Brits Try HOOTERS for the First Time!

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[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

I didn’t know there were Hooters in Canada

[@spanishdncr71]

It was probably the alcohol that made your meal so much more expensive. Alcohol in the states is very expensive in comparison to England. I imagine it is the same in Canada In the states now you will find most restaurants have the different tip amounts at the bottom of the receipt and it often starts at 18%, sometimes 16%. I feel that is the way restaurant owners are giving their staff a raise by making the customer feel obliged to increase the amount of their tip. At diners I tip 20% as it amounts to very little extra, but at a restaurant I’ll tip 15% if the service is slow or the waitress makes mistakes or if the food is just not that good. Otherwise, I’ll tip 18% upwards as wait service in restaurants is a commission based job and wait staff get paid roughly $2 an hour and the rest they have to make up for in tips. I don’t know what it’s like in Canada, but it’s really bad in America. Whenever I go home to England for a visit nowadays I always over tip at restaurants and waiters and waitresses just love me!! 🤣🤣 I know I shouldn’t do it as it sets a bad precedence, but it always takes me a few shocked faces as to my generosity before I realise I’m tipping too much. 🙊

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

@@spanishdncr71 I’m Québécois and when I tipped my usual way in France the server literally thought I saw her as like a you know s/x worker. Like idk the waiters thought I was tipping for their looks and hoped for more?🤣 poor thing

[@santoshnarayana7879]

You guys should go to Denny's, You can see it in the background at 10:55 in the video. They also have 1 location in the u.k. as well.

[@tomheinrichs7058]

Refills. In the States I have found that wait staff seem to judge their own work by amount of free refills they give. So one refill 10% tip , two refills 15% tip , etc. Whereas in Canada they seem to judge their service with greatest amount of quality service with least amount of interference. So wait staff are use to being signalled. Raise your hand, get their attention. Ask for refill or tell them your order is wrong it gets changed. Once food is delivered to table it is yours. They don’t take away because it’s just bad policy to have people wondering what they did to it. Did you give it to someone else? Gross. Or did you simply throw it out? In which case customer is wondering why did you waste all that food? If customer leaves. They just have thrown out cold instead of hot. Mushroom Head. Please tell me you guys have “Mario Cart” in the U.K.? Tipping in Canada is normally 10-20%. You were however in Hooters. So it’s typically more. Now speaking as Heterosexual Male who has been in Hooters a few times. Judging simply by what I saw when you filmed waitress. You were not being given the typical service. The typical service usually involves lots of stretching and increased opportunities to view down the blouses of the wait staff. Typically there is also a long wire that the wait staff place the order on the end of. Then yell out order. Then stretch and bounce and send order down wire. Well you get the picture. Had it been two gentlemen. The waitress would have hung around (over?) the table more. You will maybe not have noticed but no tables look up to wait staff. All tables are tall. So that when wait staff approach’s you can look into blouses of staff.

[@kimwilliams8834]

You guys complaining about the 15% tip have to remember that in Toronto the servers are making $13 an hour. So that 15% is actually quite nice.

[@krystlemurphy8514]

Oh! I didn’t realize that! Nice :)

[@terryomalley1974]

Actually, just on Tuesday, the Ontario government announced that minimum wage was being raised to $15/hour.

[@mileitman]

@@terryomalley1974 including for restaurant and bar staff

[@profanepersonality]

In America (US), they only make between two and three dollars per hour, so waitresses rely soley on tips for their pay.

[@kimwilliams8834]

Believe me I know. When I was in college ( a million years ago) I waited tables for $2.13 an hour. My tips were good so it evened out. On a good night I’d bring home $80

[@kevinraney2935]

It's a sports bar y'all. Nothing more nothing less.

