Originally Posted by
Springs1
Tipping the server less isn't going to make the owner of the restaurant decide to accept credit cards. This issue is NOT part of the customer's service. This issue has to do with the OWNER making the rules of what kind of menthod of payments he or she wants to accept. Punishing the server is only hurting that server. The owner will NOT care if you reduce the tip, because that's not his or her money, that's the server's money.
I don't get WHY would you reduce the tip according to what the OWNER wants to accept as payment or not. HOW EXACTLY is that the server's fault?
I couldn't care less whether an owner accepted a credit card (FWIW there are luxury hotels in Europe that require a non-refunadable bank transfer to secure boookings at xmas).
What I do care about is how they treat customers when they are caught flat footed without cash. In this case it seems like the OP left the place huffin and puffing w/o asking whether s/he could send him a check (with a 30% tip for all I care).