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OT: We're not in Kansas anymore, Berlin edition
Posted by FredW on 2016-07-11 00:23:54
So I've seen this twice, so it must be a thing in Berlin...

The other night when eating dinner, by bill had at the bottom -- in English -- "Tip not included in the bill" -- or words to that effect. The waiter was quick to take the bill with my money, which I thought was strange as well.

So last night at the bottom of the bill "Service not included" -- that stuck me as strange because I thought service was always included in Germany -- or is that a state by state thing. The smoking laws are more "liberal" here -- many, many smoking pubs.

But the interesting thing is I got a glimpse of the bill of the guy at the next table -- he was German it I didn't see anything similar -- in German or English -- on his bill.

So it looks like this may be a fairly widespread scan to get more money out of American tourists. It is kind of disappointing as the place last night (Salt N Bone) had good food and a decent beer list.
 
Followups:
   OT: We're not in Kansas anymore, Berlin edition by Gerhard Schoolmann on  2016-07-11 01:19:23
   OT: We're not in Kansas anymore, Berlin edition by Nick B. on  2016-07-11 04:00:57
     OT: We're not in Kansas anymore, Berlin edition by Nick B. on  2016-07-11 04:07:52
       OT: We're not in Kansas anymore, Berlin edition by Gerhard Schoolmann on  2016-07-11 05:04:58
         OT: We're not in Kansas anymore, Berlin edition by FredW on  2016-07-11 13:44:47
           OT: We're not in Kansas anymore, Berlin edition by FredW on  2016-07-11 13:56:55
   OT: We're not in Kansas anymore, Berlin edition by John Conen on  2016-07-11 15:01:32
             OT: We're not in Kansas anymore, Berlin edition by Nick B. on  2016-07-12 01:33:25
     OT: We're not in Kansas anymore, Berlin edition by Nick B. on  2016-07-12 01:34:50
       OT: We're not in Kansas anymore, Berlin edition by Barry on  2016-07-12 10:37:06
         OT: We're not in Kansas anymore, Berlin edition by Nick B. on  2016-07-13 00:52:41
           OT: We're not in Kansas anymore, Berlin edition by barry on  2016-07-13 09:58:52
             Ferienwohnung in Seigendorf near Hirschaid by Nick B. on  2016-07-14 00:44:52
               Ferienwohnung in Seigendorf near Hirschaid by Barry on  2016-07-14 01:28:05