AbbeySomeone: I looks like she doesn't miss many meals.

Freudian slip?

The comments are better than the article.

Did the waiter deserve the tip?

You don't just hand someone money for taking your order and throwing your food in front of you.

FirstNationalBastard: Did the waiter deserve the tip?

You don't just hand someone money for taking your order and throwing your food in front of you.

Oh yes you do! Where have you been? And you damn well better hand them at least, AT LEAST 20% of what you spent you're an evil socialist/commie/Obama that deserves to die in a fire fatty!

/quality and amount of service doesn't even enter into it

I can understand the emotions involved, but this sort of thing can never be beneficial to your business, and I think that in this case, discretion would have been the better choice.

Every single restaurant I've eaten at, which featured the slogan "Put a little South in your mouth," has featured shiat food. They are invariably run by people who think "Southern cooking" means overcooked vegetables and meat with enough salt to melt all the snow and ice in Alaska.

As for tipping: only if the service is good. I waited tables all through college and occasionally I'd "sacrifice" a table (give them crap service) in order to catch up with all the other seats in my section. That happens, life is tough, and if they stiffed me - well, no skin off my ass. On the other hand, I left $4 for a $12 lunch tab the other day because the woman was really nice and even fixed a to-go tea when I mentioned I had enjoyed the tea.

So, for the unlearned in life's lessons, here's how it works: give crap service, get crap tips. Give good service, get good tips. That's not 100% true, but tips paid most of my college tuition so it's right often enough.

People who think that tipping is mandatory need to go back to watching TV and eating their government cheese. Fark 'em.

Hey Farkers, come one come all - it's the monthly Fark TIPPING THREAD!

Dogfacedgod: People who eat BBQ are all fat and nasty. I never seen anyone good looking or in shape who eats slop like that.

That's a lot of customer. Did they think to serve the food in a shovel? If you have a problem with
the food, talk to the manager. If you can't resolve it with him or her, then just don't go back.

In other news, there is no other news. Say somthing Mitt.

LDM90: Pants full of macaroni!!: Hey Farkers, come one come all - it's the monthly Fark TIPPING THREAD!

Meh, I'm waiting around for today's atheism thread because I missed last night's legalize pot thread. Should be along anytime now.

If only someone could find an article about a stoned atheist who didn't tip...

jso2897: I can understand the emotions involved, but this sort of thing can never be beneficial to your business, and I think that in this case, discretion would have been the better choice.

A humble call to the woman from the owner asking how the service and food was and how they could improve would have been the most beneficial thing they could have done for both parties.

spentmiles: Question:

Let's say you go to a restaurant and order a meal for $50. In addition, you select a $100 bottle of wine, bringing the total to $150. If you tip 20%, then that's $30.

Let's say you go to a restaurant and order a meal for $50. In addition, you select a $10 bottle of wine, bringing the total to $60. If you tip 20%, then that's $12.

It's the same amount of work for the server to open the $100 bottle as it is the $10 bottle. So why more than double the tip?

As a former fine dining waiter and manager...here is the trend/general etiquette that I have seen that I find to be acceptable...tip 20% up to $100 bottles...after that, keep it at $20-$25 per bottle...especially if the waiter is attentive with making sure everyone's glass is full. Yes, it is absurd on the waiters part to expect a 20% tip on a $500+ bottle of wine. Then again, if you have a customer dropping $500+ per bottle, whats an extra 20% to them anyway? 20%-25% tips on expensive bottles was not uncommon.

I also used to have a few customers request that their bottles be split off on a separate check so they could tip on the food and drinks separately and accordingly.

As a business owner who deals with the public all day, I sympathize. I even have a hard time keeping a civil tongue in my head, and I completely understand how suicidal it is for a business to let people know what you really think of them. It's explains the appeal of gigantic Ameri-Marts. If you are a self-absorbed a**hole, you're MUCH safer dealing with a polyesther-clad teenage clerk than the owner of a small business. You're not qualified to engage in any human contact anyway, you just want your arse kissed by someone. It's best if they are anonymous and totally divested of any interest in the stock.

But that barrier of anonimity disappears when you have to sit in one spot for 30 minutes, talk to the same person 3-4 times, and eat a meal. Gigantic douchebags prefer fast food for a reason.

"She did not leave a tip...she should've tipped on the original amount, the $40. So she actually left NOTHING. And also, the food is not the server's fault...you never stiff someone for what is the kitchen's fault."

So I'm bad at math, but since you tip based on the original price ($40), and she left the discounted price ($30) plus ten dollars, did she not actually tip 25%?