[@Maria_Erias]

About 15 years ago, I was sent off to manager training at Nyack, New York in December. A blizzard blew in and socked the entire area in a couple feet of snow. The Holiday Inn where they'd put all of us trainees up was on the very edge of town, atop a hill at the end of a lonely, empty road. At the bottom of the road, within easy walking distance (even with the snow) was a Hooters. About 5-6 of us trainees went down there. We were the only customers there, and the only staff was one Hooters girl and the bartender/manager. So she brought out a deck of Hooters cards, and we all played with her and the manager for a good 2-3 hours, never having anyone else come in the door. He kept making up plates of wings and bringing us pitchers of beer, and at the end of the night, I think it only cost all of us like $20 each. It was a great time, and ever since then, I've always really enjoyed Hooters.

[@Taunic]

That sounds amazing. I'm sold!

[@karenwilkins3323]

Just a heads up in the US 15%-20% is a normal tip. The wait-staff only gets paid around 2 dollars an hour so they rely on the tips to make money. I personally tip more if my bill is small. So if I only spend 15 dollars at a restaurant I'll leave at least a 5 dollar tip.

[@pppmanly]

I don't like that system that we have in North America. Employers should pay their service staff a decent living wage and not put most of that burden unto customers who patronize their business. Tips should be added bonus from customers for great service.

[@americathebeautifulforever9746]

@@pppmanly Then the price of food will have to double like it is in Europe.

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

@@americathebeautifulforever9746 it’s double in Europe because of IMPORTS _from_ North America. 🤣

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

@@pppmanly Canada: Allow me to introduce myself

[@cijmo]

$2/hr? Where? Waitstaff get paid pittance for what they have to put up with but $2/hr?

[@CoolBeansKam]

Dasani (pronounced Duh-saw-nee in the states) is collectively the most hated water brand lol

[@Shay2theT]

Right? I remember seeing memes when Covid first hit of empty store shelves of water with loads of Dasani and nothing else. Lol "We'd rather die of thirst than drink it. Thanks tho, Coca-Cola."

[@vabeachkevin]

Really? It’s my preferred water brand.

[@timnewman1172]

Yes, it is bad. Also, avoid Nestle's because of their corporate practices...

[@SuperDrLisa]

Nope Da-sah-ni

[@Westpark16]

True story🇺🇸

[@mikeluka5225]

Watching lia try to eat shrimp with a fork is the least American thing I’ve ever witnessed

[@JustsJordan]

How else would you eat it😭

[@michaelmacdermott6340]

@@JustsJordan fingers, always fingers. Fried shrimp is finger food! Anything fried and not in a bun for that matter is finger food. Or your not an American.

[@johnthomas2485]

@@JustsJordan Fried shrimp, or any shrimp tail on is a finger food.

[@Maria_Erias]

I don't know. I once watched a lovely older Japanese couple eat fried chicken with a knife and fork, because "that's how Americans eat"!

[@michaelmacdermott6340]

@@Maria_Erias no we don't that's finger food.

[@billbrasky1288]

I usually go 15% for basic service, 20% for good service, and 25% for exceptional service.

[@megdann07]

Tips, at least in the US, usually range 15%-20%. Unless they were downright rude/unaccommodating you’d always tip at least 15%. 15% is usually on the low side and reflects the service you received. Average good tip is about 18% and a really good server who goes above and beyond (checking on you, clearing plates, good attitude, refilling your drink without having to ask) would earn closer to 20% or more. This should also always be based on pre tax amounts. Never tip on the full bill total but on the cost of the actual food/drink. As someone said before, their wages are much lower than minimum wage and they rely on tips as their bread and butter.

[@blueboy4244]

of course the wait person recognized they were foreigners on vacation and expected little to nothing in the way of a tip - so 15 percent was very good

[@trippyerinsd]

Gosh, I worked at Hooters a million years ago in the 90’s. We never had a moment to lounge, very busy, and honestly so much side work at that place. I think you two ordered well to get the experience! I’m craving curly fries dipped in Buffalo sauce now. 🥰

[@matkins3484]

It is the off season for Niagara Falls plus covid

[@huh4tofpv384]

In so remember going on any day. PACKED wall to wall.. and I LOVE the keylime pie..🥰😍🤩😍🥰😍🥰

[@kevinloving3141]

What ..do... you...mean...by...side work?

