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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 11:05 pm
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anacapamalibu
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Originally Posted by shmj
One is in Garden Hotel, I had to take a heavy bag for my freind to his room, it's too big and heavy bag, I can't move my pace if I took it, so I asked a bell boy to take it to the room, when he put the bag on the room desk but still standed there, so I realized I havet to pay tipping, I paid 10RMB, then he bowed and left the room. Another time is in Jinjiang Tower hotel, I again took a heavy big bag to my friend's room, this time I saw several bell boys there, they saw that I hardly moved my pace with that big bag, but no one come to help, I don't want to pay tipping for the short distance.
These two hotels are exactly where my Chinese friend , who has a Shanghai Hukou, and had the room in her name...was basically forced to pay the bellboys a tip. I wouldn't call that a dumb foreigner tax.
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