Day 160: To Tip or Not to Tip
After a birthday dinner at a restaurant in Tagaytay, Marco (A), who once waited tables, watches his aunt Tess (B) pay the bill to the last peso, service charge included.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Tagalog. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
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A
Tita, hindi po ba kayo mag-iiwan ng tip?
Tita, aren't you going to leave a tip?
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B
May service charge na, Marco. Ten percent na 'yon.
There's already a service charge, Marco. That's ten percent.
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A
Hindi po lahat napupunta sa waiter. Noong waiter pa po ako, kahati namin pati ang kusina.
Not all of it goes to the waiter. When I was a waiter, we even split it with the kitchen.
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B
Ano pa ang silbi ng service charge kung magti-tip pa rin tayo?
Then what's the point of a service charge if we still tip?
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A
Ang tip po, sa kaniya mismo. Siya pa po ang kumanta ng happy birthday sa inyo.
A tip goes to him personally. And he's the one who sang happy birthday to you.
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B
Anim na libo na ang binayaran ko. Kung gusto mong mag-tip, sa 'yo manggagaling.
I've already paid six thousand. If you want to tip, it comes out of your pocket.
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A
Patas po 'yan. Pero kayo na po ang mag-abot, para sa inyo siya magpasalamat.
That's fair. But you hand it to him, so it's you he thanks.
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