[@michaelmullard4292]

Sambuca in a shot of espresso is perfection! A caffè corretto, especially after dinner.

[@jlpack62]

Watching you two walk down the street after eating, and seeing you pass one American branded business after the other, all I could think about was a Canadian trying to convince you that they are nothing like Americans.

[@actionjackson3807]

They went to the most touristy area they aren't really experiencing the real Toronto

[@tanyamckinnon5376]

How true

[@mayloo2137]

Toronto is a big city. Depends on where you walk. There doesn't need to be a Canadian store everywhere.

[@mileitman]

@@mayloo2137 unless it's an Aldo, Lululemon or Aritzia

[@mayloo2137]

@@mileitman no Timmy's?

[@msbeaverhausen7226]

Frank's Buffalo sauce is the best! For real "Canadia", you need to go to Swiss Chalet and order their quarter chicken, white meat with fries and extra sauce. Ask for the chicken to be a little well done, the skin tastes better when it is charred.

[@BoxsterBox2164]

Agree. Buffalo sauce is the best. I think it’s better than barbecue sauce.

[@billcole3669]

Joel won’t eat chicken skin. It seems a shame to me, but to each his own.

[@msbeaverhausen7226]

@@billcole3669 I like to dine with those who won't eat skin or pickles, all the more for me!!

[@jeanbennett202]

I've never been to a Hooters restaurant, so I can't comment on their food, but I have bought their Buffalo wings sauce from the grocery store. It was fine, no greater or worse than other wing sauces I've tried. Speaking of grocery stores, when you guys do your food shop in Orlando if there's a Publix near the Wood's home perhaps you could do a video reacting to the UK section of their international aisle. The one at my local Publix also contains a few products from Ireland and Australia.

[@SherriLyle80s]

Go to Denny's next for Breakfast. It's usually a late night or hangover cure spot. Decent food. No thrills.

[@americathebeautifulforever9746]

Denny's or IHOP

[@mileitman]

Cora's

[@dixiecyrus8136]

NOPE!! AWFUL WAFFLE HOUSE 🤣🤣 Chit will go down in a WAFFLE HOUSE late night🤣🤣🤣

[@pmaigotthat7211]

Terrible food no frills

[@weaponizedglitter69]

Booboo I got food poisoning only once. Thanks Denny's

[@mitchellbarker9368]

As an American, I believe Hooters' cuisine would be classified as "bar food." Simple, tasty, greasy, and good sized portions. Although, in my opinion, a little pricey for what it is.

[@joeees7790]

I don't think it's fair of you to insult bar food like that.

[@pauld6967]

A fair description of the food Mitchell but for me that isn't important. When I go to Hooters it is for the eye candy provided by the waitresses.

[@degausserrr]

gotta pay the tiddy tax

[@cablehogue599]

The food tastes very gross at hooters. Fried slop

[@yonas2828]

You pay for the view. And it's worth it. 😂😂😂

[@leonidasreviews2912]

A 15% tip is perfectly acceptable in Canada. Free refills are a thing in Canada, as long as it does not come in a bottle.

[@shaydshani]

Right they just didn't ask and complained about service. Nevermind we're still in a pandemic and they weren't wearing masks even with the vaccine.

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

My experience shows a difference in how tips are handled between the US and Canada. In the US, they take your credit card to the register, then bring back a receipt to write the tip on and sign. In Canada, they bring a credit card-reading device to the table, and it usually allows you to push a button for the percentage that you want to add as tip. This is available at some US restaurants where you pay at the register rather than the table.

