What's the matter?
I'm making a new video, and I don't know how to make it interesting.
What's it about?
Tipping.
You should use Legos.
Legos?
Yeah, everything's better with Legos.
Everything is better with Legos.
Angelo, you're a genius!
Hello everyone, and welcome back
to a new episode of Ticket to Florida.
This video is about tipping in America,
and for it, I'd like to thank a viewer.
Elke D. wrote:
Hello Brian, I became aware of your videos
through a Facecbook group.
Since I find your videos absolutely super, I had a request
as to whether you could film about tipping in the USA.
In the restaurants, I know that I give a 15 to 20 percent tip,
just as in the hotels.
But what's the rule, for example, when I use value parking...
Here she means valet parking.
in the hotels?
Thank you Elke for the kind words and for the idea.
For Germans, it's unusual to tip so much in the restaurants.
In contrast to Germany,
waiters/waitresses in America don't have much of a firm income.
They earn their money mainly through tips.
In fact, employers may deduct a so-called tip credit
from the legal minimum wage.
For example. In Florida, the minimum wage is $8.25 per hour,
but an employer may deduct up to $3.02 in tips
from the minimum wage.
Therefore, the true minimum wage in Florida is only $5.23 per hour.
In this video, I explain the tipping etiquette
for different situations and locations.
Restaurants, bars, hotels, valet parking, and skycap.
Let's begin.
In a restaurant, it's common, as said already,
to give a 15 to 20 percent tip.
You can pay cash or with credit card.
If you want to give a cash tip, simply say:
Keep the change.
Otherwise, you can leave the tip on the table.
If you pay with a card,
write the amount of the tip on the receipt.
If there are a lot of people in your group,
and here I mean six people or more,
a restaurant may automatically add the tip.
It will be marked as Gratuity.
In some cities like Miami and New York,
many restaurants do this
regardless of how large or small your group is.
So pay attention to the bill.
Otherwise, you'll end up giving a double tip.
In buffet restaurants, you serve the food yourself.
However, the waiter/waitress clears away your used plates,
and more often they do it repeatedly
because you can eat as much as you want.
Can I take your plate?
Oh yes please. I think I'll go get some more.
There isn't any more sir.
What do you mean?
There isn't any more food. You ate it all.
[sighs]
In buffet restaurants, the recommended tip is
one or two dollars, or ten percent of the entire bill.
In some restaurants, you order at the register,
and the waiter/waitress brings you the food.
At the register, there is often a tip jar.
I have to say that many Americans refuse here
to give a tip.
My rule. When I clear the used plates myself,
I don't give a tip. Otherwise, I throw a dollar into the glass.
In the bar, the amount of the tip depends on the type of drink.
For beer and wine, a dollar tip per glass is customary.
To our fallen comrades on the Death Star.
For a cocktail, two dollars.
The rule is: the longer the preparation,
the higher the tip.
You can pay the tip with credit card,
but the bartenders prefer to get cash.
Almost all luxury hotels in America offer valet parking,
where a staff person takes your car from you at reception.
Welcome to the Hotel Ninjago. May I take your keys?
Here you go. Please don't scratch the paint.
No worries. I'll take good care of it.
When you need it again afterwards, it is fetched for you.
The recommended tip is one to five dollars,
but who gets it?
The person that takes your car, or the person that fetches it,
or both?
There is no set rule. You have the choice.
I personally only give it to the person that fetches my car.
When I repeatedly need to have my car fetched,
I give a dollar each time.
If I only need it fetched when I check out,
then I give five dollars.
May I help you with your bags?
Yes please. I only packed a few things.
A hotel bellhop gets one or two dollars per suitcase.
Every day, your hotel room is tidied by a cleaning lady.
She makes the bed.
She brings new bath towels.
She empties the wastebasket.
A tip of two to three dollars per day is customary.
At luxury hotels, five dollars per day.
Lay the tip on the pillow with a thank you note
so that the cleaning lady knows that it's for her.
Leave it there every day instead of at the end of your stay
because it may be
that different cleaning ladies tidy up your room.
At American airports, some airlines offer skycap service.
This is a service where you can check in your luggage outside the terminal.
This service can give you an advantage especially if you have a lot of luggage.
Where are you flying to today?
Back to Germany. My Florida vacation is over.
A service employee checks in your suitcases,
and prints out your boarding pass for you.
It is customary to give the service employee two dollars per suitcase.
All right guys. Thanks for watching.
I hope this video on tipping was helpful.
Speaking of tipping. Angelo, Lucia...
here is your tip for helping me with the video. Thank you very much.
Before I go, I want to give a special shout-out
to two of my viewers from Germany.
It was really nice being able to see you and your kids
while your were here on vacation.
I got to practice my German.
You got to practice your English, which was very good by the way.
And Angelo and Lucia have a special message for your kids
who saw their first American college football game.
So kids. You already know the cheer for USF: Go Bulls!
You already know the USF handsign.
But there's also a phrase.
What is that phrase?
Mess with the bull, you get the horns.
Thanks again very much for the beers.
I'm trying the Pott's Landbier first.
Cheers.
The label on the bottle is correct.
It has a powerful and sharp taste. Very delicious.
OK. Til next time. Bye!
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