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6.8 English From BBC Learning English Hello, this is 6 Minute English and I'm Catherine.
And I'm Sam.
Sam, how do you feel about tipping?
Tipping.
You mean giving extra money to people and certain jobs for doing their jobs?
Well, I wouldn't put it quite like that.
But yes, it's giving money to waiters and waitresses,
hairdressers, taxi drivers, money that's more than the actual bill.
It's a nightmare.
I never know who to tip, how to tip by cash or by card,
how much to tip, is it 10, 12.5, 20%,
or even if I should tip at all because in some places a service charge is automatically added to the bill.
Yes, tipping is a really complicated issue,
which we'll be looking at in this program.
But to start with a question,
what is the biggest tip that we know that somebody gave?
Is it a $10,000?
Is it B 250,000 US dollars?