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Tipping, for example, is considered bribery in some societies, while in others the two concepts may not be interchangeable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briber

• derleth 14y ago
  > Tipping, for example, is considered bribery in some societies, while in others the two concepts may not be interchangeable. To clarify for our non-American readers: In the USA, and possibly Canada as well, waitstaff in restaurants are typically not paid a living wage (that is, they're paid even less than minimum wage, which isn't a living wage by itself anymore either) because both restaurants and the law expect them to make it up in tips. In some restaurants, the menu will say that an automatic gratuity (that is, a tip) of some specified percentage is added to the bill of parties of eight or more people. Typically, tips range from 15%-20% of the total bill, but there's no law governing how much people actually give. Merely bringing this up in the wrong crowd will reliably generate a massive argument. So, uh, keep that in mind, too.