io81

In the states its the law and compulsory to tip, ofcourse it depends on which state and as percentage wise, what i’m trying to say here is that we should all give tips, let me explain in simple numbers: If an  employee at Costa coffee gets a salary of 120kd, which they do and you ordered you american coffee and a muffin for 1.600kd,  keep the 400fils as a tip that would not look as much right, wrong! See if it was me who tiped then comes you and tip again then another and another. So if this barista, gets an average of 4kd per day, it will accumulate to 104kd per month (4 mutiplyd by 26 working days) Such an amount create a huge difference in the employees income and spending life style. We all know that most of the money goes back to their home countries but, if there income increase they will spend more here, and have a better life style. The barista total salary from 12okd jumped to 228kd because of your tips. Another thing, when they notice you tipping, next time you visit, you would get a better service, once they even memorized my order:) Even when paying by visa or ATM you can still tip, just add a 1.5kd in the bottom of the bill in writing and they will charge it to your credit card. One more thing, if you got charged a Service charge (chillies does that) of about 10% of your bill, this 10% is separated into 40 and 60 %, the 40% goes to the cooks and the 60% to waiters, this is in total calculated at end of business day. So tipping here is on your own desire.

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