The difference between Brits and everyone else

[Designer]

Maybe if you left a nice tip, you wouldn't get bad service.

What should I do when I get bad service? Seems like that's a regular question in my family. It's too early to give a huge tip expecting good service, because I've already received bad service. Tipping bad service seems counter-productive.

 

[john.margetts]

I suppose someone needs to mention the elephant in the room...British dental care.

And what, exactly, is wrong with British dental care?

 

[limr30 3]

I would SO seat you in my section

Well I don't eat out a whole lot, funny thing is though probably the best tips I've ever given were at places that aren't real high end restaurants. Village inn waitress got $100 tip, I'd gotten bad service several times in a row at other places and she pretty much hit the lotto. She deserved it though, phenomenal service even though the place was busy.

Well, to be fair, we're a couple thousand miles away. And I'm not a waitress anymore. So there is that

 

[Watchful]

You tell the waitress / waiter that you are going to give a tip of 10% this time because you feel that was how much effort they put into the service, and that next time you are willing to tip according to the level of service again, and that rate will be up to him / her. And use his / her name when addressing them. If you know who they are, they will be likely to remember who you are.
Then go back the following week.
If they don't catch on, try another restaurant.

 

[robbins.photo]

Well, to be fair, we're a couple thousand miles away. And I'm not a waitress anymore. So there is that

Lol.. well who knows, maybe some day I'll make a trip back to the east coast. Well, once the statue of limitations runs out, naturally.. lol

 

[Watchful]

Well, to be fair, we're a couple thousand miles away. And I'm not a waitress anymore. So there is that

Lol.. well who knows, maybe some day I'll make a trip back to the east coast. Well, once the statue of limitations runs out, naturally.. lol

I realize that you just made a typo in the spelling of statute of limitations, but it made me chuckle because as kids, my sister actually thought it was called a 'statue of limitations', like a figure or figurine that was limited in some way.

Back to the OP, She also thought that Liverpool was a small lake near Washington DC. I am still at a loss how she ever got that idea.

 

[weepete]

I'll take a full Scottish breakfast over a full English breakfast every time, I like my haggis, square sausage and tattie scones in the morning!

I do have a soft spot for hash browns though, they are lovely

 

[Watchful]

Oh, Brits can't make a good pumpkin pie to save themselves. You have to be able to make pumpkin pie.

 

[Overread16 4]

Oh, Brits can't make a good pumpkin pie to save themselves. You have to be able to make pumpkin pie.

Some of us are still resisting Halloween

 

[limr30 3]

Oh, Brits can't make a good pumpkin pie to save themselves. You have to be able to make pumpkin pie.

Some of us are still resisting Halloween

No no no, pumpkin pie has nothing to do with Hallowe'en! It's about Thanksgiving! Y'know, that holiday that we have to give thanks that we're not in England anymore?

*hides*

 

[Watchful]

Oh, Brits can't make a good pumpkin pie to save themselves. You have to be able to make pumpkin pie.

Some of us are still resisting Halloween

No no no, pumpkin pie has nothing to do with Hallowe'en! It's about Thanksgiving! Y'know, that holiday that we have to give thanks that we're not in England anymore?

*hides*

^^ That's the one we like the most of all the Holidays.

 

[table1349]

I suppose someone needs to mention the elephant in the room...British dental care.

The elephant left with the herd long ago.

 

[table1349]

I would SO seat you in my section

Well I don't eat out a whole lot, funny thing is though probably the best tips I've ever given were at places that aren't real high end restaurants. Village inn waitress got $100 tip, I'd gotten bad service several times in a row at other places and she pretty much hit the lotto. She deserved it though, phenomenal service even though the place was busy.

Well, to be fair, we're a couple thousand miles away. And I'm not a waitress anymore. So there is that

How long has it been? More and more of those kinds of jobs have become McJobs. A few years ago waiters and waitresses seemed to care about giving good service. We have a few restaurants as well as other service businesses around here that pay all their employees a full wage. They have signs up expressly advising that they do not accept tips. Always get great service these places.

 

[table1349]

I'll take a full Scottish breakfast over a full English breakfast every time, I like my haggis, square sausage and tattie scones in the morning!

I do have a soft spot for hash browns though, they are lovely

Give me a southern breakfast any time. Eggs, Biscuits with gravy, hash browns and a nice slab of southern cured ham. If you are feeling particularly peckish then add a stack of flap jacks.

 

[Watchful]

I'll take a full Scottish breakfast over a full English breakfast every time, I like my haggis, square sausage and tattie scones in the morning!

I do have a soft spot for hash browns though, they are lovely

You should go to the Waffle House then.