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Subject: Re: Tipping in USA/Canada Posted on: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:33:16 -0800

Rick Blaine wrote:

> Qanset wrote:
>
>
>>The wife and I are planning at trip to USA/Canada in the near future.
>>Is it true that the Yanks are really hung up on tipping, and that
>>FORGETTING to tip someone is courting disaster???
>
>
> The only time I've had retailiation for not tipping was in Vegas. A valet was
> pissed that I wouldn't tip him for lift bags out of the trunk at a hotel and
> passing them to another valet, so he misdirected one of the bags and it took 30
> minutes to "find" it.

Ah Vegas...
I once tried to give a cab driver $3 in quarters on a $10 fare and he
refused it. I didn't want to bother him with breaking a $100 bill, so he
got no tip.

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