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To: Altariel
I'm sure it's real. While working my way through college as an Olive Garden server, I saw this crap regularly. Servers didn't/don't earn minimum wage from employer and are WORKING for their tips. I mostly received 15-20%, but did get blanks, Bible verses, you name in, instead of tips. I grew to dread the table full of women.

The truth is, stiffing a server is theft. If you received lousy service, leave 10% and complain to the manager. If you can't afford to pay your server, go to McDonalds, or better yet, the grocery store.
14 posted on 11/06/2012 3:43:42 PM PST by DRey (Please save my country. Romney/Ryan 2012)
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To: DRey

” If you can’t afford to pay your server, go to McDonalds, or better yet, the grocery store.”

Or order the meal as takeout. But to go to a restaurant for the service and not pay for the service...that’s real cheap.


17 posted on 11/06/2012 3:48:11 PM PST by ari-freedom
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To: DRey
Actually I bet this is real. There plenty of d#cks out there.

If you can afford a $130 dinner, you can throw the server at LEAST a 20-spot.

The jackasses who ran up this tab should be ashamed of themselves. And yes I know about people leaving Bible tracts in lieu of a tip. Completely classless.

No, I'm not going to back down. The Steve Buscemis out there can go to hell.

The waitstaff works hard for their tips, and should be rewarded accordingly. None of this "Well, I don't tip, because the management should pay them more BS"

Stiffers are just cheapskate a$$wipes, trying to justify their pathetic cheapness by screwing over hard-working folks.

47 posted on 11/06/2012 4:06:07 PM PST by boop ("I need another Cutty Sark"-LBJ)
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To: DRey

I tip 20%
If I get bad service, I leave nothing.
At Buffets I leave a couple of bucks, Or if I got really good service , my drink filled and bread, while eating a couple more.

I never ate a meal in my life that ost $138.00 and I don’t intend to.


49 posted on 11/06/2012 4:10:19 PM PST by Venturer
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To: DRey

I tip 20%
If I get bad service, I leave nothing.
At Buffets I leave a couple of bucks, Or if I got really good service , my drink filled and bread, while eating a couple more.

I never ate a meal in my life that cost $138.00 and I don’t intend to.


50 posted on 11/06/2012 4:10:21 PM PST by Venturer
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To: DRey

If you received lousy service, leave 10% and complain to the manager.


If the service is bad enough to warrant a complaint, I don’t tip. For minimal good service, I tip about 20%.

When I frequent an establishment I tend to get excellent service because the staff knows I’ll treat them right.


97 posted on 11/06/2012 5:03:24 PM PST by Rides_A_Red_Horse (If there is a war on women, the Kennedys are the Spec Ops troops.)
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To: DRey

I tip 15%. But I see the tip as “the last word.” There were a few times I didn’t leave a tip because the waitress was so over-the-top rude. For example, one waitress got my order wrong, and when I politely asked for the correct order, she became defensive and told me off. And then she looked pleased with herself for telling me off. As soon as she walked away, I looked at our whole table filled with people and said, “No tip.” She did not receive a dime - her fault, not mine. She might’ve been pleased with herself for the moment, but I got the last word. ;-)

Usually, however, the server isn’t rude, and the customer should leave a tip. A server should have to be over-the-top rude, as I described above, for a customer not to leave a tip.


136 posted on 11/06/2012 10:37:49 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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