Originally Posted by
mpattdu
You have to be joking! How is it in ANY way the server's responsibility that the OP couldn't pay for the dinner? The server was inconvenienced by having to wait 30 minutes for the OP to get some cash--no one else in the party could cover the $30? The only inconvenience experienced by the OP was self-inflicted.
If anything, the restaurant should have an ATM located on the premisis or at least know of some nearby options that patrons in the OP's situation can use. And they should warn patrons before they order. But to not give a tip for one's own mistake is pretty low.
It is pretty low for a decent restaurant not to accept credit cards. That's the first time it has ever happened to me and last I checked the date is 2008, not 1988. From what I read online, one reason restaurants do it so waiters can pocket the cash tips and not report all the income for tax purposes.
As a customer it is not my job to double guess my server's intentions . If I am unsatisfied with the experience, I am not going to tip regardless of whose fault it is. It is the server's responsibility to notify the responsible staff/management of things that are wrong.
The advice people are giving is ridiculous that I should fully tip the waiter AND go and give a piece of my mind to the dishwasher, cook, manager etc for each thing I was dissatisfied with. Please, get real.