“On the other hand, there’s the type that ignores you once you’re seated... they get treated appropriately as well.”
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My beloved will actually tell me when I *cannot* tip. LOL
Other than when he does that, I tip upfront advising them that I know the service provided will be worth the ‘thank you.’
Had an interesting incident the other day. Was at a restaurant and was taking with a server who was new to us. When I advised her that ONLY thing I cared about was to make sure my beloved husband’s drink was never left empty and server who was within hearing range lol’d. This is how well known our one bit of insistence was well known.
Most times if there’s a new server to us, the waitstaff will actually tell them to be good with use because we’re ‘nice.’ I laugh at that and tell them new server that between Asperger Syndrome and being a retired New York my beloved husband is cranky and they can usually ignore his comments. And they do. LOL
I’ve had for sure only one bad server after thanking him up front. We made sure to tell the restaurant management to never seat us within his area. The next time we went back he was no longer there. Turns out he was a **really** bad server and NO ONE wanted him! So I felt a bit better as his bad service wasn’t personally directed at us. LOL It was just his attitude. LOL
When my beloved husband tells me to not tip, it’s done before I even get out of the car. The man knows me too well!
Haha! Paying for it up front. Never thought of that.
I always joke with my family that the server starts getting a dollar subtracted from the tip every ten minutes if he/she doesn’t give us good service.