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Old May 17, 2012 | 1:44 pm
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Originally Posted by CMK10
Also, I stayed at a Hilton in Phoenix a few years ago and the restaurant breakfast had a mandatory gratuity on it and under it, a separate tip line item. When I asked the waiter about it he said "oh most guests choose to leave me an additional tip". Right
Some guests are probably in such a rush or such poor readers, they don't realize they're being charged already. Some others are on an expense account and don't care because it isn't their money.
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