Comments on: The Great Service Charge Rip Off http://fussfreeflavours.com/2008/09/the-great-service-charge-rip-off/ Tasty Stuff Without the Fuss and a Little Bit of Making Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:53:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Adrian http://fussfreeflavours.com/2008/09/the-great-service-charge-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-52402 Adrian Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:10:38 +0000 http://fussfreeflavours.com/?p=20#comment-52402 Listen to me: I am working for 2 years in this industry, and I have met only 1 restaurant that gives the service charge to the stuff, in Chelsea. And I am not talking only about me, but for my friends and family. That's the simple plain truth. It is a fcn disgrace! Listen to me: I am working for 2 years in this industry, and I have met only 1 restaurant that gives the service charge to the stuff, in Chelsea. And I am not talking only about me, but for my friends and family. That’s the simple plain truth. It is a fcn disgrace!

]]> By: Ripped off http://fussfreeflavours.com/2008/09/the-great-service-charge-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-19117 Ripped off Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:25:12 +0000 http://fussfreeflavours.com/?p=20#comment-19117 Where I work there is 12.5 percent service charage added to the bill that staff do not get and the cash tips are put into a pot from which the managers buy sweets for the staff with... Rubbish but no laws in place to stop it Where I work there is 12.5 percent service charage added to the bill that staff do not get and the cash tips are put into a pot from which the managers buy sweets for the staff with…

Rubbish but no laws in place to stop it

]]> By: Michelle http://fussfreeflavours.com/2008/09/the-great-service-charge-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Michelle Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:15:00 +0000 http://fussfreeflavours.com/?p=20#comment-383 ooh that's interesting, never had that experience as a waitress in my younger years, but I'm sure this practice exists. terrible! waiting tables is such hard work! ooh that’s interesting, never had that experience as a waitress in my younger years, but I’m sure this practice exists. terrible! waiting tables is such hard work!

]]> By: The Caked Crusader http://fussfreeflavours.com/2008/09/the-great-service-charge-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-384 The Caked Crusader Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:59:00 +0000 http://fussfreeflavours.com/?p=20#comment-384 It can be such a rip off - I hate to think that my tips either don't reach the intended recipient or are used to pay their wages It can be such a rip off – I hate to think that my tips either don’t reach the intended recipient or are used to pay their wages

]]> By: Amanda http://fussfreeflavours.com/2008/09/the-great-service-charge-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Amanda Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:32:00 +0000 http://fussfreeflavours.com/?p=20#comment-385 Good heavens! It would never occur to me that the service charge <i>wouldn't</i> go to the waitstaff. This is a real eye-opener--thank you for sharing this information. Good heavens! It would never occur to me that the service charge wouldn’t go to the waitstaff. This is a real eye-opener–thank you for sharing this information.

]]> By: Hippolyra http://fussfreeflavours.com/2008/09/the-great-service-charge-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Hippolyra Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:27:00 +0000 http://fussfreeflavours.com/?p=20#comment-386 Jules, <br /><br />I just tell them that I prefer to pay the tip in cash having established that it does in fact go to the staff as an extra. <br /><br />Thanks for reading, glad to have been of help. Jules,

I just tell them that I prefer to pay the tip in cash having established that it does in fact go to the staff as an extra.

Thanks for reading, glad to have been of help.

]]> By: Jules http://fussfreeflavours.com/2008/09/the-great-service-charge-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Jules Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:14:00 +0000 http://fussfreeflavours.com/?p=20#comment-387 Thank you for this really informative post. I hate it when places automatically add the service charge, but never have the balls to ask them to take it off. In future I will certainly ask. Thank you for this really informative post. I hate it when places automatically add the service charge, but never have the balls to ask them to take it off. In future I will certainly ask.

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