one thing about size of meals...

when i was in the us , we went for mexican food , in the us everything is so huge, i mean the enchilada was 3x the size of a asian one, and double the size of an european one..

so maybe you start serving less food , paying your waiters more money so they are not paid less than a Chinese Worker !

and i think that most people agree to tip more on a smaller amount i.e > 50usd .

i am still shocked about th 2.13 usd .. is this true . can anybody confirm this?
if this is true i will tip change my tipping habits in the us. i thought that 10% if service is ok, 15% if service is good and 20% if service is exceptional is fine but if this is true i will tip more the next time i am in the us.

one thing i dont agree with is that some posters still think that the us system is better than the european system or the asian system.

so you have to pay tax in other countries for your meals. do you know why you dont get back your tax ? because you are eating the meal or drinking it, and what ever you leave of that wont be TAX FREE

but we have to pay tax too in the us.

i was not referring to the TAx but to the TIPs that you have to tip a lot because you dont have real social system. the american way, it might be wonderful for 10% , but 90% of the population are suffering...

and if in europe 10% service charge is included and you receive bad service you can just leave without tipping or round up a 99euro bill to 100euro.
in the us you would have a least tip 15% for the same or worse service.

if i receive bad service, i mean really bad service (even this guy earns 2.13 usd) it still is hard for me to accept that i have to pay 15% tip in the us...

but , if the 2.13 usd is true, well i will do my best to support your waiters in the future...

dp