kirtihk Posted July 15, 2021 #151 Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 hour ago, not-enough-cruising said: Your friend was either taken advantage of, or their story is completely fabricated. Seriously? Don't you pay a tip on the entire bill at any restaurant regardless of what you order? A lot of times they even write % tip in the bill on the tax portion which is wrong to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtihk Posted July 15, 2021 #152 Share Posted July 15, 2021 3 hours ago, ramja96 said: Socialistic behavior??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You crack me up! They were laughing in 1931 Germany, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Itchy&Scratchy Posted July 15, 2021 #153 Share Posted July 15, 2021 10 minutes ago, kirtihk said: Seriously? Don't you pay a tip on the entire bill at any restaurant regardless of what you order? A lot of times they even write % tip in the bill on the tax portion which is wrong to begin with. tipping is still voluntary in the States, and the part about "not letting him leave without tipping for the wine bottle" is simply not true. That part could very well be fabricated, or the guy's English may have been limited and he misunderstood something. If you have a large party, the gratuity is usually added to the bill automatically, as it should be. However, it doesn't sound like the German guy was treating a large party to dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tree_skier Posted July 15, 2021 #154 Share Posted July 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, kirtihk said: They were laughing in 1931 Germany, too. If the original story is true and, like @not-enough-cruising, I have my doubts. Comparing the rise of Adolf Hitler and naziism with a restaurants expectation that patrons will tip staff is about the craziest post in the history of cruise critic tipping threads. Congratulations, you win the trophy today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Itchy&Scratchy Posted July 15, 2021 #155 Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) since some of us are sharing funny stories about tipping... Many years ago I came to the States from a place where tipping was not a thing. At all. Tipping was something we'd read about in books about the good old days and the capitalist West. So, while staying in a Travelodge on my very first night in the US I prepared a stack of quarters on my nightstand to make payphone calls the following morning (that was about 30 years ago). Imagine my surprise when I found none of them after coming back from breakfast. The housekeeper cleaned the room and took several dollars in quarters with her. Due to horrible inflation in my then country, this stack of quarters was quite a fortune to me at the time*. I was upset thinking she stole them, until my fellow travelers who were more knowledgeable about the Wild Wild West enlightened me about the tipping nuances of the Western culture. 🙂 *The motel and the air tickets were paid for by the host organization, otherwise I would have never been able to afford it on my own. Edited July 15, 2021 by Itchy&Scratchy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not-enough-cruising Posted July 15, 2021 #156 Share Posted July 15, 2021 30 minutes ago, kirtihk said: Seriously? Don't you pay a tip on the entire bill at any restaurant regardless of what you order? A lot of times they even write % tip in the bill on the tax portion which is wrong to begin with. Of course I do, at my discretion. I have never been barred from leaving a restaurant due to a gratuity discrepancy, and neither was your friend, sorry but that does not happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtihk Posted July 15, 2021 #157 Share Posted July 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, Tree_skier said: If the original story is true and, like @not-enough-cruising, I have my doubts. Comparing the rise of Adolf Hitler and naziism with a restaurants expectation that patrons will tip staff is about the craziest post in the history of cruise critic tipping threads. Congratulations, you win the trophy today. Oh, boy... My comment was not about tipping; it was referred to "Socialistic behavior??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You crack me up!" as it could be seen above my comment. In whole, it concerns in regard of what's going on these days - I cannot I witness it (coming here from Russia in 1991 I would never think it will be repeated again; but here we are... stubbornly, people refuse to learns from history). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtihk Posted July 15, 2021 #158 Share Posted July 15, 2021 10 minutes ago, not-enough-cruising said: Of course I do, at my discretion. I have never been barred from leaving a restaurant due to a gratuity discrepancy, and neither was your friend, sorry but that does not happen. My actual comment was about discussion whether one should pay 20 % on $300 bottle of wine versus on $40 (there is no any extra efforts on any worker's part for a higher priced bottle). Actually, I have the same statement for a $50 dish versus $10 (it takes the same effort to serve it and clean after). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted July 15, 2021 #159 Share Posted July 15, 2021 We definitely been tipping more at restaurants here, we always tipped well on cruises, we tip with every drink and normally with every meal . We just returned from a great cruise on the Edge last week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not-enough-cruising Posted July 15, 2021 #160 Share Posted July 15, 2021 2 hours ago, kirtihk said: My actual comment was about discussion whether one should pay 20 % on $300 bottle of wine versus on $40 (there is no any extra efforts on any worker's part for a higher priced bottle). Actually, I have the same statement for a $50 dish versus $10 (it takes the same effort to serve it and clean after). No, your original comment was about your German friend in Manhattan who was not allowed to leave the restaurant without paying a set 20% gratuity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tree_skier Posted July 15, 2021 #161 Share Posted July 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, not-enough-cruising said: No, your original comment was about your German friend in Manhattan who was not allowed to leave the restaurant without paying a set 20% gratuity. I was going to point that out but I'm not convinced that that would have been a productive discussion. We went from $300 dollar bottles of wine to Naziism in remarkably few posts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not-enough-cruising Posted July 15, 2021 #162 Share Posted July 15, 2021 44 minutes ago, Tree_skier said: I was going to point that out but I'm not convinced that that would have been a productive discussion. We went from $300 dollar bottles of wine to Naziism in remarkably few posts. You are a wise man! