not to engage in the deal based what's right there in black and white--except tipping. Who wouldn't expect patrons to sometimes be annoyed or cheap when somebody wants to add something extra on at the end of a transaction, sometimes unexpectedly, and when they might not even know how much? Or when they receive the consequences of their ignorance in the form of suddenly bad service (or sometimes much worse)? A couple of specific examples come to mind. When a porter relates how a lady insisted he not touch her bags, ostensibly to avoid having to tip, she's called cheap, but two breaths later, we learn how this guy has put bags in the wrong cabs out of revenge. Still, Dublanica doesn't question whether the lady may have had a similar experience before, or whether, frankly, she might be able bodied enough to do it herself and save some of her own green, which she may even have made as tips. Don't people have the right to choose how they spend? Then we get the $13 miracle example, where a lady is berating the car wash guys for missing a few spots. OK, it sounds like she was unduly agitated, but shouldn't she expect a good job be done for the stated price? That's different from whether she tips or treats these guys well. Maybe $13 is a lot to her, or maybe she's just mean. Either way, Dublanica should poke at that more than he does. There is the