"pennyaline" <nsmitchell@spamspamspamspamspamspamspameggandspam .com> wrote
in message ...
> Sheldon wrote:
>> Methinks this article must assume all folks frequent an establishemnt
>> but once... it definitely pays to tip, and well, at a restaurant one
>> frequents often. Naturally if the experience is such that due to poor
>> service you're never going to return then why bother to tip at all, I
>> don't, the consumer votes with its pocketbook. There's no rule that
>> says poor service deserves a tip anyway.
>
> Methinks also that both the author and the restaurant owner missed the
> court
> case in which demanding addtional "service charges" in the guise of or in
> lieu of gratuities, and in the absence of additional services, was found
> to
> be bogus and therefore unenforceable.
>
>

That sounds odd. There are plenty of restaurants where it'll say on the menu
"A 12% service charge will be added for parties of 10 or more", or something
in that vein. Regardless of what "the court case" said, this is not unusual.