In Reply to: Tipping in Bali. posted by Filo on Wednesday, 5. January 2005 at 08:28 Bali Time:
Very often, when the bill is presented, it is not the person who served you who brings it, but another often senior person, who wants to grab the possible tip. Our way with this is to just pay this person the bill and then call the person, who served us and give them about 10%, making sure that their body shields this transaction from the others. That this is appreciated is proven by how quickly the money disappears into the Waitress' sash.