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Spirits: Jefferson was a wine enthusiast (he left a hefty tab at the White House).
January Jones' portrayal of "Fat Betty" left a hefty mark on Season 5 of "Mad Men".
While tipping is not customary in China, many Westerners leave a small gratuity, no more than 10percentt.
Several histories of tipping trace it back to a practice adapted from Europeans, whose own history of tipping goes back to at least Tudor England, when overnight guests would leave a small gratuity (or vails) for the house servants.
Patrick Collinson, Dublin Restaurants Service ("bedienung" in German) and VAT are always included in your restaurant bill and waiters don't live on tips, but it is customary to leave a gratuity unless the service was poor.
Apparently they tip more frequently than any other of the nine nationalities surveyed, with 69% saying they always leave a gratuity when travelling overseas.
And when those patrons behave badly - if they are sexist, rude, or leave a too-small gratuity - wait staff looking for retribution have been known to post those receipts online.
In the tip section, instead of leaving a gratuity, the customer apparently wrote, "None n**ger".
Some ranches leave gratuities up to guests or suggest that they leave a 10%-15 10%-15to be shared by staff).
We were so disappointed that we departed without leaving a gratuity.
The poll, conducted by online restaurant booking service OpenTable, revealed that the 87 per cent of Britons always left a gratuity with average amount given being £4.18.
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