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339. Back in the early 2000s
I was working as a waitress at a popular restaurant (one of a chain of two) in Raleigh, NC. The place was in an affluent area of Raleigh and we'd get a lot of customers. That was my second job so I could pay for a trip I wanted to take.

I remember fondly the griping from my colleagues when work schedules were announced and people would have the (mis)fortune of working Sunday lunches. Since I had never worked in a restaurant before, I thought that the reason for the complaints was due to having to be at work on a Sunday morning. Ah ah ah... I was wrong!

The problem was that the Sunday lunch crowd was mostly made up of church goers and generally they tipped horribly. Indeed, I had a 2 cent tip because the total for that party of 3 was $66.66 and they freaked out (it was a middle aged couple with their son), so they left 2 cents as a tip (this was a credit card transaction) to make it $66.69 - they were also idiots because "666" was still there - LOL).

Then I had a table that left me a Chick Tract (which was my first exposure to the world of Jack Chick). I never got tipped well on Sundays ... ever. Of course, since I had a 9-to-5 job, I could pretty much just work on the weekends.
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  -A quick note to anyone who goes to bars, restaurants, etc. WilliamPitt  Oct-03-10 04:00 AM   #0 
  - K&R  Skittles   Oct-03-10 04:05 AM   #1 
  - I sometimes treat them TOO nice - once a waitperson came back  gateley   Oct-03-10 03:06 PM   #226 
     - Good to hear it.  truedelphi   Oct-03-10 03:38 PM   #236 
     - That's so cute! I bet he was so happy he'd 'saved' your money!  gateley   Oct-03-10 04:38 PM   #244 
     - that's the one job I never had to do. my mother did, my sweet  roguevalley   Oct-03-10 11:44 PM   #293 
        - Awww, bless her heart. I never had to do that either, and to be honest, I'm not  gateley   Oct-04-10 09:36 AM   #311 
  - Spot on. Nt  xchrom   Oct-03-10 04:10 AM   #2 
  - Thank Bob Dole for that.  thunder rising   Oct-03-10 04:11 AM   #3 
  - Rayguns started collecting the taxes on servers  era veteran   Oct-03-10 04:36 PM   #243 
  - I hate to tell you but 'ass grabbing' still goes on. Such an indignity but  snappyturtle   Oct-03-10 11:08 PM   #290 
  - This is so not true...  WillParkinson   Oct-03-10 04:15 AM   #4 
  - And Mr. Emmer is...?  WilliamPitt   Oct-03-10 04:15 AM   #5 
  - Apologies...I negelcted the link...  WillParkinson   Oct-03-10 04:20 AM   #7 
  - delete posted in wrong place  unapatriciated   Oct-03-10 04:10 PM   #239 
  - Emmer is a Republican member of the Minnesota House, not a Congressman  dflprincess   Oct-03-10 08:15 PM   #272 
  - He's an idiot teabagger running for Tim Pawlenty's spot as MN governor.  Lucian   Oct-03-10 06:26 AM   # 
  - Really high end restaurants. Of which there aren't very many  eridani   Oct-03-10 04:34 AM   #9 
  - I know...  WillParkinson   Oct-03-10 04:40 AM   #10 
  - Mr. Emmer is a little delusional.  unapatriciated   Oct-03-10 04:04 PM   #237 
  - You - a bouncer??  meegbear   Oct-03-10 04:17 AM   #6 
  - damn right!  FirstLight   Oct-03-10 04:21 AM   #8 
  - Yes... as one who worked in grad school as a waitress in one of  hlthe2b   Oct-03-10 04:40 AM   #11 
  - When I was 18  dave29   Oct-03-10 04:42 AM   #12 
  - Alright!  kimi   Oct-03-10 04:45 AM   #13 
  - dave 29  molly77   Oct-04-10 08:20 PM   #326 
  - I've never been a waitress or bartender  kimi   Oct-03-10 04:51 AM   #14 
  - I am a Nurse now....  AnneD   Oct-03-10 10:08 PM   #284 
  - us tip workers are getting CRUSHED in this shitty economy  TorchTheWitch   Oct-03-10 05:16 AM   #15 
  - I am absolutely  femrap   Oct-03-10 09:52 AM   #68 
  - oh it's perfectly legal  TorchTheWitch   Oct-03-10 10:48 AM   #129 
     - I know I'm probably a dick for saying this, but....  Cowpunk   Oct-03-10 02:22 PM   #219 
        - Okay, I really gotta step in here.  lildreamer316   Oct-03-10 05:50 PM   #255 
        - You must have worked with good DJ's  TorchTheWitch   Oct-03-10 07:30 PM   #266 
        - it's been tried  TorchTheWitch   Oct-03-10 06:15 PM   #259 
  - What I don't get, is the restaurants around here are still always packed.  MH1   Oct-03-10 10:15 AM   #94 
     - bless you  TorchTheWitch   Oct-03-10 11:53 AM   #153 
  - I taught my kids that if you can't afford to leave a good tip you can't afford to go out period  alphafemale   Oct-03-10 05:16 AM   #16 
