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Originally Posted by silent_jay
So then, you're basing your entire view on this 'custom' of Canadians not tipping period, on your little slice of the world, that's like me basing my opinion of all Americans of the stupid shit that comes out of Sarah Palin's mouth.
Also, for you to get that '50% of them tip 15%' you'd have to see each and every Canadian there eating out at a restaurant, watch how much their bill is, watch how much they leave for a tip, forgive me if I think you are flawed in your numbers.
As I said before, a tip is up to the customer, want to leave it up to the server or the establishment, tell customer that a certain percentage is required as a gratuity, although, just the word gratuity alone should say what it is 'A tip (also called a gratuity) is a voluntary extra payment made to certain service sector workers in addition to the advertised price of the transaction.'
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I said before I'm simply basing my opinion on what I see here. I never once said "all Canadians," not once. In fact I went out of my way to say it's not all. As for my math, feel free to come down and check out the area out yourself. I think after asking around and talking to people you probably find I'm being generous in my math. It's likely more then 10-20% of US citizens who come down here and make fools of themselves too. I ask people what they see, friends, waiters and yes Canadians. The night I had dinner with 30 or so Canadians the last guy with the check made sure there was a 7 peso tip on a $140 USD check. I asked him, in a polite way, "WTF?" His answer was that was a perfectly fine tip. I drove another guy to the airport one afternoon to pick up his wife. He had a couple drinks and a hamburger, the bill came to over 20 USD, his tip was less then a one dollar. This isn't a one time here and there thing. I see it nearly every time. I think part of it here is (and I said this before) people get used to things being really cheap, that's just the way it is here. I know people who let their maid go because she wanted a 3 dollar a day raise. They're from Georgia (US, not Russia) and they later wished they hadn't let her go, finding a good replacement wasn't easy.