Medellin Reports

[The Tall Man]

You might be a little picky or have a unusual grading system.

Saying the VeraCruz girls were 5's I can understand (it takes a few visits at different times to find a hottie there) but to say the Fase II girls were mostly 5's also I have trouble believing, I have been there at least a half dozen times and would rate all their girls I have seen as 7+'s with some 8's and 9's on just about every visit. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I ditto that with myself having about the same number of visits.

TTM.

[Kazeu]

I really wish the US would import some of the rest of the world's tipping culture. I personally tip 15% when in the US on the tax-excluded total 9 out of 10 times. I don't not tip for bad service, simply because I don't want a waiter to go home with less just because he / she had a bad day. With exceptional service, I will tip 20%. So I guess in actuality, I only ever tip 5%? I don't know. My big gripe is that I like to know what the cost of my meal is before I eat it. I don't want some sort of vague price of at least X, but feel free to give us more! What if I said, I'm willing to pay up to X, but feel free to charge me less? Why is that not acceptable? Why is your job worthy of a tip and mine not? My job probably effects more people daily than a waiters, but because I'm not as social and you don't have to look me in the eye, I don't deserve a tip? I thought we all work because we get a salary, or paid for our services, not because we can whine our way into extra money. Anyways, hating the US tipping culture. Hope it stays there or better yet dies there.

So, people from the US routinely tip 15-20% in restaurants. Here in Spain, people routinely tip ... (wait for it!) ... nothing in restaurants. Does that mean that Spaniards lack empathy as compared to people from the US? In Argentina, the typical restaurant tip is 7-10%. From this, do we conclude that Argentineans have approximately half as much empathy as people from the US? In Japan, if one attempts to tip in a restaurant, the waiter will run out into the street and hand the money back. Do we conclude that Japanese waiters have an infinite amount of empathy?

In the US, it is necessary to tip waiters because in most jurisdictions, they do not make minimum wage. Of course, in Seattle they make $15 an hour and people from the US still tip them 15-20%. What kind of sense does that make? In Spain, waiters make a decent salary, so locals do not tip them.

Now, hookers set their own prices in most cases. One would assume that they set their prices at a level that allows them to earn what they feel they need to earn. I worked damn hard for my money, and fucking is not that tough of a job. So shouldn't they have empathy for me and give me good service anyway, once we have agreed on a price that we obviously both thought was fair? People from the US have their heads way up their asses on this whole tipping thing, and it is out of control. Australians have it right. Charge a fair price, pay a decent wage, and forget all this nonsense about tipping.

I am all for following local customs, and I doubt very much that colombianos are tipping 20 k in a 30 k casa. When I was in Argentina, I never tipped in the privados or in the clubs, and I was still quite popular. My regular chicas who came to my house knew what they were getting, and knew better than to ask for more, or for taxi money. I kept my eye on inflation and gave them regular raises such that the amount of money I gave them maintained its purchasing power.

So, while I respect the point of view expressed by, for example, LV monger (whose handle indicates he may be from the tipping capital of the western hemisphere), I don't buy #s 2 and 4 in particular, and also do not think that what is customary in the US needs to be extrapolated to other countries and cultures whose tipping procedures are much less pervasive or extreme. Another thing I don't understand is tipping a hooker to perform a service she would rather not perform. Now, in the case of BBBJ, it is just a question of them trying to get extra for something they do all the time. But if a chica really doesn't like anal or CIM, and you tip her extra to do it, I think that is a power trip.

[Kazeu]

Yes he does seem like a harsh grader. To each his own. Or maybe it was a really bad night. Fase II has always had a couple of 8's whenever I've gone.

You might be a little picky or have a unusual grading system.

Saying the VeraCruz girls were 5's I can understand (it takes a few visits at different times to find a hottie there) but to say the Fase II girls were mostly 5's also I have trouble believing, I have been there at least a half dozen times and would rate all their girls I have seen as 7+'s with some 8's and 9's on just about every visit. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[Kazeu]

Not yet, but soon my friend. Soon. Colombia has been getting more attention, and word has finally been getting around that Pablo Escobar is dead. Maybe Medellin and Colombia in general is not as dangerous as it once was. Sometimes I think the only thing keeping the masses away is that they're too lazy to learn Spanish.

The gringo invasion began many moons ago, the prices have not skyrocketed.

Many good deals to be had, especially if you know what you're doing.

[Balboa]

I buy that it makes you feel good. As far as it giving you any other advantage is pure assumption. Now if you could point to a person that you were not giving tips to then you started giving a tip later and the service changed for the better or a person that you were giving tips and stopped and the service got worse, then you may have an argument. But when you start out giving tips and next time attribute that to receiving better service doesn't hold water. There could have been one of many reasons that you got better sevice, none of which may have been you giving a tip last time.

