SEAJ
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4-2-2010 14:47 |
SPOILT!!
When China first opened up, you actually CANNOT give a tip. I mean the 'service people' would actually refuse any tips.
They felt they were paid to do the job already and accepting a tip means that they were practically acting like beggars/insulting etc. I believe that this same etho still exists in Japan.
Well as China opened up and more Big Swinging Dicks came tipping huge (to the service staff) amounts, such resistance quickly gave way to practicalities! And now we're stuck with such "demands" from many quarters in China.
On the other hand, if you notice the local Chinese patrons' practicess - they would hardly ever give ANY tip at all - and the service staff knows better than to even hint at trying to get some.
Yes, I do believe that tipping someone for a job done well is very correct - but IMHO this indiscriminate giving away of tips is one Western habit we can all do without in China! Too many BSD's spoiling the market!! Including and especially the hooker market!
Americans are so used to giving 15-20% tips that many restaurants actually impose a mandatory 18% Tip for tables of 5 pax or more there. How ridiculous is that??!! Hong Kong has a 10% service charge just about everywhere - and that to me is also ridiculous.
Just IMHO
SEAJ
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