A business transaction happens, and it's hard to know what to do next -- is a thank you enough? A handshake? Or is it a good time to slip somebody a few bills?
It depends on the service provided. While a waiter might be obvious, not all situations are as clear-cut.
"The reason why we tip is to show respect to the service provider,"
Here are a few people who may not first come to mind when considering gratuity.
It's not on your list! Cleaners of public toilets. I know it's obvious but..they go about their duties unnoticed cleaning all manner of crap. While on the off chance, hoping not to get stuck with a needle stick injury by accident.
Terrific_Leo: A business transaction happens, and it's hard to know what to do next -- is a thank you enough? A handshake? Or is it a good time to slip somebody a few bills?
It depends on the service provided. While a waiter might be obvious, not all situations are as clear-cut.
"The reason why we tip is to show respect to the service provider,"
Here are a few people who may not first come to mind when considering gratuity.
Deep down I agree with the Japanese:
- Tipping someone is treating an employed person like a beggar and is deeply disrespectful. - The duty of the employer is to pay a living wage to its staff. - The reward for good service shouldn't be a tip, but avoiding being fired.
This is the Japanese way. However, I do sometimes tip when I get a good service because I'm so used to bad service(even though tipping culture in itself creates bad service).
Terrific_Leo: A business transaction happens, and it's hard to know what to do next -- is a thank you enough? A handshake? Or is it a good time to slip somebody a few bills?
It depends on the service provided. While a waiter might be obvious, not all situations are as clear-cut.
"The reason why we tip is to show respect to the service provider,"
Here are a few people who may not first come to mind when considering gratuity.
Once, after a costly trip back to Texas for a family emergency, there was a severe ice storm during the night prior to my flight home to France. Knowing I would not be able to get to the airport from my family home in the country, I stayed the night in a hotel a few miles from the airport, using up the last of my available funds right down to small change. In the morning the streets were coated with thick ice and nobody has snow tires in that part of Texas nor are they equipped to salt or gravel all the roads. So it was really dangerous to drive. The hotel had a shuttle service to the airport but I was the only one who needed it that morning. The poor girl risked her own life to get me to the airport and I had no money to tip her with. I felt horrible.
Obstinance_Works: Deep down I agree with the Japanese:
- Tipping someone is treating an employed person like a beggar and is deeply disrespectful. - The duty of the employer is to pay a living wage to its staff. - The reward for good service shouldn't be a tip, but avoiding being fired.
This is the Japanese way. However, I do sometimes tip when I get a good service because I'm so used to bad service(even though tipping culture in itself creates bad service).
Not tipping is indeed part of Japanese culture.
But I wouldn't say it has anything to do with respect.
On the contrary, I think its more to deny employees any sort of overt appreciation for their work, no matter how well they do it.
Appreciation might give them some feeling of self-worth and thereby ruin them as employees.
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It depends on the service provided. While a waiter might be obvious, not all situations are as clear-cut.
"The reason why we tip is to show respect to the service provider,"
Here are a few people who may not first come to mind when considering gratuity.