zxcvbob wrote:
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> Puester wrote:
> > Pan Ohco wrote:
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> >>If six people are sitting at the table, they each order separately,
> >>and ask for separate checks, are they required to pay the large party
> >>mandated tip?
> >>
> >>Pan Ohco
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> > They should have to pay double the tip, just for the aggravation.
> >
> > gloria p
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> They should ask for 6 separate tables to avoid the "service charge".
>
> Bob

You know, I did just this very thing but not to avoid a
service charge. I have always wanted to eat at Brennan's
in New Orleans and when I got the chance to go there I was
really excited. I couldn't wait to have the Bananas Foster.
I made a reservation months in advance. I was meeting my
sister and her husband there for dinner while we were both
on vacation in N. O. at the same time. So, we get to the
restaurant and are seated and the waiter comes to take our
order and I ask for separate checks. No deal! Huh? What's
the big deal? (I don't even want to hear all the "so why
couldn't one or the other of you just pay the check and get
reimbursed by the other" comments - there are reasons - okay?)
So I'm furious. I ask to be seated at another table nearby.
They think I'm nuts. Too bad it didn't work. If it had been
a place where you didn't need a reservation months in advance
it woulda worked. We ended up eating at Kakoo and Ralph's.
It was great. Eh, their Bananas Foster is probably not all
it's cracked up to be anyway. :-)

Kate
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