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Old Jun 1, 2016 | 8:41 pm
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Springs1
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
Nevertheless, I'd give the server lots of brownie points for being honest about having caused the delay.

Maybe tip 10-15%, although it would help to know the location.
So what she was honest? That means NOTHING! What means something is if she was playing on the job or BUSTING ...? If she wasn't busy and she didn't seem to be working too hard, I wouldn't put brownie points towards lazy and uncaring workers. I don't count the honesty, because no matter what they can't give me my time back. I'd rather have my time than them to comp my meal personally. My time is worth more than the money.

As I said in my other post, it would depend on the situation and what had happened. I don't count the honesty thing at all. You can easily catch that on your check(we have had once ordered at Outback, my husband had a side salad and we shared an appetizer as well as 2 entrees, which we ordered around 5:53p.m., check had 6:11p.m.) Same thing happened at Texas Roadhouse wondering why we waited so long. I saw why, the server waited too long to put in our entree orders. You can probably catch a server in a lie anyway and that's why she told the OP. It's very easy to catch when they have the time on the check(assuming they have the time they put it in, not the time they printed the check).
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