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1 Ishmael: {delivering pizzas to the Martians in his own room} Here're your pizzas.
1 Martian 1: Ah. Thank you, Earthling.
2 Martian 2: Amazing, this Internet. You can order food and someone brings it without you having to do anything else.
3 Ishmael: Actually, you have to pay. That's $28.37. Plus tip of course.
3 Martian 1: What?
4 Ishmael: Oh man! Invading Earth, using my net to order pizza, and having me deliver it is one thing, but no tip?!
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Ishmael lives in the US, so of course he expects a tip for delivering pizza.
Living in Australia, I'm blessed by not having to deal with the whole issue of tipping. I think I mentioned this topic in a previous annotation, so I won't go into it further now.
Not only does this make sense from the point of view of not stiffing the wait staff, it also makes things a heck of a lot easier for international tourists. I've learnt to tip appropriately in most circumstances when I travel to the USA nowadays, but on my first couple of trips there I'm sure I must have accidentally screwed several unfortunate staff in places by not tipping - simply because I was ignorant of the fact that a tip was expected.
For non-Americans, learning to tip properly in the USA is not easy. It's like this secret language that natives understand and use without a second thought, but is confusing and opaque to foreigners.
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