"Giusi" > wrote in message
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>>> So always leave the country? There are virtually no restaurants above
>>> fast-food level in the US like that.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> And there shouldn't be. It encourages shit service.
>
> That is categorically untrue. When people are paid well and respected
> they do the service job just like they do any trade. It's the attitude
> that waiting is inferior and deserves no decent pay nor benefits that has
> created a monster. It also creates patronistic attitudes in customers.

I only know what I have seen when working in restaurants (and occasionally)
patronizing restaurants where 15% was added (this was years ago) to parties
of six or more.

It is not, therefore, "categorically untrue," but may not always be true. I
had
regular large parties ask for me because I did not do what my fellow servers
did. And no, this was not "fine dining." It was a jazz cafe in Baltimore,
Chilis,
and a chain called Darryl's down here.