![]() ![]() For New York Magazine, a bastion of culture and style – the Big Apple’s bible to life – has published a guide on how to behave in polite society in 2023. I just thought it was a bit pervy.īut now a further horror threatens to come our way a ramping up of the attack on our sensibilities, dignity and wallets. An American aficionado might think his move sensible and smooth. The bargirl brought him the drinks he’d ordered, he paid, then crossed her palm with a couple of quid. I remember being in a London pub with a US pal called Scott. Americans tip morning, noon and night, left, right and centre and to more or less anyone who crosses their path.īut to us it feels gauche, over-the-top, corrupt even. But there is a tradition we’ve never really got to grips with one that rankles, feels awkward and is specifically un-British: tipping. Anarchic humour (Larry David et al), an obsession with coffee, the proliferation of TV channels, jeans, jazz and pre-nups. There are traditions and customs flung at us by our American cousins that some of us Brits have relished.
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