[@mspfinney]

I’ve had a really bad day and this video made me laugh out loud. Thank you for raising my spirits! I’ve only gone to Hooters once when it opened up in the Mall of America, the largest shopping mall in America. You are so right. It was fine for what it was. Food was average. Wasn’t interested in the girls but amazed at the “uniforms” they were required to wear. I’m happy you are having a good time on your trip. Maybe some day you can come to the state of Minnesota and we can show you around. The Mall of America is amazing. It has its own amusement park inside along with its own Police department, wedding chapel, college, post office and a wonderful and huge aquarium all inside an enclosed building.

[@terryomalley1974]

Here's a little interesting tidbit about the Mall of America. Its owners are a Canadian company, based in Edmonton, Alta, where they also own the West Edmonton Mall, which also has all the same stuff--indoor skating rink, roller coaster, etc.

[@crinkle2649]

No, they just let you keep the wrong food unless you want them to remove it. They have to throw it in the garbage so if someone at the table wants to go ahead and eat it it's better than putting it in the garbage can

[@electronics-girl]

Depends on the restaurant. Panera Bread is very strict about that.

[@robertgifoy3390]

One of your best videos.Lively.Thank You J&L.

[@mileitman]

Just drink tap water! Also, in Niagara Falls, you were minutes away from Buffalo. Finally, when you pay by card, the tip is on top of the tax (HST like VAT), so 15% is more like 18%.

[@p0pp4]

It's not "fine dining", it's a "Breastaurant". Also, the sodium in the water is so you "DRINK MORE OF THE PRODUCT".

[@marutakelers1856]

Ahoy the Brits abroad! I used to live in Buffalo, so learned the secret sauce: Frank's RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce heated up and mixed with melted butter. Yes, it really is that simple. Enjoy!

[@sandrajewitt6050]

We do free refills in Canada.

[@jeffliggett1]

I was in a Hooters restaurant in Nebraska.A group of Moms were hosting a 10 year old boys birthday party.The boys seemed happy and shocked at the same time!

[@MisterChrisInTheUK]

Hooters in Nottingham is extremely popular, as you might imagine. It always surprises me that there aren't more branches in the UK.

[@yreshetn]

Loved this video :)

[@hotmail305]

Love you guys !!! Love the banter lol😆😆😆

[@waycoolscootaloo]

They're in Canada, but the whole area around them is literally filled entirely with US based hotels and restaurants. I think it's safe to say that the US has invaded Canada after all. LOL! 😂

[@treblehead79]

We neeeeed you, though. Give us some sensibility and politeness.

[@ChattieCathie]

I love that the Canadian side of Niagara Falls has all American restaurants. Its the only way I can get my Dennys fix. I also always stay at the Howard Johnson next door when Im there. They should have went to the Hooters in Toronto. More exciting lol

[@michaelwatt9401]

85% of Canada's population lives within 100 miles of the US border.

[@marklouis1890]

Exactly

[@JeepersCreepers2013]

Yeah but Tim Hortons is making some appearances. I used to work for a company HQ'd in Sweden. I went over for some training and you take a train from the airport to the city center. I was starving so at the train station I looked around for something to eat. What did I see immediately? KFC and Pizza Hut. The next day at work I looked out of the office window and across the road was a house with a big confederate flag (they were into NASCAR apparently) . Running on the television every evening... Knight Rider

[@denguy7]

I love it when you guys try to imitate the Canadian/American accent. Best part of the video. "Paaarma-zjehn". Hilarious.

[@karenschafer2827]

While traveling on the panhandle of Florida at the end of August one year, we found ourselves in a town that had already closed down for the tourist season. There was only one restaurant open and it was Hooters. Neither I nor my husband had ever been to one and we were dubious but very hungry. We chose burgers because what could be so bad about them. We were so pleasantly surprised at the quality of the food. And our waitress was a sweet young girl. I would go back to one (but not on a Friday or Saturday nite!)

[@chrisygirl1234]

I actually really like thier wings. Its not just thier sauce I like but the way they fry them

[@potownrob]

You might be the first people I’ve ever seen to not get wings at Hooters. If you know what to get, Hooters can be above average.

