“Nearby, the Walrus and the Carpenter instituted a compulsory 20 percent service charge.”
They can KISS MY BEUTROS. If they want to charge 20% more, then build it into your price, like Ivar’s. No way I’m eating there.
But I do agree with the article...I go to Seattle a lot, and I’ve stopped tipping there. They’re paid enough just through the higher prices for a meal.
Even here in L.A., we either call or Google the resto we go to if the tip is already part of the meal. If I am going to tip, you better work your ass off and I DO know if you don’t as I was a bartender and waiter during my college years.