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wren You'll not see nothing like the mighty wren!

Plan and LIVE our first European (ass) adventure in 2015! (read all 12 entries…)
yahoo!

Boss just approved my time off – 3 weeks in April!

Jun 15, 2012, 02:22PM PDT | 31 cheers


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♫ not ur kind of jin ♫

Yeah !

So happy for you :). Again, feel free to ask any questions.

Jun 15, 2012, 02:33PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 2 cheers

wren You'll not see nothing like the mighty wren!

Oh, I will!

I hear that April/May is a very nice time in Paris. :)

Jun 16, 2012, 05:41AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 2 cheers

♫ not ur kind of jin ♫

Quite my favourite as a matter of fact :). This year was a little odd meteorologically (an alternation of awfully rainy and somehow summerlike days) but it still felt spring-ey enough overall.

Jun 16, 2012, 12:00PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 2 cheers

wren You'll not see nothing like the mighty wren!

That's good to know!

I thought of a question while hiking yesterday. How do people in Paris handle tipping? I don’t want to inadvertently offend anyone by doing the wrong thing. :)

Jun 18, 2012, 07:31AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 4 cheers

♫ not ur kind of jin ♫

I've been thinking of that a lot recently too

for as I work in a touristic environment, what am I saying, the single most touristic environment around, it surprises me that after six months I only got tipped maybe twice (and that was because I went out of my way to be extra nice : ran after a client who had forgotten his credit card, let someone who was in a hurry use my personal toilet etc). However, you can be the rudest waiter in the worst restaurant serving the brokest person, it’s quasi-guaranteed that you’ll get a tip of some kind ! So lately I’m thinking : what is this cultural and arbitrary thing that makes us think a waiter should get a tip and not a cashier ?

Anyway, to answer your question, in Paris (and all of France), service is always included on the check (and it’s often crazy expensive anyway). I pretty much always leave a little something but that’s because I’m nice, or rather because I get that feeling that waiters feel entitled to get a tip and so I leave one because I care too much if they’ll hate me or something. But I’ve often seen friends of mine not leave a tip and, frankly, if you don’t feel like leaving one, it’s okay, you won’t see the person get offended, unless maybe they were really nice to you/really busy.

I just remembered this scene and Mister Pink says it all better than me :)

Jun 23, 2012, 05:54PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

Mr. Pink! - wren
Untitled - ♫ not ur kind of jin ♫
thanks for that article! - wren
In the UK - snowleopard
That's good to know, - wren
Local customs - Spatz
interesting... - wren
Untitled - Turandot
Untitled - Spatz
Tipping the taxi driver in the U.S. - wren

OtterGirl537 verve; integrated

Tipping

Most Europeans don’t tip. There’s a standard value added tax of about 20% already added in.

Jun 24, 2012, 05:52AM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

JWillow is 50 and is on her way home to Australia! :-(

Yeeha!

That’s great news Wren, now you know you’re really on your way! :-)

Jun 15, 2012, 06:57PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 3 cheers

wren You'll not see nothing like the mighty wren!

That's right!

I’m very excited!

Jun 16, 2012, 05:42AM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

Carm

Yay

I’m so excited for you Wren! Congratulations on getting the time off approved. Ever since high school when my French teacher installed in me a love for France and Paris I’ve dreamed of going someday. The finances are not there for us now but I still hope to make it. In the meantime I am enjoying so much sharing your adventure via your entries and everyone’s helpful comments as you plan.

Jun 16, 2012, 10:50AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 6 cheers

wren You'll not see nothing like the mighty wren!

thanks, Carm!

This has also been a dream of ours for a long time, too. I’m glad you enjoy hearing about it. It is really fun making plans.

Jun 16, 2012, 07:05PM PDT | Respond to this 5 cheers

itsasecret

wow 3 weeks in Europe

Don’t forget to bring your 43friends something back =:-)

Jun 16, 2012, 05:30PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

wren You'll not see nothing like the mighty wren!

yeah, I know...

you want one of those t-shirts. ;)

Jun 16, 2012, 07:05PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 2 cheers

itsasecret

How did you ever guess?

ROTFL

Jun 16, 2012, 07:41PM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

Lisa forgot completely about NaPoWriMo!

I have been away for awhile

and feel curious about the word ‘ass’.:) Please explain?

Jun 18, 2012, 08:08AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 2 cheers

wren You'll not see nothing like the mighty wren!

This developed quite a long time ago

when it was discovered that use of profanity in a goal title prevented the goal from being searchable & showing up on Google. I thought it was amusing and useful to add the word “ass” to everything. Especially in the case of ass-dogs.

Jun 18, 2012, 08:33AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 10 cheers

A Staggering Rat of Heartbreaking Something or Other "Oor Ratty. Your Ratty. A'body's Ratty."

Ass-Dogs

have their very own genre of poetry.

In Paris, tipping usually is not customary. A service fee is added to the bill automatically.

Jun 18, 2012, 09:19AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 5 cheers

wren You'll not see nothing like the mighty wren!

I thought that was the case

but wanted to check it out with a local just to be certain.

Jun 18, 2012, 10:20AM PDT | Respond to this 5 cheers

La Femme Flâneuse (aka BeeQ)

Yay!

I am excited about your trip…..yippee!

Jun 18, 2012, 05:43PM PDT | Respond to this 4 cheers


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