>> I think people who understand the system would realise it isn't cheap food, the tip
>> is all part of the cost.>>
>> Do you try to impose UK behaviours wherever you go abroad?
>>
I've been told that I tend to over tip, and it's probably because I don't like to offend.
What I don't like it how arbitrary tipping can be. For example, you tip a taxi driver and a coach driver, but not a bus driver. You tip in a restaurant or cafe (that jar near the till) but not a McDonalds, which now has table service.
I was watching an episode of Friends recently when some of the characters go to a busy restaurant and pass the maitre d some cash to get preferential treatment - i.e. to get a table before other guests.
Technically, such action could be illegal in the UK as it's offering and accepting a bribe and if a UK citizen does it abroad you could "technically" be nicked for it over here even though you did it abroad. Of course it would never happen.
And such action could lead to corruption - I'm not going to carry out your service unless I get a tip equals I'm not going to carry out your service until I get a bribe.
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