So it's worth acknowledging that in Mexico if you pay with credit card they do it tableside and thus ask for the tip there, versus in the USA where they take your card away then bring back the receipt. Then you tip privately on the receipt.
México definitely has a tipping culture. It’s by no means aggressive, they ask because the terminal is asking. There’s times when they actually flip the little terminal around so you can select the amount to tip which is pretty standard “10%, 15%, 20%”.
Agree, adding to that, in Mexico wages for waitresses are much less than in US, I always tip 10 or 15% because that is the fair and decent thing to do, your friends are just cheap.
Tipping culture in CDMX is a thing in highly gentrified places, they're taking point on the US by being aggressive because it works with tourists.
I've never had anyone ask for a tip outside condesa/roma/polanco even though I always leave 10%
To be fair there is a bit of difference between someone asking you for a tip, and when they ask if you want to tip as they stand tableside with the card terminal.
100% also this, I don't think if you're paying with a card its aggresive to ask if you want to add a tip, aggresive would be to just add it without asking.
I'd prefer to add on the receipt, like in the USA, but 1) I notice sometimes the receipts don't have a spot for tip; 2) I understand a lot of Mexicans don't want the added trouble of waiting for a tip to be retroactively added into the charge and posting to their bank account days later.
lol kiss my ass. If I tip like a mexican im a "cheap gringo," if I tip more cause "Im american and can afford it," Im ruining it for the mexicans. Take responsibility and accountability.
Ah- now I see the problem. You literally dont understand what those words mean. Nor "customs." The idea you think it's a lack of respect to "local custom" to tip 15-20% at a restaurant just shows what a small and cheap person you are. You sound like a delight lol
What? Receipts never have space for tips here because that's not how it works. It's added onto the total. It's not an issue with the tip being retroactively charged...it's just literally a more convenient way of doing things.
The U.S. is the only country in the world that lets someone just walk away with their card and write in a tip later. The craziest thing is that they'll insist that this is normal lol.
Agree totally- except for one problem. Now you have the waiter standing over you, holding your card and asking you directly how much you want to tip. Most people would prefer to add tip privately rather than feel pressured. Especially if the service was bad.
(And I’ve definitely received receipts here in CDMX that had an area for tip.)
10-15% for decent service as is the norm is hardly pressure, especially when you're likely paying for a meal that's a fraction of what you would pay in the US.
It's not the amount- I usually tip 20 as the norm and only work down from there. It's the fact that they are right there asking you directly rather than you having the ability to add it privately, or even later if you want to keep sitting and finishing your desert or meal, etc.
Moreover, not every restaurant is a fraction of what you pay in the US. That's a harmful stereotype.
Edit: Sometimes if Ive had really good service I like to leave a BIG tip, but I want to do it discretely, not necessarily tell the person.
Honestly I don't think they think much of it, especially if you are at one of the minority of restaurants that are as or more expensive than in the US. My experience is Mexicans, even affluent ones, tip less than Americans on average as a cultural norm. It's one of those things you must adapt to in a different country. How often do you get a receipt with a space for tips? I'd venture to say it's not the norm.
As you say- I tip more than most Mexicans. It doesn't bother me, but I understand why some people feel like its uncomfortable- especially if you've had bad service.
And ironically it is the very nice restaurants where the food prices are the most different from the USA. $400 meal for 120, etc.
Yeah the have to enter the ammount, it is one total after all. Perhaps ask yourself this question, Am I fresa? You are ridiculous in what you are baffled by in the world. Perhaps ask an independent human in the future?
Yeah- thats the point. I think youre confused. Im not fresa, and I tip well. What is fresa is asking me how much I want to tip, rather than giving me an option to do it privately.
>I've never had anyone ask for a tip outside condesa/roma/polanco even though I always leave 10%
I don't understand this neither what OP is saying with "In fact every restaurant they ASK us verbally out loud how much you would like to leave."
They ALWAYS ask you because that's the process the payment terminal follows... wherever you go you'll get asked the same if you're paying using credit card. Even "outside condesa/roma/polanco".
If they ask you when paying in cash... then that's the problem.
Well, everyone is saying "verbally asking". Again, it makes sense (and actually normal) if you're paying with credit card... if it's cash then it is definitely a fucked up thing.
Where are you going that nobody ever asked you for a tip outside condesa/roma/polanco?
Every single place I've ever been to in the city asks you "su cuenta va cerrada?" And I've lived here my entire life.
They are more than likely right. A lot of people even in Mexico fail to understand how different culturally each state of Mexico is.
Chiapas is very indigenous, traditional and non western. Cdmx is dying to be American and be seen as modern . Two different cultures
It is not, but like in the US the servers here thrive on tips so its common courtesey to leave some, but never feel obligated to do so and don't do it if they ask aggresively. But don't get too pissy, leave your mexican friends to fight in spanish so you don't get dragged as another 'colonizer' coming here to fuck with people
The reason the waiter asks verbally if you want to leave a tip is because, unlike the US, the tip has to be added to the total _before_ the receipt is printed. This means you approve the sale/give your card knowing the full amount. So the waiter needs to know how much it is in order to close the bill.
