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Originally Posted by underEJ
I know when I worked in restaurants, that was the servers option to do or not. I rarely auto-tipped anybody, but just wondering what it is about you that made them think you are a cheap bastard.
Were you profiled? Or do you stiff people and return to the same restaurant? As a rule, if you stiff a server, for whatever reason, the rest of the staff will know all about it and you aren't likely to ever get good service unless you wait out the staffing turnover. Not saying it's fair, especially the profiling bit, but it happens.
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whoops, by no means did I mean to call you cheap, just that the server thought you were and added the auto-grat.
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It's pretty much standard at resturants around here. I usually tip 15-25% depending upon service.
Why is it though that servers feel that since the mandatory tip is in place they don't have to work nearly as hard? We had one instance where we went into a resturaunt, were put in the back room and forgotten once the order was placed. We were having to go thourgh the regular serving area and and back behind the counter to refil our own drinks because the waitress was nowhere to be found. When the order came out (which took forever), parts were wrong, most was cold, she even slipped and said she had forgotten we were back there. She must have forgotten again after the meals were delivered because we didn't see her again until the tickets came - we didn't even see her in the main section as we continued to fill our own drinks too. Then, when she dilivered the tickets, there was the 15% tacked on.
It isn't uncommon for families from the church to go out after services, and it also isn't uncommon for there to be $25-$50 put down at a pizza joint in tips or $50 to $75 or more put down at a regular resturaunt when service is good. To me that isn't too bad of pay for an hour's worth of work, even if we do take up their whole section.