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Apr 29, 2014 - 06:31 AM
I haven't been to Italy yet but I've read that tipping customs in Italy are different than in the U.S.
FWIW, check out this blog:
http://www.parlafood.com/search/?cx=p...
Apparently, tipping is not that common, although you probably won't be refused.
FWIW, check out this blog:
http://www.parlafood.com/search/?cx=p...
Apparently, tipping is not that common, although you probably won't be refused.
Apr 29, 2014 - 07:20 AM
Riff251 brings up a good point….the tipping culture is much different in Europe. Sonia has a video blog about this very topic.
When we were in Italy last year, we would leave change, rounding up, for example, by a euro or two. But that's it. Also check your bill, because often there is an added service charge -- another reason you don't need to tip.
As for your original question, I will pose this to one of my language partners on Hello Talk and see what the expression would be.
When we were in Italy last year, we would leave change, rounding up, for example, by a euro or two. But that's it. Also check your bill, because often there is an added service charge -- another reason you don't need to tip.
As for your original question, I will pose this to one of my language partners on Hello Talk and see what the expression would be.
Apr 29, 2014 - 11:02 AM
So my Italian friend in Verona says the expression would be: "tieni il resto" or "tenga il resto". He also confirmed that the ones leaving tips are tourists.
Apr 29, 2014 - 04:32 PM
Interesting. I am very much aware of the general tipping culture in Europe, but I am
sympathetic to the front line people in the service industry regardless of how they
are compensated in salary and like to tip. After reading the article and a bunch of comments
it seems that tipping "American style" sort of "poisons the well" by feeding a mutant outgrowth
and unduly raising expectations. Interesting. If you are too "nice" everyone else will look "bad".
Ok. Still, I've been alerted to the surreptitious ways that some Italian restaurants juice their
customers with bogus fees especially at places that cater to tourists. I will say
"tenga il resto" when I feel like it. Thanks!
sympathetic to the front line people in the service industry regardless of how they
are compensated in salary and like to tip. After reading the article and a bunch of comments
it seems that tipping "American style" sort of "poisons the well" by feeding a mutant outgrowth
and unduly raising expectations. Interesting. If you are too "nice" everyone else will look "bad".
Ok. Still, I've been alerted to the surreptitious ways that some Italian restaurants juice their
customers with bogus fees especially at places that cater to tourists. I will say
"tenga il resto" when I feel like it. Thanks!
Apr 30, 2014 - 07:24 AM
I had never really thought much about how we tip in this country until I started researching our trip to Italy. Then I ran across this article, and it completely changed my thinking. This is really long, but well worth the read if you are interested. I had never considered all the dynamics at play in our culture of tipping.
http://jayporter.com/dispatches/obser...
http://jayporter.com/dispatches/obser...
May 27, 2014 - 05:32 AM
Hi Tony
Just in case you wish to continue tipping despite all the interesting tipping related information you guys have been sharing on here, it would indeed be:
Tenere il resto = to keep the change
Tenga il resto = Keep the change, imperative for formal you
Just in case you wish to continue tipping despite all the interesting tipping related information you guys have been sharing on here, it would indeed be:
Tenere il resto = to keep the change
Tenga il resto = Keep the change, imperative for formal you