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History of Tipping in the USA

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  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

    @klaus said in History of Tipping in the USA:

    @taiwan_girl said in History of Tipping in the USA:

    I agree with Xenon, I would rather have the list price higher and have no service charge.

    Same here. I always feel like a condescending idiot when tipping.

    That's hardly going to change if you stop tipping.

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    @doctor-phibes said in History of Tipping in the USA:

    @klaus said in History of Tipping in the USA:

    @taiwan_girl said in History of Tipping in the USA:

    I agree with Xenon, I would rather have the list price higher and have no service charge.

    Same here. I always feel like a condescending idiot when tipping.

    That's hardly going to change if you stop tipping.

    The only thing that could stop it would be me whupping your ass 😉

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      Sorry Klaus, I actually thought Jon made that comment. 'Condescending' doesn't apply to you, at least.

      I was only joking

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      • CopperC Copper

        While in school, I worked at Fenway Park as a vendor for 8 years.

        I can only remember 1 tip, I think the guy was drunk.

        Nobody ever got tips there, then.

        Now I bet that tips are a significant part of the pay.

        I demand reparations.

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        @copper said in History of Tipping in the USA:

        I demand reparations.

        😝 Good luck with that, my friend.

        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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          #14

          I can't say I've given it as much thought as most of y'all. I used to fret about tipping in restaurants, until I got tired of fooling with it and filed it in the life's-too-short department. Now I'll arbitrarily tip 15% for service that's ordinarily competent, more if it's warranted. If the service is really bad, I'll either stiff him/her or leave an insultingly small amount, and if I'm feeling chatty I might say something to the manager.

          Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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          • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

            Sorry Klaus, I actually thought Jon made that comment. 'Condescending' doesn't apply to you, at least.

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            @doctor-phibes said in History of Tipping in the USA:

            Sorry Klaus, I actually thought Jon made that comment. 'Condescending' doesn't apply to you, at least.

            Here's jon tipping his landscaper. "Hey, José, come over here for a second. Listen, José, I don't want you to feel bad about taking this, because honestly this amount of money is meaningless to someone like me. But for you, I feel like it would be life-changing. And jon-nyc is in the business of changing lives, José. Today, it is my great privilege and honor to change yours. Take this 20 dollars, José, and go buy your five kids a Happy Meal. Tell them it's from uncle jon. There's a good lad. Now run along."

            Education is extremely important.

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            • HoraceH Horace

              @doctor-phibes said in History of Tipping in the USA:

              Sorry Klaus, I actually thought Jon made that comment. 'Condescending' doesn't apply to you, at least.

              Here's jon tipping his landscaper. "Hey, José, come over here for a second. Listen, José, I don't want you to feel bad about taking this, because honestly this amount of money is meaningless to someone like me. But for you, I feel like it would be life-changing. And jon-nyc is in the business of changing lives, José. Today, it is my great privilege and honor to change yours. Take this 20 dollars, José, and go buy your five kids a Happy Meal. Tell them it's from uncle jon. There's a good lad. Now run along."

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              Doctor Phibes
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              @horace said in History of Tipping in the USA:

              @doctor-phibes said in History of Tipping in the USA:

              Sorry Klaus, I actually thought Jon made that comment. 'Condescending' doesn't apply to you, at least.

              Here's jon tipping his landscaper. "Hey, José, come over here for a second. Listen, José, I don't want you to feel bad about taking this, because honestly this amount of money is meaningless to someone like me. But for you, I feel like it would be life-changing. And jon-nyc is in the business of changing lives, José. Today, it is my great privilege and honor to change yours. Take this 20 dollars, José, and go buy your five kids a Happy Meal. Tell them it's from uncle jon. There's a good lad. Now run along."

              I'm sure nobody has ever accused you of being condescending, Horace.

              Not within earshot, at least.

              (Friday is Insult-the-board day. Or mybe insult-the-bored day.)

              I was only joking

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              • Catseye3C Catseye3

                I can't say I've given it as much thought as most of y'all. I used to fret about tipping in restaurants, until I got tired of fooling with it and filed it in the life's-too-short department. Now I'll arbitrarily tip 15% for service that's ordinarily competent, more if it's warranted. If the service is really bad, I'll either stiff him/her or leave an insultingly small amount, and if I'm feeling chatty I might say something to the manager.

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                @catseye3 said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                I can't say I've given it as much thought as most of y'all. I used to fret about tipping in restaurants, until I got tired of fooling with it and filed it in the life's-too-short department. Now I'll arbitrarily tip 15% for service that's ordinarily competent, more if it's warranted. If the service is really bad, I'll either stiff him/her or leave an insultingly small amount, and if I'm feeling chatty I might say something to the manager.

                I've been known to leave a penny.

