Originally Posted by
bigguyinpasadena
Actually I return to a place because a waiter/clerk/agent has done his main job IMO-he has made me want to return.
I am not out to be liked by those whom I pay to wait on me.
Again-if service is above average the server gets a little more.
I am also one who stiffs if the service is poor/rude
People who are not meant to be in the service buisness should not be encouraged.
And why should someone who orders something expensive-but takes the same amount of work as a lesser priced item be robbed at gunpoint?This whole percentage thing is just a guide-not a rule.
If you read one of my earlier posts, I mentioned the fact that we tip out on the expensive items, so if we don't receive a tip, we lose money. Let's say you have $100 of food and a $150 bottle of wine. You don't care to tip on the wine, so you leave me $15 on the $100 of food, and nothing on the wine-- $15 on $250. Well, let's say I tip out 5% on my food, and 10% on my wine. I now have received ($15-$5)=$10 on my food and lost ($0-$15)=$15 on my wine. By not tipping me on the wine (even though I poured the whole bottle, made sure to practice proper wine etiquette, etc.), I actually lost $5 for waiting on your table. Not to mention the opportunity cost insofar as I could have had a table in your place that I actually made some money off of. That doesn't pay bills unfortunately.
Chris