Tipping
Sir, —It was interesting to read of a local businessman’s experiences of the cost of living, and especially tips, in .the United States. As far back as one remembers—some 70 years—there was tipoing in England: 2d for a railway porter: 6d for a “cabby”: a few coppers, left discreetly under the plate, for a wait-1 ress; Is or so for the waiter in a restaurant or hotel—mostly because they were all notoriously underpaid. Then came the rapacious taximen and commissionaires, and nearly everyone, including barbers, expected a tip. whether they were well paid or not. What a relief to come to this country 12 years ago and find people who did not expect tips for doing their iob and doing it well. In any affluent society it is a demeaning, invidious practice, which nobody has abused more than the Americans, with the British, by and large, running them pretty close.— Yours, etc., ILAM. August 29, 1966.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31151, 30 August 1966, Page 16
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