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Old Oct 3, 2002 | 1:03 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> ... yes they do expect a tip. But something which very few people are aware is, the valets rarely if ever get to keep this money... </font>
Help me out here ... why would they expect a tip if they don't get to keep it? And who does it go to? I'm having a hard time grasping that a valet given a tip would hand it over to someone else. Seems all the more reason to never tip a valet.
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