How big a tip would you leave .. ?

[ParaHandy]

due to the ever rising prices charged by London restaurants, a friend's estimate of the cost proved woefully inadequate. After a day of constant resource depletion at the LIBS, a tip of 5p was given after making good the loss, my friend having long since departed.

I thought such a tip acceptable in the circumstances as why shouldn't the restaurant staff share in our misfortune? I could have bartered a bit of marine chandlery but thought twice having lugged it half across London and there wasn't anything I though particularly interesting to a restaurant but who knows?

 

[tcm]

hm, a small lump of teak might well have been an acceptable gesture. Or possibly a selection of brochures might have saved the restaurant staff the trouble of traipsing around LIBS themselves?

 

[Ohdrat]

I would have thought a freshly caught mackerel might have done.. or even a red herring??

 

[john_morris_uk]

Is that like the miserable sour faced taxi driver who drove us up and down the street looking for our hotel when we came up to the LIBS. After one circuit with the meter still running -"what number did you say it was..?", he had an excuse to look miserable when I refused to tip him!

 

[Cornishman]

Charterers usually leave the boat a bigger tip than when they found it

 

[mikewilkes]

May I beg the question - do you expect a tip when you do your job???

You expect your salary at the end of the month - but a tip as well??

 

[bob_tyler]

"a tip of 5p was given"

Isn't that the going rate for a Scotsman at any time?

 

[cameronke]

Sounds a bit generous to me!

You could have asked for some change

Regards
Cameron