“Tipping or not tipping has nothing to do with some idiot owner rushing his customers”
My point was that the policy gives servers incentive to rush customers - since they would essentially be paid commissions on total sales.
“i’m sure that it will always be legal for you to give strangers money if you insist on it, I hope you do it for everyone.”
Actually I only do this because I would feel guilty leaving fifty cents after taking a table for an hour - knowing the server is working for tips. Perhaps you feel differently.
Never in my life have I held on to a table that a waitress or restaurant needed for a busy period, to to drink coffee and chat, I spent years in restaurants, and giving the waitress $5.00 doesn’t make up for the loss of food and drink business and tips, and people who couldn’t eat.
If a table is needed, then the owner has to find a balance for how to serve his customers who want to eat, without overly annoying people just lingering.
Even a McDonald’s owner had to confront that common food service problem when some elderly customers started killing his business.