"Pat" wrote in message
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> Here in the USA, restaurant employees are paid half of the minimum wage
> and are expected to make up the remainder of their salary in tips. I
> believe it is the only industry where the patrons are expected to pay at
> least half of the salaries of the workers employed. How is it done in
> various countries in Europe?
>
In the UK catering staff, and everyone else, is entitled to the minimum
wage, which is about double that paid in the USA.
In cheaper places the practice of tipping has almost disappeared. People
tend not to give a gratuity to people who earn as much as they do.
A service charge is often added in more expensive restaurants (and in the
West End just about everywhere)
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
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