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  1. Scha Scha is offline Creator of SchaArcade & SchaCam

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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 1:13pm)

    I was reading an article on a Norwegian web page about how much you should tip in different countries. The list was put together by a Norwegian travle agency, and I almost choked when I saw they recomended tipping 12-15% in restaurants in USA. If I remember correctly from previous threads, unless you tip more than 20% your a cheap cunt who deserve bad service and spit in your food.

    Here's the list, is this accurate?:

    Restaurants: 12 to 15 percent
    Maid: 1 dollar/day
    Piccolo: 1 dollar/bag/suitcase
    Taxi: 10 percent
    Hairdresser: 5 to 10 dollar
    Edited By: Scha Aug 29th, 2011 at 01:16 PM
  2. cchan cchan is online now

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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 1:14pm) in reply to Scha

    12-15 is pretty accurate.

    however everyone thta works in the service industry thinks anything udner 20 is cheap.
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 1:17pm) in reply to Scha

    Restaurants are 15-20% (12% is for London)
    Maid is $5 a day at least, but many people stiff the maid
    Hairdresser is about 10%
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  4. Shaaarrrp Shaaarrrp is offline

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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 1:26pm) in reply to wackyJaxon

    15% is considered the minimum tip for adequate service.
     
  5. HK_MP5N HK_MP5N is offline

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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 1:28pm) in reply to Shaaarrrp

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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 1:36pm) in reply to HK_MP5N

    12% is a pretty f small tip.

    Personally I usually leave 20% +/- a bit...but that's more a reflection of the facts that I'm generous and don't eat places with bad/average service often (along with 20% being an easier number to calculate) than a reflection of what Americans normally do...15% is standard.
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 1:40pm) in reply to Lord Supremo

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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 1:54pm) in reply to Glo4m

    i dont go over 15% anymore thanks to the OT waiters and their shitty attitudes towards their customers.
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 1:56pm) in reply to waboose

    More for the maid...especially when your room reeks of mary jane.

    A fivezie or a tenzie goes a long way.
     
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 2:06pm) in reply to Paki_Poker

    Would those of you on business travel for a long time really tip $5-$10 a day to your maids? That would be $50-$100 extra out of my pocket for a 10 day trip I'm doing solely for work purposes (work pays for the room) and never would have taken oterwise.
     
  11. cchan cchan is online now

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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 2:06pm) in reply to Shaaarrrp

    $5 a room / day for a maid? are you nuts?

    they clean lets use.. 50 rooms a day... so that means you think they should get $250 a day + hourly?

    holy shit i'm in the wrong industry.
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 2:18pm) in reply to Shaaarrrp

     
    Originally Posted by Shaaarrrp View Post

    Would those of you on business travel for a long time really tip $5-$10 a day to your maids? That would be $50-$100 extra out of my pocket for a 10 day trip I'm doing solely for work purposes (work pays for the room) and never would have taken oterwise.

    Yeah - I would rather tip the hardworking maid than many of the others that I tip. When I am going for a week I would normally leave at least $50. I can understand if your company doesn't reimburse for maid tips that you might not want to have to pay out of pocket for a business trip, but when on vacation, this is usually my standard. If you go on a cruise or are staying somewhere more luxury, I tip the maids a bit more.
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 2:34pm) in reply to waboose

     
    Originally Posted by waboose View Post

    i dont go over 15% anymore thanks to the OT waiters and their shitty attitudes towards their customers.


    Level? That might be worse than them coming here bitching about tips. Well not really, but it's pretty fucking stupid.
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 2:45pm) in reply to elusively

    I pay my maid a salary
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 3:07pm) in reply to bluefin

    if you look up tipping ratios in Missouri you will find

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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 3:13pm) in reply to nastysmell

    Well, tipping is considered rude and non customary over here~
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 3:15pm) in reply to DONKWOOD

    jesus christ how many of you motherfuckers have maids?
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 3:33pm) in reply to Glo4m

    ~20% imo
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 3:53pm) in reply to RUBINH