  - +1000  baldguy   Oct-03-10 02:12 PM   #217 
  - People are getting drunk, but don't have two dimes to rub together.  leveymg   Oct-03-10 05:20 AM   #17 
  - Cheap thrills are better than none.  WinkyDink   Oct-03-10 06:23 AM   #22 
  - Is that supposed to be Russia?  a la izquierda   Oct-03-10 09:38 AM   #63 
  - The first and second are obviously Russian...  Viva_La_Revolution   Oct-03-10 12:04 PM   #165 
  - Is there a purpose or reason for you to mock the homeless?  Leftist Agitator   Oct-03-10 10:27 AM   #107 
  - Obviously, people everywhere turn to alcohol when depressed ....  defendandprotect   Oct-03-10 12:53 PM   #187 
  - It's Russia - the point is that just as their Cold War empire collapsed, so is ours.  leveymg   Oct-03-10 04:22 PM   #241 
  - I was a Dishdog in a local greasyspoon...  PJPhreak   Oct-03-10 05:32 AM   #18 
  - THEY did not believe one should work on Sunday?  catrose   Oct-03-10 10:07 AM   #84 
     - Lol, I wouldn't know,  PJPhreak   Oct-03-10 10:32 AM   #116 
  - the amount of the tip should be and is DIRECTLY related to the service and the food  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 05:58 AM   #19 
  - "Retribution"? Wow. Why didn't you just open your da*n mouth and SAY something?  WinkyDink   Oct-03-10 06:26 AM   #23 
  - I kept thinking she would be back any second  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 07:02 AM   #31 
     - OK, the "any second" excuse would only work for the first ten minutes...  pipi_k   Oct-03-10 09:57 AM   #72 
     - well you don't look so clever now, do you?  bettyellen   Oct-03-10 10:36 AM   #119 
  - look keedohs!!!! An asshole!!!!  alphafemale   Oct-03-10 06:38 AM   #26 
  - I generally tip well  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 07:00 AM   #29 
     - Servers don't cook  Tsiyu   Oct-03-10 11:32 AM   #147 
     - I highly doubt that.  Ikonoklast   Oct-03-10 12:00 PM   #160 
     - Withholding a tip is not a privilege - it just means you're a dick.  baldguy   Oct-03-10 02:19 PM   #218 
     - Not hard to guess whether you  Jakes Progress   Oct-03-10 09:36 PM   #279 
     - Or simply a generous soul complete with tolerance...  LanternWaste   Oct-04-10 05:49 PM   #323 
  - After a few moments of check nonarrival, how hard would it have been  Obamanaut   Oct-03-10 07:02 AM   #30 
  - Minor is in the eye of the beholder  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 07:18 AM   #34 
     - And "I'm cheap and will use any excuse to prove it" is still just cheap. nt  Obamanaut   Oct-03-10 08:47 AM   #45 
     - +1 Not tipping is a weak and small-minded power trip; nothing more.  Codeine   Oct-03-10 09:11 AM   #54 
     - tipping generously after a bad service/meal is being a sap.  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 09:55 AM   #70 
        - Causing bad service by being an ass is being a sap. nt  Obamanaut   Oct-03-10 10:15 AM   #95 
        - Blame the customer  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 10:35 AM   #118 
        - you make t easy. just waiting (30 minutes) to have an excuse to be offended) sucker wasted 1/2 hour  bettyellen   Oct-03-10 10:38 AM   #121 
        - yeah thats what I was doing  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 11:26 AM   #144 
           - why sit unhappily for a half hour for no payoff? if you weren't going for revenge  bettyellen   Oct-03-10 11:53 AM   #154 
           - you are too close to it to see  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 11:58 AM   #159 
              - better for you to sit there like a miserable ass for 30 minutes? how much was that tip worth to you  bettyellen   Oct-03-10 12:08 PM   #167 
              - You had by your own account a nice meal with good service  unapatriciated   Oct-03-10 04:55 PM   #245 
           - And to flag down another server and explain that your check didn't come would  1monster   Oct-03-10 12:27 PM   #181 
              - you could interpert it that way/ or you could see it in more real world terms  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 01:02 PM   #189 
                 - Whatever. You remind me of a relative who can NEVER be wrong no matter how wrong he  1monster   Oct-03-10 01:30 PM   #202 
                 - if you have never recieved bad service...  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 01:42 PM   #208 
