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Apr 2, 2009 | 1:57 pm
#31
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Point Place, Wisconsin
Programs: LH HON, BA Gold, EK Gold
Posts: 14,508
I know that people say not to tip in Japan, but I was brought up right. I insist on tipping.
If they won't take cash, try tipping the staff with food. Buy a nigiri or a ham sandwich from Seven Eleven. and hand it to the doorman as you're coming back to the hotel. If he seems reluctant to accept, just put it into his pocket with a smile. It may be a good idea to mix things up a little - bring him a mini-tub of Haagen Dazs or a porn mag every so often. Very easy to find in any neighborhood convenience store.
It ain't right not to tip. It ain't right, I tell you.
If they won't take cash, try tipping the staff with food. Buy a nigiri or a ham sandwich from Seven Eleven. and hand it to the doorman as you're coming back to the hotel. If he seems reluctant to accept, just put it into his pocket with a smile. It may be a good idea to mix things up a little - bring him a mini-tub of Haagen Dazs or a porn mag every so often. Very easy to find in any neighborhood convenience store.
It ain't right not to tip. It ain't right, I tell you.
Apr 2, 2009 | 2:32 pm
#32
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: London
Posts: 19,065
Apr 2, 2009 | 2:48 pm
#34
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: London
Posts: 19,065
I can't help but remember a Spanish joke where some of society's outsiders are huddled around a well. Transfixed, they are gazing inside and slowly chanting "twenty seven, twenty seven, twenty seven, twenty seven..."
A passing stranger is struck by the sight, becomes curious and makes his way over. He steps up to the well's edge so he too can look down.
A tapering cry is released followed by the faint sound of a splash. The chant changes:
"twenty eight, twenty eight, twenty eight, twenty eight..."
A passing stranger is struck by the sight, becomes curious and makes his way over. He steps up to the well's edge so he too can look down.
A tapering cry is released followed by the faint sound of a splash. The chant changes:
"twenty eight, twenty eight, twenty eight, twenty eight..."