jdinasia Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 (edited) look at the post again .... I didn't discuss a 'service charge' ... as it is part of the bill. At least when there is a 10% s.c. it keeps people from being too cheap! and a s.c. is not the same as a ip ... it is a charge ... part of the bill ... a tip is discretionary Edited August 13, 2006 by jdinasia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donz Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 tipping in thailand is not required. many thais will usually leave a few baht, as a "gesture" of generosity. at upscale establishments a service charge is included, which should translate as "tip included". this is the standard. Not exactly accurate .... Tipping is not required/standard in exclusively Thai places. In More up-scale places it is customary, particularly in places frequented by farang. Salaries in places that tipping is expected tends to be lower and tipping is pooled ... more often than not if you leave your tip INSIDE the folder that your bill comes in it goes to a pool to b divided amongst the employees. However if you take part or all of it out of the folder and place it on top that portion goes directly to the person picking up the change. forgive me if i am misunderstanding. universally,a service charge is understood as exactly the same as a tip. if thailand has it's own esoteric system, then that is up to them. a "folder" is meant to "hold" the gratuity, if any. You dont go out much when your not in Thailand do you... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog412 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 tipping in thailand is not required. many thais will usually leave a few baht, as a "gesture" of generosity. at upscale establishments a service charge is included, which should translate as "tip included". this is the standard. Not exactly accurate .... Tipping is not required/standard in exclusively Thai places. In More up-scale places it is customary, particularly in places frequented by farang. Salaries in places that tipping is expected tends to be lower and tipping is pooled ... more often than not if you leave your tip INSIDE the folder that your bill comes in it goes to a pool to b divided amongst the employees. However if you take part or all of it out of the folder and place it on top that portion goes directly to the person picking up the change. forgive me if i am misunderstanding. universally,a service charge is understood as exactly the same as a tip. if thailand has it's own esoteric system, then that is up to them. a "folder" is meant to "hold" the gratuity, if any. You dont go out much when your not in Thailand do you... lol we do not use service charge in the u.s. that is why we tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donz Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 we use it in some places in Oz and we still tip. But we usually aint tight asses so thats probaly the reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Service charges are common in the US but usually instituted on parties of a certain number or higher. (4 or more in small places and 6 or more in larger places) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog412 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 we use it in some places in Oz and we still tip.But we usually aint tight asses so thats probaly the reason the reason for what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donz Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 we use it in some places in Oz and we still tip. But we usually aint tight asses so thats probaly the reason the reason for what? reason for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog412 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 we use it in some places in Oz and we still tip. But we usually aint tight asses so thats probaly the reason the reason for what? reason for that whatever busts your nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacoste Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 When restaurants levy a 10% service charge, tipping is not required. If you go to Europe you will find this to be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexth Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 When restaurants levy a 10% service charge, tipping is not required.If you go to Europe you will find this to be true. I know that, even though, when I am being treated nice, I am tipping accordingly and when I say being treated nice nice means being treated like a normal person. And Donz, I do tip and many times I get the angry looks from some fellow farangs. I never look at the service charge, I tip anyways, but when I get a smiling face rubbing his/her hands at the joke he/she pulled on me by giving me 30 or 40 baht in 1 baht or 5 baht coins, I just can't resist not to take every satang from the black book. Eventually all the change goes to the donation boxes or to the beggars from the street, at least they need it more than them. It's not a money thing, it's just a principle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantilley Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I do tip and many times I get the angry looks from some fellow farangs. You get angry looks from people for making this generous gesture? Geez, what kind of people are you dining with???!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donz Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Oh well, w h atever floats your boat. I tip coz i just like to do it, even bad service i will tip, but nothing really bothers me much, im always happy and just dont take notice of things like some of you guys do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Talking about floating boats.....i'm surprised the quadruple pricing system hasn't been adopted here . In Paris a coffee can have four different prices depending where you sit / stand...at the bar, near the the bar, sit on inside table, sit on outside table. How does that grab you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chang35baht Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Never happened to me and never heard of it happening to any of my buddies either. Soon you will be having the same problem with the new 2 baht coin. Anyway ,if it does happen to you once then you can say they may be stuck to give you the change in the correct denominations. If it happens again in the same place then it is obvious what they are up to you tip or don`t tip, you go back or you don`t go back. P.S Oej: I know you always sit in the cheap seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Knew i couldn't fool u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry57 Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Oh well, w h atever floats your boat.I tip coz i just like to do it, even bad service i will tip, but nothing really bothers me much, im always happy and just dont take notice of things like some of you guys do. lovely reply donz, remember to follow through when you hit the punt00000000000ers with the old one, two, three. btw. did you learn why there's sand on the ground ? cricky's mate , if you need some top answers when you ponder thing's like that just ask my top self as were like kin mate. bloody cracking good aussie's. cheers mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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