                    - you said the service was GOOD, one little mistake (check) and you become vengeful though  bettyellen   Oct-03-10 01:50 PM   #211 
                    - It doesn't seem to me that you got bad service for what you went  snappyturtle   Oct-03-10 11:24 PM   #292 
                 - "Didn't get exemplary service" so I'll just let them twist in the wind for two and change an hour.  AlabamaLibrul   Oct-04-10 01:44 AM   #302 
        - In this case, correctly identify (label) the customer. nt  Obamanaut   Oct-03-10 10:56 AM   #135 
        - you're the one stiffing the waitress/waiter for bad food  TorchTheWitch   Oct-03-10 12:13 PM   #171 
        - Blame the worker. Always an easy fall-back position. Jesus Christ! n/t  AlabamaLibrul   Oct-04-10 01:43 AM   #301 
        - and a needlessly miserable one at that.  bettyellen   Oct-03-10 10:42 AM   #126 
        - you HAD a good meal and good service. One little mistake happened. You could have prevented an issue  bettyellen   Oct-03-10 10:49 AM   #130 
        - The quality of the meal is not server's fault.  Incitatus   Oct-07-10 07:55 PM   #345 
     - its too easy to call me cheap  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 09:52 AM   #69 
        - Yes, we get it. It's a power trip. We understand that.  Codeine   Oct-03-10 09:56 AM   #71 
        - too easy to blame the customer/ call me cheap  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 10:05 AM   #81 
        - "Take the power back"?! WTF?!  Codeine   Oct-03-10 10:09 AM   #87 
        - ha ha ha .  bettyellen   Oct-03-10 10:39 AM   #122 
        - I'll call you cheap. And I'll call you a douche.  Bunny   Oct-03-10 01:11 PM   #197 
        - (epicfacepalm)  WilliamPitt   Oct-03-10 05:43 PM   #253 
        - Your reply says it all, this is all about a power trip personality disorder...runs so rampant among  AuntPatsy   Oct-03-10 11:32 AM   #146 
        - Refer to response 45. Yes indeed "this is the cold hard truth"  Obamanaut   Oct-03-10 10:00 AM   #76 
        - so you tip bad sevice that same as good service ?  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 10:06 AM   #82 
           - To me it seems like respect for folks who work their asses off  Codeine   Oct-03-10 10:11 AM   #89 
           - I do not receive bad service. As soon as we are spoken to by anyone,  Obamanaut   Oct-03-10 10:13 AM   #92 
           - Precisely!  Codeine   Oct-03-10 10:15 AM   #97 
              - you're the kind of customer we treat like gods  TorchTheWitch   Oct-03-10 12:22 PM   #177 
              - That's my take on it.  alphafemale   Oct-03-10 02:37 PM   #222 
           - i bet your sorry ass gets bad service often. Looking for an excuse to weild your "power" LOL !  bettyellen   Oct-03-10 10:41 AM   #124 
              - Its pretty rare that I get bad service/ most places are pretty good at customer service  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 11:32 AM   #149 
        - OK, Mr. Pink...  backscatter712   Oct-04-10 11:15 AM   #319 
     - Well if it wasn't that minor, then you get up after ten minutes and find someone n/t  pipi_k   Oct-03-10 09:58 AM   #74 
        - because he's a professional victim, revels in others mistakes and amplifies them till he's a martyr  bettyellen   Oct-03-10 10:44 AM   #128 
        - I can't imagine the torture of having to sit at a table for 30 minutes...  eilen   Oct-03-10 03:14 PM   #228 
  - 'Retribution?'  Cirque du So-What   Oct-03-10 07:05 AM   #32 
  - tips are earned through service  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 07:38 AM   #37 
     - It appears a LOT is lost on you!  Cirque du So-What   Oct-03-10 10:08 AM   #86 
     - you call it what you like  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 10:12 AM   #91 
     - You're the one 'assuming'  Cirque du So-What   Oct-03-10 10:21 AM   #102 
     - He would be well-served to ask himself  Codeine   Oct-03-10 10:22 AM   #104 
     - I never have a problem either  Cirque du So-What   Oct-03-10 10:32 AM   #115 
     - good tips result from good service is not an assumption  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 10:34 AM   #117 
     - Well, no. You're actually not  LanternWaste   Oct-04-10 05:50 PM   #324 
     - I am no big shot  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 10:53 AM   #132 
     - I understand perfectly  Cirque du So-What   Oct-03-10 11:02 AM   #137 
