I don't tip at coffeeshops. I make my own coffee at home or drink the free stuff at work most of the time, and when I don't I'm usually (a) traveling on business which means I'm at Starbucks or (b) buying out of desperation which means I'm at Starbucks, and when I'm already paying $2.30 for a drip coffee, I know I'm being ripped off.
The sales tax in Chicago is 10.25% now. I have always had a habit of just doubling the tax and rounding on my restaurant bill because I am pretty lazy/bad when it comes to math. So nowadays they are getting 20-22% on average when they used to get a solid 18%.
Generally with a cab I round up to the nearest whole bill unless it's ridiculously undeserved. So if my fare is $17 I pay $20. You get the idea. Sometimes I feel cheap but cab rides are almost always unpleasant for one reason or another.
I over-tip my hairdresser (she usually gets a really big fat tip from me) but there are two factors: (a) I get a haircut about twice, possibly three times a year, and (b) I've been seeing her for over 20 years now.
In Japan the service charge is added into the price so you don't tip, not even in cabs. It took me a while to get used to that and then a while to get back in the habit when I came back.
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The sales tax in Chicago is 10.25% now. I have always had a habit of just doubling the tax and rounding on my restaurant bill because I am pretty lazy/bad when it comes to math. So nowadays they are getting 20-22% on average when they used to get a solid 18%.
Generally with a cab I round up to the nearest whole bill unless it's ridiculously undeserved. So if my fare is $17 I pay $20. You get the idea. Sometimes I feel cheap but cab rides are almost always unpleasant for one reason or another.
I over-tip my hairdresser (she usually gets a really big fat tip from me) but there are two factors: (a) I get a haircut about twice, possibly three times a year, and (b) I've been seeing her for over 20 years now.
In Japan the service charge is added into the price so you don't tip, not even in cabs. It took me a while to get used to that and then a while to get back in the habit when I came back.