Originally Posted by
Fredd
Ah, it didn't dawn on me that perhaps you were the recipient of the abusiveness. I thought you were referring to numbers of scenes you had witnessed of other diners being berated.
Well it has happened both ways. At least twice (that I can think of) in the last few years, I have decided to leave a minimal tip of around 10% due to extremely poor service, and been stopped at the door by the server on the way out. One was near Los Angeles and one was in a small town.
I also saw a server (or manager?) lecture another customer once on tipping. I don't know if the reduction was justified or not, but this one seemed to be getting heated so we quickly paid our check and left.