Originally Posted by
QueenOfCoach
And... I REALLY RESENT people from other countries coming here and saying we should do it their way. That is an idiotic thing to say. When I go to their country, I do it their way. Do I enjoy bagging my own groceries in Europe? No, not particularly. But I do it without whining about how I don't have to bag groceries back in the US.
No more than I resent the "pushing" of good (or a large tip) tips for something that should be a standard.. GOOD SERVICE
as someone stated before, good service is part of what I pay for when I go into an establishment. I'm not paying extra for it. I'll leave the ~15% and thats it unless its something extraordinary and well I've never had something that great where I'd leave a bigger tip than the standard
I live here, hate the tipping culture and have only left a zero tip once for lousy service... typically i'm in that 12-15% range.
the zero time was kind of funny as we ordered drinks and our dinner.. drinks came in about 15 minutes.. dinner never made it and after another hour, we paid in cash, the exact amount of the drinks and dinner (and tax) down to the penny and left. When we left, we flagged down another waiter to tell him what we were doing as we were not happy..
it was too funny (after we left) when the waiter came running out with his manager to our car and told us not to come back.. now do you really think we were coming back anyway you dope..yes they were asking why no tip was included