Originally Posted by
BadgerBoi
Why on earth do people insist on tipping in places where it's just not done? Two years from now there will be threads in FT from people relating their experiences in Kiev being chased down the street by a waiter who is angry that he was only tipped a lousy 10%...
When I was in Aruba this Spring I took a Gypsy Bus to go downtown. Mostly locals on it but along the way we picked some other tourists, one of whom was rather loud and possibly drunk (it is afterall "one happy island") and this woman started asking loudly if we should tip the bus driver. It was all I could do to say there was no need to tip someone operating an illegal service. I think the locals were upset too. Now I don't know for certain that this is an illegal service, but it isn't sancioned by the authority that runs the public transportation service in Aruba.