Het feit dat de gemiddelde Amerikaan op vakantie in Florida niet tipt wil niet zeggen dat het allemaal wel meevalt. Amerikanen tippen echt voor de meest onzinnige dingen. Onderstaand een verhaal van een iemand wiens vrouw in New York naar de kapper was geweest om even haar haar te laten stylen. Need I say more?
You are in the US on a holiday and want to go to a famed Beverly Hills or Manhattan hairstylist. If you do, take your credit card and a pocket of cash. My wife loves to tell the story of her first US hair experience. She booked into a famous Manhattan stylist in the Plaza Hotel for a simple blow dry. She sat down in the chair. An assistant asked her if she would like a coffee or tea. She said yes. The tea was delicious. The assistant discreetly left an empty envelope next to her. Another employee washed her hair. After a great wash and massage, the person left another envelope next to her. Then the hairstylist did the blow dry. He left an envelope. My wife did not have a clue what the envelopes were for. Nobody explained it. She paid for her blow dry and left. It was only a few weeks later when she was talking to an American friend she was informed she should have left maybe $US2 or $US3 tip for the tea. About $US3 to $US5 to the person who washed her hair and to the stylist a 20 per cent tip based on the cost of the $US100 blow dry. She hasn't been back.