"I typically do not leave a tip"

Oh wait! "Going forward, I will tip..." (This will make more sense in context.) Also, 7 other things worth your time

How much should you tip? I’ve been thinking about this question recently.

As a younger person, I always thought restaurant tips were supposed to be 15%. More recently, it seems that’s increased to 20%. This is fine by me, since it’s easier to calculate 20% anyway.

Hotels are tougher. I tip, of course, but I’ve never understood whether a cash tip left on the last day of a hotel stay goes to the housekeeper who happened to be lucky enough to clean the room last, or whether it’s shared among all housekeeping staff.

Also, I wish more hotels would let you add a tip on your credit card at the end of a stay instead of leaving cash on a nightstand. That seems like common sense in 2021.

Now, I’m going to pick up on this discussion in a second, but I have (ironically) a housekeeping item or two to mention first.

I’m temporarily back home, but I’ll be running Understandably on something of a summer schedule for a bit longer.

For one thing, I have some more short trips coming up, plus I’m taking the t…