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According to a cocktail waitress, how tipping

posted by Jason Kottke   Aug 17, 2005

According to a cocktail waitress, how tipping works in NYC bars is a little different than in restaurants. Tourists, particularly foreign ones, tip poorly, if at all, causing some wait staff to pad bar bills to get their tip that way. Another data point in the "is tipping good/bad?" debate, but I could have done without the sense of entitlement on the part of the author. (via tmn)

Slideshow of the making of Barcade, the

posted by Jason Kottke   Jul 10, 2005

Slideshow of the making of Barcade, the bar/arcade in Brooklyn.