Larry 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.
>>
>
> Was it her fault? If it was, I'd pay 10%. If she couldn't avoid it due
> to under-staffing, I would pay the 15% and talk with the manager.



Okay... so I pay 15% if the service is good, but if the service is bad I
only pay 10%.... but if the service is bad because they are understaffed
I pay her 15% anyway. I still end up paying 15% for rotten service. If
the reason for the bad service is that they are understaffed that means
that she is serving more people and, hopefully, getting tips from more
people. We were there for about 2 hours and if she got averaged 15%
from each couple that would make it about $150 for two hours work....$75
per hour.