给小费的禁忌
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It's nice to go out for a meal at a restaurant. But what makes it extra special – apart from the food - is to receive attentive1 service from the staff. What can leave a bad taste in your mouth, though,is to be handed the bill and see that a service charge has been added. You're faced with the dilemma2 of deciding to pay it, and whether you should add a tip on top.
 
Putting your hand in your pocket to reward good service is a personal choice, but it also depends on where you are in the world. What is the norm in one city is not necessarily the norm in another. In some places a tip is expected; but in others, good service should be expected and ought to be included in the price.
 
Adding an optional service charge to your bill certainly makes paying a tip less awkward because there's no need to calculate the amount. But even though it's not compulsory3, you sometimes feel obliged to pay it. In the UK, where people tend to be too polite to complain, they might pay the service charge despite quietly complaining that the service they received was not up to scratch!
 
Choosing your own amount to tip may seem fairer, but should you pay it in cash or add it on to a credit card payment? And who will be the recipient4? If we are to pay extra, we want to know it goes to the person who deserves it and that it's not used as an alternative to paying someone a proper wage. In the UK in 2009, the law was changed after an outcry over staff being paid under the minimum wage and then topping up their wages with money they had earned in tips.
 
However, in the US it's still customary to leave a gratuity5 because tips often make up a substantial part of a server's income. Restaurant owner William Beckett told the BBC that in New York, for example, "There's a tacit pressure to tip. But theoretically you (could) just stand up and walk out. You don't. Everybody tips 20%."
 
Maybe we should follow Japan's approach, where tipping under any circumstance may seem rude because good service is standard and expected. Elsewhere, there are calls for restaurants to replace the tipping system with a so-called 'hospitality-included' charge – a single payment which covers both the meal and the service. This basically means, don't tip - the price you see on the menu reflects the full cost of dining. That might make receiving the final bill easier to swallow!


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1 attentive pOKyB     
adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的
参考例句:
  • She was very attentive to her guests.她对客人招待得十分周到。
  • The speaker likes to have an attentive audience.演讲者喜欢注意力集中的听众。
2 dilemma Vlzzf     
n.困境,进退两难的局面
参考例句:
  • I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.这件事使我进退两难。
  • He was thrown into a dilemma.他陷入困境。
3 compulsory 5pVzu     
n.强制的,必修的;规定的,义务的
参考例句:
  • Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗?
  • Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。
4 recipient QA8zF     
a.接受的,感受性强的 n.接受者,感受者,容器
参考例句:
  • Please check that you have a valid email certificate for each recipient. 请检查是否对每个接收者都有有效的电子邮件证书。
  • Colombia is the biggest U . S aid recipient in Latin America. 哥伦比亚是美国在拉丁美洲最大的援助对象。
5 gratuity Hecz4     
n.赏钱,小费
参考例句:
  • The porter expects a gratuity.行李员想要小费。
  • Gratuity is customary in this money-mad metropolis.在这个金钱至上的大都市里,给小费是司空见惯的。
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