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Originally Posted by BunYip
I thought tipping in the US was sort of only in the hospitality area. Do you tip everyone? We don't tip anyone over here, it such a curious notion. I understand that hospitality workers don't get paid much but surely hairdressers who are self-employed ( or at least rent a chair in a salon) don't need it. Who else gets tips?
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Thanks for asking this - I was curious but thought I was probably the only person who didn't know :-) Here, we tip waiters at restaurants, and bartenders, and café staff, if the service has been particularly good... and we might tip a taxi driver, but I can't really think of any other situation where a tip would be usual. (And it is illegal to make somebody depend on tips, or to work without pay - I'm not saying that people are never illegaly employed at below-minimum wage, it's a considerable problem, but it's not an accepted part of how the system works. Which is how I interpret the USAnian situation - I could be entirely wrong.)