Tipping in USA/Canada
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From: Hatunen on 8 Nov 2007 20:13 On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:35:09 -0800, Robert Cohen <robtcohen(a)msn.com> wrote: >i suppose one > u.s. dollar per customer at a non-pretentious dinner or at a now >very common buffet restaurant is reasonable, or >in other words, two dollars per couple, et cetera-- > >you can certainly eventually get sick of 'em, but ryan's and the >other buffet restaurants convey unlimited and many varities of food, >and i bet few places in the world are this way, ten dollars or less >person, unlimited goood food > >at the fancier class restaurants, tip at least ten percent of the >total bill, and of course many or rmost people leave 15 percent or >twenty percent or more > >you'll feel ripped-off at yuppie places like ruby fridays, so wendy et >al fast food and those amazing buffet places are best for budget >traveller > >for clothes and chotskies go to the tangar shopping outlet places >and several other factory outlet places is where the people genrally >seem to be especially on weekends > > > >the u.s.a. is pndeed complex, so a guide book wouldn't hurt > >if one is not affluent, one goes to wendy's etal You can't kid me. You're really Archie the Cockroach, aren't you? -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: DevilsPGD on 8 Nov 2007 21:21 In message <4o27j3thlfc7b17o4rshg075gruk39m8i0(a)4ax.com> Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote: >On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:50:17 +0000, Martin D. Pay ><martin(a)starship-excalibur.co.uk> wrote: > >>I have a sort-of-related question... >> >>When I've traveled in the US, sometimes I've paid the whole bill >>and tip in cash, sometimes paid the whole bill and tip on plastic >>and sometimes paid the bill on plastic and left the tip on the >>table in cash. Is there a preferred way (preferred, that is, by >>the waiting staff)? I sometimes wonder how much the waitress sees >>of a tip that goes on the plastic and so through the >>establishment's books... > >I have the same question and I, too, do it all three ways. I've >been assured that the tip goes to the right people when it's put >on the credit card > >But in many establishments the tips all get pooled and split up >among the help, including the buspersons. This defeats the whole >purpose of tipping proportionate to the service received, and in >hope that the waiter will at least see the tip I tend to leave a >cash tip even if I pay with a credit card. Unfortunately, in many >restaurants the busperson sweeps up the tip while clearing the >table. Even so, that means the poor service person is benefiting from the tips of the good service people. Peer pressure will work wonders, if you let it. -- You can get more with a kind word and a 2x4 than just a kind word.
From: mrtravel on 9 Nov 2007 01:33 Rick Blaine wrote: > Qanset <Qanset(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >>The wife and I are planning at trip to USA/Canada in the near future. >>Is it true that the Yanks are really hung up on tipping, and that >>FORGETTING to tip someone is courting disaster??? > > > The only time I've had retailiation for not tipping was in Vegas. A valet was > pissed that I wouldn't tip him for lift bags out of the trunk at a hotel and > passing them to another valet, so he misdirected one of the bags and it took 30 > minutes to "find" it. Ah Vegas... I once tried to give a cab driver $3 in quarters on a $10 fare and he refused it. I didn't want to bother him with breaking a $100 bill, so he got no tip.
From: mrtravel on 9 Nov 2007 01:36 James Robinson wrote: > There are also some shady restaurant owners who demand a cut of the tip > revenue. Those are not common. > It seems only fare they recoup the credit card fees on the tip charges
From: mrtravel on 9 Nov 2007 01:41
mrtravel wrote: > James Robinson wrote: > >> There are also some shady restaurant owners who demand a cut of the >> tip revenue. Those are not common. >> > > It seems only fare they recoup the credit card fees on the tip charges Duh... "fair".... mental lapse |