Tips tips!

[tzikeh]

The tip poll--and only a week late!

This is a U.S.-centric poll. Tipping in the U.S. is very different from tipping in Europe; the results would be hopelessly skewed if it were a poll that included all nations. (I don't know if Canada's tipping etiquette is just like the U.S.; if it is, feel free to join in!)

If you find it interesting, please point friends in this direction.



[Poll #1439233]

Comments

[isagel.livejournal.com]

As a person born, raised and living in a country where you barely tip at all (I routinely leave a tip in restaurants where you get served at the table, and I may tell a cab driver to keep the change), I'm obviously not participating in the poll, but I will keep an eye on it, because I find US tipping customs hugely intimidating, and fully expect to get it wrong and be hated on when I eventually take a trip across the pond.

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

*I* find US tipping customs hugely intimidating, and I've lived here all my life.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

fully expect to get it wrong and be hated on

I would suggest simply asking people. :) I'm sure there are guides on the 'net, too.

[misachan.livejournal.com]

Always tip: wait staff, food delivery people, hairstylists/barbers/nail salon people(there's wiggle room if the stylist owns the place)/cab drivers/room service.

If there's a tip jar, you're usually fine just to drop in your change, but it'll be rare for a barista to give you a death glare if you don't.:)

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[lydiabell.livejournal.com]

Do you have a PDA or smartphone or anything? I used to have a tipping app on my Palm Pilot, and I know they exist for iPhones.