if you want to, but its not necessary.

there is a huge difference to the us.

on my last visit to the us i was wondering why a taxi driver is asking me for a 2 usd tip on a 4 usd ride.

he didnt know the way so we had to tell him where to go, and when we gave him 5usd, he jelled something like, give me more tips.

so in the US you are forced to give tips even the people DO NOT DESERVE the TIP. the argumentation of my friends didnt satisfy me. well i understand that the
people in the service industry are not earning a lot. so if i was them and i want TIP, i would try to serve my guests so they are really satisfied and want to give me tips.

well i think that 10% of my bill is a nice tip , for example we spent 500usd in a restaurant and had to tip 20% on top which in my eyes is insane. if i eat with 2 persons for 500usd and didnt get the best service (which i would expect for this price) i would normally maybe tip 10% but not 20%.

on the other hand i can understand that a lot people from the US want to tip the japanese waiters even a 30% tip as the service you know from the US is so bad compared to the japanese service, that you feel like you are stealing from these guys if you do not tip them more than 20% .

but guys, in japan the hotels always have a 10% service charge which is indeed for SERVICE. so there is no need to tip .

so my friends told me, if there is no service they tip 10% , service is good 20% and service is outstanding they tip 25%.

so maybe its my friends who are tipping unusually but i dont get it...

the service in the USA as bad as the service in china and i hope that people stop tipping for NON-Existent service in the US.

anyway, in LA the service at SKYBAR was outstanding so we tipped an 25% which was ok for me.

dp