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“A discretionary 12.5% service charge is added to your bill for your convenience”

This is what I saw when I received the bill after eating out with my girlfriend in a London restaurant.

The restaurant had kindly added a 12.5% charge for my “convenience”, err how is that convenient to me?

What would have been convenient is if they had had the bottle of wine we asked for and if they could have given me the chicken I asked for, instead of telling me that they had run out and I had to choose again from there small, limited menu!!

It seems that wherever we go, whatever we do today we are expected to tip someone somewhere - In a restaurant, a taxi driver, a hairdresser etc etc. Why the hell must we tip people for doing there job?! I don’t get tipped for doing my job, maybe I should start expecting one. Every time my boss asks me to do something, I’ll kindly extent my hand and wait for some money before I partake in the job. Im sure that will go down a storm.

All the people who do the jobs I have mentioned receive a wage, whether its decent or not is not my problem. I shouldn’t have to pay them extra for doing there job. They chose to do there job and chose to receive there small wage.

The worst thing is though, if I don’t tip I feel guilty. Which I shouldn’t. If the service is A class, and then yeah, I believe that I should show that I was pleased with the service by leaving a small tip. But for restaurant to add a tip to the bill for me is bull sh*t.

If things continue in the UK then its just gonna get like it is in America, where if you don’t tip, I think it’s legal for the waitress to shoot you, or something like that.

*if you enjoyed this post, then you are entitled to pay me $5 for your convenience.