On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:10:15 -0500, Lou Decruss >
wrote:

>On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:20:38 -0700, sf
> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:36:17 -0500, Lou Decruss >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:55:51 -0700, sf wrote:
>>>
>>>>Look carefully at your restaurant bills. Some include the service
>>>>charge, others don't - but there is no law against tipping over and
>>>>above the service charge.
>>>
>>>That must be a West Coast thing. Here I've never seen it added unless
>>>it's a party of 8 or more. And it always states so on the menu.
>>>
>>
>>She's going to be in Europe, Lou.
>
>New York and Los Angeles are on her list. Here's what you responded
>to. After googling I don't understand how I'm misinterpreting it.
>Apologies if I did.
>
No problem. The response you saw above was me telling her to look at
her bills carefully in Europe (which she understood). Not every
restaurant includes a "service charge" these days. Service charges are
noted at the bottom of the bill saying " complete/not complete or
complet/non complet", depending on if you're in England or France.

>>We don't tip in NZ,
>>hate the concept, but understand the necessity in the US.
>
She'll tip in the US.... maybe at a lower rate than the norm is for
the cities she plans to visit, but she *will* tip.