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planning on going to Angelines Massage for a 2-person (4-handed) massage. wondering whether it is expected to give a full 15-20% tip to each of the two people doing the massage, or if you would split 20% between them? don't want to offend anyone, but 40% tip is pretty spendy!!! |
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I'd say 20% of the total for both of you split between each of them since they did half of the work. | ||||||
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15% is within reason unless they were the BEST message you've ever had. | ||||||
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I'd give 20%. There are two people working the same hour hour on you. | ||||||
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15% each? or 20% each? or do you guys mean to split between the two? | ||||||
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20% Total. Not each. | ||||||
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I'll betcha the 2 person massage costs more than a one person one. So tipping 15-20 percent of the fee to be divided between the 2 is fair. My spas here began to "customarily" add an 18 percent gratuity to the bill unless one objects. Fine by me because I used to give 20 percent, hah hah. Look at it this way: each of them is charging you half the total fee. So tipping 20 oercent of total gives each the right tip. | ||||||
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I would object to 18% add on. Tipping is a really annoying American custom. I would rather people just charge a flat rate of what they want for their service. | ||||||
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Well, if I objected to the add on I'd be back tipping 20 percent, my point is their practice does not benefit them. I tip where tipping is customary, don't where it is not. And don't get me started about VAT. | ||||||
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I'll bite: what's wrong with the VAT. Even with it, prices in Europe for many things are much cheaper than in the US. Not true for everything, but all in all, I didn't find the cost of living higher in Europe. But did you know that Hawaii's excise tax is similar to the VAT? Almost every middleman adds the 4.16% to merchandise, so it adds up, on average to 20% they say. Given that, I wonder why things don't seem more expensive. We have the cost of shipping things, but not much more it seems. The 8%+ sales tax in California is what really seems expensive at the checkout. | ||||||
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