        - and you want me to be punished...  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 11:21 AM   #142 
           - No, I don't want you to be punished. Where DO you get this stuff anyway?  Cirque du So-What   Oct-03-10 11:36 AM   #150 
              - I got it from the first line of your previous response  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 11:55 AM   #156 
                 - Don't hold back on my account  Cirque du So-What   Oct-03-10 12:00 PM   #161 
                 - his response was to calling you out on your need for retribution and unwillingness to resolve things  bettyellen   Oct-03-10 12:06 PM   #166 
                    - its just crazy to think you derserve a tip despite poor service  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 01:04 PM   #192 
                       - you had good service, and you also withold tips for lousy food. that's being a jerk on both counts  bettyellen   Oct-03-10 01:23 PM   #199 
                          - I am not miserable  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 01:35 PM   #204 
                             - ha ha , but you were for a full half hour and that;s just as much your fault as anyones  bettyellen   Oct-03-10 01:40 PM   #207 
                                - not sorry for myself, maybe a little for you though  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 01:49 PM   #210 
                                   - um, not ha ha- that was you trapped at the table for a half hour, you must not value ur life at all!  bettyellen   Oct-03-10 01:54 PM   #212 
     - Pedantic subthread: In the book, the Ugly American is actually the hero of the story.  phasma ex machina   Oct-03-10 11:58 AM   #158 
     - Just stop a second and look at that word: "service." Another human being is SERVING you. And you're  WinkyDink   Oct-03-10 12:12 PM   #170 
        - its a business deal for a meal.  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 01:24 PM   #201 
  - Good thing you're there to keep them on the straight and narrrow.  Codeine   Oct-03-10 09:46 AM   #65 
  - are you saying ther are no lazy un-engaged poor performing servers?  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 09:59 AM   #75 
     - I've never had a shitty waitress or waiter.  Codeine   Oct-03-10 10:02 AM   #78 
     - I am working man too  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 10:09 AM   #88 
     - Are you paid sub-minimum and taxed as though you've been tipped?  Codeine   Oct-03-10 10:12 AM   #90 
        - did you know the pay when you accepted the job?  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 10:15 AM   #96 
        - Waitstaff take those jobs because - in case you haven't noticed -  Codeine   Oct-03-10 10:19 AM   #100 
        - you tip out of pity?  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 10:38 AM   #120 
        - I don't think that terrible service deserves a good tip  latebloomer   Oct-03-10 11:25 AM   #143 
           - +1. Good service = good tip. Two way street.  savalez   Oct-03-10 11:41 AM   #152 
        - People are waiters to pay rent and put food on the fucking table.  Swede   Oct-03-10 10:30 AM   #112 
        - I expect competence and not an unreasonable amout of it.  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 10:27 AM   #108 
           - I suspect you've never received bad service either.  Codeine   Oct-03-10 10:29 AM   #111 
              - sounds to me like tipping in power trip for YOU  cleveramerican   Oct-03-10 10:44 AM   #127 
                 - Blame the tipper? A huge LOL. nt  Obamanaut   Oct-03-10 11:56 AM   #157 
     - I've had precisely one  Posteritatis   Oct-03-10 03:25 PM   #233 
     - I know for sure there are crappy, selfish, and conceited customers.  WinkyDink   Oct-03-10 12:14 PM   #172 
     - but according to your own account she gave you very good service  unapatriciated   Oct-03-10 05:38 PM   #251 
  - After 10 min why did you ask another waiter for assistance?  tammywammy   Oct-03-10 11:32 AM   #148 
  - note to self: never go out to eat anywhere with cleaveramerican.  ElsewheresDaughter   Oct-03-10 01:04 PM   #193 
  - No kidding, right? He's the kind of guy I've actually walked out of dates with.  blondeatlast   Oct-03-10 01:37 PM   #205 
  - servers deliver the food...  Prospero1   Oct-03-10 01:24 PM   #200 
