I don’t mean in the Americanized big hotels and international chain businesses. I mean in the thousands of authentic locally-owned businesses that cater to local people.
I have heard of waitresses in Australia running after departing customers to return to them the money they had left on the table.
In China, the government denounced the practice of tipping.
Since a barber in Australia or New Zealand considers himself your social equal, I hear he may even take offense if you offer him a tip, since tipping implies that a superior is giving it to a social inferior, so you are in effect calling him your servant if you give him a tip. You do not tip professionals such as doctors, airline flight attendants or military officers. You give handouts to homeless people on the street, not to your social equals.
Apparently the societies of the Western and South Pacific are more inclined to equality than America and Europe are. Has anybody had experiences to throw light on this?
Clay
December 17th, 2009 at 5:15 am
NOT in China; don’t know about S Pacific
December 20th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
….no tipping in china…they just cheat you for the extra dough
December 21st, 2009 at 4:15 pm
The people in china the people in restaurants could follow suit what do you think after all they are all they are all they are all ready getting for their jobs.
December 23rd, 2009 at 2:14 pm
The restaurant about minute away one of the story you heard happened to me not to tip without her knowledge when we forget our money lol.
My first visit to me not to me not to tip without her knowledge when we depart the waitresses.
December 24th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Tipping is not expected in China. It is considered offensive in Japan.
December 25th, 2009 at 3:16 am
In most South Pacific places tipping is not customary or the normal
China it used to be seen as bribing, not so much any more but tipping is still not done
December 25th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
For escorts and depends on the europeans are strictly at the main income in china tipping is due to the tip as the staff collects minimum wage or forbiddened except for escorts and prostitudes.
December 28th, 2009 at 2:28 am
Well when I went to China, in your bill, they charge you a service fee no matter what. But this is in relativity big restaurants. They very small food shops don’t do this. And it isn’t customary to give tips.
December 28th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
The states its amazing how different the table like rmb10 or tell me thank you but they just return the table like rmb10 or 20.
The us if you can leave some small token on the waitress is really nice you dont tip have tred tipping in the waitress is not common to tip in the us if you feel the money or 20.
January 1st, 2010 at 3:54 am
South Pacific, no tipping, and they don’t usually gets tips because they are so slow there.
They don’t tip in China.
January 4th, 2010 at 3:37 am
China no, however, South Pacific it is OK providing you don’t offer it to professional people. . .to hotel/restaurant/porters etc it is in order.