In Reply to: I agree, but posted by pembosix on Thursday, 1. August 2013 at 13:03 Bali Time:
I'm married to an indonesian who I met when she was working in bali so I have a bit of insider knowledge...
5k is perfectly fine, every little helps and all tthat, she certainly wouldnt have beed offended when she recieved 5k tips.
At the time - she was earning 35k per day.
So a 5k tip, is equivalent to what - an hours wages. (Although her biggest night of tips amounted to over 1m rupiah - often she recieved no tips at all, and there were occasionalshe relied on her tips to pay for lunch or dinner etc)
I wouldnt tip less than 5k though. Just out of respect.
But that said... you dont need to tip everyone. Everytime.