Why do we automatically accept the fact that waitress’ salary in general compromise of low hourly wage plus tips? Think about this while keeping in mind that the rest of the world are not like U.S.A. Waiters are paid well in Italy. Waiters are paid well in Canada. Same with most of Europe and other countries. Why not here?! There are guides out there for international students to read and learn about american culture: how to tip here in U.S.A. and it specifically say that waitress normally earns low salary and expect to earn tips to make a living. I say “ugh!”

I just picked (out of so many good info out there) to give you an idea what’s appropiate way of tipping tips in other countries.

I am for better salary for waitress and big change in the customary way of how american usually tips.

Big tips to foreign people may mean something else that could offend them. I learn that the hard way when I was in foreign country.

The world of restaurants and lodgings and personal groomings (hair stylists and manicure person and spa massauers) did not embrace our own language, American Sign Language (ASL) or engage us in rapport development as the service provider and customer relationship. If the hosptiality industry really want our tip money, then embrace us in our own language. Those people do learn various spoken languages or assign someone who really fluent in customer’s spoken language. Too many individuals with the hosptiality industry really are not literate in English.

Too many times, waiters and waitresses and servers fail to inform us what is the special of the day. That is total failure of rapport development on the part of restaurant servers!!!! That’s how the majority of deaf people do not tip at all or undertip.

Parents of deaf youngsters and educational facilities of the deaf FAIL to provide the social equitette classes how to do proper things at restaurant or as a customer to show appreciation or deal with gratiuty tax, etc.

My deaf mother always tell me the importance of good tipping at the restaurant to get an excellent service or will not get it. My former alta mater school never provide classes or take students to the restaurant about the proper social equitette espeically tipping.

Why didn’t the educational facilities of the deaf and hosptiality industry work together to educate the future deaf customers about the real necessity of good tipping??

Many Asian countries never count on generous tippings or feel insulted when we do.

My deaf mother always made the homemade Black Walnut cake during the Xmas time and left it in the mailbox for the rural mail carrier. Ever she done the cake during the city living. The wife of mailman always write to my deaf mother and beg more for her Black Walnut cake.

Tipping the newspaper carrier, too. My father always give the $50 saving bond to young newspaper carriers during the seasonal time. So our family could get newspapers first before the rest of neighborhood.

I usually tend to overtip most of time. My deaf mother always scold me for being too generous with people from the hosptiality industry.

I would not tip someone, who intentionally cheat me on my restuarant bill or something like padding the bill and hope that I did not notice. I dealt with several waiters and waitresses and managers for their refusal to correct the restaurant bill until they realize that I could not be fooled by anything.

Most of the time, waiters and waitresses complied with my concern about being erroueously billed for what I did not order or mixed up with someone’s bill.

We really do not have to tip bartenders if he or she simply open the beer bottles. Mixing drinks surely take someone’s talent to make a good drink.

Many hearing people usually complain about bartenders nowaday for not thanking customers for their tip money.

We, deaf people are no different from hearing people’s lack of good tipping or proper tipping scale.

I never forget about the well-off and wealthy people in DC for lousy tip or no tip during my days as the Domino Pizza delivery person last 20 years ago.

To my own surprises, many impoversished African Americans tipped me very well or too much tippings. I had to tell them that I don’t accept their tip money due to their extreme poverty. Those people refused to let me go without their tip money. I had to improvise and tell them that I will bring extra pizzas at no cost for them next time. I did keep my words. Many customers specifically asked for me.

Many pizza delivery person did not open the pizza box to show the customer what the pizza look like. That is the rapport development with customer!

I would generously tip when the restuarant server bring me something and did not charge on the bill.

Many restuarant servers nowaday hardly bring a glass of water. Some resturant servers try to prod me to order something expensive and ignore my original request. I simply walk out and express disappointment.

Handful of people think that I could be easily manipulated or pushed around. I am no doormat!

Being a thoughtful and nice person which do not give people the right to see me as an easy target. I would fight back for my customer rights if I am being treated in such a disrespectful or shabby way.

My apartment maintenace person refuse to take my tip money when come to non-apartment related stuff like installing the water filter container for the kitchen sink and shower head. That is against their apartment policy.

Robert L. Mason (RLM)

In reality, how well they tipped me tended to depend on their actual socioeconomical level. Generally, well-off people tip well, and tipping seemed a foreign concept to poorer people. I think it’s true for all races- I doubt the trailer folks are known for generous tipping.

What I’m curious about is, since deaf professionals have decent paychecks, is their tipping on par with their hearing counterparts? Guess we’ll never know for sure. We can’t ask bartenders, DPHHs in DC attract a lot of Gally students, thus skewing perceptions. :)

I always make sure I tip at least 20% ($1 minimum) to waiters and bartenders. Just trying to do my part to combat the stereotype. So yeah I’m annoyed with students who don’t tip at all. If you can’t afford to tip, you can’t afford to go out.