Europe. During that time period wealthy landowners occasionally would give small sums of money to their servants for good service. The gesture later evolved into a more formal custom. In...
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112874)
• United States
22 Jul
Can you believe a haircut at Great Clips is $22 now? Just a few years ago it was $15, then it went to $18, then $20, and now it's $22. I mean, it's not like I'm Crystal Gale walking in there even if I do tend to wait a bit between...
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112874)
• United States
12 Mar 25
I am not sure if it is actually true, or if someone just made it up, but the concept behind it, true or not, still makes perfect sense when it comes to offering someone a tip.
Supposedly the word "tip" or "tips" is an acronym...
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Anish Asokan
@RevivedWarrior (3853)
• India
8 Feb 25
The other day while we were having an office dinner, overheard a hotel staff speaking to another about the unequal tip distribution and that the kitchen workers are demotivated to do better as they never receive tips. I have...
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Bensen32
@Bensen32 (28658)
• United States
15 Dec 24
Hello all, hope you are doing well.
I ran into something yesterday, I’m not sure it is everywhere but it is at my local Walmart.
First let me give you an idea of what I am about to complain about. I’m not sure where you are in...
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Kristie Benjamin
@Novelangel (394)
• United States
22 Apr 24
Tipping is kind of a controversial topic in some venues. People have differing opinions on the subject, some reasoning that the perfect tip amount is 30%, while others prefer 20%, 15%, or even !0%. I tend to tip at 20% in...
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112874)
• United States
12 Feb 24
I have always said, if I ever were lucky enough to win the lottery, at least some concept of helping to spread my fortune would be on my mind.
I am always careful to point out that simply handing people money is never a...
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joseph anthony yap
@NatsuYeung (264)
20 Feb 22
In the United States tip[ping and the tipping culture has become a source of debate especially on social media.
While most people agree on tipping the grounds that someone is "expected" to tip has become a point of contention.
A...
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freak369
@freak369 (5112)
• United States
2 Oct 19
Some people say that tipping is optional, in most cases it is but waitresses usually work for a lot less than minimum wage and rely on tips. There have only been a few times that I did not tip in a restaurant setting and i those...
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GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
18 Aug 19
Please read this first (in today's Sun-Sentinel C&P )
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-ways-that-restaurants-cheat-their-workers-20190816-aiooy2g7gnb3rmog2yjir6bemq-story.html
I was in the restaurant business for...
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112874)
• United States
6 Jul 19
When it comes to tipping, there are only a few occasions when I will do it. I will tip a bellboy at a hotel (although it is rare I use one). I will tip a shuttle driver when I am at the airport for helping to handle our bags. I of...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382021)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jan 19
JJ (@myklj999) wrote about tipping wait staff. I’ll put the link at the bottom of this. In Australia, we don’t tip although there is often a jar on the counter where we can tip if we want to. So when we go overseas tipping is...
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Oct 18
In the US, when you dine out at a restaurant, there is usually a suggested tip amount for you to leave displayed on the receipt. Usually it's 15%, 18% or 20%, though sometimes another suggested amount may be displayed, like 25%...
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RK Finnell
@irishidid (8687)
• United States
26 Jun 18
Surprisingly, it does matter.
Where you leave the tip is as important as giving a tip. If the housekeeper has to question whether or not money left is a tip they won't touch it. If you have money laying around the room, it's even...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43586)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Apr 18
Check this out!
This guy, James, is an Uber driver in the Denver area. Not too long ago, a passenger gave James a five dollar scratch off lottery ticket as a tip. James won 30 bucks and invested it back into more tickets.
And as...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382021)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Apr 18
I recently wrote about what tourists might find strange when visiting Australia. I wanted to write more but I thought the post was long enough so this post deals with things I found unusual when visiting Europe and Ireland.
I...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382021)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Apr 18
For reasons I won’t go into here, I have become connected to a few new sites. One, called Oldish, has short, pithy articles on a variety of subjects. Today they offered a short list of things that surprise tourists who come to...
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