tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post5727859570775498635..comments2024-03-28T08:18:24.545+03:00Comments on Hypnotic Verses: Do you tip?Um Naiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03079700156633283396noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-75755711892128964222007-11-21T08:45:00.000+03:002007-11-21T08:45:00.000+03:00hey there. I am changing the layout of my blog and...hey there. I am changing the layout of my blog and making it invitation only..please email me your email address:spastickoolaide@gmail.com<BR/>xoxo<BR/>KissyfurChristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01890087628246412612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-27212739070346966502007-11-21T04:01:00.000+03:002007-11-21T04:01:00.000+03:00Being a taxi driver i tip everyone,ppl thing its w...Being a taxi driver i tip everyone,ppl thing its weird i tip the guy in the petrol station,i find it weird if i pick up bar staff or hair dresser staff who dont tip ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-13250632743583136962007-11-19T15:51:00.000+03:002007-11-19T15:51:00.000+03:00Woot - I was wrong on TIP but right on Bistro, exc...Woot - I was wrong on TIP but right on Bistro, except by last century I meant 19th...Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014351759393921274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-26837360152668299192007-11-19T15:49:00.000+03:002007-11-19T15:49:00.000+03:00Ah, I wondered if anyone knew without looking it u...Ah, I wondered if anyone knew without looking it up. (To Insure Promptness.) I will read the article in a minute to see if that's right.<BR/><BR/>Bistro is another one. When the Russians were in France in the previous century, they would go to cafes and shout "bistro" meaning "quickly" and that's why bistros are supposedly fast food. I'll look that up too to see if it's still the accepted version.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014351759393921274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-31305304518262953792007-11-18T10:14:00.000+03:002007-11-18T10:14:00.000+03:00olivia, i found this on the word "tip" at wikipedi...<B>olivia</B>, i found this on the word "tip" at wikipedia. or actually, here's the link... if anyone's interested.<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TipUm Naiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03079700156633283396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-77542832138166186002007-11-18T10:12:00.000+03:002007-11-18T10:12:00.000+03:00leen, no prob.moody, she probably thought, "why in...<B>leen</B>, no prob.<BR/><BR/><B>moody</B>, she probably thought, "why in the hell did this guy leave me a yin... where is that from!!" hehehe<BR/><BR/><B>olivia</B>, i'm looking up TIP.. i'll see if i can find anything. i will say that when i was in london, we always got really poor service, but we never tipped. they were also very rude... but i thought maybe it was because we were foreigners. <BR/><BR/>hmmm.. i guess i've been expecting hubby to do the wrong thing. one restaurant we go to frequently, well, we've been tipping there for a while. i would feel odd if we just stopped, but little by little, hashim has been doing that. <BR/><BR/>the thing that gets me about tipping here is that all these places add a service charge. if i'm not mistaken, in the states, you only get that if your party has more than 10 ppl or some such, but i could be mistaken. to me, they do it here just for greed. and that really irritates the crap outta me!<BR/><BR/>i think i'll continue to tip my hairdresser and the girl that washes my hair - oh and when i have my nails and such done, i tip them, but other than that, i think i won't give hashim such a hard time in the future!<BR/><BR/>thanks everyone... loved your comments!!Um Naiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03079700156633283396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-77839823522498968242007-11-18T09:30:00.000+03:002007-11-18T09:30:00.000+03:00hi,just wanted to thank u for sending my msg to lo...hi,just wanted to thank u for sending my msg to loulou and no im not a freind to her im just a regular reader of her blog just wanted to help her.thanks again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-34872554433279910112007-11-16T12:14:00.000+03:002007-11-16T12:14:00.000+03:00hi.actually im not commenting at this subject,i ju...hi.actually im not commenting at this subject,i just wanna ask u favour:i noticed that u r 1 of loulou's freind RENDERINGS OF ME,can u please tell her that there's a programme called LOWRATE VOIP,i use it to call my familly and its almost free so she can call her husband plz send her the msg cause i tried to comment at her blog but couldn't.thank u,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-5161631138911923962007-11-16T06:36:00.000+03:002007-11-16T06:36:00.000+03:00In the States I usually tip between 15-20%. I tip ...In the States I usually tip between 15-20%. I tip a whole lot less if the service is poor AND the waiter was rude. In Bahrain, I tip at the salons and housekeeping, laborers too. I do not tip waiters. I dunno, I always felt that they would be offended, esp if they are Bahraini.Gardens of Sandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09626677130676229027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-12964466727889329672007-11-16T03:20:00.000+03:002007-11-16T03:20:00.000+03:00Funny, this was discussed on the BBC Breakfast pro...Funny, this was discussed on the BBC Breakfast program yesterday morning!