Restaraunt shennanigans

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Originally Posted by RWebb

the wait staff appreciates tips b/c the IRS taxes their income based on them getting a certain %-ge of the bills they ring up.

Fixed it for you.

It puts not tipping the wait staff in a whole other light; I've only ever done that twice - both well deserved in my view.

I actually had the additional pleasure of explaining to one of those folks that, yes, I did fully understand both that it was customary to tip 15%, and that the IRS was going to tax him as though I had - but that I didn't intend to give him a bean over the bottom line on the bill - and I wanted him to think about that.

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Originally Posted by flatbutt

Most pubs inthe UK don't allow tipping. Bartenders will politely refuse the tip.

That's because you don't tip bartenders in the UK.

But I've never known a single bartender to refuse your offering to buy them a drink. Which, often, they choose to "save for later".