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Subject: Re: Tipping in USA/Canada Posted on: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:59:31 +0000 (UTC)

Sarah Czepiel wrote:
>
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:37:22 +1300, Greg Procter
> wrote:
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> :>Sarah Czepiel wrote:
> :>>
> :>> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:39:45 +1300, Greg Procter
> :>> wrote:
> :>>
> :>> :>Sarah Czepiel wrote:
> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:42:29 -0800, mrtravel wrote:
> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> :>Greg Procter wrote:
> :>> :>> :>
> :>> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> :>> Face it, on my travels in the USA I can stop at a restaurant, choose a
> :>> :>> :>> meal and have no precise figure as to what the total bill will be. Ill
> :>> :>> :>> be entering a contract without knowing what I am agreeing to and without
> :>> :>> :>> knowing what I will receive.
> :>> :>> :>
> :>> :>> :>Rubbish.
> :>> :>> :>
> :>> :>> :>You determine what items you are going to buy based on the price of the
> :>> :>> :>item, the tax, and the tip you intend to leave.
> :>> :>> :>How do you feel a tip is part of a contract you are entering into?
> :>> :>> :>You are free to tip whatever you please.
> :>> :>> :>If you don't want to tip, don't tip. Nobody is holding a damn gun to
> :>> :>> :>your head, and you aren't going to be sued, because there is no damn
> :>> :>> :>contract. As far as the tax goes, I have already explained how, unlike
> :>> :>> :>NZ, US sales taxes are a bit more complicated and tax rates are
> :>> :>> :>localized. You can cross the street and be in a different sales tax rate
> :>> :>> :>area.
> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> mrtravel......just fyi, Greg Procter has never set foot on US soil.
> :>> :>
> :>> :>LA isn't US soil?
> :>>
> :>> Relevancy?
> :>
> :>You claimed I had never ...
>
> Set foot on US soil. And you haven't disputed my assertion.

I neither confirm nor deny.

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