Originally Posted by
tonyrocks922
I also used a gift card for the first time last week and it took 2 managers and 20 minutes for them to figure out how to apply it vs the usual 1 manager and 5 minutes it used to take them to figure out how to take the gift checks.
I experienced the same. My server, who had been gracious to my party throughout the night, instantly became irate and condescending when I showed him a QR-coded OpenTable gift card on my phone.
I had not noticed the instructions to present the gift to the server
before dining. My fault, but that was not his gripe. He insisted the gift card had to be printed; he insisted
every restaurant in the world would need it to be printed.
The restaurant did ultimately take the gift card. I still tipped 20%, forgiving the rudeness, because I was in Washington DC where I was unsure whether this server would be considered rude by the local standard.