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Gordon Ramsay one of the first celebrity chefs to bring US-style 20% service charge to London (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 147 points 3 months ago (1 child)

If anyone adds a 20% tip on my bill in this country, I'm asking for the whole thing to be removed.

Especially at a high end restaurant. Absolute embarrassment that an establishment like that can't pay their staff properly and have to make them pan handle the customers.

Failed country behaviour

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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 84 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

and it's not like their customers care that much about price, they could increase their prices by 20% and have just as many people showing up. But nope, they decide to introduce a shameful tipping culture instead.

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[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 32 points 3 months ago (1 child)

He did increase the prices by 20%, he just did it in a way that passes the blame on to his employees.

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[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 months ago (1 child)

And where he doesn't take the loss if people refuse to pay it.

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[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

Wait you can just refuse? I thought you'd get arrested

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[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

If someone refuses to pay the tip it doesn't affect the owner. It hurts the waiter/waitress.

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[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 months ago*

I am just imagining the logistics of this.

If the table bought $100 of food and the bill added a 20% service charge, and the party puts down $100 and leaves, refusing to pay the rest, I think that is larceny and a crime, and they could be charged.

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