FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - To tip or have a service charge.......that is the question

Janet

In article >,
says...
>

> Well yeah.... if you use the $8 figure. What if it was a livable wage,
> one that you would get even though you worked in a tourist joint that
> catered to British and German tourists, or people from other cultures
> who are not used to the tipping culture.

Brits ARE used to tipping at home, but with a different perception
from the USA of circumstances when tipping is expected, and the amount
to tip. We expect to tip for table service in restaurants (between 10%
and 15 % of the bill) unless "service charge" has been automatically
added to the bill; but not at self- service food counters. It's normal
to tip taxi drivers too.

Janet UK.