You are absolutely right

Well i wouldn´t call a “Döner” a dinner…, but okay that´s true i never gave a tip for a Döner either. Do americans give tips for taco,buritos,hotdogs etc. ? Don´t think so. You never gave a tip for a taxiride or a cocktail at a bar?

btw your english is quite good, little bit funny to chat with a germanspeaking person in english isn´t it?

As you know there are many “Döner”-Restaurants in Germany and I eat usually at these Restaurants and I’ve never paid so far any tip. One more explonation: I’ve never been to Oktoberfest so I don’t know ´how things work at there. I wrote just what I did so far I mean, I have never gave tip.

No tipping culture in germany? What makes you think that? 10-15% tip for the service should be normal. Some of the girls at the Oktoberfest make more money with the tips then with their regular salary. Of course that depends on the kind of location, but at some locations where no tips are given the service is rude/bad.
I am a german and was surprised you said we have no tipping culture.

regards,
Anek

I think why there is no such a wide tip culture in germany is that they (german) are doing their job just because they have to do. And it is not important if you give tip or not, they do their job good. I think so. I am actually not a German. I come from Turkey.

“Kadir – It’s so nice to have a chance to share the cultural experience with you.”

It would be a great experience for me too

It is interesting to me to hear your opinion because you were working as a waiter. I think that very often very-very rich people are very tight-fisted. One of my friend is working for a very rich man here in Moscow and his boss wants to economize on everything – on salary for workers, on paper for printers and so on. It becomes ridiculous.

People that have less money I think mostly are more generous. May be to become really rich you have to be tight-fisted? I never wanted to be very rich, for you have a great worry about your money.

Wow , here everybody is writting very well in english!
It’s difficult for me!! but i tring understand.

Have a good day!!

Since you don’t have a tipping system in Germany, what’s the incentive for a waiter to do his best in serving his customers? Personally, I like the tipping system here in US because it awards who works harder and serves the customers better. Also, with this system, the poor is less likely to be discriminated by the servers because most waiters work harder for those who tip well, and believe it or not, in my years of experience as a waiter, the poor and casually-attired in general tip better than the rich and well-dressed.

Kadir – It’s so nice to have a chance to share the cultural experience with you.

- Pedro