On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:51:02 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>FWIW, we were out at a nice restaurant for lunch last weekend. It was my
>brother's 40th anniversary. There were about 20 of us. Service was
>slow. When the waitress came around to take drink orders, my wife asked
>a question about the menu, which seemed to throw the waitress off and
>she left without taking my order. I had a hell of time getting her
>attention and finally someone else tagged her and told her that she
>taken my drink order. She came over and I ordered a beer for me and a
>glass of wine for my wife. It was a good 15 minutes before she returned
>with the drinks.
>
>That left me in a bit of a dilemma for me. The prices were pretty steep
>and the bill came to almost $90, and I am expected to spend $15 on a tip
>for someone who neglected me and spent all of 5 minutes dealing with me?
>With 10 couples there, all paying roughly 15%, that would work out to
>something int he range of $150 for the two hours she spent waiting on us.

I generally tip 20% for good to mediocre service, but what you're
describing would rate 10% if the place wasn't understaffed (here I
blame management) and 15% if it was. And if it's understaffed, I'll
also speak to the manager on my way out.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


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