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Old Aug 11, 2013 | 3:27 am
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Originally Posted by cbn42
I have never seen or heard of anyone tipping at the stations, except on this thread.
Someone claimed it was in one of those published "tipping guides" for Vegas.

Originally Posted by jackal
I have never seen or heard of tipping anyone except the waiter at the end of the meal when paying (and again, with some wings of my family, the waiters at a buffet do more work than a typical waiter as they have to clear off plates between each of several trips to the buffet. )
Paying at the end at a buffet sounds seems unusual to me; I've certainly hit it at hotels, but the vast majority of freestanding low-end ones (Hometown Buffet, Fresh Choice, etc) and Vegas/Reno casino ones are pay-on-entrance.
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