I'v had a waitress quit in the middle of her dinner service. We sat there for 45 mins before anyone would tell us what happend to her.

I too would have tipped nothing or exactly what you did in this situation! I always just tell myself to use the bad waitresses tip on a good experience I will have in the future! If you don't want to work, why be rewarded...Maybe she will work harder when she needs some cig money!

It gets the point across..

 

Yeah, might try that sometime.

Here's a good one: We were just about done with our meal at a local establishment. A couple a friends walk in and sit down at our table. We stayed and had a couple of adult beverages. When we asked for our bills, there was a little confusion as they had put one of our meals on the wrong bill. After settling the confusion I just left a fifty (bill was around 44.00) on the table and went to get our coats. As we are walking out the door the waitress grabs me and says you forgot your change. I told her the change was hers. She then asks if there was a problem with the food or service. I said no. Then she asks me why I left such acrappy tip then. She sort of caught me off guard with that and I reached in my pocket and gave her another 5. After I got home and had time to think about it, I became upset about the whole thing. I didn't think she should have grabbed me in the doorway and put me on the spot for a couple of more dollars. I called the establishment and told the owner of the situation and told them they had lost a customer. Was I wrong?

 

She was wrong for confronting you in that manor. If anything, after she asked if there was anything wrong with the food or service, to just leave it at that.

Your tip was under 14%. And on top of that, if the place was crowded, you and your friends were holding up one of her tables (depending on how long you sat and talked, she could have seated another table or maybe two).

Exactly. The food price is one thing, but the tip is DIRECTLY related to service. No service, no tip.:thumb:

 

Isn't the story that "tip" stands for "To Insure Proptness"?

However, I would say that a small tip says more than no tip. Some people just don't know to tip (just ask Roy Williams).

I used to valet. Nothing like getting a dollar tip from someone in a Rolls Royce or Jaguar after they just dropped $250 on dinner--that PROVES they were cheap (or in the case of the restaurant, you did something wrong). If they didn't tip, you ASSUMED they were cheap or maybe they were just ignorant to the tipping process.

She was wrong for confronting you in that manor. If anything, after she asked if there was anything wrong with the food or service, to just leave it at that.

Your tip was under 14%. And on top of that, if the place was crowded, you and your friends were holding up one of her tables (depending on how long you sat and talked, she could have seated another table or maybe two).

 

It wasn't crowded. The confusion on the bills caused my tip to be off. Like I said after I got home and thought about it, it really irritated me. On a sidenote, my old cell phone had a tip calculator, it was very handy.

Isn't the story that "tip" stands for "To Insure Proptness"?

However, I would say that a small tip says more than no tip. Some people just don't know to tip (just ask Roy Williams).

I used to valet. Nothing like getting a dollar tip from someone in a Rolls Royce or Jaguar after they just dropped $250 on dinner--that PROVES they were cheap (or in the case of the restaurant, you did something wrong). If they didn't tip, you ASSUMED they were cheap or maybe they were just ignorant to the tipping process.

 

Did you mind a dollar tip from someone that was driving a beater?

It wasn't crowded. The confusion on the bills caused my tip to be off. Like I said after I got home and thought about it, it really irritated me. On a sidenote, my old cell phone had a tip calculator, it was very handy.

 

Ok, I misunderstood....THAT was why you were irritated. Yeah, if it wasn't crowded then it wasn't effecting her at all.

Did you mind a dollar tip from someone that was driving a beater?

 

Not as much. Funny though...most people in "beaters" or minivans would be the ones to tip $5 and the dollar tips usually came from the nicer cars.

Not as much. Funny though...most people in "beaters" or minivans would be the ones to tip $5 and the dollar tips usually came from the nicer cars.

 

Guess thats why they're driving beaters:D

How would I tip a bad service experience?

 

No money, and a small note with an explanation as to why... Gotta carry those post-it notes.

I used to have the pleasure of taking my mother and grandmother to the grocery store on Saturday mornings. As part of the deal, my grandmothter always bought lunch at several different restaurants she liked. No matter how good or bad the food and/or service was, or how much the bill was, she left a quarter. That was just what she thought a good tip was. I guess when she was young, a quarter WAS a pretty good tip.

 

I would always get the ladies headed for the door and then go back and drop the appropriate amount on the table.

Guess thats why they're driving beaters:D

Or they were more likely to have once worked in the service industry and have survived off tips themselves