Sometimes it’s hard to navigate the world of tipping etiquette. You tip the pizza delivery guy, but not the paperboy? It can get really confusing and though there’s plenty of advice out there written by and for Englishers, there’s never been a definitive guide for Mennonites. So, here it is: tipping etiquette for Mennonites.

skycaps, bellhops, doormen, and parking valets if they handle bags – one stick of Trident gum per bag

hotel housekeepers – make the bed yourself

coatroom attendants – one nickel for handling women’s ice cream pails, and a dime for men’s rubber overshoes

restaurant servers if the service is good: 10% in big cities, 5% in Steinbach or Winkler, leftover change in Grunthal or Blumenort. Everywhere else: “oba, they can eat what’s leftover on my plate yet.”

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