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Re: [84attendees] Tipping for a buffet breakfast

Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Sun, 29 July 2012 21:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [84attendees] Tipping for a buffet breakfast
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At 04:49 PM 7/29/2012, Paul Kyzivat wrote:
>...
>Perhaps someone who has worked in a restaurant could enlighten - 
>when I leave a tip at a full service restaurant, what percentage of 
>that ends up going to the bus boys, etc.? That is the service I 
>would be tipping for at a buffet.

IIRC, between 5 and 10%, depending again on service
(when a waiter has to clear a lot of his own tables
because the bus was out back smoking, not much but never zero).

Al

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