> A tip is not an act of generosity, either, you're paying a fee for a service rendered. I once took a cab from my hotel in Zhengzhou (in central China) to the

> A tip is not an act of generosity, either, you're paying a fee for a service rendered. I once took a cab from my hotel in Zhengzhou (in central China) to the airport. It was during rush hour, so what would otherwise have been a 15-minute drive took over an hour. But the meter was obviously set to work only on distance travelled, and the fare seemed to me to be obscenely low for over an hour of work. I knew in China that tipping wasn't a thing, but having been raised in the US, I felt obligated to try in this situation. You should have seen the insulted look on her face. She was doing an honest job for an agreed-upon price, and didn't need any "largesse" from me.