Naaah.

The service wasn't that fantastic anyway.

And maths was never my strongpoint. 10% I can work out, but 15% with a fidgeting, whingeing baby under your arm is a bit more difficult for me.

Leave 10% and the baby. Problem solved.

Quite correct.

For some reason there is no concept of social responsibility as far as drinking in Ontario goes.

You have no idea how tempting that is sometimes...

There isn't in the UK either.... LOL

Heh heh! Yeah I guess so!

It's a whole different ethos here though.

In Britain, you finish work on a Friday, you go to the pub with your workmates for a swift half afterwards.
Here, you'd be hard-pushed to find anybody who does that.

In fact, were you to do that, should you get drunk and arrested, chances are you could sue your company for allowing you to go out with your work colleagues and get drunk...


...and I'm quite serious!

Haha

Depends who you know I suppose...

There are always the drinkers, you just have to find them!

He's right. You have to go back to the eighties to find a really lively post-work bar scene in downtown Toronto. There are still some bars and restaurants, of course, but the local alcohol tax will likely put an end to them. Outside the downtown core there's no after work drinking because everyone drives and anyway socializing isn't part of the local culture.

Again, I suppose it depends what industry you work in, where you live, how you commute etc..

In my line of work, it's very rare that you don't stay for a drink after closing with everyone.. Or go in on your days off for discounted prices...

Well - if you work in the bar-trade, I guess it's a bit different.

I work in retail (ironically enough, selling booze!) and were I to suggest going for a drink after work to anybody I work with, they'd look at me like I had 3 heads.

Ahh, suppose retail is a bit different.

I'm going for either bar or restaurant when I arrive...

What, another half of the 10%?! Should we type with finger spaces ?

You can tell I live in London because my first thoughts were:

1) People have garages? Whole rooms for cars ?

2) People don't nick the beer?

3) Why are the garage doors open when the weather's nice?

4) You're not my grandson. Whose feet are these?

Yes, lots of people have garages. Very often they are not used to store cars. I don't think mine has ever seen a car. The main purpose of a garage is to store power tools and beer. The door is open when the weather is good to allow one to make full use of the stored items.

DIY = drinking beer in the garage.

I have yet to have beer nicked. You'd have a job nicking anything from my house. We have a very effective intruder alert system.