Why are commuter flights so expensive?

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:14:30 GMT, C Kingsbury wrote:

When I worked for a European company I frequently went out for meals with
senior managers visitng from Germany, the UK, etc. We'd spend $385 on dinner
at a steakhouse where you had a waiter, a busboy, and a sommelier serving
the table and they'd sign the credit card slip for $400. At a Chili's-type

*hehe*
yep, in Europe most likely you don't calculate a percentage as a tip but
more likely you round up the total. And I don't like the idea of *expected*
tipping - even as part of their income. Let the boss pay their wages (even
if this would mean to raise the prices on the menue). I generally only tip
if the service was more than average (friendly and prompt service is part
of the job and is expected).

most likely (my personal experience) the staff at any establishment I've
been so far in the US mostly doesn't deserve any tip at all. They (mostly)
have no knowledge of their job and work this job only besides their college
or whatever. All they can say is "Haa-aiiiiiiii, my name is Janine, and I
am you waitress for tonight - our special for today is ..." and then she
serves the plates with her fingers right beside the food. Disgusting.
[yeah, generalised; there sure are well trained waiters out there in the
US]

place the waitress would be lucky if she got more than change for a dollar.
After the second or third time I gave up trying to explain "American
customs" to them, after all, they were my bosses. The last time we went to
the Palm I thought the waiters were going to jump us on our way out they
were so mad. It was a sign of things to come as the US office failed in
large part because these guys refused to understand that the American market
did not function the same as the European one and they needed a different
strategy.

You're right, the American market follows different rules than the European
market (different values, resulting in different ways for marketing a
placing a product in the market, ...).

#m

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