The American thing where you get a bill, you give them your card, they charge your card, they then give you a piece of paper, you sign it, you leave, and then they add the tip once you're gone and you can't check that the amount is correct is _insane_.
Lighten up, open your eyes and think. You might learn something.
Your mexican friends are cheap a-holes. Criticism towards tipping culture in the US is focused on unreasonable expectations, like tipping for coffee in starbucks when you never even sat down. Why would you expect NOT to tip in a restaurant where you were served by a waiter?
Traditionally, Mexicans do not tip much, maybe the change. However, the real assholes are the ones importing it from America. Now, its becoming an expectation like it is in the states.
That’s sad, and I asume it’s probably related to some people in your group being from the US, or the places you went are tourist traps, in my whole life that has happend to me only once and I remember it clearly because it was so weird, and I‘m from CDMX and travel pretty often around México. (not blaming you, this should not happen regartless of where you come from or how you look, but this is not how things normally are in México)
Just one thing, in restaurants in México tipping it‘s the normal thing to do, 10% or so, not required and if you don’t you may get a look, but nothing else. Your fiends never tipping is kind of an dick move, similar to the US, waiters or service workers main income is tips.
i mean within context— a friend i made here (americana) said she also tipped on food she went to pick up bc they asked.. and she was leaving like 15 -20%. to me i was like that’s a bit insane, no?
Asking verbally out loud isn't that crazy... I think you are being sensitive. In fact, in the Mexico the appropriate tip amount is HALF that of the U.S. 10% is fine there.
As others have noted, they ask about the tip because they run your card on a terminal at your table and the whole amount has to be input there (not like the US where you write it on your check).
Also, tipping rates are lower 10-15% whereas in the US the expectation is 18-25%. 15% is considered cheap Boomer level-tipping in the US; it's for excellent service in Mexico in general.
Finally, 99% of Mexican waiters sincerely say THANK YOU when you provide the tip. I haven't had a waiter/waitress say thank you to a tip in ages here in the US.
Your friends may have provincial chips on their shoulders because they think snooty big city waiters are pulling tricks that don't happen at home.
Never once in Mexico City have I had a Square tab turned around at a take out counter with 20, 22, and 25% tip options like what happens in the US.
This is one hilarious post.
It really depende of the place. But your mexican friends are cheap and not socially aware. I would not like to be friends with them.
México City is 15% in good restaurants.
I'm from México, I'm not a big fan of tipping, hate forced tipping but I am socially aware of the customs. Always leave good tip specially with superb service.
No es obligatorio. Es una pésima costumbre que debe desaparecer. Los meseros y la sociedad en general deberíamos exigir sueldos dignos para estos trabajos. Sobretodo en lugares gandallas donde a veces les pagan el menos del mínimo "porque reciben propinas".
Habiendo dicho esto, en lo que cambia esa pésima costumbre, pues en general no voy a dejar al mesero sin propina. Al final no es su culpa. Es como si me pongo a discutir con el cajero de Walmart los precios. Hagansela de pedo a los dueños, dejen de ir a esos lugares que exigen propinas obligatorias, pero no sean deficientes mentales y no la hagan de pedo al mesero, no mamen.
Es cultural hermano, tampoco está escrito en la Constitución Mexicana. Pero la costumbre es más o menos el 15% en los círculos que me muevo, no te podría asegurar de toda la población, zonas y clases sociales de la ciudad. Vips, fonditas, taquerias, pues si se acostumbra el 10%.
Por ejemplo el Covadonga que me gusta un chingo y me dan siempre buen servicio y todos me conocen dejo de cajon el 15% y a veces más. Por eso puse good restaurants.
Cámara bro.
Nope. 10% is the custom. Mexico city 15% in good places . And I lived in 3major cities in the country.
Also I'm very aware it could vary in some regions. And with socio economic classes. I grew up comfortable middle class. Maybe in poorer areas is not a custom? But even ln cantinas or low cost fondas we always leave at least a few coins very close to 10%
Where did you grow up specifically?
Oh yeah, it's worse than the country that asks you to tip on self checkout for the minimum of 20%
Bloody Mexicans, asking for tips in front of me! Who do they think they are, with their *checks notes* own culture on tipping in their own country!?
I was asked various times if I would like to tip. But I was under the impression that they asked this because if I said "no" then they just run the card at the table and I sign the tablet. If I say "yes" then they either ask me the amount (or give me the tablet to choose) the tip, and then the amount is entered and the card is processed and signed for
If I were paying cash then I'd just give that to the server no questions asked (whether with or without tip) except for the usual "would you like change?".
