At a COSTCO-type store in the Philippines. The workers will help you carry your purchases to your car and help you load. To all other businesses out there demanding tips; take the hint. Take pride in providing a service and stop begging.
Using an app to find a car (like Uber) in the Philippines. It is asking for a tip before a driver even accepts! I never clicked it, and guess what; no driver accepted and the order was cancelled. They should change tip to “bribe”.
Saw this at an amusement park in Vietnam. Not exactly Engrish, just a funny misuse of words. And “The Eyecatcher”?
Entire meal at a French restaurant in Vietnam cost $172 USD. Service fee was $7.50. I asked if I should leave a tip and the guide said “no no! included!” um….ok.
Even a hint of a smile. Sorry about my big nose….
Well, here’s a new one. I’m on vacation in the Philippines and staying at a (not-cheap) hotel at a popular beach destination. When checking in, this large tip-box was sitting prominently between us. I understand some people “work for tips”, but hourly workers at the front desk?
It gives John Goodman vibes, gazing off into the distance.
“Come on and climb me sometime, big boy.”
I know tipping hotel staff has been accepted, but I’ve never seen it in my “check out” page online.
Here’s a new one. An old car of mine (rebuilding) needed a jump start, so I called the Insurance company which offers free roadside assistance. Guy drives out and jump starts the battery; easy. Bro sends me a text asking for a tip before he even arrives. For a service I pay for.
I had Stanley Steemer come by this morning our carpets, he did a good job and was friendly, and when he was done, he came up to me with the iPad, showed me the amount, and (as usual) the tip screen came up, and he himself clicked it away (no tip), and asked me to sign.
I did so, but out of curiosity ask him why he hit the no tip button, kind of joking. “did you think you didn’t deserve a tip? Ha ha” and he replied seriously “I hate that bs. The company put it there. I get paid by the job, I don’t work for tips.”
I wanted to hug him for being one of us. He reminded me of Hank Hill.
There’s a house up on Woodmen near Rangewood, used to have a ton of Trump flags flying. Last few months, I drove by I haven’t seen any….did he have to sell them to buy gas or buy groceries?
Of course, I am all for ending tipping, but how do you all feel about smaller places that are owned by (normally) immigrant families, in which the entire family (or extended family) are working? The mother in the kitchen, the daughter waiting the tables, etc. I go to one place where the owner himself works the tables! I love the family, the food is awesome, no complaints, but it seems silly to me to tip the owner of the business, or even his family members!
In my view, the argument of "but the server is a low-paid college student/single mother" is out the window. All the money the place earns goes to the owner and his family.
We also go to another awesome little Vietnamese restaurant where only the older mother works in the kitchen and the middle-aged daughter works the counter. All the money goes to both of them already! I would literally be tipping the owner!
Hi, just signed up and it has been about 6 hrs now, line still “activating”. And just now, at 6pm, I get this email; “there’s a delay in the transfer process”. Verizon already disconnected me and I am showing SOS. Is this common?
Hi, thinking of signing up, but when doing so, I was asked if I wanted to add another network for more money? I’m totally new here, so I didn’t understand. I thought US mobile switched between carriers? Is there an FAQ I can read?
It looks like that one robot in Futurama that is always stabbing people. Or just set a tweaker robot.