Canadians/poor tippers

Paul Johnson paulzjoh at MTNHOME.COM
Sat Apr 28 17:09:44 UTC 2007


Bad tippers do come in all sizes, but honest generalizations will tell
you that MDs, Pilots, and  Canadians lead the lists of least loved
customers.
Best are, other people in the business, the self made wealthy, musicians
and entertainers (but not their managers) and semi connected wise guys.

> Anyone who has worked in bars & restaurants, &c., knows that good and bad
>tippers some in all sizes, colors, nationalities & ages.  What may be more
>significant in US/Canadian relations  is the rollercoaster of exchange
>rates between our countries.  When we first moved up to a few miles from
>the Canadian border in the mid '70s, the US & Canadian $'s were nearly at
>par, & the parking lots of malls & plazas up here were more than half
>filled with Canadian cars,  but by the mid '80s  the disparity was pretty
>great.  I don't keep close track of this, but there was a period when the
>Canadian $ was only worth about 66cents US, & the Canadian license plate
>was rarely seen!
>(Of course now it's our xenophobic border regs that're keeping Canadians away.)
>AM
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