Dumb waitress last night

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JM Aggie08

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Well, since you decided to be a complete asshole, and based upon restaurant policy, either the poor girl got fired, or had to pay the difference at the end of the night.

What a big man you are.
 

A Casual Fitz

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Great call my man. Fuck tipping, restaurant owners should be forced to pay waitresses a decent salary.
 

puffff

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Originally posted by: TheVrolok
Originally posted by: iFX
Originally posted by: puffff
What would you guys have done?

I wouldn't have stolen $30 worth of food.

You should call the place today and let them know you made an error on the bill and pay the remaining $30.

This. Was it busy? Sometimes people fuck up, and yes, sometimes it's inconvenient for you. Shorting her/the restaurant 30 bucks is hardly the solution. At absolute worst, don't tip her, but stealing on top of it? Way to go.

Well, 15% tip on $155 comes out to about $180, which is what we left. If anything, we shorted them $5. Similarly, I think a lot of us wouldn't have a problem taking advantage of a pricing mistake at a store if were in our favor. Isn't it like the same thing?



I wouldn't say the restaurant was busy. Roughly half the tables were occupied when we were there. Would there be any level of service where you feel differently? In addition to the gaffes I mentioned in my OP, she also messed up several other times, like clearing our plates too early, and had a very unprofessional attitude. For example, like when we asked the difference between steamers and steamed clams, her response was "I have no fucking clue" and proceeded to give us an answer that was completely off base. (Steamers are not oysters as she claimed.) At least say you don't know and you'll find out for us, right?
 

buck

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Originally posted by: A Casual Fitz
Great call my man. Fuck tipping, restaurant owners should be forced to pay waitresses a decent salary.

What about the money he stole before not leaving a tip?
 

buck

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Originally posted by: puffff
Originally posted by: TheVrolok
Originally posted by: iFX
Originally posted by: puffff
What would you guys have done?

I wouldn't have stolen $30 worth of food.

You should call the place today and let them know you made an error on the bill and pay the remaining $30.

This. Was it busy? Sometimes people fuck up, and yes, sometimes it's inconvenient for you. Shorting her/the restaurant 30 bucks is hardly the solution. At absolute worst, don't tip her, but stealing on top of it? Way to go.

Well, 15% tip on $155 comes out to about $180, which is what we left. If anything, we shorted them $5. Similarly, I think a lot of us wouldn't have a problem taking advantage of a pricing mistake at a store if were in our favor. Isn't it like the same thing?



I wouldn't say the restaurant was busy. Roughly half the tables were occupied when we were there. Would there be any level of service where you feel differently? In addition to the gaffes I mentioned in my OP, she also messed up several other times, like clearing our plates too early, and had a very unprofessional attitude. For example, like when we asked the difference between steamers and steamed clams, her response was "I have no fucking clue" and proceeded to give us an answer that was completely off base. (Steamers are not oysters as she claimed.) At least say you don't know and you'll find out for us, right?

I love when idiot thieves try to justify why they stole.

Don't try to say you left %15, you didn't even pay the fucking bill. Idiots like you will get whats coming to them.
 

puffff

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Originally posted by: crisscross
Don't think the OP is going to post in this thread again :)

I will post again :) The reason I posted this thread is to get the opinion of others, if everyone disagrees with me, I will call them to make it right. However, due to the level of service we received, it did not feel wrong at the time.
 

JM Aggie08

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Originally posted by: puffff
Originally posted by: TheVrolok
Originally posted by: iFX
Originally posted by: puffff
What would you guys have done?

I wouldn't have stolen $30 worth of food.

You should call the place today and let them know you made an error on the bill and pay the remaining $30.

This. Was it busy? Sometimes people fuck up, and yes, sometimes it's inconvenient for you. Shorting her/the restaurant 30 bucks is hardly the solution. At absolute worst, don't tip her, but stealing on top of it? Way to go.

Well, 15% tip on $155 comes out to about $180, which is what we left. If anything, we shorted them $5. Similarly, I think a lot of us wouldn't have a problem taking advantage of a pricing mistake at a store if were in our favor. Isn't it like the same thing?



I wouldn't say the restaurant was busy. Roughly half the tables were occupied when we were there. Would there be any level of service where you feel differently? In addition to the gaffes I mentioned in my OP, she also messed up several other times, like clearing our plates too early, and had a very unprofessional attitude. For example, like when we asked the difference between steamers and steamed clams, her response was "I have no fucking clue" and proceeded to give us an answer that was completely off base. (Steamers are not oysters as she claimed.) At least say you don't know and you'll find out for us, right?

If the girl began clearing the plates too early....SAY SOMETHING! don't just sit there and watch it happen. I'm sure she would have put them down.

$185 tab right? It doesn't sound like a fast food joint so i doubt that this girl used such vulgar language.



In the end....you and your amigos were in the wrong. The poor girl was having a rough night, and i'm sure you pricks only made it worse for her.
 

buck

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Originally posted by: puffff
Originally posted by: crisscross
Don't think the OP is going to post in this thread again :)

I will post again :) The reason I posted this thread is to get the opinion of others, if everyone disagrees with me, I will call them to make it right. However, due to the level of service we received, it did not feel wrong at the time.

We are happy to have helped you see the light. Maybe in the future you and your scumbag friends will decide to be honest the first time instead of needing to hear common sense from an internet forum.


p.s. We won't hold our breathe....
 

slag

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Originally posted by: buck
Originally posted by: A Casual Fitz
Great call my man. Fuck tipping, restaurant owners should be forced to pay waitresses a decent salary.

What about the money he stole before not leaving a tip?

Technically, he didnt steal. She presented him with a bill for the food which he paid in full.

I've been comp'd many times at restaurants for crappy service, slow delivery of food, etc. For all we know, she did this on his bill.
 

