Originally Posted by NickW
I was thinking that 100 baht was pretty generous for a tip for a limo driver. What does a basic meal cost in Bangkok? What does a basic meal cost in New York (the centre of the world's most generous tipping culture)? In terms of local circumstances, a 100 baht tip in Bangkok is probably 'more' than you'd tip in New York.
100 baht is the wage given workers (construction, rice field) for a FULL day's work almost anywhere in Thailand outside of Bangkok and the tourists location s like Phuket, etc.