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Old 08-12-2007, 05:40 AM  
Paul Markham
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I tip well, if the service is worth it. Most of the time, in places we eat and drink regular, it's good because they know we tip well. When it's not I tip accordingly. Places that add it as part of the bill can.

Add it as part of the price and pay the staff a decent wage.

What does piss me off is the training most staff get. My first job was trainee chef in a London hotel, the waiters and waitresses were always looking around the room to see if anyone needed them. Today you have to send up a distress flare to get service. In these cases they can get an earful if the % is added.
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