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Reply ID 22966

I'm sure you could if requsted your details not passed on. Why who is it[:D]

Reply ID 22967

Phone up EHDC and ask for environmental health. They are based at Wallfields Hertford. Withold your telephone No by dialling 141 before the 01279 EHDC No.

Reply ID 22995

Thanks. It's somewhere I temped at waitressing over the weekend, a cockroach was seen in the staff room, a couple of doors from the kitchen area and a rat and several stray cats were seen in the car park. These were the only concerns, all food prep seemed to be above board, but I guess there may be soms storage issues if these pests are choosing the venue as a habitat. Plus, the management kept my tips so I'm really peed off with them.

Reply ID 22998

I think that you'll find that there are very often cats/rats/stray dogs hanging around eating establishments, usuallly far more to do with our rich, wasteful habits which lead to the bins being full of tasty titbits than any problems of hygeine within the establishment itself. Although the cockroach is a worry I think you may find that Environmental Health will not be too concerned with what is happening outside the establishment unless it could have a bearing on the situation within. Keeping your tips is, unfortunately, allowed in this country (see http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/nimmanual/NIM02943.htm). We need a law such as thy have in the United States (http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/nimmanual/NIM02943.htm). so that we, the customers, know that our tips are actually going to the person who earned them. Personally, I would be really annoyed if I gave a tip to a waiter/waitress only to find that it was going in to the managers pocket and not to the person who had earned it. Not giving a tip might be one option but would only harm the staff concerned, perhaps giving the tip as cash left on the table rather than adding it to the credit card bill would be the answer.

Reply ID 23013

If it were me I'd report it. Environmental Health can then decide whether it's worthy of further investigation.

Reply ID 23014

I have a policy of never putting tips on the bill, however it's paid. Any tip goes directly to the person who served me, in cash.

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Originally posted by Dusty
Keeping your tips is, unfortunately, allowed in this country (see http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/nimmanual/NIM02943.htm). We need a law such as thy have in the United States (http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/nimmanual/NIM02943.htm). so that we, the customers, know that our tips are actually going to the person who earned them. Personally, I would be really annoyed if I gave a tip to a waiter/waitress only to find that it was going in to the managers pocket and not to the person who had earned it. Not giving a tip might be one option but would only harm the staff concerned, perhaps giving the tip as cash left on the table rather than adding it to the credit card bill would be the answer.

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Reply ID 23016

Same here I always give it in person. It is after all a thankyou for their service.

Reply ID 23022

Thanks everyone and I agree - always leave cash tips!