I don't tip for bad service -- whether lawn, server or paper carrier. If service is okay, I tip a nominal amount; good service at least 20%. I don't consider money given at Christmas as tips. I consider it a gift and, therefore, give regardless of the service (if I'm not satisfied, they would have been fired long ago). I will tip or leave some sort of remuneration if someone goes beyond normal service (trash guy picking up a large piece of furniture; mail person delivering to my house because she knows I don't have a car) throughout the year. But the gifts at Christmas are just that -- gifts because I want to share the Christmas spirit.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)
"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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