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Re: [84attendees] Tipping for a buffet breakfast

Mary Barnes <mary.h.barnes@gmail.com> Mon, 30 July 2012 13:57 UTC

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I guess I should not be surprised that someone at IETF would confuse
etiquette and courtesy with bureaucracy.

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 4:39 AM, John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:

> Well, that's what some bureaucrat in Vermont, which isn't even in the same
>>> country as Vancouver, claims.
>>>
>>>  [MB] John - Dale made the statement that in the US, one did not give
>> tips
>> at buffets, which is what I was responding to. The article might be
>> written
>> by some bureaucrat in Vermont, but it is referencing Emily Post:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Emily_Post<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Post>
>>
>
> Yes, that's the bureaucrat in Vermont.
>
> R's,
> John
>

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