The Tipping Points: A Gridskipper Discussion [Tips]
Posted on March 1st, 2008 in Tips, Tricks, and Guides
Last Friday, brasiliero called for a discussion on tipping practices. “Brazilians,” he writes, “have a hard time with this whole ‘give em 25%’ thing cause in brasil there is no such thing as a tip to a waiter, but you do tip the guy who pumps your gas, or who bags your groceries.” Forbes.com recently published a guide to luxury travel tipping. And I’ll be damned if the aglomerated tips don’t set you back at least a hundo or more. Though probably few of us will have to tackle the dilemma of paying the pool boy/suntan lotion butler a $5-$20 gratuity, who knew you had to tip the front desk people? ($1-$2). But, more interesting than luxury travel, is eating out, something city-dwellers find themselves doing constantly. What’s your tipping guideline for waitstaff? Do you, like brasiliero start at 0 and work you’re way up or do you start at some percentage and let each service faux pas erode the tip? What about bathroom attendants, whose sorry lot the NYT
chronicled in 2004 or bartenders, those gruff untouchables who are in charge of your shitfacedness? Send in your thoughts, theories and, yes, tips to
tips@gridskipper.com or use your vaunted comment status to respond directly on the site.
Gratuities Travel Guide [Forbes]
Previously: Notes From A Waitress, SF Waitress Blog, Tipping in Havana Legal; Smuggling Cigars Still Not, Why Thank You Sir, Grrrrr
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