How to tip in America?

Tips are also required for taxis, which are basically 10% to 20% of the fare, depending on the service. At the airport, if there are airport staff to help with luggage, you should also give a few dollars as a tip to express your gratitude. Recently, an interesting thing happened on Facebook, a social network that can reflect American daily life culture. The general story goes like this: Victoria Leeds works as a waitress in a restaurant in Seattle. She has a good friend who works as a bartender in another bar. Not long ago, Liz went to work in a bar instead of her good friend. On a Friday night, after Liz served a couple of male and female customers, the male customer paid the bill with a credit card at the cashier. When Liz received the bill from the male customer, she stopped reading it. She couldn't help getting angry. It turned out that the male customer not only wrote a zero in the tip column, but also attached a sentence "You can lose a few pounds." According to American cultural habits, it is very inappropriate to tip the waiter after eating and checking out in a restaurant. It is even more impolite to comment on the obesity of women, especially girls. The male customer served by Liz not only didn't tip a penny, but also wrote a very rude sentence on the sign. How can Liz stand this tone? In a rage, she posted the customer's brand on Facebook, described in detail how she served the two male and female customers, and wrote the name of the male customer "Andrew Meyer". Liz's story was madly reprinted after it was published on Facebook. A large number of netizens left messages to support Leeds and were not ashamed of the behavior of male customers. Many people say that Andrew Meyer is "a rude man", "the worst customer" and "a soulless poor man". Many netizens also tried their best to find out Andrew Meyer's telephone number and email address, and directly called or emailed Andrew Meyer to criticize his words and deeds. This hurts people with the same name as "Andrew Meyer". Many people have received phone calls and emails from angry netizens, and they still don't know what is going on. A blogger mentioned Andrew Meyer in his blog, and as a result, Microsoft had to come forward to deny that the company had an employee named Andrew Meyer. This interesting story reflects that Andrew Meyer did two things wrong at the cultural level. For one thing, he didn't tip, and for another, he shouldn't comment on the lady's obesity. For foreigners, especially those who are not used to tipping in many Asian countries, what they need to learn and adapt to immediately after coming to the United States are daily chores such as tipping. What kind of service should I tip? How much should I tip? It is common sense for Americans, but it may be a problem for foreigners. Nowadays, more and more people from China come to the United States for tourism, business, business, study abroad and immigration, so it is inevitable that they will face the problem of tipping in their daily life, so they need to be cautious. According to my life experience, the range and amount of tipping is roughly as follows: when you eat in a restaurant, as long as a waiter takes your order, you usually tip 15% to 20%. Above this amount, you are satisfied with the service attitude; Below this amount, it indicates dissatisfaction with the service attitude, but it is not less than 10% and less than 10%. Customers who don't tip like Andrew Meyer are very rare, so it's not surprising that they have caused public outrage. But in fast food restaurants like McDonald's and KFC, tipping is not necessary, while in cafeterias, tipping is basically calculated on a per capita basis, which is about one yuan per person. In addition to eating in restaurants, you also need to tip when staying in hotels, mainly for waiters who clean rooms every day. The general practice is to leave the tip on the table in your room when you leave the hotel. According to the calculation per person per day, the higher the star rating of the hotel, the more tips, one yuan a week, two yuan a week, and so on. When staying in a hotel, if the service staff opens the door for you and helps you with your luggage, you should also give a tip, usually a few dollars. Tips are also required for taxis, which are basically 10% to 20% of the fare, depending on the service. At the airport, if there are airport staff to help with luggage, you should also give a few dollars as a tip to express your gratitude. Besides, it is unexpected to tip others in public. If someone comes to the door for service, such as telephone line, internet, cable TV installation and maintenance, etc. You can also give a certain tip as appropriate, but it is not necessary, it is different from tipping when eating in a restaurant. There is also a very special habit in American culture, that is, at the end of each year, residents will seal a money bag to the post office staff to express their gratitude for their timely delivery of letters in rain or shine for a year, usually ranging from 20 to 50 dollars. They put the money bag in the mailbox and took it away when the post office staff came to deliver the letter. Although tipping is a way of thanking others for their service, it is also a habit not to tip when shopping in the store.