Many will be aware of the (sometimes excessive) tipping policies and expectations in the USA, however, you know the culture of tipping permeates all aspects of life when the mobile phones come with a tipping calculator as a more standard feature than a regular calculator. Now don’t get me wrong, I can imagine the ability to enter the value of your meal and see as it automatically calculates 15% could be extremely useful, but for me, it emphasises how different the European and American service industries are!
February 27, 2008
If you didn’t know that tips were important, you do now
Posted by barkeeper under Barry Chandler, barkeeper.ie, tipping | Tags: calculator, service, tipping, USA |1 Comment
February 29, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Very true! On a recent trip to Ireland, I was shocked at the unimportance of tipping. It is quite a big difference in America. 15% here is standard, regardless of the restaurant or bar. I recently bought a new cell phone and one of the main selling features for me was the tip calculator! Us lazy Americans don’t like to do the math in our heads