sharing the bill and helping yourself
Oct 11th 2012 | 4:42 am
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Re: sharing the bill and helping yourself
It took me a while to get used to waiters taking individual plates away from the table while people were still eating....that would be seem as rude or trying to rush you back in the UK, but over in Canada, they see it as better customer service and get better tips as a result.
I love that they split bills in Canada...something ive definitely missed since ive been away. Makes life 100% easier in big groups. Up in Scotland the other week, i got tons of attitude when i asked to pay for 4 meals off the bill of 10 people.
I love that they split bills in Canada...something ive definitely missed since ive been away. Makes life 100% easier in big groups. Up in Scotland the other week, i got tons of attitude when i asked to pay for 4 meals off the bill of 10 people.
Oct 11th 2012 | 8:10 pm
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Re: sharing the bill and helping yourself
The BYO appears to be an attempt to avoid liability. If you serve the drinks and one of your guests drives under the influence and causes an accident, anyone injured is likely to sue you on the basis that you should not have let them drive (as you should have kept tabs on how much they were drinking). If they bring their own, this doesn't apply. Bizarre but true.
A driver only has him/herself to blame otherwise they could sue every waiter and barman in town
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Oct 12th 2012 | 5:14 am
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Re: sharing the bill and helping yourself
Not in Canada. They do sue the barstaff and the bar in Canada and, when they do, sometimes they win.
Oct 12th 2012 | 5:26 am
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Re: sharing the bill and helping yourself
It took me a while to get used to waiters taking individual plates away from the table while people were still eating....that would be seem as rude or trying to rush you back in the UK, but over in Canada, they see it as better customer service and get better tips as a result.
Oct 14th 2012 | 10:07 pm
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Re: sharing the bill and helping yourself
...it ultimately comes down to personal choice, personal responsibility and personal accountability. The bar's defense would be that nobody forced the driver to drink enough to get to twice the legal limit and they will probably claim that the driver didn't appear drunk. Alcohol recognition experts would testify that the driver was almost certainly a conditioned drinker. (ie functional enough to walk to the parking lot and get behind the wheel at a .189 indicates that the driver drinks quite a lot.) Conditioned drinkers are harder to identify as being drunk. And every jury tends to be downright hostile to drunk drivers, so I just don't see that there is any hope of a successful lawsuit.
Anyway, I've often been to people's houses and even though people bring their own alcohol, everyone shares it when they are there so I'm not sure that rule applies in all social situations.
Anyway, in the UK, everyone brings their own booze to parties as well!
Last edited by Scribble; Oct 14th 2012 at 11:11 pm.
