Comments for A Dane in Montreal http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:36:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on For the love of the game by bluefish http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/for-the-love-of-the-game/#comment-57 bluefish Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:36:26 +0000 http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-57 Hi, I found your blog randomly and I'm glad to know there's a Dane in my hometown. Take care. Hi, I found your blog randomly and I’m glad to know there’s a Dane in my hometown. Take care.

]]> Comment on About the Dane and her blog by JC http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/about/#comment-56 JC Sun, 25 May 2008 07:38:45 +0000 #comment-56 I am a Canadian living in Denmark. I hope that my fellow Canadians treat you as warmly as the Danes have treated my family and I. Please, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to drop me a line. . . I am a Canadian living in Denmark. I hope that my fellow Canadians treat you as warmly as the Danes have treated my family and I.

Please, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to drop me a line. . .

]]> Comment on A love story by Matt Forsythe http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/a-love-story/#comment-55 Matt Forsythe Sun, 04 May 2008 22:07:20 +0000 http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-55 Nice. I'll look for this next time :) Nice. I’ll look for this next time :)

]]> Comment on The streets of Montreal by kornum http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/the-streets-of-montreal/#comment-54 kornum Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:46:23 +0000 http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-54 I did a little more research on the number of homeless people in Montreal. In an article from the Gazette (June 28, 2005) Alex Dobrota wrote that according to the latest government estimate there are more than 28.000 homeless in Montreal. I tried to find the article you saw in La Presse. I'm not that good at French, but I found one called "Pas de miracle sans financement" by Michèle Ouimet from the weekend (April 6, 2008) about the homeless people in Ville-Marie, but from the article I could only find the number that the shelter Maison du Père has 150 guests each night. If you look up homelessness in Canada on answers.com I was surprised to find that Canada is second on the list of having the highest homeless population in the developed world. I did a little more research on the number of homeless people in Montreal.

In an article from the Gazette (June 28, 2005) Alex Dobrota wrote that according to the latest government estimate there are more than 28.000 homeless in Montreal.

I tried to find the article you saw in La Presse. I’m not that good at French, but I found one called “Pas de miracle sans financement” by Michèle Ouimet from the weekend (April 6, 2008) about the homeless people in Ville-Marie, but from the article I could only find the number that the shelter Maison du Père has 150 guests each night.

If you look up homelessness in Canada on answers.com I was surprised to find that Canada is second on the list of having the highest homeless population in the developed world.

]]> Comment on The classic issue of tipping by Malek http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/the-classic-issue-of-tipping/#comment-53 Malek Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:20:49 +0000 http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-53 You have to tip, bad service or not. But you also have to let know the waiter of his wrong doing(s). Also, when ordering drinks at a bar, general rule is to tip 1$ per drink. The 15% rule is implicitly ignored. Waiter salary is 7,25 $ an hour plus tip... You have to tip, bad service or not. But you also have to let know the waiter of his wrong doing(s).

Also, when ordering drinks at a bar, general rule is to tip 1$ per drink. The 15% rule is implicitly ignored.

Waiter salary is 7,25 $ an hour plus tip…

]]> Comment on The streets of Montreal by Marc http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/the-streets-of-montreal/#comment-52 Marc Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:27:51 +0000 http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-52 I think this number is largely exagerated. A newspaper (La Presse, I think) reported this weekend that 550 people sleep in homeless shelters on average every night in Montreal. Add maybe a hundred or two that sleep on the street, in parks, etc. I personnaly work in downtown, and always recognize the same 10-12 homeless people everyday. I really doubt the huge number you read is accurate. I think this number is largely exagerated. A newspaper (La Presse, I think) reported this weekend that 550 people sleep in homeless shelters on average every night in Montreal. Add maybe a hundred or two that sleep on the street, in parks, etc. I personnaly work in downtown, and always recognize the same 10-12 homeless people everyday. I really doubt the huge number you read is accurate.

]]> Comment on A Dane wondering… by The streets of Montreal « A Dane in Montreal http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/a-dane-wondering/#comment-51 The streets of Montreal « A Dane in Montreal Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:06:59 +0000 http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-51 [...] I wrote earlier in A Dane wondering, I have been thinking about where the homeless people on Ave Mont Royal go in night or when it gets [...] [...] I wrote earlier in A Dane wondering, I have been thinking about where the homeless people on Ave Mont Royal go in night or when it gets [...]

]]> Comment on The classic issue of tipping by kornum http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/the-classic-issue-of-tipping/#comment-49 kornum Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:49:32 +0000 http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-49 Thanks for the math-advice, I will use that in the future! But as you say 10 percent for bad service can be generous, and this is where I get confused. Are you obliged, no matter how bad the service and/or food may be, to tip? In Denmark the waiter/waitress would never be held responsible, if someone runs out of the restaurant without paying. Thanks for the math-advice, I will use that in the future! But as you say 10 percent for bad service can be generous, and this is where I get confused. Are you obliged, no matter how bad the service and/or food may be, to tip?

In Denmark the waiter/waitress would never be held responsible, if someone runs out of the restaurant without paying.

]]> Comment on The classic issue of tipping by Betsy http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/the-classic-issue-of-tipping/#comment-48 Betsy Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:20:32 +0000 http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-48 We're from New York and my husband tends to be a very generous tipper. Once we were in Spain in a small village at a coffee stand, and he tipped 1 euro for a 2 euro coffee. In the USA, tippers will generally not leave less than a dollar, and he just "rounded up." The woman at the coffee stand looked bewildered at being handed an extra euro. So I simply explained to her that "this is our custom." To avoid your match challenge with the bill, here's what I do: I quickly figure 10% and 20%. One is too cheap and one is quite generous. Then aim for something in between depending on the quality of the service. For bad service, 10% can be generous. My daughter was once a waitress in New York earning $10 per night, plus tips. However, she also had to pay from her own pocket when a couple ran out of the restaurant without paying. Apparantly this is not the case in Montreal, and I'm sure it's not the case in Denmark from what you say. We’re from New York and my husband tends to be a very generous tipper. Once we were in Spain in a small village at a coffee stand, and he tipped 1 euro for a 2 euro coffee. In the USA, tippers will generally not leave less than a dollar, and he just “rounded up.” The woman at the coffee stand looked bewildered at being handed an extra euro. So I simply explained to her that “this is our custom.”

To avoid your match challenge with the bill, here’s what I do: I quickly figure 10% and 20%. One is too cheap and one is quite generous. Then aim for something in between depending on the quality of the service. For bad service, 10% can be generous.

My daughter was once a waitress in New York earning $10 per night, plus tips. However, she also had to pay from her own pocket when a couple ran out of the restaurant without paying. Apparantly this is not the case in Montreal, and I’m sure it’s not the case in Denmark from what you say.

]]> Comment on The classic issue of tipping by kornum http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/the-classic-issue-of-tipping/#comment-34 kornum Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:18:13 +0000 http://withmyowneyes.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-34 But what is the minimum wage? But what is the minimum wage?

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