Tipping is a pretty widely accepted practice here in the United States. How much to tip, who to tip, etc. have kind of gotten a little gray over the years. Heck, I saw a tip jar at a fast food place in an airport recently. I didn’t know we were tipping for that now too. Read More >>
Holiday Tipping – The Down and Dirty
The holidays bring a lot of gray areas when it comes to gift-giving and tipping. I mean, if I tipped or gave a gift to everyone who helped me in any way during the year, I’d be broke…and exhausted. Still, there a several people who keep me up and running–literally and metaphorically, and I like Read More >>
Should You Tip the Hotel Maid?
I ran across an article the other day about Marriott and Maria Shriver launching a campaign to educate people on the customary etiquette of tipping hotel maids. Marriott will now be placing an envelope in each room, with the attendees name so that patrons can leave a tip. There are obviously two sides to this Read More >>
Tipping for Service – How Much Should I Tip?
While online today I came across this old article about tipping. The article gave 5 reasons for not tipping for food service–and I have to admit, some of them were just blatantly rude. The author tried to make the point that tipping is adding unnecessary burden on the consumer, when it really should fall on Read More >>