On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:43:28 +0200, Piero
wrote:
>This summer we will go for the fourth time in the USA.
>Now I'm quite trained on money/tips behaviour, but I want to ask if
>something changed in the last 3 years...
>Here in Europe tips are not very common, and generally 'normal' people
>almost never give tips, so we are not trained to do so...
>I normally in USA leave 15/18% on restaurants, 2-3$ on buffets with some
>light table service (like beverages), and 1-2$ on Motel's room every night.
>I'm in some wrong? Something changed (maybe increased)?
>
>Another question: here is normal to pay something (also very cheap, like
>a cup of coffee) with a 20 or 50 euros bill getting the change back
>without problem.
>
>I remember my wife buying something very cheap on a big family store
>(something like 'all items for 1$ each') having trouble with a 20$ bill
>(and also with the language: I'm the only that speaks, in some way,
>english, and she was alone)...
>
>My first thing to do there will be to harvest 1$ bills and 25c coins...
>It seems that all there works with them...
>For bigger amounts: credit card...
>
>I think you (they) are, maybe, lucky for that...
>Here we have coins, no bills, for the amount of 1 and 2 euros, and
>there's a feel that our currency worth less than real (not true: 1 euro
>= 1.36 US$).
>
>Ciao, Piero.
Some waiters and waitress would not mind a tip in $20.00 GBP
that would be worth about $40.00 USD minus exchange fee to US dollars.
You would still need to pay your bill in US funds.
Greg Rozelle |