  - wow sounds like you got a built in excuse not to tip everytime.  The Gunslinger   Oct-03-10 08:57 PM   #275 
  - Well, for you. For me it's an advertisement of my class...  LanternWaste   Oct-04-10 05:27 PM   #321 
  - UUuuuuh just walk up to the cashier and ask for your check  NBachers   Oct-06-10 05:41 AM   #332 
  - This ex bartender thanks you for this post, Will ! People just don't get it.  RagAss   Oct-03-10 06:17 AM   #20 
  - Always do. The math is easier for me that way. :-) (And my mother was a waitress.)  WinkyDink   Oct-03-10 06:21 AM   #21 
  - Rec'd. Been there, done that. These folks work hard and deserve  babylonsister   Oct-03-10 06:28 AM   #24 
  - $2.65 an hour? ... tips should be abolished and replaced with real wages instead.  NuttyFluffers   Oct-03-10 06:35 AM   #25 
  - Agreed... that's why the UK isn't a nation of tippers.  mwooldri   Oct-03-10 08:02 AM   #42 
  - They are also not a nation of good service  Dorian Gray   Oct-03-10 09:16 AM   #57 
  - Gordon Ramsay would like to [bleep]ing disagree with you there.  mwooldri   Oct-03-10 09:24 AM   #60 
  - To be fair, that service sounds like what you get in any Walmart here. n/t  AlabamaLibrul   Oct-04-10 01:53 AM   #303 
  - Japan & Korea do not tip, & their service blows ours out of the water.  NuttyFluffers   Oct-04-10 10:56 AM   #316 
  - Brits aren't good tippers at home  HipChick   Oct-03-10 09:25 AM   #61 
  - Sometimes I see  femrap   Oct-03-10 10:03 AM   #79 
  - :) or we could agitate like hell to get min. wage over $20 nationwide...  NuttyFluffers   Oct-04-10 11:14 AM   #318 
  - If tips were abolished  cullen7282   Oct-03-10 08:25 PM   #273 
     - nonsense. Japan & Korea already do not tip. meals are affordable there.  NuttyFluffers   Oct-04-10 10:52 AM   #315 
  - In my 62 years I've only been to a few bars where there were servers or bouncers  madokie   Oct-03-10 06:41 AM   #27 
  - Another reminder:  Ineeda   Oct-03-10 06:59 AM   #28 
  - When the food sucks, I  femrap   Oct-03-10 10:08 AM   #85 
  - Yes, and I tip with cash so that they can pocket it, instead of waiting for a portion of a Visa pymt  Kolesar   Oct-03-10 10:26 AM   #106 
  - I hear ya ....  a kennedy   Oct-03-10 07:11 AM   #33 
  - this bartender and manager thanks you!  Maine-ah   Oct-03-10 07:32 AM   #35 
  - After 20 years I still have nightmares about being a bartender  whyverne   Oct-03-10 07:33 AM   #36 
  - It annoys me to no end that owners expect us to pay the cost  TBF   Oct-03-10 07:38 AM   #38 
  - Oregon law is for food servers, bartenders and the like...  hayu_lol   Oct-03-10 07:59 AM   #40 
  - Same in WA and CA.  Gormy Cuss   Oct-03-10 10:31 AM   #113 
  - If the owners increased the salaries so that no one would need tips,  Obamanaut   Oct-03-10 08:49 AM   #46 
  - Of course it would - that is how capitalism works -  TBF   Oct-03-10 09:03 AM   #52 
     - The large number of failed restaurants.........  Gaedel   Oct-03-10 10:07 AM   #83 
        - Well ... Paying workers $1 an hour would solve that problem ...  Trajan   Oct-03-10 11:57 PM   #294 
  - We Always Tip Well, Too  LeFleur1   Oct-03-10 12:16 PM   #174 
  - Why? That is how your lawyer and physician bills you. nt  eilen   Oct-03-10 03:22 PM   #232 
  - Treating people right, and why some people don't  BaltimoreDemocrat   Oct-03-10 07:55 AM   #39 
  - I'm surprised Liddy  femrap   Oct-03-10 10:18 AM   #98 
  - good rant  handmade34   Oct-03-10 08:01 AM   #41 
  - My kid sister waitressed for years... ALWAYS tip something please..  annabanana   Oct-03-10 08:05 AM   #43 
  - You'fe absolutely right. These fancy cash registers knows exactly  snappyturtle   Oct-03-10 11:59 PM   #295 
  - Totally agree, although I skipped to the end to read your point.  elocs   Oct-03-10 08:09 AM   #44 
  - Have you thought about getting back into teaching, Will ?  kentuck   Oct-03-10 08:50 AM   #47 
  - I've worked at bars before  bigwillq   Oct-03-10 08:50 AM   #48 
  - worked 10 yrs in food service  LittleGirl   Oct-03-10 08:50 AM   #49 
  - When I last waited tables, $2.50 per, we were taxed as if we made  Mnemosyne    Oct-03-10 08:50 AM   #50 
  - Yes it still works that way  tammywammy   Oct-03-10 11:29 AM   #145 
     - Despicable unfair practice, imo. Thanks for the info, TW! n/t  Mnemosyne    Oct-04-10 09:46 AM   #313 
  - my wife has been a bartender/waitress on and off most of her working life...  madrchsod   Oct-03-10 08:56 AM   #51 
  - I'm a dishwasher...  druidity33   Oct-03-10 09:08 AM   #53 
