On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 20:13:29 -0000, Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not>
arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:

>The problem with service charge is; Some patrons will not notice it and tip
>on top of it. At least in the US. I've been out with large parties before,
>where the waiter was terribly dishonest. The menu stated 18% added to
>parties of 5 or more. When the credit card slip arrived, nothing on the
>slip indicated a tip. So, the host of our party wound up double tipping.

<snip>

Which reminds me of a story about my daughter when she and her date
went to a fancy schmancy restaurant before the prom. (I only found out
about the incident at graduation when his parents sat a row behind
us.) The kid had his folk's credit card and had been counseled by his
father to tip fifteen percent. The kid didn't *hear* fifteen percent.
The kid *heard* "fifty percent." (Okay, this is a dumb kid and,
fortunately, not associated now nor will be with my gene pool.) The
server didn't blink and the parents only found out about it when they
got the credit card bill.

Query: What was the server's duty when confronted with a ridiculous
tip from a 17 year old boy? I'd have at least expected the server to
quietly take the kid aside and suggest that the tip was too much.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Duncan Hines

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