Originally Posted by
Ardecos
On one of my early trips I tried giving a tip to bell boy and had it thrown back at me. I learned my lesson not to offend the locals.
Ha. We went to a restaurant in Houhai as a group. We rounded up the bill to whatever worked to split evenly with party (maybe RMB 550 to RMB600 for a group of 6). The waiter chased us down to return the change, and when we told him it was a little extra for him he refused it.
On the other hand, once after getting the "Free" hotel shoe shine delivered back to the room, the person paused and looked like she was waiting for a little something for the effort. She ended up with 5 or 10 kuai. (I couldn't offer total consciousness on her deathbed.)