  - This blue-collar retail worker salutes all my service-worker brethren,  Codeine   Oct-03-10 09:12 AM   #56 
  - TL;DR  leeroysphitz   Oct-03-10 09:12 AM   #55 
  - I don't understand people who don't tip.  MissB   Oct-03-10 09:18 AM   #58 
  - We always leave a generous tip  IDemo   Oct-03-10 09:23 AM   #59 
  - all the comments are making me think of this  dem mba   Oct-03-10 09:33 AM   #62 
  - LOL  senseandsensibility   Oct-03-10 12:10 PM   #169 
  - Will, if it's  femrap   Oct-03-10 09:41 AM   #64 
  - The unfortunate thing is...  pipi_k   Oct-03-10 09:48 AM   #66 
  - My favorite part of the  femrap   Oct-03-10 10:27 AM   #109 
     - Hee hee...  pipi_k   Oct-03-10 01:02 PM   #190 
        - Yes....that's a  femrap   Oct-03-10 06:02 PM   #256 
           - Yep, Geico usually has some real good commercials....  pipi_k   Oct-03-10 09:37 PM   #280 
  - K&R  JoeyT   Oct-03-10 09:50 AM   #67 
  - Having been a server and bartender, I think tipping should go away.  cleanhippie   Oct-03-10 09:58 AM   #73 
  - Well said. Beyond a fair tip, I think it's a worthy practice to acknowledge and thank *anyone*  DirkGently   Oct-03-10 10:02 AM   #77 
  - "Be the break in the chain of stink."  Codeine   Oct-03-10 10:03 AM   #80 
  - And we can carry that over into general life as well...  pipi_k   Oct-03-10 10:18 AM   #99 
  - That is a great phrase  customerserviceguy   Oct-03-10 12:58 PM   #188 
  - "Be the break in the chain of stink." LOVE that. nt  blondeatlast   Oct-03-10 01:39 PM   #206 
  - Libs always are the best tippers.  lonestarnot   Oct-03-10 10:15 AM   #93 
  - I've worked as a waitress and a bartender. I always tip good.  Joanne98   Oct-03-10 10:20 AM   #101 
  - maim and slaughter?  datasuspect   Oct-03-10 10:22 AM   #103 
  - On Behalf of all waitstaff, past present and future, THANK YOU!  Demeter   Oct-03-10 10:23 AM   #105 
  - Waiters fight back  alfredo   Oct-03-10 10:28 AM   #110 
  - It's shameful that this even needs to be pointed out.  GoCubsGo   Oct-03-10 10:31 AM   #114 
  - my waitress next door neighbor says the same thing  TorchTheWitch   Oct-03-10 12:52 PM   #186 
     - I'm currently taking Hotel & Restaurant Mgmt  tammywammy   Oct-03-10 05:41 PM   #252 
     - Mothers Day is the worst.  unapatriciated   Oct-03-10 06:14 PM   #258 
  - Anyone who has ever worked food service or hotel knows how it feels...  lib2DaBone   Oct-03-10 10:39 AM   #123 
  - Very illuminating thread  Iwillnevergiveup   Oct-03-10 10:41 AM   #125 
  - What he said.  matt819   Oct-03-10 10:52 AM   #131 
  - Excellent article. My son is a cook in a restuarant and bust his butt. He  southernyankeebelle   Oct-03-10 10:54 AM   #133 
  - Rhythm and I always start from the assumption that a 20% tip is an absolute minimum.  Lyric   Oct-03-10 10:56 AM   #134 
  - One more thing--if your food is particularly good, please remember your cooks.  Lyric   Oct-03-10 11:00 AM   #136 
  - Damn Will...  WillyT   Oct-03-10 11:04 AM   #138 
  - Something to consider.  lumberjack_jeff   Oct-03-10 11:07 AM   #139 
  - As your bar patrons go.......so goes the nation  Klukie   Oct-03-10 11:08 AM   #140 
  - Just to make sure  theaocp   Oct-03-10 11:10 AM   #141 
  - Thanks! I've bartended and waited tables in my younger life. Nice when you all tip well. We  earcandle   Oct-03-10 11:39 AM   #151 
  - K & R  HCE SuiGeneris   Oct-03-10 11:54 AM   #155 
  - So just how much is a standard tip these days? Since I know just how hard  1monster   Oct-03-10 12:01 PM   #162 
  - dh and I waited tables in college, we've always tipped well.  Dappleganger   Oct-03-10 12:04 PM   #163 
  - I always give respect, eye contact, and a smile to my servers...plus a good tip.  cry baby   Oct-03-10 12:04 PM   #164 
  - $2.65 an hour  oldlib   Oct-03-10 12:08 PM   #168 
  - K&R  SammyWinstonJack   Oct-03-10 12:14 PM   #173 
  - I have had fabulous and terrible service as a woman dining alone.  mnhtnbb   Oct-03-10 12:17 PM   #175 
  - Thanks for pointing that out  customerserviceguy   Oct-03-10 12:18 PM   #176 
  - Sounds like you could use a movement to advocate for a livable wage  suffragette   Oct-03-10 12:22 PM   #178 
  - the breed of cats you are referring to...  donal dubh   Oct-03-10 12:23 PM   #179 
  - I was a waitress for years. We former servers always tip well. nt  tblue37   Oct-03-10 12:27 PM   #180 
  - Maybe if the Sox had won BOTH games...  flvegan   Oct-03-10 12:36 PM   #182 
