No tip, no service?

[piasabird]

So if you have to pay a tip and dont get good service throw food all over the floor.

 

[boomerang]

Politics?
News?

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

I don't know why waiters in the US feel like it's their right to get a tip, no matter how the service was. I remember when we went to a restaurant in LA, the waiter was crap, he didn't know anything about the wine list and couldn't offer any suggestions, he couldn't tell us much at all about the menu, he never asked us if our meal was okay, he kept trying to take away plates with food still on them and people still eating off them, and then right at the end he actually had the gall to ask us for a 20% tip. What an asshole.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

I don't understand the deal with tips. The servers should be paid a normal wage, and if they are not then they are at the very least entitled to minimum wage by law. What exactly do they do? Bring the food, drinks, and bill. Wow. Oh, I guess they also annoy with their "do you need help with anything" or "is everything okay?" every few minutes. Yes everything is fine, I don't need you to feed me. Go away, leave us alone. Leave a pitcher so we can refill our own drinks.

 

[69Mach1]

I have a couple of gripes about mandatory gratuities. #1, how do I know the people bringing the food get any of the tip? #2 It takes away my main means of letting the waiter know whether I was happy with their work or not. #3 Most of the places I've gone that have a mandatory tip also have shitty service. There are a couple of places around here where they do this, and it's common for them to bring food to the table with their fingers in the food, slop drinks all over, and be rude the whole time. I never went back, but you have to wonder what the hell they're thinking.

 

[Robor]

I don't understand the deal with tips. The servers should be paid a normal wage, and if they are not then they are at the very least entitled to minimum wage by law. What exactly do they do? Bring the food, drinks, and bill. Wow. Oh, I guess they also annoy with their "do you need help with anything" or "is everything okay?" every few minutes. Yes everything is fine, I don't need you to feed me. Go away, leave us alone. Leave a pitcher so we can refill our own drinks.

LOL... I don't understand the deal with tips. If you don't like leaving tips stay home. Somehow I think if they left you alone you'd complain you didn't get enough service. Also, leaving a pitcher to fill drinks would result in MORE waste and higher prices. Brilliant.

 

[Robor]

I don't know why waiters in the US feel like it's their right to get a tip, no matter how the service was. I remember when we went to a restaurant in LA, the waiter was crap, he didn't know anything about the wine list and couldn't offer any suggestions, he couldn't tell us much at all about the menu, he never asked us if our meal was okay, he kept trying to take away plates with food still on them and people still eating off them, and then right at the end he actually had the gall to ask us for a 20% tip. What an asshole.

Shens to the bolded and likely your whole story.

 

[Wreckem]

I've been to a lot of different hibachi resturants, all strongly encourage an 18% tip but Ive never had one add it automatically.

I can see why. Cooks and waitstaff at hibachi resturants dont get as many tabs per hour and each station is split tabs tip is split between cook and waitress.

I always tip 25% at Hibachis.

 

[Wreckem]

http://www.wxii12.com/news/22648863/detail.html

Personally, I always leave a tip, 15% for poor service, 30% for good. More if the service was exceptional. However, it galls me when restaurants add gratuity to the bill. An 18% gratuity added to the bill usually gets subtracted from whatever I would have normally tipped. Having said that, if I'm there with a large group of people, then having a minimum gratuity is more acceptable because of the effort that goes into serving larger groups.

Still, a tip is not a right and patrons are under no obligation to leave one. On the same token, the patrons are under no obligation to continue to go to the establishment if they felt the food or service was poor.

Resturants have the right to not serve people as long as they are not violating civil liberties(protected statuses).

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Shens to the bolded and likely your whole story.

If you don't believe me, then that's your problem.