[@MichaelScheele]

J&L, since you went to Niagara Falls on the Canadian side, you could have gone to Buffalo, NY, the originator of Buffalo wings. Hence the name "Buffalo". It's a hot sauce with varying recipes depending on the restaurant or maker. Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY, is the originator of Buffalo wings. Hooters was one of the earlier restaurant chains to feature Buffalo wings and not just have them as an appetizer. Later chains would increase expectations of wing quality. They did not retain the Hooters gimmick of buxom waitresses as the main reason to go.

[@earthnatureart2778]

These vlogs are my FAVORITE 💯🤗✨

[@brentwoodbay]

I prefer them to the live ones!

[@crystalstevens4638]

Lia, you are the first person I ever knew to order the seafood at Hooter's 😂😂😂 It's more about the wings & burgers (typical bar food)

[@davidhunt6508]

Wings, chicken breast sandwich, shrimp, just about anything coated in their sauce is great.

[@johnp139]

THEY always do that. Go to White Castle and order a fish sandwich. Go to McDonalds and order a pizza. Go to Ruth’s Steak House and order shrimp cocktail.

[@mikeluka5225]

I’d disagree. The shrimp are a big deal at hooters

[@wenonahculpepper9444]

Lowkey their seafood is the best thing on the menu. I've never had bad seafood at hooters.

[@maryyiu2151]

HI Joel & Lia, I like this video because I like the food, YUMMY!

[@mallorymorrison4001]

Buffalo is a city in NY, where chicken wings were first made. "Buffalo Sauce" in actual Buffalo is just Frank's hot sauce and butter (typically a liquid butter alternative)

[@terryomalley1974]

Trivia question: do you know the name of the establishment that actually invented chicken wings in Buffalo? Answer: The Anchor Bar, in 1964.

[@krystlemurphy8514]

Funny you brought up the no free refills thing. I never thought of that as a blanket Canadian thing. When my husband I are were 19ish, we went to a fancy restaurant in Toronto and kept ordering Cokes thinking refills were free. When we saw the bill, we were like oh crap!

[@terryomalley1974]

Most fast food places in Canada, like McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, etc., offer free re-fills. But, with sit down restaurants like Hooters, it's a hit or miss thing. Some do, some don't.

[@umaiar]

I've never had a complaint about their food, they're basically a typical sports bar. Of course they're known for their uniforms, but that's apparently out the window for Halloween.

[@incogneter]

the way Joel is pronouncing Dasani has completed my life

[@elisha41111]

It's a while since I've watched your videos. I've missed watching your videos so I'm back 😊

[@gordonklug]

Haha! Awesome video! Thanks!

[@corrinenolan344]

Lmao Lia "hootaz" 🤣

[@johnley5200]

I'm not big on Buffalo sauce on anyting. I understand Hooters is famous for their wings? Also I think customary tipping is about 20%. I'll start at 20% and if it was really good that I'll tip more if it was bad then I'll drop down to 15 or so. Was fun to watch you guys there. Enjoying all the videos on this trip.

[@americathebeautifulforever9746]

Bad service is 10% Average 15% Excellent 20% Superior 25%

[@3DJapan]

I don't know about Canada but in the US 15% is the standard, 20% if it's really good.

[@shawnmarie459]

15% - 20% is "regular" in the US. Giving 15% is NOT considered being a cheapskate.

[@brentwoodbay]

@@americathebeautifulforever9746 What a sucker! Bad service is nowt!

[@johnp139]

Tip inflation…

[@mikeluka5225]

15% is the bare minimum. If you make decent money 15% is borderline a way of saying service sucked. 20% is average 25%+ for great service or just feeling generous

[@johnp139]

Not if the servers are ALREADY making minimum wage.

[@ryanawilson8549]

Surprisingly good food. Love the fried pickles.

