Thread: Only in America!

fortheether, is that what people do in real life in US? Or it was just said by the comedian? Anyway, that's a very interesting thought.)))

Originally Posted by alexsms

fortheether, is that what people do in real life in US? Or it was just said by the comedian? Anyway, that's a very interesting thought.)))

Alex, good question - as for the restaurant, that's accurate - 15%, or 20-25%, if you have some reason to be overly kind. (In general, restaurants here don't have "gratuity" added on, so if you don't tip, the waiter/waitress doesn't make very much money... In fact they are paid well below minimum wage, and expected to get tips to cover the difference.. I knew a girl, a waitress, who made 3.15/hour, and the rest of her paycheck was supposed to be tips. (Everywhere she went she would have infinite $1-dollar bills, hehe) )

As for the delivery guy - I'll tip $3 or $4 on a $25 order. Most people go a little short of that. I just never want to take the chance of finding that my food was.. given... special attention by an angry delivery guy. =)

In my neighborhood, if you tipped $1, the guy would remember you as a bad tipper.

Originally Posted by alexsms

fortheether, is that what people do in real life in US? Or it was just said by the comedian? Anyway, that's a very interesting thought.)))

I generally tip the pizza delivery person $2 for the first pizza and add a dollar for every additional pizza. Never 15 or 20 percent like in a restaurant.


Another tipping options has happened in the past few years. At smaller stores pizza place, doughnut shops, etc. leave a jar on the counter with a sign taped on it "Tips". I rarely put anything in it as I should tip a cashier for doing their job? Does Russia, Ukraine, Belarus etc. have such a thing?

Scott

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Originally Posted by fortheether

Another tipping options has happened in the past few years. At smaller stores pizza place, doughnut shops, etc. leave a jar on the counter with a sign taped on it "Tips". I rarely put anything in it as I should tip a cashier for doing their job?
Scott

It's the same at coffee shops. The girls and I go to a locally owned coffee shop not a national chain like Starbucks and there is a tip jar there. I do tend to leave a dollar now and again as it is usually high school kids working there. At our local doughnut shop there too, one of their high school friends actually works there in the morning BEFORE he goes to school. He brings in doughnuts to school with him!

What about the people selling things or just begging for money on the street corners? Our county is trying to pass a law that you need a permit to do such as it really is out of hand here. It has already been ban in other counties near us FOX News - Politics - State & Local News - Washington, D.C., Suburb Pushes Regulations on Panhandlers

What is the situation like in Russia with panhandlers?