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Well that explains (at least in part) why it is such a miserable experience dining there. It's like Waggamas - love the food hate the rest of the experience.
Well that explains (at least in part) why it is such a miserable experience dining there. It's like Waggamas - love the food hate the rest of the experience.
The one in Twickenham is nice.
"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."
This is common in the US where giving tips actually drives good service. In a bar I used to go to one of the girls working there told me that they get $2 per hour which is bad when it's a quiet night but on a Saturday she can easily make more than $300. It is having so much of their wage based on tips which meant they offered a good service. None of the standing at the end of the bar chatting to their mates when customers were waiting. They would ask if you wanted a beer when you got towards the bottom of the glass. This model doesn't work well in the UK because the people who do the job would have to work for their tips - plus we don't tip as much as the yanks.
Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
This is common in the US where giving tips actually drives good service. In a bar I used to go to one of the girls working there told me that they get $2 per hour which is bad when it's a quiet night but on a Saturday she can easily make more than $300. It is having so much of their wage based on tips which meant they offered a good service. None of the standing at the end of the bar chatting to their mates when customers were waiting. They would ask if you wanted a beer when you got towards the bottom of the glass. This model doesn't work well in the UK because the people who do the job would have to work for their tips - plus we don't tip as much as the yanks.
Agreed - I doubt there's much prospect of making a good wage here even by trying hard - and in this case, the restaurant is taking all the tips and spreading them between staff to make up the wages, so if you're brilliant and the geezer you work with is a feckless slob, he still gets a share of your tips.
Why? It's in the best traditions of Thatcherite capitalism.
You either have a minimum wage or you don't. New Lie have been saying for years that one of their great achievements is the minimum wage. This has been shown to be yet another lie.
There should also be a law that ALL tips for service go to the waiters and waitresses for whom the tips are given. I do not tip for it to go into the coffers of a greedy business.
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