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Quite right and proper.

I have known a few people who have disdained to tip, saying they only did so when the service was really good. Needless to say the tight b*stards never did, and they always struck me as the type of person that would sweep up the crumbs after a picnic so the sparrows didn't get anything they hadn't deserved.

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I used to work in a beachbar where all tip equally got divided between bar/waiting & kitchenstaff up untill the one who did the dishes, it seemed fair enough.

Now I work as a taxidriver, am on call 12 hours a day for six days a week. My monthly wage is € 840,- which comes down to an average of € 38,- per day or € 3,18 per hour. Every little bit extra is greatly appriciated by Santander bank, Giahsa, Endesa, Orange, Telefónica oh, and my children.... ;)

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I dont hate you Rachelk or the British in general, (it would be a bit ironic if I did) and you keep on tipping, and so will I.
:lol::lol::lol:

Cheers,--------

Ps I was going to write cheers (and insert a little Spanish term of endearment) but after having read a post on a different thread about sticking a Spanish word in a sentence "willy nilly", I have decided against it.
:sneaky:

So cheers babe...........:lol::lol:

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I used to own a taxi firm many years ago in the UK and often found it was the wealthy that didn't tip so well and the poorer that were more appreciative of your work and did tip.
My OH is Spanish and is a tipper but said that most Spanish do not tip. My OH works in a famous restaurant in Madrid and because a plate was broken has been told there will be no more tips for the next 2 months. Bearing in mind that everyone in the restaurant from the cleaner to the head cheff all recieve equal tip money and it averages around 300E a month my OH was a tad f************* off to say the least as to why my OH has to loose 600E + for a plate that nobody saw who broke.
Wont stop us tipping though.

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I must admit that if I go for a meal (very rare nowadays) I budget to leave a 10% tip, assuming the service has been good. Why? Well apart from it being low-paid work, it's usually anti-social hours. Having said that, I (and most people) don't tip for drinks in the bar, so I suppose I'm being inconsistent.

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What kind of a plate was it?????????????

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You stick any spanish words of endearment you like in, and dont let other language snobs put you off! :D

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Not a particularly expensive one. The manager has got it in for my OH big time at the moment and she took great delight in telling how she had a free holiday to New York with the 2 month tip money from my OH.
Spot the difference between Spanish attitude and English attitude....if I was in that position and a manager gloated like that he would spend the next few minutes waiting for an ambulance!

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What a sh itty attitude, can nothing be done?????????? It sounds like bullying to me.
Some people dont know how to treat staff as fellow human beings, sorry to hear about it.

Pass on my best wishes to your wife, and lets hope all this crap passes soon

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I was in the my bank this week and after the usual half hour wait in a slow moving queue, a lady a few places in front of me reached the counter. She had previously exchanged a few words with me, and I would describe her as a well spoken, well dressed, English lady in her 70's. She conducted all her business in good broken spanish, if that makes sense. She did this even though it was not necessary as the teller was multi-lingual. Then she opened her carrier bag and gave a box of chocolates to the teller, and to the one at the next counter, also to the person on an ajacent desk, and two others at desks elsewhere within the bank. The whole queue looked on in absolute shock and amazement. She went on to explain it was a 'little thank-you' to everyone for all the hard work they do through the year. Then she caused great hilarity by pointing out to everyone that she did not bring anything for the 'jefe'. After she had left the buzz of conversation this caused went on for quite a while.

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Not really on topic, but going on from what Mitzy said about the USA, I was shocked when in England at a pub/resteraunt place, that when paying by card I was handed the terminal and asked if I wanted to add a tip to the bill!!!!

Needless to say I said no, how rude is that LOL!!

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Couple arrested after refusing to pay tip at Pennsylvania pub
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/...nsylvania-pub/

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I stopped for a beer in the bar in Corte Ingles in Malaga.

I left a small tip - 20c - and was followed out of the bar by a waiter who insisted in returning the 20c as tips were not allowed!

In restaurants I never tip over 5%. In bars and cafes just a small coin or two.

Spanish friends have said that overtipping by foreigners just means that the locals are now expected to tip the same and they are not happy with that!