Originally Posted by
zyxlsy
My experience a week ago is that like MTR or other eateries, they just press the HKD button for you and I don't even receive the slip with the boxes to tick, but directly with a HKD slip.
Originally Posted by
Happy
That was our experiences for the whole week in HKG. All the slips returned for signature were in HKD - there is nothing else to choose from.
Hongkie culture leading to positive results for once!
- no patience
- (for employees) don't want to attract blame
So press the HKD button - avoid asking, avoid customer complaints.
Our IMD Most Competitive Economy ranking is as veracious as Skytrax 5-star - in reality much of the shops you shop in are chains or owned by listed groups. I suppose in a storefront environment where the owner is separated so far from the front-line employee, the employee has no motivation to con customers to increase owners' profits.