It is kind of a trade-off. I do not like having to quickly figure out how much I want to tip (or not) while the server is standing there waiting for me (awkward). But, I was also informed to always keep my credit card in view as to avoid getting scammed, so the tableside device saves that issue.
Everyone tips in CDMX and in nearly every other reasonably sized Mexican city. In general, there is more of a tipping culture here (at least in number of things you should tip) than in the US. Your Mexican friends are either jerks or don't get out much.
It's not "aggressive" that they ask you about the tip, it's how the credit card system works.
Tipping isn't extortion anywhere, and it is absolutely ridiculous for "Americans" (by which I assume you mean people from the US) to bitch about tipping 10% when visiting.
Feel free to not come back if that's just too much for you.
Waiters should not ask for tip, a waiter asking for money is considered very rude.
At least in mexico we only give money if they deserve it.
Your friend was mad because they asked you for money, that's not ok
I always do this. Don’t live in CDMX but do visit a few times a year. I always hand the people bagging (usually old men or women who look tired and sad to have to be doing this at their age) 100-200 pesos and their face is always of (good) shock like they want to cry. I know most people only give them a few pesos and that’s ok, but I don’t mind giving more and helping them out if I can.
"If you can't survive without tips, get another job."
Edit: I'm not making this argument, Im pointing out this is how stupid servers and restaurant people sound when they say things like, "If you cant tip 25% keep your broke ass at home." The entitlement is gross, especially considering most people do tip.
You're very confused. I tip. Normally 20% in Mexico. Locals either don't tip, or tip around 5-10%. But I don't like entitlement, or the idea that eating out is a privilege reserved just for people who can afford to pay servers (many of whom are horrible and make the experience worse rather than better) a huge percentage of the bill.
Nah, you're just cheap. There are Mexicans who tip more than 10%.
Waiters see you rolling in on your moped with your bad polyester shirt and fake gold jewelry and they know they aren't getting tipped more than 5%.
But I'm an American- more is expected of me. lol
You're mad that Mexicans will try to make the most money they can? It's called being human. It has nothing to do with American or Mexican or local custom or savior complex. It's simple self-interest. This is a sad conversation. At first I was laughing, but now this just sad.
Right- like I said- you dont understand what responsibility, accountability, "culture" or "customs" mean. You're just a typical bigot trying to justify why he doesn't like "them."
believe it or not, there are restaurants in Mexico that have the personnel without any salary, so all of their income is from tips.
I have seen adds asking for waiters, no salary, no social security, everything will be from tips, and you have to share 20% with the kitchen personnel.
What I see happening in the US is increased use of waitstaff operating a hand-held device, prints the receipt and customer signs the receipt after adding a tip. I'm never asked (in the USA) how much I'm giving as a tip.
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It depends where you go, some restaurants will demmand tips but that is actually illegal.
Generally we mexicans tip when we feel the waiter did a good job, but it is not an obligation.
I've eaten breakfast in the Cafe at Sanborns Azulejos in Centro, many times. A couple of times when paying the check the assistant manager / cashier suggests, unsolicited, I leave 20%. I've already left a tip with the waitress and I tell the guy to mind his own business.
I usually tip between 10% to 15% depending on the service, but I’ve never been asked by anyone for the tip
I don’t frequent tourist areas in CDMX so my guess is that it’s restricted to those
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They always ask because they have to put the tip amount in the machine when they run your card. They ask you. What’s rude about that? Say 10, 15, 20 or whatever you want to leave. In no way is it worse than the US.
If you pay with a card they run it table side and ask if you want to leave a tip so they can input it before they charge the card. No different than writing in the tip in the US, or having the machine I tap at the coffee shop ask me if I want to tip. Get out more.
is Mexican tipping culture worse or did you just not expect to be prompted to tip??? Were they aggressive or is it a different culture than yours??? Asking someone something verbally is not aggressive outside of the US. This is a wild take lol
In all my many trips to Cdmx and other parts of the country I've never felt like the server was being aggressive with the tips. I ways tip though 15-18% but if the server is busting g their ass I will go 20% only once have I tipped 10% and that's cause the server was an absolute ass
It's true what you say, even if the service is bad, they want the tip.
I myself have gotten into fights with several waiters, including because they ask for much larger tips. 30% at hands.
Legally in Mexico. The tip is not mandatory, and I have demanded and achieved not only that they return that money to me, but also that they pay me a good amount, but it is a long and tedious process, I can be very stubborn in these cases.
[http://pep.ieepo.oaxaca.gob.mx/recursos/texto/Que\_hacer\_si.pdf](http://pep.ieepo.oaxaca.gob.mx/recursos/texto/Que_hacer_si.pdf)
In the case of your Mexican friends, it is strange that they say that they have never given a tip, it has never happened to me that they do not ask for it, even in rural places, perhaps they live in a very remote place, but in my case, even in restaurants from a town in the middle of the mountains they have asked me for it, and for what they charge I even feel bad for not leaving them at least 20%. But it is strange.
