Its difficult for me to switch between Japan ( always zero percent tip, everyone has honor) and New York City ( 15 - 25% tip, everyone seems corrupt) and Germany ( 5-10%, tip spoken in advance and then pre-printed in the bill, never left on the table )
Typical restaurant receipts, they both award themselves a 19% tip. The bright red lettering, "Bitte zahlen Sie nur den maschinell ausgewiesenen Betrag" translates to "Please only pay the amount shown by the machine". Despite that, the separate credit card charge slips arrive with "TIP" lines that are blank! The waiters at both restaurants were pleasantly surprised when we mis-understood this and filled in an ADDITIONAL 10% (on top of 19%).
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