    Fuck the honesty of cab drivers. This weekend I took a cab with 5 people and it cost $16 total. I've taken this same cab ride by myself beofore and it has cost me $28 and upwards pre-tip and I've had the guy yelling at me at the end, "tip me, come on man, tip me." I think I'll start giving them a dollar top on top from now.
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 3:59pm) in reply to DBo Fo Sho

    I used to tip my restaurant servers a lot more until I realized the overwhelming majority of servers feel that tips are just a given automatic 15-20% added on to their paycheck. My tipping range used to be 15-30% or so, and now its 0-30%, 100% based on service. I have absolutely no shame in tipping nothing anymore.

    People in non restaurant service jobs that occasionally get tips work so much fucking harder than my servers. Obviously there are exceptions.

    The value of the tip needs to come back.
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  21. zeppelinzoso16 zeppelinzoso16 is online now world traveler

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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 4:12pm) in reply to SCTrojans

    Have you ever seen what a servers pay check looks like?

    Servers bitch and complain too much and feel their job is much harder than it actually is, but they should expect 15-20% if they do their job. Just as any customer should be expecting to pay 15-20% before they walk in the front door-- do agree if something goes wrong and you get shit service you shouldn't tip
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 4:21pm) in reply to zeppelinzoso16

     
    Originally Posted by zeppelinzoso16 View Post

    Have you ever seen what a servers pay check looks like?

    Servers bitch and complain too much and feel their job is much harder than it actually is, but they should expect 15-20% if they do their job. Just as any customer should be expecting to pay 15-20% before they walk in the front door-- do agree if something goes wrong and you get shit service you shouldn't tip

    See this defeats the purpose of a tip, and gives servers no incentive to work hard beyond "doing their job".

    Waiting tables is a minimum wage job, unless you actually earn your customers praise in the form of extra $$$

    I agree that what you described is the culture of the restaurant business - but I think it needs to be changed.
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 4:24pm) in reply to SCTrojans

    It should be noted that where SCT lives, all waiters are paid a real minimum wage ($8) as opposed to the 2.35 or whatever it is they receive in pretty much every other state
     
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 4:46pm) in reply to Shaaarrrp

    Lol I serve tables on the side a couple nights a week. I honestly don't understand how some of ny co-workers make any money. It astonishes me to watch some of the m work and then get frustrated when theyvdont understand why they were stiffed.

    I expect at least 15% but I also believe I give much better service then my co-workers. I completely understand though if I get stiffed, most of the time its due to elements out of my control (our kitchen is horrible, our hostesses are pretty rude)
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 4:56pm) in reply to sean614

    USA 15-20 min
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 5:49pm) in reply to sean614

     
    Originally Posted by sean614 View Post

    I completely understand though if I get stiffed, most of the time its due to elements out of my control (our kitchen is horrible, our hostesses are pretty rude)

    I try not to stiff a server if I feel like the kitchen has fucked up my order or whatnot...usually can tell tho if the server forgot to put in the order in a timely manner or forgot to get my order right, etc...
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 5:55pm) in reply to Scha

     
    Originally Posted by Scha View Post

    Taxi: 10 percent

    Only if you want to learn some really interesting Pakistani slang, along with suggestions in broken English of things you can do with your mother's ass.
  28. Scha Scha is offline Creator of SchaArcade & SchaCam

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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 5:56pm) in reply to Glo4m

     
    Originally Posted by Glo4m View Post

    jesus christ how many of you motherfuckers have maids?

    Pretty sure maid in this article = hotel maid
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 5:56pm) in reply to Scha

    In NY, waiters make only like $4.50 an hour. Without tips they are fucked.
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    Aug 29th, 2011 (8/29/2011 6:01pm) in reply to Shaaarrrp

     
    Originally Posted by Shaaarrrp View Post

    Would those of you on business travel for a long time really tip $5-$10 a day to your maids? That would be $50-$100 extra out of my pocket for a 10 day trip I'm doing solely for work purposes (work pays for the room) and never would have taken oterwise.

    Back when I worked for others, I was able to expense tips.
     
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