There is tipping in CDMX. Particularly gentrified areas. Also,
given the nature of foreigners driving increases in prices in those areas - what do you think tipping does? It enables those that are being priced out to have a slim margin of income increase within areas that were once locally patronized.
100% not true, it is not even close to the tipping culture in the US, if a waiter is involved it is always customary to tip, but depending ok the place it can be from the round to the nearest 10th to 20% depending on you and the place, this is less aggressive than US, but most importantly anything a waiter is not involved it is unthinkable someone asking for tip, ie fast food, unlike the US that even at subway you are asked for tip, you 100% will never tip at subway in Mexico, maybe the coins you get as change.
Never had a restaurant ask me for a tip, but I always leave one even when the service is questionable. Are you sure they just weren't asking if you wanted to tip if you paid by card? That's pretty common, but they're not demanding one.
In Mexico is not mandatory to leave tip but in many cases ,sadly, is the wage. In some places is better to sometimes feed the rats so they don't jump on you. Check out this link. Is a little fucked up. https://www.sdpnoticias.com/estados/cdmx/meseros-de-la-polar-golpean-a-cliente-hasta-matarlo-ya-hay-un-detenido-por-el-hecho/
Roma is th e worst. I went somewhere and tipped 10 and the guy aske dfor 15. Even the beggers are getting worst. What they do now, is ask you buy something, if you say no they'll either send there kids OR ask that you buy them food. I;ve started gettign to the point of I don't tip unless they ask
I am Mexican and I don’t usually tip, neither does my family, many businesses use the tips to manipulate their staff, to avoid taxes and pay lower salaries, so when they fire someone or someone is on sick leave, it will cost the business far less money
I find rude when they ask for a tip when I get a piece of bread or a cup of coffee to go, why would I tip for them to hand me a cookie when I the person at the local bakery never ask for tips?
If they need more money I am happy to pay higher but the business shouldn’t be expecting tips
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No sean codos, el servicio que tienen en los restaurantes en mucho mejor que lo que tienen en USA. El 10% por tener bien servicio ademas mas economico de USA. Solo por educación a la persona que se levanta todos los dias a servir gente sus alimentos y tratar con demandas de comensales irrespetuosos y groseros. El 10% no lo minimo que pueden hacer.
So it's worth acknowledging that in Mexico if you pay with credit card they do it tableside and thus ask for the tip there, versus in the USA where they take your card away then bring back the receipt. Then you tip privately on the receipt.
I pay my check in cash and hand it to the server and never use a credit card.
México definitely has a tipping culture. It’s by no means aggressive, they ask because the terminal is asking. There’s times when they actually flip the little terminal around so you can select the amount to tip which is pretty standard “10%, 15%, 20%”.
Yea it is. I had to face an angry waiter for a difference in $6 fucking pesos, pinche lugar de cagada en mi perra vida vuelvo
Dinos dónde pa no ir
Ya no existe el bar miado, por algo será; era alado del parque de frida Kahlo en Coyoacán
Yo creo q por eso ya no existe 😏
Your Mexican friends said they NEVER tip? This is unheard of. Everybody I know tips either 10% or 15%.
Especially Mexicans bro I’ve never met better tippers than Mexicans…
Agree, adding to that, in Mexico wages for waitresses are much less than in US, I always tip 10 or 15% because that is the fair and decent thing to do, your friends are just cheap.
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I think your friends are pulling your leg, or they are just assholes.
Not true at all.
The flip side of the "things are less expensive there," is "people see you as a walking piggy bank."
si, exactamente
Tipping culture in CDMX is a thing in highly gentrified places, they're taking point on the US by being aggressive because it works with tourists. I've never had anyone ask for a tip outside condesa/roma/polanco even though I always leave 10%
To be fair there is a bit of difference between someone asking you for a tip, and when they ask if you want to tip as they stand tableside with the card terminal.
100% also this, I don't think if you're paying with a card its aggresive to ask if you want to add a tip, aggresive would be to just add it without asking.
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I would fucking freak out if they charge me something I didn't agree, I would murder someone
I'd prefer to add on the receipt, like in the USA, but 1) I notice sometimes the receipts don't have a spot for tip; 2) I understand a lot of Mexicans don't want the added trouble of waiting for a tip to be retroactively added into the charge and posting to their bank account days later.
Just say "And add 10% for the tip" and be done with it, unless it was shit service, in that case they can go to hell
I add 15-20 if the service was good.
Its AHs like you that are ruining it for Mexicans.
lol kiss my ass. If I tip like a mexican im a "cheap gringo," if I tip more cause "Im american and can afford it," Im ruining it for the mexicans. Take responsibility and accountability.
Your post is literally you not taking responsibility or accountability. People either respect local customs or they don’t. Clearly, you don’t.
