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Originally Posted by Geraldsh
Read some old books and watch some old movies and you’ll see that tipping was done prior to performance to ensure decent service. Tip the maître de to get a good table and so on.
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Bar tabs and tipping bar staff isn’t a thing here in the vast majority of places. So when I go to the bar for my first drink, I always finish my order with, “and a drink for yourself”. The server either puts one on the bill for him/herself or takes a few quid.
For the rest of the night I then tend to get served pretty fast.
I learnt this from working in a pub during my student days. If someone bought me a drink, I looked out for them for the rest of the night to make sure they got served quickly.