[thechat] Presentation of food

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Fri Jan 31 03:12:00 CST 2003


On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Madhu Menon wrote:

> At 02:03 AM 31-01-03, Ben Dyer wrote:
> >And the pretentious staff didn't want to do anything about it.
>
> Except take their 15% tip, I suppose?
>
> Damn tipping culture. :p

Italy's culture is that you'll leave pocket change for good service, and
that's it.

I *like* that.

Cheers
Martin
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