# Bellhop tipping codes?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bellhop-tipping-codes/150916>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 25, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bellhop-tipping-codes/150916 "2003-01-25T21:45:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bellhop-tipping-codes/150916/1 "2003-01-25T21:45:56Z")

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Recently a coworker claimed that tipping a bellhop with a dollar bill folded a certain way would let him know that you were looking for callgirls. Any truth to this?

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bellhop-tipping-codes/150916/2 "2003-01-25T21:48:17Z")

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Sounds like nonsense to me, unless the bill was a twenty and the “certain way” you folded it was with a note attached.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bellhop-tipping-codes/150916/3 "2003-01-26T00:42:20Z")

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C’mon, **Dex**. Surely you’ve seen the folded bills that have become popular since 9/11. Gives new meaning to “Twin Towers.”