If you receive really bad service at a restaraunt, do you leave a smaller tip or none at all? I tend to leave at least something unless the service is abysmally bad.
Originally Posted by SalemWitchChild
I always leave something. Even if it's just a penny. I also think that leaving a smaller tip gets the point across more than no tip.
Now that's funny! Mean, but funny!Originally Posted by Slater
Kind of an amusing story along those lines:
This was related to me by an acquaintance. One of his friends (who was a paramedic) received not only poor service at a restaraunt, but the waitress was rude to him. He had a pair of shears on him (that medical personnel use to cut away clothing, or something to that effect). He actually cut a penny in half and left the waitress a half-cent tip. She followed him out into the parking lot and threw it at him
I so hear you!!Originally Posted by esrgirl
Tell a manager if you get bad service and leave it to your discretion as to the tip. We've only not tipped once. If the service is terrible we tell a manager and leave 10%. I was a server for three years, so I try to notice things that make servers job heck. I've had two complaints against me- one for food taking over an hour- which I tried so hard to make happen. I couldn't get any support from management- the kitchen ran out of lasagna and didn't tell anyone. I couldn't even get a manager to come to the table. It was so frustrating, but there was nothing I could do. I got a horrible note, no tip, and a call to corporate. I almost quit. The other time I got sat 8 tables at the same time- this is at the Olive Garden which has a three table max and where the work a server does is substantially more than at most restaurants. The first table complained because it took ten minutes to get their salad and breadsticks. Try getting orders, drinks, preparing salads and sticks, ringing in, stacking plates, and setting up for 20 people with separate checks spread out in 8 tables in under 10 minutes!