Talk about tipping issues..just look at cruise ships and the problems they are going through. The crew on a cruise ship really do depend upon tips as part of their monthly wage BUT when you are dealing with a multi-national passenger list from different countries herein lies the problem.
People who live in Europe and England simply donot tip...they simply round up on their wait bills. This is not wrong ..this is their culture within their country, while americans on the other hand assume you must tip everyone.
There is no simple answer to tipping and if anyone asks me I always tell them tip what you feel comfortable tipping. If im with someone from a different country I try to explain customs in the US but always leave the final decision to the individual person......
I will provide a good tip to a person that provides me good individual service, but now a days what really bugs me is when you go into a resturant and they have a waiter taking your order and a runner serving your order ...and that runner has no idea of the special requests or side issues you may have brought up to the waiter unless it is written down. I know this is a function of the resturant and not the wait staff, but I find this type of operation less appealing to me and in many instances someone at the table runs into a problem with the food delivery. NOw is that good service simply because it may have come out faster...but I got the wrong order or no one can address my steak not cooked to order????
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