<BR/><BR/>A lot of places in London add 12.5%. If I tip here, it is usually about 10%. I'm not minted, and often service is poor, but it's beginning to improve. It has to, since waitstaff make half their earnings through tips. <BR/>On the other hand, a tip jar at a place where you take your stuff and go, what's the point of that?<BR/><BR/>Can anyone tell us what TIP means?Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014351759393921274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-85441961289501808372007-11-16T00:24:00.000+03:002007-11-16T00:24:00.000+03:00Everything here is so expensive.... and then you h...Everything here is so expensive.... and then you have to leave a TIP! no wonder why i am always poor...Jahoonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13218467073064696313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-45466014736555881722007-11-15T17:47:00.000+03:002007-11-15T17:47:00.000+03:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hasanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00579214528174411421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-28847423918105672342007-11-15T16:18:00.000+03:002007-11-15T16:18:00.000+03:00I always leave a tip, and that tip would be basica...I always leave a tip, and that tip would be basically any loose change from the bill so in most cases it won't be more than a dinar, if the loose change is only 25 fils or something I would add a few hundred fils or any change in my wallet.<BR/><BR/>Only in one occassion would I pay more than a dinar would be if the waiter is BahrainiYacoub Al-Slaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208415691799372589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-54647607142704605002007-11-15T15:56:00.000+03:002007-11-15T15:56:00.000+03:00That has always been a dilemma for me. When I look...That has always been a dilemma for me. When I look at the bill and see that they've charged me for service, I wonder whether I should leave a tip. And often when I'm out with friends, and bill arrives, I always have to ask what has become the inevitable question, 'shall we leave a tip?' <BR/>I agree with ammaro (i seem to agree with so many souls today) and I usually go with my instincts. If I was happy with the service, I'll tip them regardless. It's a tricky business, this whole tipping thing.Pearl Moralehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045589365446510449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-71524913464070464912007-11-15T14:58:00.000+03:002007-11-15T14:58:00.000+03:00Tipping is not generally done in Asian countries, ...Tipping is not generally done in Asian countries, either. It has apparently caught on to a verrrrry tiny extent here in Japan, apparently, but I've heard that tipping in China or Korea can be seen as an insult!<BR/><BR/>I tipped waiters, room maid service, bellboys, and taxi drivers when I was in Australia and got strange looks and "Are you sure?" from all of them, so I guess tipping isn't common there, either. That's surprising since tipping is expected in the U.K..<BR/><BR/>As for tipping only a few pennies, there is sound reasoning behind it. If you leave no tip, then you, the customer, look bad. However, if you leave an obviously tiny tip, the person you are tipping looks bad. For the record, I got really upset at the obnoxious and inattentive waitress I had at one restaurant in the States about ten years ago, and I left her a 1 yen tip. Yes, you read that right. Not one cent, one <I>yen</I>. I'm sure the stupid creature loved that.The Moody Minstrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16342935635794595909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22668996.post-13464317923263534772007-11-15T13:22:00.000+03:002007-11-15T13:22:00.000+03:00the whole concept of tipping is pretty funy... wat...the whole concept of tipping is pretty funy... watch the beginning of reservoir dogs... classic<BR/><BR/>anyway; in the States, tipping is a must, pretty much because waiters get next to nothing (min wage) and hardly enough to survive. and the concept of tipping spread to cabs, hairdressers, and so on. <BR/><BR/>here, you dont need to tip. its not generally considered as a something that people do; ie, the price on the menu is the price you pay. and yes, the service charge is taken by the restaurant owner probably.<BR/><BR/>when you do tip, you get whoever is serving you to do a better job for you, but they end up resenting anyone who doesnt leave a tip. its anti-productive here, because most people dont do it, so the few who do screw it up for everyone else :pAmmarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08182985165948982664noreply@blogger.com