IgG4: The fact that they are complaining about it makes them sound cheap and fat.

The fact that they are doing it on a website instead of in person makes them sound cowardly and pretentious also.

FloydA: If you don't like tipping, eat at home.

It's not my fault your employer is too cheap to pay you a reasonable wage.

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That should do it. Thanks.

Death to all waiters and cabbies!

And may as well throw in phone sanitizers.

George: What do you tip a chamber maid.

Guy: I don't know, five bucks a night.

Jerry: No, a dollar, two tops.

Guy: Hey, you guys aren't cuffed. What are you, narks?

George: Narks?

Jerry: Imagine, us narks?

George: No no no, you know actually we are friends of a serial killer.

Guy: Really? Well, that's very nice.

George: Oh, thank you.

Jerry: Suspected serial killer, he didn't actually do it.

George: Yeah well, we don't think.

Jerry: We're pretty sure.

Guy: A dollar a night?

Jerry: Yeah, that's a good tip!

Guy: That stinks!

Jerry: I read it in Ann Landers.

Guy: Oh, Ann Landers sucks!

My problem lies ONLY in that it was put on the bill directly. Yeah, "Steve" is a cheap douche, and might have tipped more than 18% anyway... But it shouldn't have been automatically added. Speak to the manager, just as a "the waitress did this", not to get your money back or some shiat like that.

/on and off server for 10 years...

I think it's a mistake for the restaurant to mandate a tip for a part of any size. And this is why...

Anyone who is covering the check for 8 people will certainly tip just fine. When the place mandates an 18% tip, there really is no room for the patron to go for, say, 20%. It's stupid. It's short sighted on the side of of the restaurant. In the end, it ends up ripping off the servers.

Or, in this case, some dude actually wrote a story about how he got shafted.
And, for the rest of my opinion, "STFU you Fn tool." You should have tipped that much anyway.

I tip 20 bucks after sitting at the bar for a few hours drinking bottled beer and having something to eat. If you can't afford to tip well, sit the fark home.

FTA: "So, I was a little surprised when I got the check for my wife and I and found the 18% added in. I checked with the others at the table and they too had this added in. "

They had a party of 7 people and they asked for separate checks? What a douche. They should have added on 25%, just for the hassle of having to manage a bunch of tabs rather than just 1.

The party of seven sounds like they were all a bunch of cheap jerks. Anyone who has ever worked in food service knows what cheap jerks get :)

The fact they asked for separate checks sucked.

Normally when in a group, we just pool cash fro someone's single credit card pay. And if the service was great, then 20% is applied.

If the service sucked, then the tip tip will be less depending on the lapses.

The butt-heads posting about "should have paid 20% plus" are either servers that need a new career, or are out of touch with reality.

When did the normal tip go past 15% for decent service, and since when should anyone "diserve" it?

Mediocre service deserves a mediocre tip (or none).

If god wanted you to have a good tip by default, he would have had your restaurant and it to your wage.

And for those of you that feel indignant. My first W-2s were from a temp hiring company, and my second was from Waffle House. I busted ass for tips. So don't tell me you think you diserve moar.

fark cheap bastards. life is too short; if you're blessed enough to be able to dine out then ti[p the farkin wait staff.

dammit i hate cheap dooshbags. never learned to share the toys in the farking sandbox or what?

you shouldn't just tip, you should overtip. make them happy. what the fark, a few farkin' dollars isn't gonna keep you from dying. tip hard, tip often, and just for fun, tip some people that never get tips, like the farker who pumps the gas into your car. it makes people happy dammit. i'm all about the gawdamm happy.