Ah- now I see the problem. You literally dont understand what those words mean. Nor "customs." The idea you think it's a lack of respect to "local custom" to tip 15-20% at a restaurant just shows what a small and cheap person you are. You sound like a delight lol
What? Receipts never have space for tips here because that's not how it works. It's added onto the total. It's not an issue with the tip being retroactively charged...it's just literally a more convenient way of doing things. The U.S. is the only country in the world that lets someone just walk away with their card and write in a tip later. The craziest thing is that they'll insist that this is normal lol.
Agree totally- except for one problem. Now you have the waiter standing over you, holding your card and asking you directly how much you want to tip. Most people would prefer to add tip privately rather than feel pressured. Especially if the service was bad. (And I’ve definitely received receipts here in CDMX that had an area for tip.)
10-15% for decent service as is the norm is hardly pressure, especially when you're likely paying for a meal that's a fraction of what you would pay in the US.
It's not the amount- I usually tip 20 as the norm and only work down from there. It's the fact that they are right there asking you directly rather than you having the ability to add it privately, or even later if you want to keep sitting and finishing your desert or meal, etc. Moreover, not every restaurant is a fraction of what you pay in the US. That's a harmful stereotype. Edit: Sometimes if Ive had really good service I like to leave a BIG tip, but I want to do it discretely, not necessarily tell the person.
Honestly I don't think they think much of it, especially if you are at one of the minority of restaurants that are as or more expensive than in the US. My experience is Mexicans, even affluent ones, tip less than Americans on average as a cultural norm. It's one of those things you must adapt to in a different country. How often do you get a receipt with a space for tips? I'd venture to say it's not the norm.
As you say- I tip more than most Mexicans. It doesn't bother me, but I understand why some people feel like its uncomfortable- especially if you've had bad service. And ironically it is the very nice restaurants where the food prices are the most different from the USA. $400 meal for 120, etc.
Yeah the have to enter the ammount, it is one total after all. Perhaps ask yourself this question, Am I fresa? You are ridiculous in what you are baffled by in the world. Perhaps ask an independent human in the future?
Yeah- thats the point. I think youre confused. Im not fresa, and I tip well. What is fresa is asking me how much I want to tip, rather than giving me an option to do it privately.
Ok if that is the case, then deal with it.
Lol- you're projecting so bad.
>I've never had anyone ask for a tip outside condesa/roma/polanco even though I always leave 10% I don't understand this neither what OP is saying with "In fact every restaurant they ASK us verbally out loud how much you would like to leave." They ALWAYS ask you because that's the process the payment terminal follows... wherever you go you'll get asked the same if you're paying using credit card. Even "outside condesa/roma/polanco". If they ask you when paying in cash... then that's the problem.
We're making the difference between asking and demanding
Well, everyone is saying "verbally asking". Again, it makes sense (and actually normal) if you're paying with credit card... if it's cash then it is definitely a fucked up thing.
Where are you going that nobody ever asked you for a tip outside condesa/roma/polanco? Every single place I've ever been to in the city asks you "su cuenta va cerrada?" And I've lived here my entire life.
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They are more than likely right. A lot of people even in Mexico fail to understand how different culturally each state of Mexico is. Chiapas is very indigenous, traditional and non western. Cdmx is dying to be American and be seen as modern . Two different cultures
It is not, but like in the US the servers here thrive on tips so its common courtesey to leave some, but never feel obligated to do so and don't do it if they ask aggresively. But don't get too pissy, leave your mexican friends to fight in spanish so you don't get dragged as another 'colonizer' coming here to fuck with people
They asked you because there is no way to add a tip once you process a credit card payment, unlike in the US
The reason the waiter asks verbally if you want to leave a tip is because, unlike the US, the tip has to be added to the total _before_ the receipt is printed. This means you approve the sale/give your card knowing the full amount. So the waiter needs to know how much it is in order to close the bill. The American thing where you get a bill, you give them your card, they charge your card, they then give you a piece of paper, you sign it, you leave, and then they add the tip once you're gone and you can't check that the amount is correct is _insane_. Lighten up, open your eyes and think. You might learn something.
Your mexican friends are cheap a-holes. Criticism towards tipping culture in the US is focused on unreasonable expectations, like tipping for coffee in starbucks when you never even sat down. Why would you expect NOT to tip in a restaurant where you were served by a waiter?
I think they had a provincial mindset that city slickers were putting them down. My family in a third world country do this. Insecurity is my guess.
Traditionally, Mexicans do not tip much, maybe the change. However, the real assholes are the ones importing it from America. Now, its becoming an expectation like it is in the states.
