What battle... I don’t know where these battles are, but they are no place I go to. Sounds like a News creation.
25 years in the restaurant business taught me one thing. I would much rather wait on a cab driver over a doctor, lawyer or celebrity any day of the week!
25 years in the restaurant business taught me one thing. I would much rather wait on a cab driver over a doctor, lawyer or celebrity any day of the week!
IF true, she probably didn’t deserve the entire $1.33.
If I have truly bad service, I make a point of leaving a very small tip, as I don’t want them to think that I just forgot.
I once left 25 cents on a credit card bill of $70+ to make a point. I also talked to the manager on the way out.
Awful convenient story coming from a bunch of people known for lying and exaggerating....
My biggest concern is that a higher-up in the banking industry couldn’t figure out he should have rounded up to $1.34.
This reminds me of the best tipping story I have ever heard:
A reasonably well-off woman was traveling alone, and was staying for a week at a posh hotel with a fine restaurant where she planned to dine most evenings. On the first night, she was treated shoddily — seated near the kitchen door, provided inattentive service (there is or was a perception among service personnel that women traveling alone are poor tippers) — nonetheless, she left a lavish tip on the order of 25% of the sizable bill.
The next night, she returned, was seated at the best small table in the restaurant, had the staff attending instantly to her every whim. At the end of the meal, she asked that the head waiter be sent to her table. She opened her purse, and, handing him a penny, said “The tip last night was for the service I got tonight. This is for last night.”
Regardless of the circumstances, nobody is entitled to a tip, period.
I have left 15-20% tips at times when service was less than sterling but that is my decision. I had a waitress follow me out of a restaurant complaining that the 20% tip that was left was not enough because she had to wait on my then pre-school grandkids who left a small mess (most of which we had already cleaned up). I worked for 4 years in a restaurant and I understand tips and service and ran her snotty rear back into the restaurant when I told her to get her manager so that we could discuss the matter. They lost our business for over 4 years as a result.
My theory is the waitress was running off at the lip about “The 1%,” spewing talking points, so the guy just decided to show her what 1% means.
Tipping should not become an entitlement. I consider it an insult and ripoff to be required to pay over and above the bill. I do not tip my teller, banker, grocer, cashier at checkout, car repair mechanic, my handyman, my mailman, garbage collector and may other people who provide services to me.
“So proudly does he wear his 1% badge of honor that he tips exactly 1% every time..”
Excellent!