What does it mean when a guest leaves a penny (heads up) on a bedside table? The guests were from Canada.I have read that it is an old fashioned
gesture to indicate they will return. Any thoughts on this are much appreciated!
A penny tip?
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A penny tip?
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Re: A penny tip?
I'm ever so sorry, Beach Hostess, to be the bearer of bad news and a single penny (heads up) might mean something quite different in Canada, but a little research on the web has produced a lot of answers and they all say very much the same thing:Beach Hostess wrote:What does it mean when a guest leaves a penny (heads up) on a bedside table? The guests were from Canada.I have read that it is an old fashioned
gesture to indicate they will return. Any thoughts on this are much appreciated!
"To leave a penny on the table with a tip means the service was above and beyond what was expected. It is a good thing. To leave just a penny means that you are not cheap but the service was poor and you did not earn a tip."
On the other hand, your guest might have put his change on the table and later, accidentally, failed to pick it all up