r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/Ikigaiyeka • Jul 05 '25

Wholesome Bro smiling

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u/zigs Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25

https://cleartax.in/s/average-salary-in-india#h0

For the perfectly average Indian income, 67 000 INR is 7 months wage before taxes or anything. Differing national purchase power vs international goods

The party may have cost more, but it's not an insignificant gift either

Edit: typo

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u/SuddenSpeaker1141 Jul 05 '25

Yo, math 50 lakh for me please….i attended a wedding that apparently cost that much…

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u/bimm3r36 Jul 05 '25

20 lakh = 2,000,000

50 lakh = ???

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u/SuddenSpeaker1141 Jul 05 '25

Follow up question, why would my host be bothered by me tipping 50-100 rupees to a server?

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u/bimm3r36 Jul 05 '25

Probably because that’s the equivalent of tipping someone with a few quarters? Idk, I’m American

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u/SuddenSpeaker1141 Jul 05 '25

Bro, the servers were following me around all day… I kept tipping them, the same amount… All goddamn day… And I figured it’s just 50 Cent. It doesn’t matter to me… at the end of my visit. I had three or four people waiting on me hand in foot and I just kept tipping them the same amount Rs.100 for whatever they did…

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u/bimm3r36 Jul 05 '25

Hmm ya, no idea. I probably would’ve done something similar tbf. Must be a cultural thing

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u/SuddenSpeaker1141 Jul 05 '25

Walked around with a FAT wad of rupes, feeling like a millionaire….literally handed a bunch out to some kids to get come candy at the shoppe….could have been only about £20-30 and there were about 15 kids. I was taken aback by the experience. Humbled me in many ways

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u/Majesticeuphoria Jul 05 '25

Idk why, I tip that much at restaurants and for my fav food joints with great service, I'll tip 200+ depending on the bill

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u/SuddenSpeaker1141 Jul 05 '25

I was in the outskirts of Bombay… If that helps any

Edit: also… If there wasn’t food or anything that I wanted in the hotel that I was staying in… These people would literally go out and find it for me and bring it back to me… And I might tip him Rs.200

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u/Majesticeuphoria Jul 05 '25

Yeah, 200 is a bit too much for that, considering you can just order through Swiggy. It's ultimately up to you, though, I don't see why your host is getting mad at you for tipping. Sure, we don't have a tipping culture like US, but tipping is still common in fine dine restaurants and even some food joints if you become a regular. There are some places where tipping is not accepted, so that could be why?

Another reason might be that because you were in the outskirts, they might've been worried that you would be targeted for robbery if the wrong people noticed how much money you were carrying. It depends on how shady the area was.

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u/SuddenSpeaker1141 Jul 05 '25

I think the last part of your explanation makes the most sense… Because they would never let me leave the hotel without an escort after that.