So there’s tipping in Scotland?
I thought that was just an American thing.
National heritage? It was about a mile away and there were other commercial developments closer.
Everything is for sale down there, and the only way for a US store to open its doors is by bribery. 
That’s just being a jerk, giving the employees more busy work, annoying customers and not changing their bottom line one bit.
No, pretty much world wide. More or less, YMMV
In general the USA leads with it’s 20%, but just about anyplace, rounding up on the bill is common.
Do you have a cite for everything being for sale in Mexico?
https://www.business-anti-corruption.com/country-profiles/mexico/
Corruption is a significant risk for companies operating in Mexico. Bribery is widespread in the country’s judiciary and police. Business registration processes, including getting construction permits and licenses, are negatively influenced by corruption. Organized crime continues to be a very problematic factor for business, imposing large costs on companies. Collusion between the police, judges and criminal groups is extensive, leading to widespread crime, theft, impunity and weak law enforcement. Gifts and hospitality are not forbidden by law and may be permissible, depending on intent. Attempted bribery, extortion, abuse of office, bribery of foreign public officials and facilitation payments are criminalized under Mexico’s Federal Penal Code (Código Penal Federal, in Spanish). However, Mexico’s anti-corruption laws are almost never enforced, and public officials are rarely held liable for illegal acts. New anti-corruption laws were passed in 2017, but their effectiveness has not been proven yet.
*As Latin America, and the world, continues to combat corruption, Mexico does so too. The 2016 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index ranked Mexico 123th out of 176,2 and the 2016 Latin American Corruption Survey found the country to be one of the four most corrupt countries in Latin America.3 *
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/among-20-countries-mx-leads-for-bribery/
*Among 20 countries, MX leads for bribery
New report also found strong social stigma against reporting corruption
The payment of bribes to access basic public services is more common in Mexico than any other country in the region, according to a new report on corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Completed by global anti-corruption coalition Transparency International, the report concluded that Mexico is the worst offender among the 20 countries it surveyed, and it also fared poorly on other corruption indicators.*
None of that says that everything is for sale in Mexico. Maybe you pasted the wrong stuff?
If more people do it, more staff needs to be hired to move things back where it goes, which will change the bottom line.
Annoy enough customers and that will impact their bottom line.
And I’m not a jerk to the staff. I’m very pleasant to the staff.
Yes, its busy work. I worked retail for five years, my husband used to be an executive for a Fortune 500 retail chain, there is a lot of busy work in retail. Putting things back where they belong is just part of the job.
But I also know (see husband) that margins are slim, and staffing is problematic across the board in retail. I don’t need to make it easy for them to be profitable or retain staff. They haven’t made it easier for women to have access to health care.
AKA being a jerk, giving the employees more busy work, annoying customers and not changing their bottom line one bit.
I gave you four unbiased cites showing bribery and corruption is rife in mexico, and you need one that actual says “everything is for sale in Mexico” in those exact six words? :rolleyes::rolleyes:
However, if I must:Everything Is for sale In Mexico, even human beings," said Mr. Debelle. "And a bullet is very cheap
From the linked article:
“But the tide turned as INAH’s archaeologists began to find evidence that Wal-Mart was building on ancient ruins after all. They found the remains of a wall dating to approximately 1300 and enough clay pottery to fill several sacks. Then they found an altar, a plaza and nine graves. Once again, construction was temporarily halted so their findings could be cataloged, photographed and analyzed. The discoveries instantly transformed the skirmish over Mrs. Pineda’s field into national news.”
Did you read the whole article?
Same. It’s just a token and there aren’t that many American products here anyway, but I’ll take my business to sane countries, thanks.
And yet the majority of license plates in see in my childhood town at all of the commercial areas are from Ontario. I’m not exaggerating for effect; it’s literally the majority. Americans get their stuff from Amazon, and retail is dying, and in a non-border town, the shopping mall would have already died and the commercial area would be non-existent for a town this size. Ontarians literally keep everything open.
Don’t worry, they’re not betraying Canada by supporting Trump. They’re keeping places in business so that employees don’t have a reason to vote for Trump next time.
That is some seriously shitty behavior. Just don’t shop there and quit being an ass to the people just doing their fucking job.
I don’t get why you Canadians hate Trump, you and him both agree on most issues (mainly concerning the White House and who burned it).
Haters gonna hate. Some of them like to pretend it’s not hate, but it is what it is.
Boy, that’s not my experience. I’ve traveled on four continents now and find it to be a very mixed bag. Hardly universal.
Here’s a map from wiki:
Yes, like I said- world wide. Asia, Africa, South America, Europe- all have nations or occupations where some sort of tipping is accepted or the norm. Wiki listed India, Indonesia, Albania, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, UK, Canada, Mexico, etc. World wide.
Not everywhere in every nation, but by no means just in the USA.
Um yeah, yeah you are. They don’t know WHY you’re reshelving things – you’re not changing shit. They’re just assuming it’s being done by lazy ass customers who don’t feel like putting things back in their proper places.
But hey, if this passive-aggressive act of annoying employees makes you feel superior, go for it.
It wasn’t just changing a sign. In fact, the Marshall Field signs are still there at the corners. They have to be by law, it’s a landmark builing.
If you were there when the change happened, you must remember the controversies involved. Do you remember Frango Mints? Their big selling point was that they were made in-store by hand. So Macy’s comes in, fires all the candy workers, and brings in mass produced crap from Cincinnati.
But this is what really pissed me off. There was a little Chicago mom and pop deli place somewhere whose name escapes me. When the change was all in the news, this deli offered a wedge salad in the style of those offered in Field’s Walnut Room. It was described as a tribute to a Chicago tradition, lunch at the Walnut Room.
So what does big bad Macy’s do to this little deli that was in no way a threat to them? They fire up their lawyers to send a cease and desist letter over these wedge salads that were meant as a loving homage to a tradition saying goodbye.
It was clear to me that Macy’s was run by heartless motherfuckers, and I’ve had nothing to do with them since.
And I don’t know when you visited Marshall Field’s on State Street and found it in such a filthy and terrible condition. I certainly never saw it as anything like what you described.