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Re: [84attendees] Tipping for a buffet breakfast

"John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Sun, 29 July 2012 23:19 UTC

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Subject: Re: [84attendees] Tipping for a buffet breakfast
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>> That's incorrect.  The standard tip for a buffet is 10%:
>> http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/a-guide-for-everyday-tipping/

Well, that's what some bureaucrat in Vermont, which isn't even in the same 
country as Vancouver, claims.

> 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.

It's all over the place, and there's really no way to tell other than 
asking the staff someplace where the managers can't hear them.

The staff at restaurants do tough job for lousy pay.  Unless the service 
was really dreadful, leave them a few bucks.

R's,
John

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