Originally Posted by
HereAndThereSC
Obviously, the last poster doesn't know tipping tradition in the UK :-P
You were right with the 10$ tip. I'm not sure if I would have done the same, but I probably would have been considerate enough to not hog a table for 1+ hour at lunch/rush hour, and would prob. have sit at the bar if it was available.
JP
There wasn't any space at the bar, and even if there way everyone on the bar was eating too, so the problem still would have been the same.
I don't think we were particularly inconsiderate to take the table in light of the fact that we did (eventually) tip the waitress quite well - she was very busy and we were very low maintenance. If it was a mom-and-pop place where every food sale really counted towards the bottom line, I wouldn't have stayed at the table, but this place wasn't going to go out of business because we didn't order sandwiches