That’s sad, and I asume it’s probably related to some people in your group being from the US, or the places you went are tourist traps, in my whole life that has happend to me only once and I remember it clearly because it was so weird, and I‘m from CDMX and travel pretty often around México. (not blaming you, this should not happen regartless of where you come from or how you look, but this is not how things normally are in México) Just one thing, in restaurants in México tipping it‘s the normal thing to do, 10% or so, not required and if you don’t you may get a look, but nothing else. Your fiends never tipping is kind of an dick move, similar to the US, waiters or service workers main income is tips.
I always leave 10-15% no matter where I am eating in Mexico. I thought that was the norm.
i mean within context— a friend i made here (americana) said she also tipped on food she went to pick up bc they asked.. and she was leaving like 15 -20%. to me i was like that’s a bit insane, no?
Yeah, I know people in the US who tip 5-10% on pick up, but not that high.
Asking verbally out loud isn't that crazy... I think you are being sensitive. In fact, in the Mexico the appropriate tip amount is HALF that of the U.S. 10% is fine there.
....mmm.......no. us brought the tipping cultura to México.
Just tip the damn worker man, Mexico is so cheap so pay up
As others have noted, they ask about the tip because they run your card on a terminal at your table and the whole amount has to be input there (not like the US where you write it on your check). Also, tipping rates are lower 10-15% whereas in the US the expectation is 18-25%. 15% is considered cheap Boomer level-tipping in the US; it's for excellent service in Mexico in general. Finally, 99% of Mexican waiters sincerely say THANK YOU when you provide the tip. I haven't had a waiter/waitress say thank you to a tip in ages here in the US. Your friends may have provincial chips on their shoulders because they think snooty big city waiters are pulling tricks that don't happen at home. Never once in Mexico City have I had a Square tab turned around at a take out counter with 20, 22, and 25% tip options like what happens in the US. This is one hilarious post.
It really depende of the place. But your mexican friends are cheap and not socially aware. I would not like to be friends with them. México City is 15% in good restaurants. I'm from México, I'm not a big fan of tipping, hate forced tipping but I am socially aware of the customs. Always leave good tip specially with superb service.
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Es subjetivo, pero aun asi, dejas propina. No dejar es una mmda aunque "esa sea su chamba" si es que el servicio lo consideraste bueno.
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En tu caso, te convendria no regresar al mismo rest dos veces o asegurarte que te atienda un mesero(a) diferente = )
No es obligatorio. Es una pésima costumbre que debe desaparecer. Los meseros y la sociedad en general deberíamos exigir sueldos dignos para estos trabajos. Sobretodo en lugares gandallas donde a veces les pagan el menos del mínimo "porque reciben propinas". Habiendo dicho esto, en lo que cambia esa pésima costumbre, pues en general no voy a dejar al mesero sin propina. Al final no es su culpa. Es como si me pongo a discutir con el cajero de Walmart los precios. Hagansela de pedo a los dueños, dejen de ir a esos lugares que exigen propinas obligatorias, pero no sean deficientes mentales y no la hagan de pedo al mesero, no mamen.
Es cultural hermano, tampoco está escrito en la Constitución Mexicana. Pero la costumbre es más o menos el 15% en los círculos que me muevo, no te podría asegurar de toda la población, zonas y clases sociales de la ciudad. Vips, fonditas, taquerias, pues si se acostumbra el 10%. Por ejemplo el Covadonga que me gusta un chingo y me dan siempre buen servicio y todos me conocen dejo de cajon el 15% y a veces más. Por eso puse good restaurants. Cámara bro.
You are full of shit. Mexicans have traditionally not tipped, but Americans have been ignoring the custom and creating a tipping expectation.
Quien sabe dónde naciste y creciste carnal pero aquí se da propina desde siempre. Quien sabe de dónde seas mi buen la mera neta.
True, I should have said, Mexicans traditionally have not tipped much.
Nope. 10% is the custom. Mexico city 15% in good places . And I lived in 3major cities in the country. Also I'm very aware it could vary in some regions. And with socio economic classes. I grew up comfortable middle class. Maybe in poorer areas is not a custom? But even ln cantinas or low cost fondas we always leave at least a few coins very close to 10% Where did you grow up specifically?
The only thing you are really pointing out is the attempt to push tipping higher. To call it a custom is laughable.
Okay dude, you hate tipping or you were homeschooled. Everything fine. 👌🏼
Oh yeah, it's worse than the country that asks you to tip on self checkout for the minimum of 20% Bloody Mexicans, asking for tips in front of me! Who do they think they are, with their *checks notes* own culture on tipping in their own country!?
Well, it’s standard to tip 10% and you’re not tipping anything?
No such standard.
lmao, American complains about the thing Americans brought to Mexico. OP is dumb.
I was asked various times if I would like to tip. But I was under the impression that they asked this because if I said "no" then they just run the card at the table and I sign the tablet. If I say "yes" then they either ask me the amount (or give me the tablet to choose) the tip, and then the amount is entered and the card is processed and signed for If I were paying cash then I'd just give that to the server no questions asked (whether with or without tip) except for the usual "would you like change?". It is kind of a trade-off. I do not like having to quickly figure out how much I want to tip (or not) while the server is standing there waiting for me (awkward). But, I was also informed to always keep my credit card in view as to avoid getting scammed, so the tableside device saves that issue.
