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Re:One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK) by pb7 on Thursday May 18, 2023 @02:21PM (#35992010)
>VAT is only 7.25% in California but then you have to add 15-20% in tips when you're out.

I don't know about the rest of the UK because I haven't been but most non-casual places in London charge an automatic 12.5% service charge. It's the same thing.

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Re:One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK) by EddieEngineers on Thursday May 18, 2023 @04:10PM (#35993427)
I'd tip at a restaurant but not at a pub. If people ask for a tip on the card machine I, being British, feel obligated to tip meaning I have to tip at weird places. For example I recently tipped at a cigarette stand in a casino in Las Vegas where all they did was sell a packet. I've even seen images on Reddit of people getting asked for tips at self service stations!

Another thing I didn't talk about is annual leave. Annual leave in the US is usually rubbish compared to European countries.

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