I’m under the impression that tipping is endemic in the US. Here you tip cabbies, if they don’t go more than ten miles out of your way to bulk up the fare, and restaurant wait staff, if they don’t spit in your food. But you don’t tip them that much really, and a lot of the time the restaurant tips go into a common fund anyway
And that’s about it. (Except for barbers at the old Gowings store in Sydney, and cheeky fuckers in bars who return your change on a plate, virtually challenging you to scoop it up).
Just wondering who should I be tipping in the US, and how much?
When in London, order Spitfire Beer. Downed all over Kent, just like the Luftwaffe….
When in Canada, order LeBlatts, Pam Anderson got her start by wearing their Tee Shirt at a Footie game, Jus’ sayin’
In OZ, order anything BUT Fosters. It’s for the tourists…
{Important Tip for John B.} In Seppoland, go immediately to the nearest microbrewery (Anchor Steam in San Francisco) as microbrewerey guys worship Beer, and CRAFT their product… You’re sure to find the Beer for you, as they usually have handcrafted small batch “specials” worth the extra coin…. Try:
21st Amendment Brewery Cafe
563 Second St.
(bet. Brannan & Bryant Sts.)
San Francisco, CA | Map
415-369-0900
or in the Haight-Ashebury
Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery
1398 Haight St.
(Masonic Ave.)
San Francisco, CA | Map
415-864-7468
or
Rogue Ales Public House
673 Union St.
(Columbus Ave.)
San Francisco, CA | Map
415-362-7880
Now that I’ve given John the most important tip for his upcoming sorjourn in Seppoland, I’ll shut up…
I am having a great deal of trouble restraining myself from making a joke about the culture of tipping applying to politicians, planning officials and corporate regulators also, but am fearful folks may take it seriously.
Damian, NSW has some of the finest police money can buy.
I wonder how JB is going in the USA with the waterboarding..
The genital shock therapy must be be waking up the old synapses and getting After America finished.
So, in summary…
What to tip in urban areas:
15% pre-tax.
What to tip in rural areas:
Cows.
Mudcrab, NZ actually brought back the copper coins, the NZ 10c is such. A couple years back they slimmed down all the coinage, such that you no longer appear to have chronic piles when carrying spare change in your back pocket, although it’s no longer inter-change(sorry)-able with Oz stuff so we can’t take our spare change on holiday and rip off Coca-Cola Amatil vending machines via the 15% difference in forex rate. However it does mean being able to bring back that once-great chant at the expence of donut-compliant pleece patrolling at the cricket: What’s the colour of a ten cent piece?
Copper, copper…
What’s the colour of a ten cent piece?
Dirty fucken copper…
… and their one dollar and two dollar coins are (were) the right size.
Nah NZ didn’t change the gold coins, they’re still the right way around (ie $2 is bigger than $1).
Not fussed with 10 cent pieces being made out of copper, it was just the fact you paid for something and got given 3cents change in individual coins. I remember chatting to bar staff in Vancouver airport while waiting for a connecting flight the first time I was there and mentioning our smallest coin was 5 cents.
They looked at me like I was some sort of genius for even hanging out with people like that :D
Darkman, I’m sure he’s tipping enough that his “waterboarding” actually involves a few laps with a kickboard.