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Old 06-17-2004, 12:57 PM   #813 (permalink)
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Re: Holy shatz! Cop stops bicycle!

"Raoul Duke" <thedogswontmind@spinachparade.com> wrote in message
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> "Curtis L. Russell" <curtis@md-bicycling.org> wrote in message
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>> The wait staff at most successful high end restaurants work harder in
>> my experience than the wait staff in a low end diner. They have more
>> training and more demanding patrons. OTOH, they are being tipped from
>> a per diner charge of $ 40 on up and the low end diner tops out at
>> maybe $ 15 U.S., so 18% of one is a lot more than 18% or so of the
>> other.

>
> However, a server in a higher end restaurant has to divide the
> gratuity up between several people. The Maitre' D, the bartender and
> busperson all get a percentage.


I am *so* glad I live in a country where we don't have bother with all this
nonsense.

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