There are conflicting accounts of how it spread and was encouraged after that, but the US is not its origin.
Joe On Jul 15, 2024, at 7:07 PM, ilyarglazunov@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Is there any validity to this? I’d love to learn more, as American history is fascinating!
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 15, 2024, at 7:03 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The origin of tipping in the US is abolitionists paying slaves in the South for their work which their masters did not.
They don't teach that in the schools here for some reason. Honestly, are we really having this discussion again? Like it or not the U.S. and Canadian work compensation systems for various service workers, including taxis and everything in the restaurant industry and hotel housekeepers and a bunch more stuff, is all dependent on a system in which people are regularly tipped at least 15% on average of their bills. They’re even taxed that way.
So, you can decry the arrangement as irrational or wrong, but please don’t take it out on mostly the least-privileged employees to be found in these jurisdictions.
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> On Jul 11, 2024, at 20:24, John Levine <johnl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> According to Wes Hardaker <hardaker@xxxxxxx>:
>> The next time people are in Prague, you might go to the communist
>> museum which has an opposite viewpoint. I've actually thought back to that
>> particular museum more than I thought I would over the years.
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> Indeed, but I have also been to Japan and New Zealand where a tip is an insult,
> implying that people need to be bribed to do their jobs.
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> R's,
> John
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