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STN

STN

sou'wester
Oh, right, bar not restaurant. Sorry.

This "sorry" will not be accompanied by champagne, I'm afraid.
 
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mistersloane

heavy heavy monster sound
STN said:
Oh, right, bar not restaurant. Sorry.

This "sorry" will not be accompanied by champagne, I'm afraid.
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It was a small bar and there were only two of us workin it, normally I would have served someone else. That time I just lost it, it was a party for their film and I just thought 'oh for crying out loud, what the fuck am i doing working for these fucking cunts?'. Lol then the producer made me eat my thoughts.
 
benjybars

benjybars

village elder.
petergunn said:
dizzee rascal's manager cage, who seems like a right one, tipped me 20 bucks for bringing his and dizzee's NYC sneaker purchases up to dizzee's room... (and yes, like a fanboy i had to look a the pile of shoes, then look at dizzee and say "trainers by the truckload, trainers by the ton?".... dizzee: "yeah, man" (in perfect dizzee voice))
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haha. did you actually say that to dizzee?

if so then big up your chest!
 
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BareBones

wheezy
about five years ago pete doherty gave me £20 to get a cab home when i was stuck in camden. not a tip as such, but i always thought it was pretty generous of the vile fucker.
 
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petergunn

plywood violin
benjybars said:
haha. did you actually say that to dizzee?

if so then big up your chest!
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true story... had a decent chat with cage in dizzee's room (he was watching the History Channel, i think) while dropping the shoes off... cage was cool, we talked about dubstep for a bit and he was pretty keyed into the scene (this was around 2007/08) and dizzee didn't say much... cage asked me if i had the new album (maths and english) and i said no and he told me to take a cd from the table... later i asked cage what was up with the newham generals album and i think i sent him an email he never answered.....

i guess it was cool to meet him at that moment, b/c at this point his music has basically no connection to me...
 
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petergunn

plywood violin
routes said:
i served Dicky Attenborough at the restaurant i used to work at, ugh what an orrible little man. the bill came to £300 for 3 of them and he paid with a card, declined to leave a digital tip and then left a 1 quid coin on the table with a conspiratorial wink in my direction. nice.

Hugh Grant left a huge tip and bought all the staff (including washeruppers!) shots of frangelico!
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i feel bad for any service industry people in the UK... as far as i can tell, not tipping/undertipping is basically accepted there...

oh, bad tippers:

natalie merchant
liev schrieber
tyra banks
 
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petergunn

plywood violin
Slothrop said:
We have this thing called a 'wage'.
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i know i shouldn' t take the bait but...

this sorta sums up english people's attitudes towards service... you are all uphappy about getting bad service, yet can never connect the dots between that and not tipping...
 
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scottdisco

rip this joint please
petergunn said:
i know i shouldn' t take the bait but...

this sorta sums up english people's attitudes towards service... you are all uphappy about getting bad service, yet can never connect the dots between that and not tipping...
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i think Slothrop had this in mind when they wrote what they did

wiki on minimum wage in the USA said:
As of July 24, 2009, the federal minimum wage in the United States is $7.25 per hour. Some states and municipalities have minimum wages higher than this (see List of U.S. minimum wages), but some U.S. territories (such as American Samoa) are exempt. Some types of labor are also exempt, and tipped labor must be paid a minimum of $2.13 per hour, as long as the hourly wage plus tipped income result in a minimum of $7.25 per hour.
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the situation, FWIW, is better this side of the pond. there's no exemptions for service industry staff etc. viewed through that (fundamental, tbf) prism, there's a world of difference between tipping in the States vs Britain.

i am pretty sure if more British tourists knew the above about the States, the attitudes of tipping in at least certainly some cases might change a bit.

though in the interests of balance i did read an interesting quote from some French bloke yday who runs one of Ldn's (many) posh French restaurants, some geezer called Thierry Tomasin who runs a gaff called Angelus (where he is also sommelier), and he said the British seem to think front-of-house is something you only do as a student (he was talking about 'loads of guys in the kitchen who want to be Jamie Oliver' and by implication complaining he'd like more people to do the noble trade of serving).

i met a girl in Philadelphia one nite who had just made a loss on her waitress job that week what w slow tips etc.
 
Slothrop

Slothrop

Tight but Polite
scottdisco said:
i think Slothrop had this in mind when they wrote what they did
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Yeah, pretty much.

Also, I think most people I know in the UK would normally tip in restaurants to about 10% rounded so that the whole bill comes out to something fairly round, or more if the service was good or less if it was genuinely awful. I'd definitely consider it odd if someone didn't.

It's more tipping delivery guys or bar staff that seems weird - I mean, jobs where the difference between good service and bad service is pretty minimal it seems much more sensible to just pay them to do the job and have done with it.

Also, I dunno, it seems bit feudal to have a system where anyone who does a service job is essentialy begging for leftover crusts at the high table of people who are having said service performed...
 
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petergunn

plywood violin
Slothrop said:
Yeah, pretty much.

Also, I think most people I know in the UK would normally tip in restaurants to about 10% rounded so that the whole bill comes out to something fairly round, or more if the service was good or less if it was genuinely awful. I'd definitely consider it odd if someone didn't.

It's more tipping delivery guys or bar staff that seems weird - I mean, jobs where the difference between good service and bad service is pretty minimal it seems much more sensible to just pay them to do the job and have done with it.

Also, I dunno, it seems bit feudal to have a system where anyone who does a service job is essentialy begging for leftover crusts at the high table of people who are having said service performed...
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this topic has been beaten to death, i'd rather use this thread as a place for funny stories about tipping and famous people...

the system is what it is, it's not perfect... the only thing i would add is that people forget that having service people work for tips makes things cheaper for them b/c the overhead is less... probably one of the reasons eating out is much cheaper in NYC than in LDN... if the service is bad, you have the option of not tipping...

that said, i am not a waiter, i am a doorman, it's different... my pet peeve is when people ask me to things for free (store a bag for a non-hotel guest, get a cab for a non-guest)... like, really? where do you work? can i come in there tomorrow and have you type me up something just b/c we're such good friends?

it is funny that some of the people who are most adament about not tipping are the ones who would NEVER do work for free themselves...

oh and Zhao, High Masekela was a really nice guy, too... just a cool cat... oh, and Fabolous tipped me real good to watch his car....
 
STN

STN

sou'wester
petergunn said:
this topic has been beaten to death, i'd rather use this thread as a place for funny stories about tipping and famous people...
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Quite.

An ex-girlfriend of mine was once paid £50 to walk a biography of Duncan out of that shit boyband Blue from Waterstones Piccadilly to the Ritz (this is all of 50 yards or so), for the daughter of some fabulously wealthy businessman.
 
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