[@esmaelgonzales6250]

Amen to all tippers! And to think that in San Diego, there were restaurants that refused to allow workers to receive tips! Course, they never saw our faces there ever again. Every Hooters we ate at had the most grand waitresses! And, yes, they received grand tips from us! Well deserved!

[@ritaa1359]

Doesn’t mean there earn a good wage

[@magoogies91]

I can confirm I have never been to a Hooters. But interesting info, I believe that Adam Sandler has his own booth at a Hooters in near Atlanta, GA. 😅

[@waynebender8835]

I prefer going to Beef O Brady. For a burger 5 Guys. As for the Buffalo Seasons chicken. It's called Buffalo; because it originally came out of Buffalo NY. Two local Buffalo NY restaurants claimed that they started.

[@georgephillips3625]

The original Hooters is in Clearwater Florida on SR 60. They have finally remodeled it. If you go to Clearwater Beach Florida there's a seafood restaurant across the street near the round-about.

[@TimSmith-uc4pk]

The very first and original Hooters is still open and operating in Clearwater Fla. And Hooters is a franchise business which would explain the employees.

[@javiervalverde628]

I remember Hooters have a nice chicken sandwich but also it’s fun to 👀. 😂

[@cynthiagrubbs2660]

Thanks, I've been curious about Hooter's.

[@jamesmarach7250]

The first Hooters was on Gulf Blvd. Clearwater Florida.

[@TheNerdistheWord]

Hooters definitely has the best wings I’ve ever had. Before covid, we would do our fantasy football draft at hooters and it’s the best food/beer etc. and I’m a a straight female 🤣

[@angietyndall7337]

In the U.S. tips help as the wage is crap,so waitresses depend BIG TIME on tips,which is 15-20% of the total bill.

[@belkyhernandez8281]

That place looked empty but every Hooters I have seen and been to is full of all kinds of people, not just straight men.

[@edgarpryor3233]

The last time I went to Hooters we ended getting twice the amount of food we ordered because they messed up our orders, pretty sure our waitress got fired while we were there also. I've been to Hooters 3 times, once with a teacher on a highschool trip, once on my honeymoon, and the last time with my Father in Law and a friend.

[@x.jessica.lynn.88]

Refills drinks are a thing in Canada but because of COVID some places are not doing it

[@kevinoberbroekling4785]

You both are cracking me up!

[@ernie828]

I lived in Montreal for a year and yes they do charge for refills. The only places that didn't charge for refills seem to be the fast food restaurants.

[@kevinstonerock3158]

I didn’t realize you already had a hooters experience video so I suggested a couple things in another one. Even though Luzienne is specially blended for iced tea I wouldn’t be surprised if it was excellent for hot tea as well. It’ll always be my favorite iced tea. If you like dessert I wish you would have tried their key lime pie. Even though I like their chocolate cake I get the key lime because there’s almost no place else that has it quite like it.

[@kazsouder90]

I don’t know exact when it changed or if it was just where I live but 10% tip was standard until about 10 years ago

[@brianlopez96]

I can tell that Lia is enjoying the view😮‍💨👌🏻

[@Estenberg]

You two are very fun to watch.

[@becketpanfil8226]

Very ironically, you were right down the road from the original Buffalo sauce at Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY (hence the name) just over the border! Not the best in town, but the original definitely deserves respect. Here we don't call it 'Buffalo' sauce or Buffalo wings though, we just call them wings and order mild, medium, or hot. Getting Buffalo sauce anywhere out of town is just not the same

[@georgephillips3625]

If you go to that seafood restaurant you should try the Grouper sandwich, it's so delicious.

[@joeydemitro8976]

I HAD BEEN TO HOOTERS BEFORE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE AND ALL THE HOOTERS RESTAURANT TOO IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE

[@americathebeautifulforever9746]

Hooters is from Clearwater Florida!

[@buffirice2265]

We used to take our kids it was great. They have the best food but you havent had the best they have unless you have had the buffalo shrimp.

