Please Meet Me For An Emergency Social Tomorrow

[Matt Lawrence]

Dominic Thoreau wrote:
> On 16 February 2010 10:14, James Laver <london.pm at jameslaver.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:01:20AM +0000, Dominic Thoreau wrote:
>>     
>>> This is one of those things I'd like TV writers to stop with, please.
>>>
>>> Pubs with waiters? Hah!
>>>       
>> Or... LMC is from Portugal, where drinking establishments tend to have
>> waiters.
>>     
>
> Do they? Cool! I thought it was just American sitcoms...
>   
I remember getting some dirty looks in a French pub when we were sitting 
at a table but getting up to order at the bar. Apparently that's Not 
Done - we were cutting out the waiting staff and therefore costing them 
tips.

Matt