throwing of money on table

[joel2005]

Is it rude to throw money down onto a table infront of a person of Chinese decent? The specifics of this occurance were me and a few of my associates went to a Chinese Restuarant and after the meal we were trying to figure out who was going to pay and one of my associates simply threw down a twenty dollar bill and the lady that runs the restuarant was standing there and all of the sudden quickly started saying excuse me repeatedly. Is this a sign of simple misunderstanding or something else. I would appreciate it if anyone would give me input on this subject.

Thank you very much,

Joel Chittum

[shibo77]

I think it looks a bit condescending when you throw money onto the table, or maybe that you feel that the service was bad. I think money should be handed, best with both hands.

-Shibo

[skylee]

I bought a few train tickets in Shanghai and Wuxi the other day, and every time, without exception, the change was thrown to me. I was shocked, not pleased, but what could you do ...

[bhchao]

Throwing money on the table in a restaurant looks tacky. Like skylee, I will also be displeased if someone threw change towards me, rather than handing it over.

Koreans have a habit of handing items to others with both hands. Usually when that happens, I respond by receiving the item with both hands.

[csit]

It might depend on how hard the money is thrown. If you just mean that change is put on the table, rather than handed to you, I would say that that is not uncommon in Beijing. I've noticed more than once that clerks have put my change on the counter in a supermarket or store in a situation when I, as an American, would have expected them to hand it to me. I just assumed it was lack of "good customer service" skills--mainly that it was not considered culturally polite/necessary to hand the change to a customer.

[bhchao]

It might depend on how hard the money is thrown

like throwing the bill onto the table from up high while you are standing up

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