Or why your Espresso costs that much.
Back in December 2015, Hannah C from North Yorkshire left an angry TripAdvisor review for Bennett’s Cafe and Bistro in High Petergate complaining that she was on a tight budget and still charged £2 for a cup of hot water and a slice of lemon.
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Would you bring your own food to a restaurant?
There are two, sometimes conflicting, rules in the restaurant business:
Tips. They have been the hot topic this week in the UK with major chains coming under fire for not passing on all – if any – of the discretionary service charge to the staff. There has been outrage in all quarters about this, and some dubious PR involving utilising the discretionary service charge to ensure a ‘living wage’. There have also been calls for the abolition of the tip in favour of a straight wage.
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