Originally Posted by
Jaimito Cartero
Don't you have to enter the number of guests at a table? So, if it kicks in at 8, can't you just specify 7 diners?
Nope, it just counts how many entrees are rang in. And again, management's policy is to add it with 6 or more adults. The computer doesn't automatically do it.
Originally Posted by
Boghopper
If the 18% auto tip doesn't "thrill the server", perhaps the server needs an attitude adjustment. 18% is far more than "any tip".
No attitude adjustment needed thank you. Quite level-headed already. I'm not saying I
dislike getting 18%. I'm just saying I
typically get more based on my service. So why would I want to add something that will make me less money? If I don't "grat" them and they leave me 18%, I am in no way disappointed. In this case especially, it's a a zero-sum result.
Originally Posted by
Boghopper
If the server wants to shoot for a higher tip he or she is welcome to waive the auto tip and see what I give out. If the auto tip is there. that's what the server is getting. If the server doesn't like it, he/she can take it up with management or find an establishment that doesn't have that policy.
I want to reiterate that no, I can't just
not add the gratuity at my choosing. It's discrimination to pick and choose who gets it. If I see a bunch of Armani-suit wearing, black AmEx toting businessmen and don't add it, and then I see a bunch of elderly people and
do add it, I'm being discriminatory.
As I posted a little higher up, I have brought it up with management, and they told me if every last server agreed, we'd take the policy off the menu. A couple servers disagreed so it stayed. To say that I should then find another establishment without the policy is a somewhat ridiculous leap in logic. I'm sure your job has policies with which you disagree, but you don't go hopping jobs every time one pops up. And, for that matter, I don't know of a single restaurant that doesn't have an auto-gratuity for some size of party.
Chris