"He doesn't lower his voice when he asks, and then he argues about tipping the typical 20%. It was so embarrassing when we took his nephews out to dinner that one of them asked if he could leave the tip instead. When we took my son and daughter-in-law out to celebrate a milestone birthday, my husband made sure to let them know how expensive the dinner was."
"I was raised that when you invite people out for dinner, you sign off on the bill and that's it. It's rude to ensure the whole table knows how much dinner cost. If we have bills due, he also used to talk about that in front of family. He's notoriously cheap, and when I try talking to him about it, he gets mad."
A wife reports that her husband loudly questions tip amounts, argues about tipping 20 percent, and publicly mentions how expensive meals are, causing family embarrassment. The wife expects a host to settle the bill privately and regards disclosing costs or discussing bills in front of relatives as rude. One private remedy is to insist on paying sometimes and to explain that paying should engender goodwill; publicly showing grudging payment wastes money and damages feelings. Separately, travelers hear tours ridicule America; three general approaches exist, but only one is deemed acceptable, since feelings about government differ from how one speaks to strangers.
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