Tipping

[NoshowJones]

On 4/5/2025 at 2:52 PM, save the frogs said:

whats the official "laws of the land" for tipping?

 

is tipping mandatory/expected? restaurants only? hairdressers? masseuses?

does it differ in tourist spots? 

 

do you tip? usually? sometimes?  

 

 

Years ago before I made my first trip to America, I was reading about their customs, one thing said that I should expect to pay about 20% of my spending money on tips.

I then decided no tips for anything and that applied to my trip and future trips. I did make a point to never use the same restaurant etc a second time for obvious reasons.

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

use the same restaurant etc a second time for obvious reasons.

exactly.

they will spit in your food. 

 

[NoshowJones]

Just now, save the frogs said:

exactly.

they will spit in your food. 

 

Spot on.

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

Spot on.

I think I read somewhere that Uber Eats keeps track of tips and people who tip less end up getting slower service for future deliveries. I don't know how much truth there is to it. But it wouldn't surprise me.

 

 

[rough diamond]

17 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

I think I read somewhere that Uber Eats keeps track of tips and people who tip less end up getting slower service for future deliveries. I don't know how much truth there is to it. But it wouldn't surprise me.

 

 

Rather than a "policy" I would think that if they have a number of orders all roughly equidistant that they would deliver in order of previous tips!

[Lorry]

11 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Believe it or not this sign is real, and was posted on the front door of a restaurant in California. I don't mind tipping but when somebody demands a 25% tip I literally run for the hills. 

 

Recently we got together with some friends for dinner and my friend suggested that we bring food rather than having them cook as usual, so he picked up some paella at a fancy Spanish restaurant in Los Angeles for $110 for two dishes. He then proceeded to tip them 20% because it was on the iPad, we had a bit of a tiff over that as I never have and never will tip for takeout. It's just a ridiculously woke concept and homie don't play that game. I gave him my share of the food and told him the tips on you, that was your mistake. 

 

 

I don't know whether this is funny or ridiculous. 

So the letters "tip" in American English translate into "that part of the price that we don't write on the menu (but that you have to pay, of course,  because it's part of our price)"

They should correct the dictionaries accordingly. 

[Yellowtail]

55 minutes ago, Lorry said:

I don't know whether this is funny or ridiculous. 

So the letters "tip" in American English translate into "that part of the price that we don't write on the menu (but that you have to pay, of course,  because it's part of our price)"

They should correct the dictionaries accordingly. 

I'm from the US and have worked over much the country, and tipping is generally not mandatory, unless you have a large group. 

 

 

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

I'm from the US and have worked over much the country, and tipping is generally not mandatory, unless you have a large group. 

 

 

Disagree ... it's quite rude not to leave a tip, unless crap service, which is usually very rare, or, used to be.   Standard is 15%, if a CC at least 10%.

 

Unless service was a bit lacking, I usually tipped 20%.  Worked a couple jobs where tipping was a good part of one's salary, so 15% or more is definitely appreciated.

[save the frogs]

I stayed in a hotel in Thailand for one month.

They added 500 Baht cleaning fee at the end.

I was never told this in advance. 

I didn't debate it.

I guess the cleaners work hard and are under-paid and the hotel can't quite pay them the salary they deserve, so they have to pick our pockets. Fair enough. Hotels are cheap here anyway. 

 

 

[Ralf001]

1 minute ago, save the frogs said:

I stayed in a hotel in Thailand for one month.

They added 500 Baht cleaning fee at the end.

I was never told this in advance. 

I didn't debate it.

I guess the cleaners work hard and are under-paid and the hotel can't quite pay them the salary they deserve, so they have to pick our pockets. Fair enough. Hotels are cheap here anyway. 

 

 

During that 1 month stay.... how many times was the room cleaned ?

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

During that 1 month stay.... how many times was the room cleaned ?

Once a week.

 

[Acharn]

It may be different in Bangkok. My belief is: Thais don't tip, so neither do I. Restaurant and bar owners pay living wages, unlike the barbaric United States. I consider a need for a tip to be a sign of desperation, taking a bad job.

[Yellowtail]

3 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Disagree ... it's quite rude not to leave a tip, unless crap service, which is usually very rare, or, used to be.   Standard is 15%, if a CC at least 10%.

 

Unless service was a bit lacking, I usually tipped 20%.  Worked a couple jobs where tipping was a good part of one's salary, so 15% or more is definitely appreciated.

That it's considered rude not to, does not make it mandatory. A fair percentage of people in the US do not tip. 

 

Tipping all service the same is insulting to competent staff. 

 

 

[Yellowtail]

42 minutes ago, Acharn said:

It may be different in Bangkok. My belief is: Thais don't tip, so neither do I. Restaurant and bar owners pay living wages, unlike the barbaric United States. I consider a need for a tip to be a sign of desperation, taking a bad job.

Not from the US huh? 

 

 

[ChaiyaTH]

Tipping today is a failed economic design from the USA from owners to take away their responsibility to pay proper wages. It's been proven as well by countless studies. Tipping was intended to be a optional bonus, for exceptional service.

[Yellowtail]

4 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Tipping today is a failed economic design from the USA from owners to take away their responsibility to pay proper wages. It's been proven as well by countless studies. Tipping was intended to be a optional bonus, for exceptional service.

What are proper wages for wait-staff? 

[ChaiyaTH]

Just now, Yellowtail said:

What are proper wages for wait-staff? 

Stop asking stupid questions, you know very well what would be an acceptable wage according to standards in the given country you hire.

[Yellowtail]

27 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Stop asking stupid questions, you know very well what would be an acceptable wage according to standards in the given country you hire.

You claimed owners in the US don't pay proper wages, yet you have no idea what proper wagers are. 

 

You must be a leftist, yes?