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for budget travelers and can be 24. a great saving over 25. the regular        into 13. a box on which was written “to insure promptness.” “T.I.P.”,
fare. This pass can be purchased for periods from as short as one week         14. the initials of that phrase are said to be 15. the origin of the modern
to as long as thirty days. It enables the traveler to visit any city along     word “tipping.”
the Greyhound route within the purchased time limit. What is being             The question, of course, is whom do we tip and how much is consid-
purchased, therefore, is not distance but time.                                ered 16. a fair amount. Usually 17. -- waiters and 18. -- taxi cab drivers
                                                                               expect to get a tip. In 19. a hotel, the bellhop and chamber-maid also
These buses are comfortable and air-conditioned. They are all equipped         expect some gratuity. The amount, of course, depends upon the nature
with 26. -- toilets in 27. the rear to add to the convenience of the pas-      of the service requested and the quality level of the hotel. Hairdressers
sengers but there are some very severe rules of 28. -- conduct which are       and barbers can also merit a small tip. Even sky-cap porters at 20. --
strictly enforced. On all buses 29. -- smoking is prohibited and 30. the       airports who may carry your suitcase to 21. the checkout counter ex-
consumption of alcoholic beverages is not allowed. For those passen-           pect 22. a dollar tip per 23. -- bag.
gers who use 31. a pocket-sized stereo like a Walkman transistor for           Although the amount may vary according to the kind of service and the
32. -- personal entertainment, the law requires that 33. the volume be         quality of the restaurant and hotel, generally, 24. a ten percent tip is
turned down so as not to disturb 34. the other passengers.                     considered adequate. In New York and larger metropolitan cities they
35. The drivers are well-trained, very courteous and professional and          may expect as much as fifteen or twenty percent. In 25. -- restaurants,
always introduce themselves at the beginning of their route. They stop         the tip is left on the table and the bill is paid separately. The tip should
frequently along the journey to permit smokers to grab 36. a quick             never be given directly to 26. the waiter but it can be added onto a
cigarette or for other to pick up 37. a snack at 38. a fast food restaurant.   check if one is paying by 27. -- credit card. In tipping 28. a cab driver,
                                                                               the tip can simply be added to the total amount of the fare.
Although 39. -- bus travel may not be suited to everyone’s taste, it af-       Tipping, of course, is not mandatory in any situation, and one should
fords budget travelers and backpackers the chance to see America in            not feel under any obligation to give one. If a waiter is not prompt and
40. -- comfort and safety and at 41. a leisurely unhurried pace.               attentive and noticeably lacking in 29. -- courtesy and manners, it
                                                                               would be perfectly acceptable not to leave 30. a tip. It would also not
TEXT NINE                                                      TIPPING         be out of 31. -- order to register 32. a complaint with the management.
                                                                               Likewise, if a cab driver does not take a passenger to his destination by
1. -- Tipping is very much 2. a part of American culture and one which         33. the shortest route, he also deserves to forfeit his tip.
creates 3. a problem for 4. -- most foreign travelers when they arrive         Ushers in theaters whose job it is to see you to your seat and service
for 5. a holiday who are not familiar with 6. the custom. They are at 7.       help in 34. -- fast food restaurants do not expect 35. a tip. At the end of
a loss as to how much to tip and to whom. Often they tip too much and          the year, however, it has become the custom to give a tip or small gift
to the wrong person. Or else, they may tip not at all. In general, we          to newspaper boys who deliver 36. the paper to your home throughout
give 8. a tip in appreciation for 9. a service rendered. Tipping is a cour-    37. the year. The same may be true for 38. -- garbage collectors or any-
tesy, and not an obligation. One should not feel it is necessary to tip if     one who may have provided 39. a special service. 40. -- Most Ameri-
the service is bad or indifferent.                                             cans dislike tipping and find it 41. a nuisance. If 42. a poll were taken,
The history of the practice, however, dates back to England in 10. the         the consensus would favor just adding the tip to the total of the bill as
mid-seventeenth century. At that time there were 11. -- coffee houses          is the custom in Japan and other Asian countries.
which were frequented by men to discuss 12. -- politics and literary
affairs. Customers of the coffee houses were expected to drop coins

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