Tipping in theatres
Jun 9th 2003, 11:03 am
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Re: Tipping in theatres
Larry writes:
> "Service" is one thing definitely due anyway
> (around 15 %), and is sometimes already included
> (service compris).
It is universally included, except at Disneyland.
> Tipping's something else and supposed to be up
> to customer's satisfaction (generally around
> additional 10 %).
No. "Service compris" replaces tips. You don't have to leave anything
as a tip when you see "service compris" (and you can safely assume that
SC is the default unless otherwise indicated, in France).
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> "Service" is one thing definitely due anyway
> (around 15 %), and is sometimes already included
> (service compris).
It is universally included, except at Disneyland.
> Tipping's something else and supposed to be up
> to customer's satisfaction (generally around
> additional 10 %).
No. "Service compris" replaces tips. You don't have to leave anything
as a tip when you see "service compris" (and you can safely assume that
SC is the default unless otherwise indicated, in France).
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Jun 9th 2003, 6:55 pm
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Re: Tipping in theatres
Pete writes:
> Our neighborhood theatre - La Pogode, in the 7th
> - has a beautiful usherette.
Just one? She must work long hours!
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> Our neighborhood theatre - La Pogode, in the 7th
> - has a beautiful usherette.
Just one? She must work long hours!
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Jun 10th 2003, 4:04 am
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Re: Tipping in theatres
Mxsmanic wrote in message news:...
> Pete writes:
>
> > Our neighborhood theatre - La Pogode, in the 7th
> > - has a beautiful usherette.
>
> Just one? She must work long hours!
Yes, just one. Check out the site
http://www.allocine.fr/cinema/visite.html?id=c0107 for more info (in
French) - this is not your typical multiplex but a beautiful,
historical building, showing only a couple of films a day.
> Pete writes:
>
> > Our neighborhood theatre - La Pogode, in the 7th
> > - has a beautiful usherette.
>
> Just one? She must work long hours!
Yes, just one. Check out the site
http://www.allocine.fr/cinema/visite.html?id=c0107 for more info (in
French) - this is not your typical multiplex but a beautiful,
historical building, showing only a couple of films a day.
Jun 10th 2003, 10:07 am
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Re: Tipping in theatres
Pete writes:
> Yes, just one.
What happens if she quits or goes on vacation, or on the ten-year
maternity leave that seems so dear to French women?
> ... this is not your typical multiplex but a beautiful,
> historical building, showing only a couple of films a day.
I know the building well, I just didn't know they had ushers (or _one_
usherette, at least).
Is she paid, or does she depend exclusively on tips in the traditional
way?
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> Yes, just one.
What happens if she quits or goes on vacation, or on the ten-year
maternity leave that seems so dear to French women?
> ... this is not your typical multiplex but a beautiful,
> historical building, showing only a couple of films a day.
I know the building well, I just didn't know they had ushers (or _one_
usherette, at least).
Is she paid, or does she depend exclusively on tips in the traditional
way?
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Jun 10th 2003, 4:07 pm
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Re: Tipping in theatres
JohnT wrote:
>
> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> >
> > Larry wrote:
> > >
> > > I asked one of my good French friends in Paris and he tells me this:
> > >
> > > That's right, there are no more ushers in french theaters.
> >
> > You speak only of movie theaters, I trust? Somehow I can't visualize an
> > opera house or "live" theater without them. (How would all the
> > out-of-town patrons find their seats?)
>
> I haven't seen an usher (of either gender) in a Theatre for many years. In
> London, even Americans seem to be able to find their seats. The tickets do
> have details of the location and row and number. And the last time I saw an
> usher(ette) in a cinema was in the 1960s!
Well, every opera house I've visited in Europe (including the Bastille
in Paris) has ushers to show you to your seat (and sell you a program).
I don't particularly enjoy spoken drama if I don't speak the language,
and I don't go to movies/cinema at home, so I'd have no reason to do so
abroad.
>
> JohnT
>
> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> >
> > Larry wrote:
> > >
> > > I asked one of my good French friends in Paris and he tells me this:
> > >
> > > That's right, there are no more ushers in french theaters.
> >
> > You speak only of movie theaters, I trust? Somehow I can't visualize an
> > opera house or "live" theater without them. (How would all the
> > out-of-town patrons find their seats?)
>
> I haven't seen an usher (of either gender) in a Theatre for many years. In
> London, even Americans seem to be able to find their seats. The tickets do
> have details of the location and row and number. And the last time I saw an
> usher(ette) in a cinema was in the 1960s!
Well, every opera house I've visited in Europe (including the Bastille
in Paris) has ushers to show you to your seat (and sell you a program).
I don't particularly enjoy spoken drama if I don't speak the language,
and I don't go to movies/cinema at home, so I'd have no reason to do so
abroad.
>
> JohnT
