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Some very good answers to the primary question; but I don't think anyone talked about the custom(s).....
......and, here in the U.S.; especially La$ Vega$, the Internal Revenue actually goes by a scale to tax those tips especially in the Casino gaming industry whereby people will leave a large tip "if" they win big.
Here's some of the historical signifigance:
A tip (also called a gratuity) is a payment made to certain service sector workers in addition to the advertised price of the transaction. The amount of a tip is typically calculated as a percentage of the transaction value before applicable taxes...
Such payments and their size are a matter of social custom. Tipping varies among cultures and by service industry. Though by definition a tip is never legally required, and its amount is at the discretion of the person being served, in some circumstances
failing to give an adequate tip when one is expected may be considered very miserly, a violation of etiquette, or unethical.
In some other cultures or situations, giving a tip is not expected and offering one would be considered condescending or demeaning. In some circumstances (such as tipping government workers), tipping is illegal.
Etymologists trace the word "tipping" back to the street language of the medieval era, when it meant "hand it over." (It sort of means the same thing today.)
In 1972, an anthropology professor linked the words "gratuity" and "tip" in various languages to the act of imbibing. Each can be literally translated into terms that pertain to drinking -- tringeld in German, pourboire in French, for example. The Dutch word
tippen (calling for service by tapping on a table) and the Latin word stips (meaning "gift") may also be related.
Whatever the origin of the word, the practice probably goes back to the first time one Neanderthal held a rock open for another Neanderthal. Or at least, as some evidence suggests, to the Roman Empire.
The term has also been linked (though not by all word
historians) to 18th-century England, where eating and drinking establishments put out brass urns inscribed with the phrase "To Insure Promptitude" (T.I.P.) for customers to leave money in.
Tipping spread widely in the U.S. after the Civil War, despite those "who considered it a toxic vestige of Old World patronage." Back then, the practice was actually banned by six states.
Not so today. Last week we spotted a tip jar sitting on the counter at our dry cleaners.
What's next?
Tipping for a good BJ??????? lol
Hmmmmmmmmm! Nahhhhhhhhhhh.......
......and, here in the U.S.; especially La$ Vega$, the Internal Revenue actually goes by a scale to tax those tips especially in the Casino gaming industry whereby people will leave a large tip "if" they win big.
Here's some of the historical signifigance:
A tip (also called a gratuity) is a payment made to certain service sector workers in addition to the advertised price of the transaction. The amount of a tip is typically calculated as a percentage of the transaction value before applicable taxes...
Such payments and their size are a matter of social custom. Tipping varies among cultures and by service industry. Though by definition a tip is never legally required, and its amount is at the discretion of the person being served, in some circumstances
failing to give an adequate tip when one is expected may be considered very miserly, a violation of etiquette, or unethical.
In some other cultures or situations, giving a tip is not expected and offering one would be considered condescending or demeaning. In some circumstances (such as tipping government workers), tipping is illegal.
Etymologists trace the word "tipping" back to the street language of the medieval era, when it meant "hand it over." (It sort of means the same thing today.)
In 1972, an anthropology professor linked the words "gratuity" and "tip" in various languages to the act of imbibing. Each can be literally translated into terms that pertain to drinking -- tringeld in German, pourboire in French, for example. The Dutch word
tippen (calling for service by tapping on a table) and the Latin word stips (meaning "gift") may also be related.
Whatever the origin of the word, the practice probably goes back to the first time one Neanderthal held a rock open for another Neanderthal. Or at least, as some evidence suggests, to the Roman Empire.
The term has also been linked (though not by all word
historians) to 18th-century England, where eating and drinking establishments put out brass urns inscribed with the phrase "To Insure Promptitude" (T.I.P.) for customers to leave money in.
Tipping spread widely in the U.S. after the Civil War, despite those "who considered it a toxic vestige of Old World patronage." Back then, the practice was actually banned by six states.
Not so today. Last week we spotted a tip jar sitting on the counter at our dry cleaners.
What's next?
Tipping for a good BJ??????? lol
Hmmmmmmmmm! Nahhhhhhhhhhh.......
