I'm not being condescending. I'm simply asking a question.

Logic tells me that they asked about the gratuity being included after the meal for a very specific reason. Two possibilities:

1) They fully intended to stiff you even after enjoying the meal.

2) They didn't enjoy the meal and wanted to see if they were going to be forced into tipping you 15-20% even though they didn't like the meal.

I fight like hell gone wild on monkey island for Mr. Hootie's thread privileges ... and this is what we get?

FAX

HAHAHAHA!!!

For ****'s sake - which Gino's do you work at? Or is it Uno?

"You don't know where I work, it's not some chain restaurant..."

It's a ****ing pizzaria. You tend bar at a glorified Minskeys.

You are the biggest ****ing joke in the history of the spoken word. Get over yourself.

And apologize to the staff you screwed over last night.

Absolutely the food has a lot to do with it. I'm not going out for the atmosphere and the attitude. If the meal sucks, I would probably not tip anywhere near 20% like I normally do.

I realize that the waiter doesn't cook the food.

Whatever man.

This isn't ****ing Chilis...

Don't try and act like you know where I work or how things work...

You're an arrogant asshole man...you really are. I don't have to tell you about my personal life or my work life...

You have no idea how this place is operated so don't try and act like you do...

You're an asshole, and a piece of shit, and I am simply done responding to you in this thread because all you're trying to do is what you always do...be a know-it-all when you don't know the circumstance...you're a bitter little pussy and I hope someone breaks into your house and shits AIDS into your oatmeal.

this thread has served its purpose for me...I got what I needed now I'm done...

No, it doesn't. You're tipping for the service provided by the server. If the service was good, you tip 20%. If you didn't like the food, you chalk it up to trying a new place that you didn't like and never going there again. Simple enough.

You're right, it isn't Chili's.

Now go get me a pepperoni w/ extra cheese. And put some crushed red pepper in the sauce, it makes it super awesome.

Can I write my name on the walls of your fine establishment?

If the meal sucks, you should still tip based on the service you received, and notify the management regarding your dissatisfaction, or just not go back there again.

You should also tip more if you spend an extraordinary time at your table.

If one of my employees did this and I found out, I would fire them immediately.

You have just guaranteed that I will get no more business from this organization - one that just came in the other night and spent several hundred dollars on product.

Further the name of the chain has been tarnished by these petulant and vindictive actions and we are probably going to get bad word of mouth originating from at least a handful of people, costing me even more business.

I would be on this company's doorstep with a free lunch offer trying to repair this relationship the next day. Businesses are probably a huge revenue stream, and losing a big account because some high school dropout didn't get a tip is just beyond the pale.

I can find another loser to pour beer. This is inexcusable conduct by an employee not authorized to act in any such way and I would have their ass as soonas they showed upfor the next shift if I found out.

No, I'm tipping for everything. If the food sucks, the waiter doesn't get 20%. Period.

If the waiter doesn't like that, go and have the discussion with the cook.

I don't disagree.

This was a very different thread last night. Then this morning the people who actually know something about how to conduct themselves in business showed up and spoiled the self-righteous riot.

LMAO. Mean but Hootie had it coming acting like he worked at f'n Nobu or something.

A pizza place? :doh!:

Phew.

Glad we straightened that out.

For what it's worth, I got as much enjoyment out of your contorting machinations in this thread as I got from Rainman's "franchise index", and that thread was brilliant.

But seriously, my cheese toast came out cold. Someone tell your Le Cordon Bleu trained chefs that they need to turn up the burner on warming line 2. The cheese isn't bubbly enough.