https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/world/asia/25iht-phils.html

Imagine what all that tip money could have done for our nation’s schools, if only some of those gallivanting politicians had half a brain and a smidgen of decency.

MM, I’d also like to repost on my FB as link.

Mga tiga Quezon, hwag nyo ng iboto yang si Suarez, aba’y kayabang ay!

To the person who said that American service is bad and the food is rotten: either you haven’t lived there (I did for 40 years, BTW) or you have simply had bad luck. Usually, the service and food are both good.

Unlike in the Philippines, American food safety laws are enforced. A restaurant with filth problems gets shut down. Here, convenient payments to the right inspector keep even the worst offenders open.

And, while I’ve received very good service here in the Philippines, I’ve found that the staff at some higher-end restaurants can be rather snobbish. They act as if they’re doing you a favor merely by being there. They forget that it is the money that you bring and spend that provides their salaries.

I would rather eat at a simple carenderia with a friendly staff than be subjected to the boorish behavior of some pathetic waitress who thinks her HRM “degree” and her uniform at an expensive restaurant somehow puts her above us … and treats us that way.

I hear London is the next stop. This time please go to Wong Kei instead of The Ivy.