Can you ask to remove gratuity?

No. Customers cannot refuse to pay automatic gratuity since the payment is a service charge. Tips are optional and freely given by customers, but charges on the receipt from the restaurant itself are mandatory fees. Not paying the automatic gratuity is the same as not paying for the food.



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A gratuity (often called a tip) is a sum of money customarily given by a customer to certain service sector workers such as hospitality for the service they have performed, in addition to the basic price of the service.

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Unlike some countries you do not have to tip in the UK. However, there are some unsaid social rules about leaving a tip. For example, if you take a taxi it is normal practice to round up the fare to the nearest pound.

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That's often a tricky question for Brits, because tipping is still generally seen as optional. “Most people expect to tip when they have had a meal in a restaurant,” said Jane Pendlebury, the CEO of Hospa, an organization for hospitality industry workers.

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If you as the client have to go out of your way and back to the salon to fix something that should have been done during the original appointment, Hardges says tipping isn't necessary. “When I am fixing a mistake I made, I don't expect a tip and will in most cases refuse the tip,” Hardges says.

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