-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/20/2011 02:46 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 07/20/2011 02:26 PM, Tiago Bortoletto Vaz wrote: >> In past DebConfs we have encouraged people to pay waiter/waitress >> tips even regarding sponsored meals. So this is just a reminder >> :) >> >> Local people say it's normal to pay about 10%. So, something near >> ?0.75 should be fine, once each meal costs 7.5? for Debconf. > > As someone who is also concerned about this, I asked some of the > local team yesterday if/when/how much we should be tipping, and was > told that there was no expectation or custom of a tip for meals in > the hotel restaurant here. > > There is an expectation of a roughly 10% or 15% tip when buying > drinks, at the hotel restaurant or in bars, though. > > I'm sure i'm not repeating their words exactly, but that was the > general idea. Perhaps one of the localteam couldY weigh in on this > and explain more precisely? > > Thanks, > > --dkg > > > > _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss > mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss Yes, I can pretty much confirm this. It is not customary to tip hotel staff, unless you feel like it or you're ordering food and drinks that you have to pay for. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOJtHqAAoJEEIU23x/a574eqgQAMR1WMl4z6SKNSO/Qorw07Zo Y39LyVSIy0rq9FbZ1tpsjdhZ86Nl7MTmQQ3DVvWFQfzaCEz35YXz1VWdBgGg11kX 7XLw0SOVe6pGmjV8GZj1FYx6uo0En3INem1aVWNHxaPKzncrRmFzkjizGnmMDDOo B0wOYh0x1wfmlDfdqRLeO73o10nXlMGAOsfZePhkZ1stS1NA5VtDOZAJQ2/20UEx 3nboMjnyBJcJ1WHu9wCn9X/2cc0hRa1E8wMd0GoaRYvDPkzyUqlzkeN6D2Ft2ykj FdkfkppJRWsQTO275sK51TwGQE5sRDuJP34QdNt7D1ARl1KxgUIiMXoEMA6cJ2ys umGP4NsFXLsoo3ZUv1Et2Pp3zHTKOU3ss7W2oDCJb0Hg2K1dONQOZsb1vIQyHKIM 7Z7GsWsdHtg3WOU5Ibyn0Y7MisIVzXjwWbXMkn+y63fqTbA+vfHUQLqvWdKgX5ji MkhOAe4OwmtaN/sFAArhBFBsa51Zs6UopO8oLzmcH69wuOlIkHlsB1kxMmuLXfAn oUFi15TLMagsuMvH+q1THA0HuI3Y8+EEiO1O2GMAgRwYsPsHhiaEJShjNHOyLhzM SScZClyBbspyWTpJCJ55cMmLTDrJ6GyHLQBfYp8qPmsq5x8f//9VwUZWKfu0OdCi VrH81TfWwYy2yBHANFyQ =Tm4B -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |