Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

>> 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.


There was one girl taking order, but there were two others who came and
filled out water glasses. I would rather have had that beer. The lunch
was at 1:30, so after the main lunch rush. It wasn't very busy. The rest
of the tables were about 1/3 empty. I might have expected that they
would have taken drink orders as people arrived. Some had come early and
we were a little late ( I wasn't driving). We were not the last, and she
didn't start taking drink orders until after everyone had arrived.