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Old 05-23-2008, 04:26 PM MCcruiser is offline     #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by lmyren View Post
I just wonder what the Spanish, Greek or Italian waiter who works on a contract without health benefits, 6 days a week, 12-14 hours a day for as little as Euro 800,- would say about weather guests should tip or not!!!
Tipping 10 prosent is a very good rule to live by. I usually give that in tip to waitstaff. Thought the norm has become "just to tip what the service was worth"
It sounds like Spanish, Greek and Italian waiters have conditions similar to those of the US waiters. We tip them 15% on average.

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