[@chelseaseim7033]

In Grand Island, Nebraska we have a local sports bar named “Balz” and they sell tshirts that say lWho needs Hooters when you’ve got Balz?”

[@TangentOmega]

The wrong order is just going to be thrown away, anyways, so it's better customer service for you to keep the food. Depending on the restaurant, many servers prefer tips over hourly pay. $100 an hour during dinner service is not unusual for an upper midrange restaurant, or a touristy one.

[@ElleS572]

$100.00 an hour???? 😲😲😲

[@verilian4025]

I don’t know about Canada, but I can say in Texas with our low minimum wage, under 20% means you thought the service was bad or didn’t like the waiter/waitress.

[@americathebeautifulforever9746]

Nope 15% is for Average service, 20% for Excellent service.

[@EricaGamet]

@@americathebeautifulforever9746 Never tip less than 20%... and if the service was bad and you didn't let anyone know or see if the management could make it right, then maybe 15%. Since lockdowns and such, anything less than 25% right now for dine-in is a dick move.

[@johnp139]

@@EricaGamet STOP encouraging TIP INFLATION!!! It is built into regular inflation since it is a percentage.

[@MKelly-pm1np]

I've never heard anyone pronounce Dasani like that, you guys are a funny. We pronounce it "Da-Saunni" and your're right, people dont love it over here, it has a weird after taste.

[@mitchellbarker9368]

20% is considered standard tipping in the U.S. Some people start at 20% and go up or down from there, depending on the service. I personally always tip 20% at any sit-down restaurant, as long as I believe the server was at least making a good effort. If the waiter or waitress goes above and beyond, then I will tack on a little extra. This is commonly known etiquette, especially among food servers or friends and family of servers, as many times tips are factored into their overall wages, meaning the are payed much less hourly than most jobs, because of tips. The idea is that, if you can't afford to leave a proper tip, then you shouldn't have rang up that large of bill.

[@raymonddagostino6118]

"Hooteriest!" This has got to be a word that I adopt! 👍

[@Redwingsfan210]

Free refills are also a thing in Canada

[@charliereeley7115]

so good to see uk getting hooters cos those american cousins of minecant be having all the fun all the time

[@moemoe211]

20% is the norm in America. Anything less is frowned upon. The service industry needs to do better for waitstaff.

[@americathebeautifulforever9746]

15% is Normal, 20% is for Excellent service

[@moemoe211]

@@americathebeautifulforever9746 there’s no way that you’re going to convince me that 15% is an acceptable amount to tip somebody in today’s economic climate.

[@kagmille]

@@moemoe211 I agree. I pay 20% standard. I only pay 15% if the service wasn't as good as expected. I pay 25% for excellent/above and beyond service.

[@vodriscoll]

@@moemoe211 it depends on where you live. I live in upstate NY in a rural area and 15% is standard because our standard of living and our wages are lower than in big cities.

[@ZippityDont]

Baloney 15% is the vast standard

[@santoshnarayana7879]

You guys should go to Denny's, You can see it in the background at 10:55 in the video. They also have 1 location in the u.k. as well.

[@jeanettes2170]

Love Buffalo sauce and blue cheese dressing or crumbles on a chicken sandwich. BTW 15% tip is average in the US but during Covid I’ve been tipping 20-25% because service jobs were not paying well and restaurants were shutting down because they didn’t have servers. I know it shouldn’t be on the customers back to make up for the lack of payment to their employees but I feel bad for them.

[@grayblanchard]

In Canada, 15% is adequate , although I would tip higher. In the US, States vary widely. In Texas where I worked as a waiter for 30 years, most restaurants paid the US tipped minimum of $2.13 an hour. For me, My income was almost solely based on tips . And most people in Austin understood that and tipped much higher than 15% . Many tipped 25 to 30% especially on low tabs.

[@youp9546]

Hooters, Days Inn, Denny's, Courtyard by Marriott, Starbucks, Howard Johnson's - are we sure they're in Canada???

