Tips again
Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:51:02 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
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>> 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
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>
Damn. We agree on this?
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