RE: [Goanet]Sterling Pound buys 85 Rupees.
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: We Brit Goans who have moved about, give at least 10 percent of the Bill in Restaurants, as a tip ! How about this for a suggestion to benefit the man on the street. If one was to consume a meal worth UK Pounds 50 (for two), you would give a 10% tip of UK Pounds 5. In Goa, for a similar meal, it would probably cost equiv. of UK Pounds 10. Instead of giving the waiter a tip of UK Pound 1, why not split the difference and give him a tip of UK Pounds 2.5? Surely, visitors from outside India can afford this, can't we? When I have my hair cut in Canada it costs me $12 PLUS a $2 tip i.e. ~ Rs. 490/- When I have my hair cut in Goa, it costs me Rs. 15 and no tip is expected. I give the guy Rs. 30 instead. If I gave any more I would not only embarass the barber but I would also look very foolish. 10% is just a guide. A tip is given not as a favour. If the service is reasonable to good a tip is deserved and should be paid. These people count on tips to subsidize poor wages - not only in Goa but also in more affluent countries. There is fine line, I know, but surely Goans from overseas can afford to give more in the form of tips in Goa. Tim de Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA
Re: [Goanet]Sterling Pound buys 85 Rupees.
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## - I wonder if R.Fernandes has indeed penned and posted this item? After the CM Manohar Parrikar responded to him in kind in the newspapers, isn't it appropriate for him to get back! Or does he need some patrakar to write for him? or remind us of the above? AlmeidaG(ji) As Remo would say, oh yes... we're grateful for the crumbs. Thanks! FN On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Gabe Menezes wrote RESPONSE: Hopefully, bigger tips? Lavish spending by U.K. Goans - thus helping the Goa economy. Intertaining family and friends, smiles all around; again filling the coffers of the Restaurant trade. It's called the trickle down effect - might take time to trickle down but it does work, believe me you. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
[Goanet]Sterling Pound buys 85 Rupees.
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Fred Noronha responded: As Remo would say, oh yes... we're grateful for the crumbs. Thanks! FN RESPONSE: While I am not enamoured towards the BJP and Parrikar; I do not think that Remo is in a position to criticize - re crumbs, as a recent post on this site indicated that he was quite happy to be subsidized for his birthday bash!! Hypocrite.!! Cheers, Gabe.
Re: [Goanet]Sterling Pound buys 85 Rupees.
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## As Remo would say, oh yes... we're grateful for the crumbs. Thanks! FN On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Gabe Menezes wrote: On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Gabe Menezes wrote The US$ is set to take further pounding. U.K. Residents have a nice holiday in Goa - buy 85 Rupees to the Stg in Margao. Fred Noronha, replied:- Spare a thought for what that means for the man on the road in Goa ;-) FN RESPONSE: Hopefully, bigger tips? Lavish spending by U.K. Goans - thus helping the Goa economy. Entertaining family and friends, smiles all around; again filling the coffers of the Restaurant trade. It's called the trickle down effect - might take time to trickle down but it does work, believe me you.
[Goanet]Sterling Pound buys 85 Rupees.
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## From: Frederick Noronha(FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet]Sterling Pound buys 85 Rupees. On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Gabe Menezes wrote The US$ is set to take further pounding. U.K. Residents have a nice holiday in Goa - buy 85 Rupees to the Stg in Margao. Fred Noronha, replied:- Spare a thought for what that means for the man on the road in Goa ;-) FN RESPONSE: Hopefully, bigger tips? Lavish spending by U.K. Goans - thus helping the Goa economy. Entertaining family and friends, smiles all around; again filling the coffers of the Restaurant trade. It's called the trickle down effect - might take time to trickle down but it does work, believe me you. For instance a taxi cost, for the day Rs1000 tip Rs200 - can't be bad for a days work? In fact Time and again I have heard that Goans/Indians are more generous than foreign tourists - yet at the Airport all the coolies rush to whites who give them a few coins or small notes. We Brit Goans who have moved about, give at least 10 percent of the Bill in Restaurants, as a tip ! cheers, Gabe.
Re: [Goanet]Sterling Pound buys 85 Rupees.
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Gabe Menezes wrote: The US$ is set to take further pounding. U.K. Residents have a nice holiday in Goa - buy 85 Rupees to the Stg in Margao. Spare a thought for what that means for the man on the road in Goa ;-) FN
[Goanet]Sterling Pound buys 85 Rupees.
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## The US$ is set to take further pounding. U.K. Residents have a nice holiday in Goa - buy 85 Rupees to the Stg in Margao. cheers, Gabe.
