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by Lucy Kippist

24 Aug 05:50am

Filed under: Economy, Hopsitality, Restaurants, Society, Tipping

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Jonathan Gold and I will never be friends.

Here's a tip: be good to your mother. Illustration: Sturt Krygsman

The savvy food critic who writes for the LA Weekly is an avowed and unapologetic tipper.

His recent column, Top Ten Tips for Tipping is not only hard to say, the subject itself is completely indigestible. “The idea that a tip is optional, or variable, is a useful fiction, even when the soup goes tumbling into your lap,” Gold writes.

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NESLIHAN KUROSAWA says:

07:36pm | 25/08/11

Hi Lucy, So true but!! In some parts of the World people employed in the hospitality industry get paid the minimum wages which tend to be so small that they tend to rely solely on the tips they receive for extra bit o money!! Lets all try to remember that… Read more »
Utopia Boy says:

03:40pm | 25/08/11

I’ve never had an issue marley, but I don’t consider a brief explanation, or a discussion with a restaurant manager an issue. After all, I’ve already eaten, and there’s no way tipping can be “enforced.” I am referring to restaurants. Read more »

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