Tipping/Bribes When Going Out
 

Just read this older article...
Pocketful of Dough - Tips on Tipping: 2000s Archive : gourmet.com



I know it's not based in Vancouver, but is the similar effects of tipping culture here as well?

money talks man.

it especially ALWAYS works in big metropolitan type cities.

Dam I gotta try this at the macdonald downtown, shits always a line up!
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I won't mind doing it LOL, except Vancouver will never have a restaurant with a 2700 people waiting list.

I guess I don't go out often enough, or high class enough to ever need to tip to get a table.

RS meet, 40 people, we tip Antons to take over restaurant?

I always associate tipping with bribery, except tipping gets done after the deed is supposedly done.

I think Revscene can make a slightly more upscale choice than Anton's.

i haven't tried this to this extent, but i've slipped a 20 at joey's during the playoffs last year to get a table.

"we're fully booked, sorry."
*slips 20*
"let me see what i can do." 5 mins later i was being sat.

I would do this if i was on vacation or something. But i would never do this in Vancouver. Vancouver restuarants have alot of competition and good food out there. If ones that busy, its off to the other.

Tipping the Maitre D is no different than greasing ur way into a club which ive been guilty of doing multiple times.

Doesn't really happen in Vancouver. We have too many good restaurants for our population. Book a couple days ahead and you can get a reservation nearly anywhere. The only places that are trouble are the ones that don't take reservations.

Going to try this the next time I go to New York or Chicago.

RS Formal Night?

Oddly amusing with your current avatar. :fullofwin:

Totes gonna do this some day, I wanna feel like Frank Sinatra!

I'm not kidding. I love suiting up.
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Time to shake the dust off my suit.... Where is that thing anyways....

I did it at the Palazzo in Vegas and got an awesome upgrade in rooms.

Because tiger in suit

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I would too.

Trying to rent a boat on the august long weekend = bribing the guy at the front desk lol

A little cash goes a long way. That said, like many others have mentioned, there's not very many restaurants in vancouver that have huge lineups

This actually sounds awesome.

Gonna be trying this at Le Bernardin if my reservations don't go through :fullofwin: