As someone from Germany, this is an insane system to us. We only tip over here if we have received good service and we expect the company to pay their employees well enough so that they can actually live from their monthly wage. I'm here to receive a service, it's not my job to directly pay your employees.
As someone from Germany, this is an insane system to us. We only tip over here if we have received good service and we expect the company to pay their employees well enough so that they can actually live from their monthly wage. I'm here to receive a service, it's not my job to directly pay your employees.
Also tax is already included in the price over here, so what you see on the price tag is what you pay.
I went to the States this year and was shocked by the inflation, I remember seeing in a supermarket cherry tomatoes that were three times as expensive as in Germany. I'm not sure how people manage to feed their families.
But I KNOW that I don’t like it when foreign visitors (pretend they) don’t know how it works here, and don’t tip. My daughter worked at a really good restaurant that had many foreign tourists. It happened to her a lot.
THAT is simply not true. Landed at FRA my first trip to Germany. First stop the men's room. Guarded by an elderly Attendant with a tablefull of towels -- and coins -- in front of her. And I having not a mark on me. (Yeah they don't have marks any more -- but I doubt that the syndrome has changed.)
I was talking about restaurants. That's a different pair of shoes. In public toilets you almost always have to pay a small fee, unless they are attached to an establishment where you have already spent money (like a restaurant or cinema).
I also often tip my cosmetician, hairdresser, delivery person etc. but in Germany it isn't expected of you. You do it because you want to honour good service, not because you have to.
As someone from Germany, this is an insane system to us. We only tip over here if we have received good service and we expect the company to pay their employees well enough so that they can actually live from their monthly wage. I'm here to receive a service, it's not my job to directly pay your employees.
Also tax is already included in the price over here, so what you see on the price tag is what you pay.
I went to the States this year and was shocked by the inflation, I remember seeing in a supermarket cherry tomatoes that were three times as expensive as in Germany. I'm not sure how people manage to feed their families.
We have a federal minimum wage exemption for waiters and bartenders, so it’s really part of their pay.
I’m not sure I like our system here in America.
But I KNOW that I don’t like it when foreign visitors (pretend they) don’t know how it works here, and don’t tip. My daughter worked at a really good restaurant that had many foreign tourists. It happened to her a lot.
Went back to Germany a few years ago. I was shocked how much cheaper groceries, hotels and such were.
I remember when Europe was the most expensive you could go.
Many people here have to eat junk food with crappy, obesity causing additives, to answer your question.
THAT is simply not true. Landed at FRA my first trip to Germany. First stop the men's room. Guarded by an elderly Attendant with a tablefull of towels -- and coins -- in front of her. And I having not a mark on me. (Yeah they don't have marks any more -- but I doubt that the syndrome has changed.)
I was talking about restaurants. That's a different pair of shoes. In public toilets you almost always have to pay a small fee, unless they are attached to an establishment where you have already spent money (like a restaurant or cinema).
I also often tip my cosmetician, hairdresser, delivery person etc. but in Germany it isn't expected of you. You do it because you want to honour good service, not because you have to.
Gotcha. Here in the Peoples' Republic of New Jersey, add gas station attendant.
I live in NJ and I see almost nobody doing that.
I don't either. It doesn't stop me.
Good for you. I think the real answer is that NJ join the other 49 states and allow you to pump your own gas.
Actually, unless they've changed, Portland, OR doesn't either. 48.99 states, though...