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When in Rome, do as the Romans do
mustang6172:
I don't think this has been said. If so, I'll say it anyway.
I think it's worth noting that when we (Americans) eat with a fork, we hold the fork like a spoon, making it uncomfortable to use the weak hand.
Europeans turn the fork "upside down" (from our perspective) and hold it like a pencil. This makes eating with the weak hand far more manageable.
Carl-E:
I disagree. At least, Ankhtahr's pic that was linked showed the fork that way.
I write with the right hand, but do everything else left handed. So I use fork and spoon in the left hand, but I have no problem cutting with a knife using the right hand, so I eat like a German. Probably because I'm just ambidextrous enough to laugh at people with one nearly useless hand...
As for the "Tip" line on a receipt - it may well have been a credit card receipt, where you wrote in the amount you want to tip.
It can be zero, but should never be left blank, unless you want your server filling it in...
GarandMarine:
I tip 10-20% based on quality of service. If service sucks I will absolutely leave nothing. If it's really terrible I'll ask to see the manager.
I much prefer tipping culture in Japan, namely tipping is extremely rude because you shouldn't have to pay extra for good service. Of course wait staff make more then $4.50 an hour over there too. It is worth noting that by law I'm 98% sure that for tipped staff, if your tips don't equal out to minimum wage per hour, your employer has to make up the difference.
ackblom12:
$2.50 is the usual wait staff minimum wage.
While that's technically true, if you don't make minimum wage with tips you just get fired.
Carl-E:
Most places pool the tips anyway.
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