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Yasuda eliminated tipping following the custom in Japan, where there is no tipping anywhere and the service is arguably the best in the world.

by mef 13y ago

cynicalkane 13y ago
Japan goes beyond that. In many 'tipless' cultures they will accept tips anyway. In Japan, they will give it back to you. I have heard stories of Japanese waiters running after customers as they leave, to return the tip.
- danso 13y ago
  Ha ha, this makes me laugh a little. The only time I've ever had any waiter chase me after I had left was at Decibel, a Japanese sake bar in the East Village (New York). My friend and I had ordered two small glasses of sake, totaling about $25. My friend, being new to the city, tipped the waiter in the customary bar fashion: $1 a drink, because the waiter did nothing except pour us our sake (and was slow in arriving) and never followed up except to take our bill. The waiter (who was most definitely of Japanese ethnicity) angrily demanded if we had a problem with his service, and if we didn't, why did we only tip him $2. I don't know how closely this sake bar hews to any Japanese convention (my guess is that it's be the Japanese version of hipsterism), but it was an amusing episode that led me to never revisit that bar again, as much as I like the place.
  - mathattack 13y ago
    Decibel is a quirky place by any stretch. I've never seen a bar where the workers sample so much of the product.
  - fatjokes 13y ago
    On a visit to China many years ago, waitresses would regularly return or refuse tips. However, on a more recent trip, they would expect or even ask for it. Bad habits are easy to pick up.
- patio11 13y ago
  A young lady who I knew from my high school, who doesn't speak Japanese, visited me in Japan one year. We went to my favorite sushi shop, where I've been a regular for 8 years. As we were walking home, she said "That sushi was so excellent I left a $10 tip." "We have to go back." "WHAT?" "You don't tip in Japan. We have to go back." "Maybe YOU don't tip in Japan, Mr. Stingypants, but I tip in Ja..." "Matttttttttttttttttttttttte" "Who was that?" "That's the sushi guy, who has commandeered his grandmother's bicycle to chase after us." "Why would he do that?" "Here, I'll translate for him." "Huff. Puff. Your... girlfriend... dropped... her... money." "She's not my girlfriend." "Alright then, Ms. Totally Platonic dropped her money. Tell her to be a bit more careful with it? There's all sorts of forei... people in Ogaki who might steal money that's just left on a table like that."
  - mathattack 13y ago
    The joys of Japanese service. :-)

Yasuda eliminated tipping following the custom in Japan, where there is no tipping anywhere and the service is arguably the best in the world.

by mef 13y ago

Yasuda eliminated tipping following the custom in Japan, where there is no tipping anywhere and the service is arguably the best in the world.

cynicalkane 13y ago

Japan goes beyond that. In many 'tipless' cultures they will accept tips anyway. In Japan, they will give it back to you. I have heard stories of Japanese waiters running after customers as they leave, to return the tip.

danso 13y ago
Ha ha, this makes me laugh a little. The only time I've ever had any waiter chase me after I had left was at Decibel, a Japanese sake bar in the East Village (New York). My friend and I had ordered two small glasses of sake, totaling about $25. My friend, being new to the city, tipped the waiter in the customary bar fashion: $1 a drink, because the waiter did nothing except pour us our sake (and was slow in arriving) and never followed up except to take our bill. The waiter (who was most definitely of Japanese ethnicity) angrily demanded if we had a problem with his service, and if we didn't, why did we only tip him $2. I don't know how closely this sake bar hews to any Japanese convention (my guess is that it's be the Japanese version of hipsterism), but it was an amusing episode that led me to never revisit that bar again, as much as I like the place.
- mathattack 13y ago
  Decibel is a quirky place by any stretch. I've never seen a bar where the workers sample so much of the product.
- fatjokes 13y ago
  On a visit to China many years ago, waitresses would regularly return or refuse tips. However, on a more recent trip, they would expect or even ask for it. Bad habits are easy to pick up.
patio11 13y ago
A young lady who I knew from my high school, who doesn't speak Japanese, visited me in Japan one year. We went to my favorite sushi shop, where I've been a regular for 8 years. As we were walking home, she said "That sushi was so excellent I left a $10 tip." "We have to go back." "WHAT?" "You don't tip in Japan. We have to go back." "Maybe YOU don't tip in Japan, Mr. Stingypants, but I tip in Ja..." "Matttttttttttttttttttttttte" "Who was that?" "That's the sushi guy, who has commandeered his grandmother's bicycle to chase after us." "Why would he do that?" "Here, I'll translate for him." "Huff. Puff. Your... girlfriend... dropped... her... money." "She's not my girlfriend." "Alright then, Ms. Totally Platonic dropped her money. Tell her to be a bit more careful with it? There's all sorts of forei... people in Ogaki who might steal money that's just left on a table like that."
- mathattack 13y ago
  The joys of Japanese service. :-)