Originally Posted by techgirl
Seriously?
I'm bothered when people I'm dining with start stacking dishes at the table for the servers. And as a former server myself, it doesn't help the process at all.
I think this is rude and hope that no one I'm dining with does this when I'm at the table.
I was writing that under the assumption that the server takes empty chip baskets anyway. The issue of tipping is for another thread, but suffice it to say that servers who go beyond the norm don't do it for free when I'm responsible for the tip.