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVLIB007 Posted July 16, 2021 #163 Share Posted July 16, 2021 i always tip more if i get great service which i usually do. i and i believe many people have worked in the restaurant business once in their life and remember how important this is. plus i was on a cruise a few years back and will not name it but the last couple nights the guest services line was packed come to find out these people were removing their gratuities for the entire cruise. and there had to be at least 40 people doing this at one time i walked by. I'm a bit nosey so i was hanging around an listening to their interactions . sad......i heard on group telling another this and they got in line as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deliver42 Posted July 17, 2021 #164 Share Posted July 17, 2021 I tip $1.00 per drink. If I get one for me and one for my wife $2.00. For room service, which we use for coffee and danish in the morning, $2.00. At the end of the cruise our steward, waiter, and ass't waiter each get a minimum of $25.00. Extra if the service was great, and I'm not talking about white glove in the cabin or super fast service in MDR, because a lot of times the delays aren't their fault, but the galley. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbonner Posted July 17, 2021 #165 Share Posted July 17, 2021 On 7/15/2021 at 6:56 PM, Tree_skier said: I was going to point that out but I'm not convinced that that would have been a productive discussion. We went from $300 dollar bottles of wine to Naziism in remarkably few posts. You forgot socialism. If the discussion adds "diversity", "gendering" and "BLM", we would be encompassing all "real" problems in the PC domain and the US tipping world....😇 (I forgot manmade climate change of course) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tree_skier Posted July 17, 2021 #166 Share Posted July 17, 2021 7 hours ago, Kbonner said: You forgot socialism. If the discussion adds "diversity", "gendering" and "BLM", we would be encompassing all "real" problems in the PC domain and the US tipping world....😇 (I forgot manmade climate change of course) I identify as a guy eating bacon in the windjammer. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not-enough-cruising Posted July 17, 2021 #167 Share Posted July 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, Tree_skier said: I identify as a guy eating bacon in the windjammer. I support your choices 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinmommy08 Posted July 18, 2021 #168 Share Posted July 18, 2021 We pre-paid gratuities and tipped extra in cash to our waiter and assistant waiter on Adventure recently. Fernando was excellent and he deserved it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SireDoime Posted July 21, 2021 #169 Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 7/15/2021 at 10:02 AM, Itchy&Scratchy said: since some of us are sharing funny stories about tipping... Many years ago I came to the States from a place where tipping was not a thing. At all. Tipping was something we'd read about in books about the good old days and the capitalist West. So, while staying in a Travelodge on my very first night in the US I prepared a stack of quarters on my nightstand to make payphone calls the following morning (that was about 30 years ago). Imagine my surprise when I found none of them after coming back from breakfast. The housekeeper cleaned the room and took several dollars in quarters with her. Due to horrible inflation in my then country, this stack of quarters was quite a fortune to me at the time*. I was upset thinking she stole them, until my fellow travelers who were more knowledgeable about the Wild Wild West enlightened me about the tipping nuances of the Western culture. 🙂 *The motel and the air tickets were paid for by the host organization, otherwise I would have never been able to afford it on my own. Did you get the money back, as it was not an actual tip to be taken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted July 21, 2021 #170 Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 7/16/2021 at 6:55 PM, DAVLIB007 said: I'm a bit nosey so i was hanging around an listening to their interactions . sad......i heard on group telling another this and they got in line as well I think your nosiness is equally sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Itchy&Scratchy Posted July 21, 2021 #171 Share Posted July 21, 2021 29 minutes ago, SireDoime said: Did you get the money back, as it was not an actual tip to be taken? oh, no, I wouldn't dream of asking for it to be returned. Plus, since there was a whole bunch of us in that motel - equally unaware of the tipping culture, I am pretty sure none of the maids got tipped during our (one night) stay there. My stack of quarters was very likely the only tip our maid got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamcruzin Posted July 21, 2021 #172 Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 7/14/2021 at 8:34 PM, SireDoime said: No. Frankly, I wish I could live in a country where tipping is not a thing. The employers should just pay their employees more, so we don't have to, or in many cases need to tip. How much should someone who makes up a bed and serves food make? What is living wage? Tipping a from of thanking someone for good service. Some use it as a form of bribery to receive good service or to use a heavy hand to pour cocktail. I have read many posts over the years how some hand the room steward or bar tender a $20 bill on day one before they have received any kind of service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedIguana Posted July 21, 2021 #173 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Iamcruzin said: I have read many posts over the years how some hand the room steward or bar tender a $20 bill on day one before they have received any kind of service. Guilty as charged (as far as room steward). Slip them a 20 on day one when I first meet them, and ask for ice every night and clean wine glasses refreshed. I worked pizza delivery through college, so may have a different viewpoint than some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamcruzin Posted July 21, 2021 #174 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, RedIguana said: Guilty as charged (as far as room steward). Slip them a 20 on day one when I first meet them, and ask for ice every night and clean wine glasses refreshed. I worked pizza delivery through college, so may have a different viewpoint than some. At least you're asking for special service. Some just say my name is John and slip them a 20. I also tip if I ask for a special service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vjmatty Posted July 21, 2021 #175 Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 7/15/2021 at 9:34 AM, kirtihk said: They were laughing in 1931 Germany, too. From tipping to $2 bills to proving Godwin's Law. Nicely done 🙄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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