<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 06/03/03 18:49:41 GMT Standard Time, JimDBB@aol.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Actually, to request a tune from a band and not attempt <BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">to tip is gauche as I see it. </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Hi ,<BR>
I think that tipping in the UK is not a regular thing. I know I am constantly surprised when in America at the size and frequency of tipping.<BR>
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A| tip here would be generally 10% although for some unknown reason this is beginning to creep up to 12.5%.<BR>
Taxis, restaurants and for some totally obscure reason, hairdressers expect a tip, and that is about it.<BR>
In the States I have been pursued into the street by a waitress who considered that I had undertipped her.<BR>
Tipping is for service above and beyond the call of duty. Not a device to allow employers to pay low wages. If staff dont get a proper wage, see the Union, not me<BR>
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Cheers<BR>
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PatL</FONT></HTML>