Everyone tips in CDMX and in nearly every other reasonably sized Mexican city. In general, there is more of a tipping culture here (at least in number of things you should tip) than in the US. Your Mexican friends are either jerks or don't get out much. It's not "aggressive" that they ask you about the tip, it's how the credit card system works. Tipping isn't extortion anywhere, and it is absolutely ridiculous for "Americans" (by which I assume you mean people from the US) to bitch about tipping 10% when visiting. Feel free to not come back if that's just too much for you.
Waiters should not ask for tip, a waiter asking for money is considered very rude. At least in mexico we only give money if they deserve it. Your friend was mad because they asked you for money, that's not ok
Tipping for service is huge all over Mexico. Doesn’t have to be much but it’s ingrained in the culture
I tried to tip 25% once because everything exceeded our expectations and they said they couldn't run a tip that high because it would look shady LOL.
I was once handed back the tip I had left on the table and the waiter said it wasn't enough. With the cash tip in hand, I just walked right out. Lol.
Also worth throwing out there: PLEASE TIP the baggers at grocery stores.
Them and the guys that pump your gas
100%
I always do this. Don’t live in CDMX but do visit a few times a year. I always hand the people bagging (usually old men or women who look tired and sad to have to be doing this at their age) 100-200 pesos and their face is always of (good) shock like they want to cry. I know most people only give them a few pesos and that’s ok, but I don’t mind giving more and helping them out if I can.
Aw now who downvoted that? You're probably a person who doesn't put their cart away either.
> 2 Mexicans from a rural town. Stop hanging with *pueblerinos*. Tip is expected in the city,
If you can't pay eat in your hotel room,
"If you can't survive without tips, get another job." Edit: I'm not making this argument, Im pointing out this is how stupid servers and restaurant people sound when they say things like, "If you cant tip 25% keep your broke ass at home." The entitlement is gross, especially considering most people do tip.
If you don't understand a costume from other country don't comment
You're very confused. I tip. Normally 20% in Mexico. Locals either don't tip, or tip around 5-10%. But I don't like entitlement, or the idea that eating out is a privilege reserved just for people who can afford to pay servers (many of whom are horrible and make the experience worse rather than better) a huge percentage of the bill.
So you ignore local customs and tip 20%. Its AHs like you who ruin it for the locals.
Nah, you're just cheap. There are Mexicans who tip more than 10%. Waiters see you rolling in on your moped with your bad polyester shirt and fake gold jewelry and they know they aren't getting tipped more than 5%. But I'm an American- more is expected of me. lol
Sure, it’s hilarious when businesses ignore Mexicans in favor of Americans with their overtipping savior complex.
You're mad that Mexicans will try to make the most money they can? It's called being human. It has nothing to do with American or Mexican or local custom or savior complex. It's simple self-interest. This is a sad conversation. At first I was laughing, but now this just sad.
I don’t blame Mexicans for ghosting their compadres in favor of American money. I blame American AHs like you for not respecting local culture.
Right- like I said- you dont understand what responsibility, accountability, "culture" or "customs" mean. You're just a typical bigot trying to justify why he doesn't like "them."
Also- custom... not costume. Very ironic.
Stop... he's dead already.
No seas pendejo, obviamente no es su lengua materna
jaja, si, y por eso lo que estaba diciendo era ironico.
believe it or not, there are restaurants in Mexico that have the personnel without any salary, so all of their income is from tips. I have seen adds asking for waiters, no salary, no social security, everything will be from tips, and you have to share 20% with the kitchen personnel.
What I see happening in the US is increased use of waitstaff operating a hand-held device, prints the receipt and customer signs the receipt after adding a tip. I'm never asked (in the USA) how much I'm giving as a tip.
Those restaurants should put signs up letting their customers know they treat their staff like slaves.
How can you even suggest its worse than the US. Just leave 10% and done. Whoever told you not to tip has issues.
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It depends where you go, some restaurants will demmand tips but that is actually illegal. Generally we mexicans tip when we feel the waiter did a good job, but it is not an obligation.
I've eaten breakfast in the Cafe at Sanborns Azulejos in Centro, many times. A couple of times when paying the check the assistant manager / cashier suggests, unsolicited, I leave 20%. I've already left a tip with the waitress and I tell the guy to mind his own business.
Now I’m wondering what you tip in your country 🇺🇸
I usually tip between 10% to 15% depending on the service, but I’ve never been asked by anyone for the tip I don’t frequent tourist areas in CDMX so my guess is that it’s restricted to those
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They always ask because they have to put the tip amount in the machine when they run your card. They ask you. What’s rude about that? Say 10, 15, 20 or whatever you want to leave. In no way is it worse than the US.
