Sqwertz > wrote:

>On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:31:53 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:

>> Bob Terwilliger > wrote:

>>>Come to think of it, would you still tip somewhere in the 20% range for that
>>>dinner? (Cha-CHING!)
>>
>> Chez Panisse imputes a 17.5% tip. (On all diners, not just larger
>> groups.) I see no reason why they would suspend this policy for the
>> special dinners.

>I can't tip a server almost $500 when $2000 of the cost of the dinner
>is going to charity. And the server should not be profiting $10,000+
>(serves 20 people a night) off of what is a charitable event.

I remember once ordering a $105 bottle of wine from CP once, and seeing
the waitstaff's eyes light up at the certainty of receiving an extra
$20 tip.

(Ironically, we had sold them that bottle of wine several years previously.)

>I can't justify tipping a server $500 no matter what. They are not
>involved in the making the food. His job is no different if I order
>the gourmet hamburger with cheese at $22.50 or the surf and turf at
>$129.95.

I certainly like the flexibility of not having an imputed tip,
so that the tip level can be merit-based, although one could argue if
you can afford the $2500 dinner you could affort the imputed tip.


Steve