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Originally Posted by ryanthe4aces
Here is a tipping question I have:
Say you are at a restaurant and you are getting crap service but the waiter is working really hard. Do you still give 15-20%
what if it is because the waiter has way more tables then they can handel?
what if it is because the waiter just sucks?
I get pissed when a waiter has to many tables. I don't feel like I should have to pay 15%. I do currently, but wonder what everyone is thinking.
I'll cut a little slack if they are busy. If they are waiting too many tables, a low tip still would be accounted for by having more people tipping, so I typically wouldn't tip great, but wouldn't stiff. Probably 15% on those cases, where I normally would be in the 20-25% range. When I get poor service and see the waiter goofing off or just completely disappear, that's on him.
I had a waitress that provided pretty good service the other day but she totally forgot we were there at the end. We were in a weird building that had small rooms that would be easy to forget. They were pretty dead but had only a few people there. It took 20 minutes to get a check from her (after we had to hunt her down by walking around the place). I still tipped her decently since she did pretty much everything but remember to bring us the check. But another time in Vegas, we had a waiter who was just awful, was goofing off, and would constantly forget things. He got my pocket change. I've probably given less than 15% (on purpose) less than 5 times in my life. A rounding error on my behalf after drinking ended up screwing a guy pretty bad once, but I meant to tip him well.