I'm not certain that the general public are aware of how little waiting staff in our local restaurants are paid ? The general pay would be consideted as minimum wage and staff rely on tips to supplement wages. In general service is very good and realistically staff should be anticipating at least a 10% tip. However this is not the case 90% of the time. Are the expat community so strapped for cash that they cannot add a little extra to help the waiter/ waitress. During lockdown most staff did not recieve any pay. In case you didn't know waiting staff are mostly uncontracted employees and therefore not entitled to any government support. I have first hand knowledge that tips can be so low, despite customers thanking staff for excellent service that waiting staff are feeling abused, and unappreciated. Surely we can do better. If service is good then we should be giving at least 10% minimum. Let's make sure waiting staff feel appreciated and are able to take home at least the equivalent of a living wage. It is a difficult and sometimes challenging job.
Let the staff know you care.