What im loving/not loving about visiting UK
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Re: What im loving/not loving about visiting UK
Payroll taxes, probably not but they do not pay minimum wage, at least to servers. That's why we have the 20% tip.
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Re: What im loving/not loving about visiting UK
That is not nationwide. In Oregon servers receive the same minimum wage as all others. I believe its around $9:15 per.
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Re: What im loving/not loving about visiting UK
When I was a server a few years ago my hourly wage was $3.01 an hour. My 2 week paycheck if I was lucky was like $80. In some restaurants servers have to tip out of their own money to bus boys and bar people. What you tip out is based on sales. So if people don't tip you at least 15% then you are usually out of pocket. If my sales are $400 if I get minimum 15% in tips I get $60 in tips but I have to tip out of that $60. If I still get $400 in sales and somebody stiffs me or pays less than 15% and my tips are say $45 then I still pay out based on $400 worth of sales. Thus I come home with jack shit. Also servers are expected to do certain things - we are supposed to come to your table at least once during meal to see how things are etc.. I was a good server but the never knowing from one day to next what i was going to make did my head in..
#55
Re: What im loving/not loving about visiting UK
sub conscious that both my lists were the same length!
going for another toby carvery tonight so maybe the brit list is in the lead somewhat however I cant for the life of me get good coffee here so that evens it out again!
Oh and I miss half and half SO much!!!
going for another toby carvery tonight so maybe the brit list is in the lead somewhat however I cant for the life of me get good coffee here so that evens it out again!
Oh and I miss half and half SO much!!!
#58
Re: What im loving/not loving about visiting UK
A problem from that trip arose from the currency change that had taken place, we weren't familiar with it. After a couple of days, our accents morphed back to full London, Yorkshire for my wife, and we got some strange reactions sounding like locals but not knowing what coin was what when paying for something.
#59
Re: What im loving/not loving about visiting UK
Yeah, restaurant (eat in) and take away food used to be treated differently for VAT purposes in the UK. Now VAT is the same for both, .... though there was a similar argument as recently as last summer about VAT on Cornish pasties, depending on whether they were warmed or not.
#60
Re: What im loving/not loving about visiting UK
Oh no, has America ever got its hooks into you, then! Just kidding! I myself like a lot about the US but NOT the love affair here with half&half. I can't abide that stuff! (Tastes & feels like white paint--bleurgh!)
Last edited by WEBlue; Apr 24th 2013 at 2:46 pm.