I would say that right now in today’s economy customer service is more important than ever.  That treating customers with an extra special touch gives them the incentive to come back and eat or shop or spend money in general.  Being rude and impolite makes it easy to justify not spending the money and saving [...]

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So most people can agree in the US, if you go out to eat, you need to tip.  It’s expected and not part of the bill.  Also standard is if you have a large party, gratuity is automatically added. It doesn’t matter if the service is bad, it’s automatic.
But do you or should you tip [...]

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This might seem like a strange question, but do most people give anything when someone dies?  Do you give cash at a funeral?  What is proper etiquette?
I bet this does sound strange, like giving enough cash to “cover” your plate for a wedding.  But since I had a recent funeral, my family was discussing trying [...]

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I decided that it’s been bugging me that our roommate has been using our cars a lot lately.  Yes, we have him on our insurance policy.  And we’ve been okay with him borrowing a car occasionally.  But lately my DH and I both feel he’s been using the car a lot.  Pretty much every weekend.  [...]

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Are we going overboard with tipping? Do we need to tip for everything? It’s the holiday season and it’s time to start tipping. I’ve been told we’re supposed to tip our mailman, newpaper delivery man, garbage man, etc. Pretty much everyone. Is this true?
I believe I’ve seen at least 3 different [...]

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As a side note, tomorrow the 152nd Carnival of Debt Reduction will be hosted here.  Please remember to visit and submit by 5 pm today!
I am going to rant a little bit. I can’t stand the fact that in our society today we have to tip for everything. That basically tipping at restaurants went from [...]

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This is a very strange etiquette post and finance post in one.  So how do you save on a wedding gift?  Don’t give one!  Are you obligated to give a gift to the couple?  What happens if you don’t?
Our roommate went to a wedding memorial day and didn’t give the couple a gift.  And yes [...]

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A woman asked the question, if she and her husband had agreed to be in a friend’s wedding party, how late is too late to back out? 

We’re supposed to attend an out of state wedding for friends in a few months.  These are very very close friends of my DH and I’ve known them for [...]

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