'tis true.
Most people in the service industry are paid less than minimum wage and therefore rely on their tips. (it's mind boggling that it's an allowed practice!)
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:08, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I used to get paid less than minimum wage as a waitress
but I figured if I did a really good job serving people I’d get a few tips here and there to help my pay packet… nowadays most people expect/demand tips, even when their service is shockingly terrible. This I do not agree with.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:11, Reply)

I used to work in a pub serving food.
I was really good at my job, but I never got any tips as it was a pub where you paid in advance for your food.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:12, Reply)

Awww boooo!
I had a similar problem where one of the girls I waited with. She used to size up a table to see if they looked like tippers. If she thought they didn’t have any money she would give me that table to work… it did backfire on her once though. I flirted like a mofo with a group of guys on their Xmas do and they gave me about £40 in tips! Mwahahaha!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:15, Reply)

You SLUUUTTTTTT!!!!

(Bazongaloid, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:18, Reply)

You knows it!

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:19, Reply)

yeah like when the stripper walks up and moves her hips twice then squats and sticks out her thigh just expecting that dollar
Gawd I hate that, work for your money bitch!
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:13, Reply)

Exacta!

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:13, Reply)

Just blow your nose on her leg
Works every time.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:41, Reply)

sounds sexy

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:49, Reply)

It works best
with lumps of coke and bloodclots in your snot.

Tipping at its finest....
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:57, Reply)

Last time I was back home,
everyone in the local bar I went in loved me....tipping is so ingrained in me now, that everytime I ordered a pint I'd give 'em a quid to get one for themselves. By the time I'd got down to London for the last few days I'd almost broken myself of the habit.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:14, Reply)

I bet you'd almost broken yourself free of all your money as well
how does the cost of groceries and stuff compare over there? Does the expected tipping get reflected in prices?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:16, Reply)

Hmmm.....
it's kind of all relative to the cost of living.

A loaf of bread (decent bread) averages around $3, a pint of milk $1. A whole chicken is around $6, veggies are WAY fucking expensive. Junk food is dirt cheap.
Can vegetables (corn, peas, green beans etc) are around $.80 a can. Coffee is cheap. They've started selling proper teabags now (PG Tips, Yorkshire Tea, Tetley's etc) but they're really expensive - around $5.99 for a 40 pack - well worth it to me, though!

Beer in a bar is usually around $3-$4 a pint (16floz instead of 20floz). Mixed drinks are around $4-$7 depending on the bar.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:22, Reply)

This is all in forrin

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:27, Reply)

I think the exchange rate is currently around 70p to the dollar.

( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:29, Reply)