Luigi Brugnaro claimed that Luke Tang, a British tourist, ordered lobster and did not leave a tip for staff MARCO DI LAURO/GETTY IMAGESThe mayor of Venice has attacked a British tourist who complained that he was ripped off in a Venetian restaurant by waiters who took advantage of his lack of Italian to charge him £463 for lunch for three. Luigi Brugnaro, the mayor, called Luke Tang a “skinflint” and criticised him for not speaking Italian or tipping when he had lunch with his parents at a trattoria near St Mark’s Square. “You eat and drink, then you say you didn’t know the language, but if you come to Italy you should learn Italian, even some Venetian dialect wouldn’t be bad,” said the mayor. “They ate lobster and left nothing on the plate. I asked the waiter if they left a tip — not even that.”Mr…

Source: The Times November 09, 2017 17:03 UTC