In Europe this is quite the practice to include a tip into the bill. I doubt
this will catch on in North America. I do it in my place for groups of 12 or
more...but they know that before hand.


"Tom or Mary" > wrote in message
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> I read in the newspaper that an upscale restaurant will automatically tack
> on a twenty percent tip on each customers bill. The article implied that
> this would become a trend.
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> Tom
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