"Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote in message
...
>I had someone ask me this the other day, so I am now bringing it to you for
>your consideration:
>
> You go into a a fairly chi-chi restaurant. You are waited on very well by
> many different people. At the end of the meal, you make a generous tip to
> either a) the head waiter or the b) maitre'd and indicate that the tip be
> spread around accordingly. At a later date, you go to the same
> restaurant, the head/maitre'd treats you well, but the rest of the staff
> treats you as if you were dirt under their feet. You tip again, the same
> way as before, but find out thru the grapevine (aka a friend of one of you
> kids works there) that you 'stiffed' the staff twice in a row. The only
> explaination is that the head/maitre'd is pocketing the quite sizable tip
> and telling the others 'no tip for you'. What would you do?
>
> Discuss among yourselves.
>
> -ginny

Stop going to that restaurant and/or picket outside the joint with a sign
"the management is stealing TIPS!"

The other option is tip each server individually and tell the a) the head
waiter or the b) maitre'd you don't trust them.

Then ask to see the owner/Manager.


--
Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)