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In reply to the discussion: My co-worker lectured me on rudeness of a large tip [View all]hughee99
(16,113 posts)with large tips. They HATE that. If I had a dollar for every waitress who told me off and ran off crying because of a large tip... I'd have no more money than I do now.
On a side note, I was in Ireland a few years back and left a 20 Punt tip on a 60 Punt round at the bar (it was a lot of Guinness). One of the bartenders chased me down because I "forgot" money on the bar. I was surprised by the look of shock on her face when I thanked her and told her it was a tip.
My Irish friends told me later that the reason the pints were more expensive was because in Ireland, they paid their workers better and they didn't have to rely on tips, but tipping is a hard habit to break. I didn't think the beer was any more expensive than a typical bar in Boston.