On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:49:35 -0800, mrtravel
wrote:
>Hatunen wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:26:37 +1100, Qanset
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>Craig Welch wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>NO_SPAM_TO_dpharris@gci.net (Dennis P. Harris) said:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>i can only speak to my experience in britain and france. i have
>>>>>been told that italians still tip. even if they aren't
>>>>>compulsory, i have always found that a little extra to the staff
>>>>>always ensured special treatment, except in NZ & oz, where folks
>>>>>would be insulted if you offered a gratuity. since my kiwi
>>>>>friends had warned me about this, i never made that mistake.
>>>>
>>>>Heh. Some joke they chose to lump you with.
>>>>
>>>>In Australia and NZ, tipping is certainly not mandatory; but no
>>>>waiter is ever 'insulted' by a tip. He is, naturally, grateful.
>>>
>>> Why would he be insulted by a tip??? As if he/she would expect to be
>>>tipped anyway.
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, ten years ago in Tallinn a waiter was quite
>> offended when I offered a tip.
>>
>Perhaps he only pretended to be offended, or the tip was too small.
The tip was generous enough for a European tip. I wonder if he
would accept it now, ten years later. When the incident occured,
Estonia was quite newly free of the Soviet Union, and there
seemed to be soe sort of pride involved.
I have no idea what motive a waiter might have for pretending to
be offended while rejecting the tip.
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