Originally Posted by tdo-ca
Had a convo in Europe recently with a hotel employee who stated flat out that they see Americans as "poor tippers" - Tipping is by no means a requirement, nor is it an expectation. But I feel good about it, so I do it when merited, and it usually seems much appreciated, which makes me happy, too.
I think that the hotel employee must have been sarcastic -- many Europeans (possibly 80%+) do not tip at all for the kinds of things talked about in this thread.
Americans IMHO are the most inclined to tip of any countrymen. And it is (also IMHO) done excessively.