To tell you the truth, I go through so many women that I have fucked up and fucked the same person twice by accident because I didn't remember them. If you think a hooker that goes through way more guys is going to remember your extra 20 K then keep hope alive.

Good rationalization for not tipping.

I don't get scientific about it, I just do what I feel is right.

And obviously you just don't tip, and that's your prerogative.

[ColombiaLover]

I wonder if I banged the same chica. I had the same experience. Go figure.

They don't all do this at home privately (blow jobs that is). I noticed moms are less likely to want to blow you sin condom. This included one mother who would let me bareback her without issues but would only blow me with a condom on. Turns out she doesn't want to kiss her kid with cock breath. I can respect that.

[SBeach25]

In most Latin countries the propina is included in the bill, usually 10%. Gringos not knowing Spanish can't read the bill and don't know what a propina is. I've pointed out to guys on their bill the propina is already included; even asked the waiter about it and they agreed. Some of these Gringos leave a tip anyway. Messes these people up, they start getting used to it.

I was in East Germany many years ago, in the old Commie days, and left a tip on the table. While I was paying the bill at the counter some guy walked in off the street and took the money and walked out. I never forgot that.

When the waiter asks " con servicio" that is asking permission to add the service tip to the bill. So when you get the bill, it is added, you don't need to add another on top.

[Wolf662]

Walking street girls neer la Iglesia de Veracruz, disappointing, really there were like 50 women, no one over a 5. Maybe one girl that was inside a house, but I did not enter to have a closer look. Nothing there.
Fase II, also maybe lots of 5, some 6's one or two 7 and one 8, but that girl was very busy with one guy and not available. So had to move on.
The only place I found a nice girl was at gusto, and a couple of nice girls there, that is the only place I would recommend, prices start at 200 USD, but most get down to 400 K or 300 K COP.

You might be a little picky or have a unusual grading system.

Saying the VeraCruz girls were 5's I can understand (it takes a few visits at different times to find a hottie there) but to say the Fase II girls were mostly 5's also I have trouble believing, I have been there at least a half dozen times and would rate all their girls I have seen as 7+'s with some 8's and 9's on just about every visit. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[Knowledge]

In Colombia at least, restaurants will either ask if they should include service with the bill total or they will include service and advise clients that it is optional. That brings it back to the original point that guys who can't read the bill or the notification won't know they are paying service on top of service.

Worth repeating.

[Bill]

In most Latin countries the propina is included in the bill, usually 10%. Gringos not knowing Spanish can't read the bill and don't know what a propina is. I've pointed out to guys on their bill the propina is already included; even asked the waiter about it and they agreed. Some of these Gringos leave a tip anyway. Messes these people up, they start getting used to it.

Worth repeating.

[YippieKayay]

I meant that they do it all the time with their boyfriends, husbands, etc.

They don't all do this at home privately (blow jobs that is). I noticed moms are less likely to want to blow you sin condom. This included one mother who would let me bareback her without issues but would only blow me with a condom on. Turns out she doesn't want to kiss her kid with cock breath. I can respect that.

[Dickhead]

You can leave additional tip to the 10%

You can throw 100 k pesos notes out of your apartment window too, if you want. There is no law against it. You can tithe to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. You can make extra voluntary income tax payments. You can give your three year old nephew a Bentley. All of those things are possible.

[Dickhead]

Do the hookers perform BBBJ all the time?

I meant that they do it all the time with their boyfriends, husbands, etc.

[YippieKayay]

In most Latin countries the propina is included in the bill, usually 10%. Gringos not knowing Spanish can't read the bill and don't know what a propina is. I've pointed out to guys on their bill the propina is already included; even asked the waiter about it and they agreed. Some of these Gringos leave a tip anyway. Messes these people up, they start getting used to it.

I was in East Germany many years ago, in the old Commie days, and left a tip on the table. While I was paying the bill at the counter some guy walked in off the street and took the money and walked out. I never forgot that.

You can leave additional tip to the 10% (which is optional too). I sometimes leave a peso or two especially if its coins because it's a bigger hassle to carry the coins than to leave them. When paying by credit card it makes my life easier as I don't add anything additional other than the 10% servicio fee which is NOT required. You can ask them to take it off if you want but you look like a dick.

[Dickhead]

In most Latin countries the propina is included in the bill, usually 10%. Gringos not knowing Spanish can't read the bill and don't know what a propina is.

Fucking gringos.