Restaurants in Burlington, Vermont Automatically Add Tip Onto Foreigners' Bills: Are the French Bad Tippers?

by Heisenberg Posted 2012/08/29 21:00:00

Related Topics: Tip, Restaurants, French

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	Yes	92 votes	66%
	No	47 votes	34%

DAILYMAIL.CO.UK reports:
The practice in Burlington, Vermont, is so common, servers refer to it as the 'Queeb tax' -- after the Quebecois who inspired it.

practice burlington vermont common servers refer queeb tax quebecois inspired

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JMCC 2012/08/29 16:33:02

Yes

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Service is normally included in the price of the meal in France - their servers are paid a guaranteed minimum wage much higher than elsewhere.

This means that when they go overseas, it just does not cross their minds that service is not included - it is a cultural thing.
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Heisenberg to JMCC 2012/08/29 22:26:37

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Sacred Blue!

Imagine that...different countries, different customs!

I thought Americans were thoughtless and xenophobic?

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JMCC to Heisenberg 2012/08/29 22:30:18

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Ah well, I am from the UK and a Cornishman to boot ;)

I am done more than my far share of traveling and working overseas....

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addie to JMCC 2012/08/30 07:27:28 (edited)

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Ohhhh! I see now. Good info to know. B)

Maybe their restaurants include it because it is the only way to get it out of them? lol

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JMCC to addie 2012/08/30 08:00:29

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Could be ;)

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Now Lost 2012/08/29 16:27:30

No

This is not common preactice in Burlington, having been there several times in the last year. Some establishments have a mandatory tip for parties of 8 or more.

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Transquesta 2012/08/29 15:17:29

Yes

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I agree that the French are notoriously bad tippers, but disagree with mandatory gratuities.

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Rust 2012/08/29 15:15:33
Heisenberg 2012/08/29 15:13:33

Yes

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From what I have seen, most people not from North America are bad tippers unless they have oil money.

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j2 to Heisenberg 2012/08/29 15:25:51

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Alternative is that North Americans over tip by world standards and NA restaurant staff feel entitled to it.

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Inquisi... to j2 2012/08/29 22:55:50

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To be fair, they don't so much feel entitled to it as they seriously rely on it. In some states, restaurant staff make as little as $2.something an hour.

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Inquisi... to Heisenberg 2012/08/29 22:54:26

Might that be simply because in our countries, we actually pay our wait-staff a living wage? Your waiters are treated atrociously, in your country.

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