  - Everything about the bar biz is hard work...  Hubert Flottz   Oct-03-10 12:45 PM   #183 
  - $2.65 an hour is slave wages!!  Generic Other   Oct-03-10 12:48 PM   #184 
  - While I agree that the server shouldn't be short-changed ....  defendandprotect   Oct-03-10 12:51 PM   #185 
  - I was a waiter in my youth  klook   Oct-03-10 01:03 PM   #191 
  - K&R  Marcel   Oct-03-10 01:04 PM   #194 
  - How does anyone pay $2.65 an hour any more?  EFerrari   Oct-03-10 01:05 PM   #195 
  - Another thing is that on nights like you describe, the service may not be as quick BUT  DevonRex   Oct-03-10 01:06 PM   #196 
  - and ALWAYS over tip the breakfast waitress/waiter!.it's the cheatest meal of the day they make least  ElsewheresDaughter   Oct-03-10 01:19 PM   #198 
  - I know what you are speaking of.  Cleita   Oct-03-10 01:33 PM   #203 
  - Three words 'Right to Work States'  unapatriciated   Oct-03-10 06:47 PM   #262 
  - ALL workers should be paid minimum wage. Using tips  bbgrunt   Oct-03-10 01:43 PM   #209 
  - The bad news is that there's a need for this thread. The good news is that the smug douchenozzles  blondeatlast   Oct-03-10 01:55 PM   #213 
  - My wife always busts my stones I leave too much  sellitman   Oct-03-10 02:03 PM   #214 
  - don't forget the kitchen staff and the folks who ...  Buenaventura   Oct-03-10 02:07 PM   #215 
  - next time don't let those tightwads in!  orleans   Oct-03-10 02:08 PM   #216 
  - I always tip at least 15% and generally 20% or more, but  Sherman A1   Oct-03-10 02:23 PM   #220 
  - Now the next question is, how many leave something for  Sherman A1   Oct-03-10 02:25 PM   #221 
     - I do  unapatriciated   Oct-03-10 05:12 PM   #246 
     - I do...  AnneD   Oct-03-10 11:05 PM   #289 
     - Agreed  Sherman A1   Oct-04-10 03:20 AM   #307 
     - Always.  WilliamPitt   Oct-04-10 09:38 AM   #312 
  - Rec. Excellent post.  bertman   Oct-03-10 02:54 PM   #223 
  - Amen! I once offered to wait for a friend who had a small restaurant and  tpsbmam   Oct-03-10 03:04 PM   #224 
  - I worked as a food industry server...  riverbendviewgal   Oct-03-10 03:05 PM   #225 
  - People who serve the public are doing God's work  blogslut   Oct-03-10 03:14 PM   #227 
  - The unvarnished truth  apex nerd   Oct-03-10 03:14 PM   #229 
  - Sorry but . . .  TomClash   Oct-03-10 03:15 PM   #230 
  - One More Thing OP  apex nerd   Oct-03-10 03:17 PM   #231 
  - I swear to God, sometimes... the ONLY people who treat service staff decently...  TygrBright   Oct-03-10 03:31 PM   #234 
  - For the first ten years of my life, my mom worked as a waitress in a diner  deutsey   Oct-03-10 03:35 PM   #235 
  - And Linda McMahon wants to LOWER the minimum wage. n/t  Scuba   Oct-03-10 04:06 PM   #238 
  - Kudos for being a bouncer.  unapatriciated   Oct-03-10 04:12 PM   #240 
  - Yup  WilliamPitt   Oct-03-10 04:26 PM   #242 
  - Thank you, from two lifelong club employees.  lildreamer316   Oct-03-10 05:18 PM   #247 
  - Thank you,  One Voice   Oct-03-10 05:31 PM   #248 
  - $2.65 an hour? Those wages are fucking sickening!  Initech   Oct-03-10 05:34 PM   #249 
  - Bouncers are dangerously unappreciated  DissedByBush   Oct-03-10 05:34 PM   #250 
  - damn right!  TorchTheWitch   Oct-03-10 06:32 PM   #261 
  - I always treat them nice, don't want my burger bun used to wipe someone's  S Calawag   Oct-03-10 05:48 PM   #254 
  - I swore a mighty oath...  badgerpup   Oct-03-10 06:05 PM   #257 
  - This may have been mentioned elsewhere in the thread, but...  Orrex   Oct-03-10 06:26 PM   #260 
  - I go to bars and restaurants  Bluzmann57   Oct-03-10 07:11 PM   #263 
  - Kicked and rec'd  rambler_american   Oct-03-10 07:11 PM   #264 
  - We were there last night  JerseygirlCT   Oct-03-10 07:17 PM   #265 
  - I go get a $3 cup of soup  Phlem   Oct-03-10 07:30 PM   #267 
  - When will we start paying full salaries to these staff?  spooky3   Oct-03-10 07:34 PM   #268 
  - Ask New Orleans waitstaff who tips good and who doesn't.  azureblue   Oct-03-10 07:39 PM   #269 
  - So did the Sox win?  postulater   Oct-03-10 07:53 PM   #270 
  - agreed  grantcart   Oct-03-10 07:58 PM   #271 
  - Capitalism is the cause of the suffering  Mosaic   Oct-03-10 08:46 PM   #274 
  - Amen  eyeofdelphi   Oct-03-10 08:59 PM   #276 
  - A quick note to anyone who works in bars, restaurants, etc.  Sen. Walter Sobchak   Oct-03-10 09:23 PM   #277 
  - You're right..fair is fair...  pipi_k   Oct-03-10 09:51 PM   #282 
