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tipping etiquette at carts?
Posted: 3:04 pm, August 6th, 2009 in Miscellaneous
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Isn't this why the French make fun of us (Well, one of many reasons)? We like to tip everyone who provides a service - so American!
I'm not against tipping if the food AND service is above average. That's hard to access at a cart until carts start shelling out waiters to take our order.
Props to you for giving love to a cart though. -
It's never wrong to tip---you just don't need to in a lot of cases....and streetcarts are one of them, although an extra something at Xmas for your morning coffee guy is acceptable (at least to me)....
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If I chose to eat at a "cart" then someone should tip ME.
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@CockChug: Here's a tip, go kill yourself.
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I do *not* tip during lunch. The money pours in during the lunch hours.
After hours though, I do tip. After a session at Jimmy's Corner, I stop at the biryani cart for kati rolls. I throw them a $10 for two rolls (that should cost $6). Considering I tip in excess at Jimmy's Corner (well at most bars where I get good service), I figure it's only fair. Granted, the guys probably work harder during lunch hour than after hours, and they're making the same minimum wage, I figure the after hours guys are at a bigger risk of being downsized due to demand, and the lunch hour guys have enough demand to justify their hours.
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off topic.. but i have a big problem with tipping cab drivers.. i mean.. i do it obviously (around $1 dollar per cab ride unless the cab rid >= $10)... but... i feel like i'm paying him for the service of driving the cab... waitress/waiter is obviously different. You pay for the food (although arguable, you're paying for parts of her/his salary), but mainly for the food, so a tip is appropriate (as is a delivery guy)... but things like... cabs... haircuts... i just find tipping to be... unnecessary.. maybe because I grew up in a country where you don't tip anywhere (not even waiter / waitresses)
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Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however, tip my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.
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Dude, cabbies work on seriously razor thin margins. They make running a cart look lucrative. OT, avoid paying with those credit card things too, they eat into the profits as well (the fee on those things is pretty outrageous).
I'm willing to bet that the service industry in your home country is paid on average better compared to the cost of living in that country than in the states.
With haircuts, I tip so that they can afford to keep the shop open.
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Yeah, I tip my barbers too---since they only charge 14, I give them a 20. They are very nice to me...
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I give a little something during the Holidays, depending if I go there often...
...If I remember to that is.
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@adamprato
I'm afraid not, although that would make perfect sense. It's an economic clusterfuck over there in many ways i guess... getting paid something like 2$ an hour for a waiter w/ no tip... (this was 6-7 yrs ago tho). That is definitely not above the average for the cost of living.
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@adamprato don't worry, I actually do tip -- that was just a quote from Dwight Schrute of The Office.
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Anyone else tip carts? That's just something different.
Maybe you can count those times of the mysterious extra dollar at 53rd/6th as a tip.
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Hey guys, got a maybe weird question - do you guys tip street cart guys you buy your food at?
Today I went to a cart I never been to today, guy was very pleasant, had a nice conversation and I tipped him afterwards.
After, I felt weird about it, because he didn't have a tip jar out like some others do.
Maybe I was being presumptuous, I don't know I'm probably just being weird.
What do you guys think?