you some RealLife English that you can use at the restaurant

So we're going to learn not just the basic stuff but some phrases that I bet you did not learn at

school that natives use all the time now this will be useful whether you are

traveling living abroad or if you want to simply help some foreigners in your

own country and by mastering these phrases you will be sure that your

English is always top-notch when visiting a restaurant

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So, after this lesson what I recommend you do is watch this other lesson that we made

teaching you all the vocabulary you need next time you're at the airport by

having these two lessons together you will be really prepared for your next

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finish this video.

So one thing that can get foreigners into trouble when they visit the United States is not tipping

or simply not tipping enough.

Now a tip is the extra money that you leave at the

end of a meal to show your appreciation to the waiter or waitress for their good service.

now waiters wages the United States are

very low usually below minimum wage because most of their salary is expected

to come from what they earn from tips so this is also one of the reasons that you

often find excellent customer service in the United States.

In the United States, unless your service was really terrible or something went really wrong you

should tip at least 15% although some people believe that it's more correct to

tip more around 20% so a good rule of thumb if the service was just okay

during the meal then you could tip around 15% but if the service was

excellent then you could tip at 20% or you could even just average it out and

always tip 18% if you're traveling in the United States this is what I usually

do when I'm back home culturally speaking this will keep you out of

trouble when you visit the United States and really it's what's fair to the

waiter now on the menu you might see something like gratuity is included for

parties of six or more now gratuity is another word for tip and what this

basically means is that if you're in a large group they will automatically add

in the tip to your bill so if you see that the gratuity is already included

for a group then this means you don't need to add it in later when you get the

check you could even ask your waiter or waitress does this include gratuity now

if you visit the UK you don't have to worry quite as much if you go out with

two people then sometimes it can be customary to leave a couple pounds on

top of the bill but not everyone does it and if you are in a larger group usually

you'll leave more but probably not more than 10% so in order to be respectful

when you travel I highly recommend that before you go you actually research what

is customary to tip in that country and actually I'm really curious do you

tip in your country why don't you comment down below and

tell me where you're from and what is customary for tipping there.