Restaurant experiences

Pacion

Pacion

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The following review is one I came across, conceringing a particular restaurant. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry :oops: but, I guess you must admire the 'courage' of some people:

A group of six people went for dinner at a restaurant in Manhattan and as per usual, asked for their bill at the end of their meal. A few minutes after the bill was collected again, a colleague was sent over to their table and he/she asked if everything was okay. The diners said yes. The colleague proceeded to respond with: "You did not leave enough money (for the tip)" :shock: The diners responded with: We left you 20% and it is not enough?" They were were so embarrassed, they left some more money.

Maybe, if it were me, and having the english experience/background that tipping is an expression of gratitude for service and not a right, I probably would have take back the original 20% :twisted:

Another technique I have heard about is to gather up all the loose change and leave a type of say $1 in loose changes. That way, your dissatisfaction with the service can't be ignored/treated as an oversight :lol:


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I went out to eat with my twin sister in a little town in Pennsylvania a long time ago, maybe fifteen years. The waitress served all the patrons in the restaurant, but avoided us as much as she could. She did eventually serve us, but only after we complained to the manager. Who knows why she behaved as she did. All I know is that, at the end of the evening, my twin sister tipped her... four cents... in a glass of water. At the time, I was mortified. In retrospect, I can't help laughing. There's no way that particular waitress didn't get the intended message. :roll: :lol:
 
There's supposed to be another really mean trick where you put the tip under an upside down glass of water, so the waiter/waitress can't get it without making a mess. I've just never gotten the hang of the upside down water glass. Some thing to do with covering the glass with a sheet of paper before you flip it, I think. *shrug*

I've actually has lots more positive and funny experiences than bad ones. I'll have to come back later and share some. 8)
 
Or perhaps using a saucer? If you just use piece of paper, the water will still leak no? Maybe one should always keep a bit of plastic in one's pocket for such eventualities :wink: :lol:
 
lol, my boyfriend is VERY experienced with tipping people. had that issue happened with him, he would've taken back whatever he tipped, lol. he tips according to how well the service was. me? i tip whatever i can... if the issue happened with me, i would've done the same and gave more money. i'm too nice like that, lol :P
 
Had a pretty bad experience with a restaurant in London. It was a Chinese restaurant and I had just completed a Contiki tour around Europe. A group of about 10 us decided to go out for dinner after the tour had finished. We waited for ages to order, and we actually got our drinks after our main meal! Other tables were being waited on hand and foot but we were forgotten completely! When it was finally time to pay the bill, we got together the money EXACTLY for the bill and left no tip whatsoever. I'm sure they got the message.

Even though here in Australia we don't tip. Seems to me to be a strange practice to pay someone twice for the work they do, but I'm told that restaurant owners are really cheap in some countries and waiters need the tips to survive.
 
Yes. In the US, the minumim wage is almost $6 an hour, but restaurant people get paid $2.16 per huor, on the assumption that they're giong to get generous tips.


That's why I always tip generously, unless the service is really awful. Grown-up human beings shouldn't be working for two bucks an hour. That's just wrong.
 
pygmalion said:
That's why I always tip generously, unless the service is really awful. Grown-up human beings shouldn't be working for two bucks an hour. That's just wrong.
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Has anyone ever tried to change the fact that they are so badly paid? I mean you are already paying top price for a meal, which should include the service as well, not pay extra for something you can't do without?

I have enough trouble being able to afford to eat out as it is, without having to worry about paying extra on top of the bill for the service. Maybe it's just the culture I have been exposed to, but that just seems ludicrous to me!
 
I wouldn't know where to start. The pay structure in the US has been that way for a long time. When people work in service positions, such as waitressing, it's assumed they will received tips, whether they actually do or not. The IRS even has guidelines in terms of how many tips they expect people to claim as income.
 
Yeah, I find the Aussie system works really well that I will have to constantly remind myself aobut the correct amount to tip (I tend to get a bit confused :oops: ) when overseas.

I guess we are really spoilt.....we have great servises & fantasic produce, not to mention the choices here 8) .
 
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