Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on September 07, 2014, 04:53:05 PMQuote from: Mad Max on September 07, 2014, 03:16:52 PMQuote from: Meta Cognition on September 07, 2014, 02:40:18 PMQuote from: Mad Max on September 07, 2014, 02:16:29 PMHow do people pay with cards at nice restaurants then? Y'know, not places where you swipe your own card like a neanderthal?You go up, order your food, put your card into the reader, key in your PIN number, remove your card, go sit down and wait for your meal.No, I'm talking about places where you don't run your own card. Where a server gives you your bill and you place your payment in it. I'm not talking about McDonalds. Places without an ordering counter and shit. Surely those exist outside of America...Most British eating establishments are fast food and chippies. With English cuisine being as dreadful as it is, I can't blame them. Who wants to go out all dressed up and pay twenty bucks for some bangers and mash?I like English cuisine. Black pudding is one of the greatest things in the world.
Quote from: Mad Max on September 07, 2014, 03:16:52 PMQuote from: Meta Cognition on September 07, 2014, 02:40:18 PMQuote from: Mad Max on September 07, 2014, 02:16:29 PMHow do people pay with cards at nice restaurants then? Y'know, not places where you swipe your own card like a neanderthal?You go up, order your food, put your card into the reader, key in your PIN number, remove your card, go sit down and wait for your meal.No, I'm talking about places where you don't run your own card. Where a server gives you your bill and you place your payment in it. I'm not talking about McDonalds. Places without an ordering counter and shit. Surely those exist outside of America...Most British eating establishments are fast food and chippies. With English cuisine being as dreadful as it is, I can't blame them. Who wants to go out all dressed up and pay twenty bucks for some bangers and mash?
Quote from: Meta Cognition on September 07, 2014, 02:40:18 PMQuote from: Mad Max on September 07, 2014, 02:16:29 PMHow do people pay with cards at nice restaurants then? Y'know, not places where you swipe your own card like a neanderthal?You go up, order your food, put your card into the reader, key in your PIN number, remove your card, go sit down and wait for your meal.No, I'm talking about places where you don't run your own card. Where a server gives you your bill and you place your payment in it. I'm not talking about McDonalds. Places without an ordering counter and shit. Surely those exist outside of America...
Quote from: Mad Max on September 07, 2014, 02:16:29 PMHow do people pay with cards at nice restaurants then? Y'know, not places where you swipe your own card like a neanderthal?You go up, order your food, put your card into the reader, key in your PIN number, remove your card, go sit down and wait for your meal.
How do people pay with cards at nice restaurants then? Y'know, not places where you swipe your own card like a neanderthal?
It's not really a huge thing over in britbongistan <.<Waiting staff get paid minimum wage plus tips. So the tips have to be earned over here <.<It's not like they have to jump through hoops for our amusement though, just being polite and attentive is all that's needed to get a tip >.>It's certainly one of the reasons why I'm cautious about ever going to Amurika; apart from being groped by the TSA, shot in the street by the police or being suffocated by a bloater on a bus ._.From the way I hear it, if you don't tip in the USA that's the social equivalent of taking a piss on the table in the restaurant .-.
Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on September 07, 2014, 04:57:09 PMQuote from: SoporificSlash on September 07, 2014, 04:55:47 PMQuote from: DAS B00T x2 on September 07, 2014, 04:53:05 PMQuote from: Mad Max on September 07, 2014, 03:16:52 PMQuote from: Meta Cognition on September 07, 2014, 02:40:18 PMQuote from: Mad Max on September 07, 2014, 02:16:29 PMHow do people pay with cards at nice restaurants then? Y'know, not places where you swipe your own card like a neanderthal?You go up, order your food, put your card into the reader, key in your PIN number, remove your card, go sit down and wait for your meal.No, I'm talking about places where you don't run your own card. Where a server gives you your bill and you place your payment in it. I'm not talking about McDonalds. Places without an ordering counter and shit. Surely those exist outside of America...Most British eating establishments are fast food and chippies. With English cuisine being as dreadful as it is, I can't blame them. Who wants to go out all dressed up and pay twenty bucks for some bangers and mash?I like English cuisine. Black pudding is one of the greatest things in the world.you guysOI M8 I AIN'T NO BRITBONG
Quote from: SoporificSlash on September 07, 2014, 04:55:47 PMQuote from: DAS B00T x2 on September 07, 2014, 04:53:05 PMQuote from: Mad Max on September 07, 2014, 03:16:52 PMQuote from: Meta Cognition on September 07, 2014, 02:40:18 PMQuote from: Mad Max on September 07, 2014, 02:16:29 PMHow do people pay with cards at nice restaurants then? Y'know, not places where you swipe your own card like a neanderthal?You go up, order your food, put your card into the reader, key in your PIN number, remove your card, go sit down and wait for your meal.No, I'm talking about places where you don't run your own card. Where a server gives you your bill and you place your payment in it. I'm not talking about McDonalds. Places without an ordering counter and shit. Surely those exist outside of America...Most British eating establishments are fast food and chippies. With English cuisine being as dreadful as it is, I can't blame them. Who wants to go out all dressed up and pay twenty bucks for some bangers and mash?I like English cuisine. Black pudding is one of the greatest things in the world.you guys
Quote from: Cheat on September 07, 2014, 04:34:27 PMQuote from: Meta Cognition on September 07, 2014, 02:40:18 PMQuote from: Mad Max on September 07, 2014, 02:16:29 PMHow do people pay with cards at nice restaurants then? Y'know, not places where you swipe your own card like a neanderthal?You go up, order your food, put your card into the reader, key in your PIN number, remove your card, go sit down and wait for your meal.Sounds a bit like Hardees over here, and we definitely don't tip them for their service (at least I don't think that's a thing).I forget they're still called Hardee's over on that side of the country.
Quote from: Meta Cognition on September 07, 2014, 02:40:18 PMQuote from: Mad Max on September 07, 2014, 02:16:29 PMHow do people pay with cards at nice restaurants then? Y'know, not places where you swipe your own card like a neanderthal?You go up, order your food, put your card into the reader, key in your PIN number, remove your card, go sit down and wait for your meal.Sounds a bit like Hardees over here, and we definitely don't tip them for their service (at least I don't think that's a thing).
Who wants to go out all dressed up and pay twenty bucks for some bangers and mash?
Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on September 07, 2014, 04:53:05 PMWho wants to go out all dressed up and pay twenty bucks for some bangers and mash?Um, people who want something better than a frozen burger thrown on the grill?I thought brits were supposed to be classy and shit. Don't you guys have any nice Italian restaurants and shit?
Quote from: Mad Max on September 07, 2014, 08:25:04 PMQuote from: DAS B00T x2 on September 07, 2014, 04:53:05 PMWho wants to go out all dressed up and pay twenty bucks for some bangers and mash?Um, people who want something better than a frozen burger thrown on the grill?I thought brits were supposed to be classy and shit. Don't you guys have any nice Italian restaurants and shit?It's not much of a step up, really.
I'm sure there's plenty of nice eateries in the UK where you don't order at a counter.
We agree on a lot of shit, Cheat. I don't tip either.I find it amusing how people get LIVID when you say stuff like that.It's the reason I don't usually go out to eat.
In America, yes. People actually make an effort there so you want to tip them. In Europe I couldn't give less of a shit. Germany and UK is similar to America in terms of service, but not the same. But everywhere else the service is shitty. So to answer your question: Sometimes.