Show tappin q in n europe the trouble over T tips i ps in in american hotels and restaurants would be largely obviated if the european system of percentages s prevailed hera no ko frenchman PA P pays A extravagantly for the e excellent meals he gets in taris but as every frenchman pays something g the waiter is satisfied all over europe it is the custom to give the waiter a gratuity amounting to one twentieth of the bin bill that he presents lie ile gets a five cent ceni tip for a one dollar meal here a man is often expected to pay a twenty five cent tip for a seventy five fent cent meal particularly when he gets in in a summer hotel in america the tips are large the returns indifferent in europe a small but fixed gratuity secures the best service the european waiter is not paid by the landlord ife he often pays for his place |