the origin of tipping
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That mexican restaurant at Boston's Quincy Market should read this. They added 18% gratuity to my check without telling me (I just HATE when they do that. It's really ripping people off). PLUS, the guy asked for even more tip. He ended up getting none since he was so rude when I told him I found out about the 18% rip off on my check. Why is this legal anyway? I'm sure it's not here in Canada.
i think it is legal in canada actually. took a trip to toronto once and ate at 360 (top of cn tower). i remember a gratuity charge being included on the check. we had no problem with the service so we actually tipped more than what was included, but i do remember it being included.
-jim
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That mexican restaurant at Boston's Quincy Market should read this. They added 18% gratuity to my check without telling me (I just HATE when they do that. It's really ripping people off). PLUS, the guy asked for even more tip. He ended up getting none since he was so rude when I told him I found out about the 18% rip off on my check. Why is this legal anyway? I'm sure it's not here in Canada.
Carl Mercier wrote: They added 18% gratuity to my check without telling me... How many were in your party?
"When I was born I was so surprised that I didn't talk for a year and a half." - Gracie Allen
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i think it is legal in canada actually. took a trip to toronto once and ate at 360 (top of cn tower). i remember a gratuity charge being included on the check. we had no problem with the service so we actually tipped more than what was included, but i do remember it being included.
-jim
See my post above. It is only legal if it is called a "service charge". If it is a tip, it is, by definition, optional. Read optional if you don't plan on visiting that restaurant again.
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I just ran across this. Thought others might enjoy it as well. to insure prompt service Tipping as a response to prompt service was born in the tea gardens of England. A small wooden box was placed on each table in the garden. The box was inscribed "To Insure Prompt Service" or TIPS for short. A coin dropped in the box usually assured prompt tea service. And thus the custom of tipping was born. Adagio Tea[^] was where I found this. Funny how it's now completely overrun it's original intent. Mike
That one's easy to debunk... "Insure" is used in the wrong context here. I doubt the English would so desecreate their own language like that. :) (ensure would be the right word... but I suppose "TEPS" isn't as good an acronym) An expert is somebody who learns more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.
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Related to this if you recall a guy was actually arrested for not leaving a tacked on auto-tip. A follow up, the arrest was laughed out of court: Charges Nixed In Cheap Tip Case[^]
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That one's easy to debunk... "Insure" is used in the wrong context here. I doubt the English would so desecreate their own language like that. :) (ensure would be the right word... but I suppose "TEPS" isn't as good an acronym) An expert is somebody who learns more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.
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That mexican restaurant at Boston's Quincy Market should read this. They added 18% gratuity to my check without telling me (I just HATE when they do that. It's really ripping people off). PLUS, the guy asked for even more tip. He ended up getting none since he was so rude when I told him I found out about the 18% rip off on my check. Why is this legal anyway? I'm sure it's not here in Canada.
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That mexican restaurant at Boston's Quincy Market should read this. They added 18% gratuity to my check without telling me (I just HATE when they do that. It's really ripping people off). PLUS, the guy asked for even more tip. He ended up getting none since he was so rude when I told him I found out about the 18% rip off on my check. Why is this legal anyway? I'm sure it's not here in Canada.
If someone or a place tried to force me to pay a tip I would politely tell them to take it out of my arse. I tip on the rare occasion they go out of their way to give me a good service; I don't tip people who are merely doing what they are paid to do. * * And to people who say "but the tips make up an important part of their wage", I say it's their own damned fault, they should have got a higher paying job if they cannot afford to live on the wage they are employed under.
David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
Everybody is entitled to my opinion