Originally Posted by
dheese
While staying at the Hiedelburg Marriott a coupel summers ago I threw the lounge girl, who was a real doll, a 5 euro tip after a bunch of us were in there drinking free beer for a couple hours. You'd think I just gave her a car she was so happy.
Of course she was happy – she was giving you something that cost HER nothing and you were giving her money for it. From your point of view it was ok for her to give away free beer because she got a tip. Would you have been quite as thrilled if you had been the owner, and it your beer she was giving to a ‘bunch’ of people for a ‘couple of hours’?
Originally Posted by
dreamwks
If you don't enjoy tipping, consider this....Tipping is never about the receiver, it's about the giver! Over the years, I've been fortunate to give good tips and have developed this habit, and I've sometimes walked into a bar that I haven't been in ages, and the some bar tender that I barely remember puts my favorite larger on the table without even asking, and say's this is on the house
As you say tipping is ‘about the giver’ – in this case it’s the owner of the establishment who is the ‘giver’ – whilst you and the bartender are the receivers (he of your tip and you of the ‘free’ lager.)