Ever seen the glass in the pub that says: Tipping is not a city in China? Well I have run a search on Google maps and guess what? The glass was right. Tipping is not a city in China. So should you tip? How much and when?
Over the past vacation I mulled this over and really did not come to a monumental decision on the matter, so my profound statement is to do what you feel happy with after all it is your money and you are free to tip when and how you see fit. The amount? Well this is really up to you and what you can afford. I worked many years at a hostel in Greece and got as many tips in as many years. So if you cannot afford to and are not comfortable with tipping the do not.
That been said how ever, if you do not tip do not expect the same fast friendly service that you do receive when you do tip. Here is what I mean: Next time you at a bar and ordering your first drink, tip the bartender with the tab, when the bar fills up I assure you the bartender will *look* after you and keep his eye out for assisting you when you next need service in the hope of the next tip. There is nothing wrong with this it is human nature and is what happens.
Recently I had a quandary on what to do when on a beach vacation when the hotel was all inclusive. What does one do? Carry cash for every time you need to tip someone? Does that not detract from the carefree holiday and all inclusive enjoyment? The real dilemma came in near the end of the holiday when I realised that the *stations* and waiters were changed at each meal time. Would it not have been better for the resort to have the same waiters serving you the whole time so you can just tip them at the end?
Well I will share with you what I did to get out of my moral jam. When I realised this I tipped a few waiters that I felt had looked after us and were seen to be our *regulars*, boy did the level of service step up and I really did not think that was possible as it was so high already.
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