[@americathebeautifulforever9746]

Half the businesses in Toronto are American chains.

[@terryomalley1974]

Believe it or not, we have, and have had, virtually all the major US retail and restaurant chains for decades. In fact, many American multinationals consider Canada to be part of the domestic market. We drive the same kind of cars, our suburbs and houses pretty much look the same as American houses and suburbs. Truth is, most things that Americans think are uniquely American aren't, they're equally available in Canada too, because it's actually a one giant North American market and popular culture.

[@terryomalley1974]

@@americathebeautifulforever9746 At least half, probably most. It's the same all over Canada.

[@johnp139]

Eh?

[@mileitman]

@@terryomalley1974 plus Niagara Falls is hardly representative of Canada, in general.

[@JackTheGiantOne]

After watching videos for a few months. I’ve just realized through a video about hooters, that these two are best friends and Joel is the GBF not the BF I’m shook.

[@remharri85]

15% is low - I tip 20% for good service and because of the times we're living in, if the service is really good I've been tipping 25%. I don't mind being generous during these times as it's hard finding people to even show up.

[@vodriscoll]

Canadian servers make more money than here in the US. Not sure about the province of Ontario but in Quebec taxes come to 15.5% so French Canadians tip the amount of the tax. Where I live in New York State, tax is 8%, so most people double the tax.

[@HeartOfHippie]

I like Hooters chicken wings, I’m 62 woman. Straight. Used to go for lunch hour, close by.

[@kenyonmoon3272]

I would say it is 50/50 whether the restaurants leave the wrong item and you can have both, provided the mistake is clearly not someone just gaming the system. Often they will ask if you want it removed or keep (or to go) but not always. At least in the US, though ime Canada is similar on that count.

[@johnp139]

What do you expect them to do with the wrong food?

[@kenyonmoon3272]

@@johnp139 I imagine most would toss it if the customer doesn't want to keep it, but that's not the question. The question was whether it is left with the customer or removed for whatever reason, and whether the customer was asked or it was simply removed without asking. In the US most will offer you the option of keeping both unless it's an obvious scam or you are known for trying to have the system at that establishment. But that's not universal even here, and I would not assume it's universal in other countries either.

[@Mocha69A]

Lia and Leon are fun

[@astrowanabe]

There are a couple of other so-called "breastuarant" chains in the USA - Tilted Kilt, Twin Peaks, etc.

[@homerwiggins3965]

Hoot-tahs -Lmao🤣

[@Trifler500]

Check out the Pumpkin-Pecan pancakes at Denny's (I'm assuming they all have them). Ever since I've had them I have to get them every year. I thought they would just be pancakes with pumpkin flavor in them, but no, they're so much more! :)

[@barnabydodd8956]

In America, 15% is considered the bare minimum acceptable tip. 20% is what most people tip. 25% is a good tip. Anything above that is very generous. I don't know about Canada.

[@profanepersonality]

I usually tip 33%. Lowest I go is 20%, when the service wasn't great.

[@nativetexan9776]

In the south Hooters is one syllable "hooters" with one swift motion - no pause like hoo-ters

[@alisatrosper]

All the Hooters I've been to the waitresses have all been really nice. They will debone the wings for you, they will sit and talk with you if they aren't busy.

[@betsybabf748]

Nestle Pure Life water sucks. It doesn't freeze either. 18-20% is usually for average service. Great service I give 25-30%. 15% is absolute minimum. I only give 15% if they sort of suck but nothing so huge it would require a complaint.

[@arunsalwan8558]

In the states minimum wage has increased pretty much everywhere ..it’s going to be 15 bucks in an hour in Chicagoland by 2025 and already is in many cities like Portland Seattle

[@DavidTateVA]

"If you don't do it now, when do you do it? When you're 50?" God I love you two. :-)

[@ariens69]

The wings, snow crab legs, oysters, fried pickles are good.