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A little known fact of going Dutch history: splitting the bill several ways should merit extraordinary tips in places where tipping is a necessary component to
by steele 4y ago
A little known fact of going Dutch history: splitting the bill several ways should merit extraordinary tips in places where tipping is a necessary component to service worker income.
- WJW 4y agoWe pay our waiting staff a normal salary, tipping is not a major thing here.
- tremon 4y ago"where tipping is a necessary component to service worker income" is not part of Dutch history FAFAIK.
- tabtab 4y agoSomething else the Dutch did right.
- Etheryte 4y agoTipping is not a thing in the Netherlands, where are you getting this idea from? By and large the people who tip are tourists who are not familiar with the local customs.
- jtwaleson 4y agoI always tip 10%-15%. Lived here all my life :')
- Aeolun 4y agoAre you Dutch? What area of the country is this? Can’t say I’ve ever done this in Amsterdam area.
- jtwaleson 3y agoYep, all over but mostly in the randstad. It’s absolutely not ingrained in the culture or suggested on your receipt like in the US. But staff know how to handle it and I believe it’s quite common.
- rubin55 3y agoThis is not true, at least certainly not for all social circles apparently. I've heard this sentiment expressed here before, but I and essentially all people I know who frequent restaurants tip 10 to 15 percent. I'm dutch, as is about 70% of my social circle (The Hague area, 50ish people).
- yieldcrv 4y ago(This is a joke about “going dutch”, an American colloquialism for splitting the bill, that pretends like it would offer insight into the origin of the term, but then doesn’t)