jasonlulu_2000
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Sir, I was halfway through Professor Raj Persaud’s article “What’s the tipping point" (Financial Times Weekend, April 9-l0) when it occurred to me that what I was reading was not ironic. If Prof Persaud wants to know why Americans tip in restaurants, he need only ask the first American he meets in London.
Americans tip in restarts for one reason, and one reason only: we tip to supplement the salary of restaurant workers. Quality of service does not enter into it, beyond the fact that one may tip a bit less for poor service, or a little more for good service.
Not tipping at all in a non-fast-food restaurant is not a choice. In the US, one used to tip about 15 per cent for dining in a family-style restaurant or in an up-market restaurant. Here, in San Francisco Baily: 'Times Ney area restaurants, we me encouraged to tip 20 per cent or more, to help restart workers live in this very expensive area.
After eating at an Italian restart in my city, I left a tip of 20 per cent on the non-tax part of our dinner bill. It was expected. There is nothing more complicated than that about Americas tipping in restaurants.
Ward Hoffman,
Palo Alto, CA 94306, US
Here is my question:
There is nobody better than Jack, which means Jack is the best.
Likewise, the underlined sentence should mean American tipping is the most complicated.
But the context suggests tipping is not complicated in America.
How can I understand the pattern "there is nothing more ...than"?
thanks
Americans tip in restarts for one reason, and one reason only: we tip to supplement the salary of restaurant workers. Quality of service does not enter into it, beyond the fact that one may tip a bit less for poor service, or a little more for good service.
Not tipping at all in a non-fast-food restaurant is not a choice. In the US, one used to tip about 15 per cent for dining in a family-style restaurant or in an up-market restaurant. Here, in San Francisco Baily: 'Times Ney area restaurants, we me encouraged to tip 20 per cent or more, to help restart workers live in this very expensive area.
After eating at an Italian restart in my city, I left a tip of 20 per cent on the non-tax part of our dinner bill. It was expected. There is nothing more complicated than that about Americas tipping in restaurants.
Ward Hoffman,
Palo Alto, CA 94306, US
Here is my question:
There is nobody better than Jack, which means Jack is the best.
Likewise, the underlined sentence should mean American tipping is the most complicated.
But the context suggests tipping is not complicated in America.
How can I understand the pattern "there is nothing more ...than"?
thanks