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Old 05-25-2008, 05:19 PM MrLee is offline     #17 (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"

Is that 800 Euro per week? That would work out to about $65,000 year in the US which isn't a bad salary.

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