One of the most confusing customs is knowing when to tip for a particular service in the United States. For example, customers normally tip between 15-18% when dining at a restaurant, and how much you tip will depend on your feelings about the service. However, for large groups, the restaurant will automatically add the tip to your bill, so you don't really have a choice on how much you tip. Another place where tipping is not so uncommon is at beauty salon or barber shop. There is often a jar on the counter where you can drop in a tip for the stylist. What makes tipping sometimes confusing is that this is not a universal custom around the world. So, please share something about your culture when dealing with tipping? Is it a common practice at all? If so, when do people tip and how much do they leave? If people don't tip, do people do anything instead? Randall
In China,customers seldom tip to people who served them.Tipping only happened in very limited occasions. Most service just offered for free.people who provide service just receive salary from their boss.Customers get satisfied service from others may express their thanks by saying thank you. in Most situations, customer took others service for granted. If someone have opportunity to receive tips from customers then their boss will not pay them.For them, the only source of income comes from tips.
ReplyDeleteTipping is not a coommon practice in my country and it always make me confused. In my country, lots of hotel provide that the stuff can't accept tip from customers. However, I think it is reasonable to tip to the attendants in a restaurant. Because of their thoughtful service, we can finish comfortably.
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In Russia tips are not wide spreaded. In most cases all is included in price.
ReplyDeleteIn Viet Nam, tipping is not common.At university, we discussed this topic once and there were different ideas about it. Many students said tipping shows how satisfied the customer was when he was served. But other students said tipping was not a good custom because they suggested service price should be included to the bill, so the price for food can be increased. However, these students said that the customer was happy to pay more money according to the bill if he was served to his wish. I agree with the latter that tipping is not a good custom.I think if i was a customer, i would be willing to pay higher price which is written down to the bill rather than tipping someone in the restaurant, for example.
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