Yup, sounds about right. Also when they think you may have stiffed them previously on the tip, they'll spit in your food or worse. I never stiff them, but it makes me nervous when I go to a restaurant and they say, "Hey, you look familiar," which I seem to get a lot. Maybe some guy who looked vaguely like me stiffed them once, so they're gonna pee in my food! Sheesh.
As often as we hear about such things, YOU KNOW that 99.999% of such incidents must go unreported because no one ever sees anything or is any the wiser.
“”Hey, you look familiar,” which I seem to get a lot.”
You should have told them “yeah, I tip a lot”. Hard to go to restos’ nowadays after you witnessed some of the nasty stuff. I mean, if your friends invite you out to eat, you can’t say no out of that fear. You just have to go. Funny part is I’m the one being nice to the waiter instead of the other way around where they have to work for my tips..