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • JollyJ Jolly

                  @catseye3 said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                  I can't say I've given it as much thought as most of y'all. I used to fret about tipping in restaurants, until I got tired of fooling with it and filed it in the life's-too-short department. Now I'll arbitrarily tip 15% for service that's ordinarily competent, more if it's warranted. If the service is really bad, I'll either stiff him/her or leave an insultingly small amount, and if I'm feeling chatty I might say something to the manager.

                  I've been known to leave a penny.

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                  @jolly said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                  I've been known to leave a penny.

                  When my peeps were stationed in Germany, the Germans had a custom of complimenting the server by leaving a shiny new penny in addition to the regular tip. It was intended as a gesture of high praise. The penny had to be very clean and shiny. Don't know if they still do that.

                  I thought it was a charming habit.

                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                    @horace said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                    @doctor-phibes said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                    Sorry Klaus, I actually thought Jon made that comment. 'Condescending' doesn't apply to you, at least.

                    Here's jon tipping his landscaper. "Hey, José, come over here for a second. Listen, José, I don't want you to feel bad about taking this, because honestly this amount of money is meaningless to someone like me. But for you, I feel like it would be life-changing. And jon-nyc is in the business of changing lives, José. Today, it is my great privilege and honor to change yours. Take this 20 dollars, José, and go buy your five kids a Happy Meal. Tell them it's from uncle jon. There's a good lad. Now run along."

                    I'm sure nobody has ever accused you of being condescending, Horace.

                    Not within earshot, at least.

                    (Friday is Insult-the-board day. Or mybe insult-the-bored day.)

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                    @doctor-phibes said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                    @horace said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                    @doctor-phibes said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                    Sorry Klaus, I actually thought Jon made that comment. 'Condescending' doesn't apply to you, at least.

                    Here's jon tipping his landscaper. "Hey, José, come over here for a second. Listen, José, I don't want you to feel bad about taking this, because honestly this amount of money is meaningless to someone like me. But for you, I feel like it would be life-changing. And jon-nyc is in the business of changing lives, José. Today, it is my great privilege and honor to change yours. Take this 20 dollars, José, and go buy your five kids a Happy Meal. Tell them it's from uncle jon. There's a good lad. Now run along."

                    I'm sure nobody has ever accused you of being condescending, Horace.

                    That is correct. Thank you for recognizing my humility. Few people do. In fact it's one of my most-overlooked qualities. The masses have proven unable to recognize many of the things that make me superior to them, but I appreciate your perceptiveness in this regard.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                      Sorry Klaus, I actually thought Jon made that comment. 'Condescending' doesn't apply to you, at least.

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                      @doctor-phibes said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                      'Condescending' doesn't apply to you, at least.

                      If I were condescending, you wouldn't understand it anyway.

                      😉

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                          @mark lol, I was thinking of posting a copycat thread about the history of cow tipping.

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                          • HoraceH Horace

                            @doctor-phibes said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                            @horace said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                            @doctor-phibes said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                            Sorry Klaus, I actually thought Jon made that comment. 'Condescending' doesn't apply to you, at least.

                            Here's jon tipping his landscaper. "Hey, José, come over here for a second. Listen, José, I don't want you to feel bad about taking this, because honestly this amount of money is meaningless to someone like me. But for you, I feel like it would be life-changing. And jon-nyc is in the business of changing lives, José. Today, it is my great privilege and honor to change yours. Take this 20 dollars, José, and go buy your five kids a Happy Meal. Tell them it's from uncle jon. There's a good lad. Now run along."

                            I'm sure nobody has ever accused you of being condescending, Horace.

                            That is correct. Thank you for recognizing my humility. Few people do. In fact it's one of my most-overlooked qualities. The masses have proven unable to recognize many of the things that make me superior to them, but I appreciate your perceptiveness in this regard.

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                            @horace said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                            @doctor-phibes said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                            @horace said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                            @doctor-phibes said in History of Tipping in the USA:

                            Sorry Klaus, I actually thought Jon made that comment. 'Condescending' doesn't apply to you, at least.

                            Here's jon tipping his landscaper. "Hey, José, come over here for a second. Listen, José, I don't want you to feel bad about taking this, because honestly this amount of money is meaningless to someone like me. But for you, I feel like it would be life-changing. And jon-nyc is in the business of changing lives, José. Today, it is my great privilege and honor to change yours. Take this 20 dollars, José, and go buy your five kids a Happy Meal. Tell them it's from uncle jon. There's a good lad. Now run along."

                            I'm sure nobody has ever accused you of being condescending, Horace.

                            That is correct. Thank you for recognizing my humility. Few people do. In fact it's one of my most-overlooked qualities. The masses have proven unable to recognize many of the things that make me superior to them, but I appreciate your perceptiveness in this regard.

                            I'm going to leave you a shiny new penny as a special thank you for your humility.

                            I was only joking

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