Red Packet Festival is upon us...

[paddylast]

As in your mom and pop local restaurants.
Just give to whoever you encounter on that day.

When we lived in an apartment complex we gave $40 to each of the staff we encountered during the CNY week.

Probably around 100 or so, They help us so yeah we give.

The waitress I am talking about in the OP is not working in a local restaurant then. It is a chain restaurant. Which is why I feel extra thankful for her maintaining a sense of care and basically being a ray of sunshine in a corporate environment.

If it was a local restaurant I'd be less impressed by good service because it's probably more fundamental to the business.

[MABinPengChau]

Remember your local cleaners, keeping things looking nice for you every day. For not big bucks. And could use the money.
I gave to anyone who helped me out during the year, even the vaguely grouchy Wellcome checkout clerk. It was Peng Chau and a small group of people you see every day.
I did this the first year in Taipei and...nope, not really done even for your regular building staff. I still give to my building staff but not the office building guards and such like I did the first year.