09-27-2009, 03:33 AM
Jakensama Wrote:10% tip is normal here. If you go to a good place here you get good 'euro style' service, but average places just blow - waiters don't make shit and there is no incentive to work hard when you are doing a minimum wage job.
I have to admit that it has been about 10 years since I was in Germany. It is possible things have changed or I am remembering incorrectly about tipping in restaurants. I do remember though my girlfriend at the time (she was German going to school in the U.S.) telling me that I shouldn't have tipped the barber I went to and that he was probably offended. I also remember walking into department stores without ever being asked if I needed help and she confirmed that its that way most places in Germany. Again its been awhile so maybe it is nothing like that anymore.