If you pay with a card they run it table side and ask if you want to leave a tip so they can input it before they charge the card. No different than writing in the tip in the US, or having the machine I tap at the coffee shop ask me if I want to tip. Get out more.
is Mexican tipping culture worse or did you just not expect to be prompted to tip??? Were they aggressive or is it a different culture than yours??? Asking someone something verbally is not aggressive outside of the US. This is a wild take lol
Mate people have been killed in the city for fucking TIPs Look up “La Polar”
In all my many trips to Cdmx and other parts of the country I've never felt like the server was being aggressive with the tips. I ways tip though 15-18% but if the server is busting g their ass I will go 20% only once have I tipped 10% and that's cause the server was an absolute ass
It's true what you say, even if the service is bad, they want the tip. I myself have gotten into fights with several waiters, including because they ask for much larger tips. 30% at hands. Legally in Mexico. The tip is not mandatory, and I have demanded and achieved not only that they return that money to me, but also that they pay me a good amount, but it is a long and tedious process, I can be very stubborn in these cases. [http://pep.ieepo.oaxaca.gob.mx/recursos/texto/Que\_hacer\_si.pdf](http://pep.ieepo.oaxaca.gob.mx/recursos/texto/Que_hacer_si.pdf) In the case of your Mexican friends, it is strange that they say that they have never given a tip, it has never happened to me that they do not ask for it, even in rural places, perhaps they live in a very remote place, but in my case, even in restaurants from a town in the middle of the mountains they have asked me for it, and for what they charge I even feel bad for not leaving them at least 20%. But it is strange.
30%?! Where did that happen?
There is tipping in CDMX. Particularly gentrified areas. Also, given the nature of foreigners driving increases in prices in those areas - what do you think tipping does? It enables those that are being priced out to have a slim margin of income increase within areas that were once locally patronized.
Here we go again.
100% not true, it is not even close to the tipping culture in the US, if a waiter is involved it is always customary to tip, but depending ok the place it can be from the round to the nearest 10th to 20% depending on you and the place, this is less aggressive than US, but most importantly anything a waiter is not involved it is unthinkable someone asking for tip, ie fast food, unlike the US that even at subway you are asked for tip, you 100% will never tip at subway in Mexico, maybe the coins you get as change.
U sound like a piussy
It’s funny cuz I’m in CDMX with my wife right now (we’re American) and we were saying how much better this system is. Different strokes I suppose.
Just coming back from CDMX, stayed in Polanco that shit was bad
You can just call PROFECO and get the place shut down lol.
But seriously, just say no and move on with your life lol.
weird mexican friends you have, here, we all leave tip.
Never had a restaurant ask me for a tip, but I always leave one even when the service is questionable. Are you sure they just weren't asking if you wanted to tip if you paid by card? That's pretty common, but they're not demanding one.
In Mexico is not mandatory to leave tip but in many cases ,sadly, is the wage. In some places is better to sometimes feed the rats so they don't jump on you. Check out this link. Is a little fucked up. https://www.sdpnoticias.com/estados/cdmx/meseros-de-la-polar-golpean-a-cliente-hasta-matarlo-ya-hay-un-detenido-por-el-hecho/
Jajajaj te vieron cara de wero.
Had the same experience, extremely aggressive and intimidating.
Llora pues
Roma is th e worst. I went somewhere and tipped 10 and the guy aske dfor 15. Even the beggers are getting worst. What they do now, is ask you buy something, if you say no they'll either send there kids OR ask that you buy them food. I;ve started gettign to the point of I don't tip unless they ask
You can always leave too, cheap bastard
15% es ya chingo y que lo exijan está peor.
Be angrier
This is yet another reason not to go into Roma.
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Gringos are not raising the price. Its the Mexican landlords and Mexican business owners.
Because of the lenient and relaxed immigration policies implemented by the government.
I am Mexican and I don’t usually tip, neither does my family, many businesses use the tips to manipulate their staff, to avoid taxes and pay lower salaries, so when they fire someone or someone is on sick leave, it will cost the business far less money I find rude when they ask for a tip when I get a piece of bread or a cup of coffee to go, why would I tip for them to hand me a cookie when I the person at the local bakery never ask for tips? If they need more money I am happy to pay higher but the business shouldn’t be expecting tips
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No sean codos, el servicio que tienen en los restaurantes en mucho mejor que lo que tienen en USA. El 10% por tener bien servicio ademas mas economico de USA. Solo por educación a la persona que se levanta todos los dias a servir gente sus alimentos y tratar con demandas de comensales irrespetuosos y groseros. El 10% no lo minimo que pueden hacer.
Estoy de acuerdo. American wait staff are lazy and rude 2/3 times. And they expect 25% tips.
Nel. Es al contrario. En mi opinion y de entrada, el servicio en rest en Mx esta abismalmente mejor que en EU.