  - I was a waitress many years ago  MadMaddie   Oct-03-10 09:26 PM   #278 
  - Round that tip up.  Jakes Progress   Oct-03-10 09:43 PM   #281 
  - thank you for this  justabob   Oct-03-10 09:51 PM   #283 
  - I always give a generous tip and treat the servers with  WeekendWarrior   Oct-03-10 10:20 PM   #285 
  - and the fat cats may not realize  greymattermom   Oct-03-10 10:29 PM   #286 
  - I used to be a nurse  Mojorabbit   Oct-03-10 11:00 PM   #287 
  - Both my son and daughter work in the restaurant/bar industry.  snappyturtle   Oct-03-10 11:02 PM   #288 
  - 20% , and 15% for bad service , no more , no less. In my student days I would  UndertheOcean   Oct-03-10 11:11 PM   #291 
  - Hey Will .... I want to thank you ....  Trajan   Oct-04-10 12:03 AM   #296 
  - I've been there. I always give 20% unless there was some real bad issue  AllyCat   Oct-04-10 12:16 AM   #297 
  - I dont eat out often, but when I make it a point to tip well  Vehl   Oct-04-10 01:03 AM   #298 
  - I remember my waitressing days...  GoddessOfGuinness   Oct-04-10 01:09 AM   #299 
  - I learned to tip well, from my first girlfriend who was a server.  Norrin Radd   Oct-04-10 01:34 AM   #300 
  - Will I don't always agree with your posts, but on this one we're practically cousins.  cherokeeprogressive   Oct-04-10 02:46 AM   #304 
  - Wow....  AnneD   Oct-05-10 05:37 PM   #328 
  - I know I'm late to this discussion but here is the deal. If I can't afford to tip 20%  OffWithTheirHeads   Oct-04-10 02:52 AM   #305 
  - Sunday Morning ....  AnneD   Oct-05-10 05:56 PM   #330 
  - HOW MUCH???!!!  intaglio   Oct-04-10 03:03 AM   #306 
  - Been there. Every human being should wait tables, bartend, or cook before having any other career.  The Doctor.   Oct-04-10 04:17 AM   #308 
  - Good service, good tip. Shitty service, shitty tip. Abysmal service, no tip.  proteus_lives   Oct-04-10 04:31 AM   #309 
  - Edit-dupe.  proteus_lives   Oct-04-10 04:32 AM   #310 
  - Two Thumbs Up  laundry_queen   Oct-04-10 10:18 AM   #314 
  - I do my damndest to give a decent tip when I go out.  backscatter712   Oct-04-10 11:12 AM   #317 
  - It rained in Los Angeles Today... and  heliarc   Oct-04-10 04:10 PM   #320 
  - I've cut way back on my entertainment spending, but not tipping...  JuniperLea   Oct-04-10 05:35 PM   #322 
  - Been there, done that, always overtip. Always.  byronius   Oct-04-10 07:59 PM   #325 
  - Kick for the servers  TroglodyteScholar   Oct-04-10 08:51 PM   #327 
  - I ALWAYS over-tip at the local bar here....these people work hard  TK421   Oct-05-10 05:43 PM   #329 
  - ... That's true ... but why shouldn't employers/restraurants PAY for their help?  defendandprotect   Oct-06-10 11:57 PM   #334 
     - Not necessarily, no.....and I never did understand why the hourly wage  TK421   Oct-07-10 03:19 PM   #335 
        - We all do -- tips are now generally 20% ... HOWEVER, wait staff should be  defendandprotect   Oct-07-10 03:24 PM   #336 
           - I do agree with you on this...but I feel that the wait staff should get an  TK421   Oct-07-10 05:23 PM   #338 
              - That was the original concept of a "tip" -- for extra special service ....  defendandprotect   Oct-07-10 06:22 PM   #341 
                 - I am in total agreement with you on this one...and it does seem that  TK421   Oct-07-10 06:40 PM   #342 
                    - Think what happened was the "3 martini lunch" put the TIP on the corporations bill.....  defendandprotect   Oct-07-10 07:09 PM   #343 
                       - lol, so I did guess I might be wrong about that....oh well, I find businesses do that  TK421   Oct-07-10 08:17 PM   #346 
  - MAJOR thanks from a former waitress. I worked in a busy coffee shop and people tipped small anyway  DesertDiamond   Oct-05-10 08:06 PM   #331 
  - What about restaurants increasing hourly wage for wait staff .... ???  defendandprotect   Oct-07-10 03:25 PM   #337 
  - Funny thing is, percentage never comes to mind no matter what it is I order  TK421   Oct-07-10 05:55 PM   #340 
  - Any unionization among waiters/waitresses? Salaries have to go up ....  defendandprotect   Oct-06-10 11:56 PM   #333 
  - Back in the early 2000s  WilmywoodNCparalegal   Oct-07-10 05:50 PM   #339 
  - I was a server in my early 20's. I'd NEVER do that again.  jesus_of_suburbia   Oct-07-10 07:30 PM   #344 
 

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