A recent study by the Bank of Montreal claims that Canadians tend to be tightfisted when it comes to tipping. The study seems to indicate that the problem is more a lack of understanding of who to tip and how much than truly being tightfisted with their money.
I generally tip in restaurants and when I get my hair cut but never would think of tipping in other situations. The site, The Original Tipping Page, carries a list of situations and common guidelines on how to determine tips.
While most people realize that people in service industries look for tips, usually because of low wages paid to them by employers who rationalize that the service person can make a real wage by all the tips they get. That should be an incentive for service people to give good service, all too often, it isn’t. Keep in mind that good service earns a tip, extraordinary service earns larger tips. Likewise, incredibly bad service earns either less than the standard or zero. Read on »
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