JS80

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Don't worry, in about 3 years I will make waiters at those type of restaurants obsolete and I'll be rich.
 

puffff

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Originally posted by: JM Aggie08
Originally posted by: puffff
Originally posted by: TheVrolok
Originally posted by: iFX
Originally posted by: puffff
What would you guys have done?

I wouldn't have stolen $30 worth of food.

You should call the place today and let them know you made an error on the bill and pay the remaining $30.

This. Was it busy? Sometimes people fuck up, and yes, sometimes it's inconvenient for you. Shorting her/the restaurant 30 bucks is hardly the solution. At absolute worst, don't tip her, but stealing on top of it? Way to go.

Well, 15% tip on $155 comes out to about $180, which is what we left. If anything, we shorted them $5. Similarly, I think a lot of us wouldn't have a problem taking advantage of a pricing mistake at a store if were in our favor. Isn't it like the same thing?



I wouldn't say the restaurant was busy. Roughly half the tables were occupied when we were there. Would there be any level of service where you feel differently? In addition to the gaffes I mentioned in my OP, she also messed up several other times, like clearing our plates too early, and had a very unprofessional attitude. For example, like when we asked the difference between steamers and steamed clams, her response was "I have no fucking clue" and proceeded to give us an answer that was completely off base. (Steamers are not oysters as she claimed.) At least say you don't know and you'll find out for us, right?

If the girl began clearing the plates too early....SAY SOMETHING! don't just sit there and watch it happen. I'm sure she would have put them down.

$185 tab right? It doesn't sound like a fast food joint so i doubt that this girl used such vulgar language.



In the end....you and your amigos were in the wrong. The poor girl was having a rough night, and i'm sure you pricks only made it worse for her.

We were talking to each other when she came by and just stacked one plate on top of another without asking first to take away. At which point it was too late to say anything. And yes, tt was a fairly upscale place, so yes, we did find the cursing very shocking/unacceptable.

Originally posted by: slag
Originally posted by: buck
Originally posted by: A Casual Fitz
Great call my man. Fuck tipping, restaurant owners should be forced to pay waitresses a decent salary.

What about the money he stole before not leaving a tip?

Technically, he didnt steal. She presented him with a bill for the food which he paid in full.

I've been comp'd many times at restaurants for crappy service, slow delivery of food, etc. For all we know, she did this on his bill.

I was hoping other people would see this side of it too and agree with me.



 

BoomerD

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Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Originally posted by: MrChad
I probably would have pointed out the error, received a corrected bill, then deducted a bit from the tip for the inconvenience.

This

Agreed. What the OP did is theft of services...even if it was an employee error.
 

HannibalX

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Originally posted by: slag
Originally posted by: buck
Originally posted by: A Casual Fitz
Great call my man. Fuck tipping, restaurant owners should be forced to pay waitresses a decent salary.

What about the money he stole before not leaving a tip?

Technically, he didnt steal. She presented him with a bill for the food which he paid in full.

I've been comp'd many times at restaurants for crappy service, slow delivery of food, etc. For all we know, she did this on his bill.


I'm afraid not. He knew the bill was $185 according the prices listed for the items he and his party ordered. He knew that the bill presented was not $185, but $155 - he admitted this to us in his OP. He did not ask for clarification of the bill that he knew to be incorrect - because he was not told that there was a discount for the poor service he had no reason to suspect a discount had been provided. Hence, he knowing paid $30 less than he knew he was obligated to pay and that's stealing. Period.
 
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You didnt do anything wrong. For all we know she could have noticed a mistake on the first bill presented and corrected it when running the CC's. Although she should have probably said something if that were the case. Bad service sucks and the restraunts are the ones you have to pay for the bad service of their waitresses/waitors. If the service was as bad as you claim i would have not said anything either about an incorrect amount.
 

LS21

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her being bitchy would be justification for me to short her

but that does not seem to be the case
 

Crusty

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Love how the moral police came running with pitchforks and torches when I'm willing to bet most of them have done something similar to you in the past.

If the waitress is too stupid to figure out how much you owe it's her own damn fault. I might have said something to the manager when I walked out about the crappy service and how the waitress needs to be trained on how to properly run the tickets.
 

alkemyst

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Originally posted by: soulcougher73
You didnt do anything wrong. For all we know she could have noticed a mistake on the first bill presented and corrected it when running the CC's. Although she should have probably said something if that were the case. Bad service sucks and the restraunts are the ones you have to pay for the bad service of their waitresses/waitors. If the service was as bad as you claim i would have not said anything either about an incorrect amount.

You are also a thief then.

It's called letting the manager know you have a problem, not doing some ninja move no one is going to notice.

I am willing to be the OP and his scourge simply went to a restaurant outside their league and are looking for justification to bring that cost down.

 

nageov3t

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Originally posted by: Crusty
Love how the moral police came running with pitchforks and torches when I'm willing to bet most of them have done something similar to you in the past.

If the waitress is too stupid to figure out how much you owe it's her own damn fault. I might have said something to the manager when I walked out about the crappy service and how the waitress needs to be trained on how to properly run the tickets.

can't say I ever have, at least not knowingly.

if I knew that I wasn't charged enough, I would have brought it to their attention (assuming that 1, the waitress would have been fired or had it docked from her pay, or 2, that they'd have my CC and would just charge me for the missing amount later)
 

dainthomas

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Originally posted by: puffff
Originally posted by: TheVrolok
Originally posted by: iFX
Originally posted by: puffff
What would you guys have done?

I wouldn't have stolen $30 worth of food.

You should call the place today and let them know you made an error on the bill and pay the remaining $30.

This. Was it busy? Sometimes people fuck up, and yes, sometimes it's inconvenient for you. Shorting her/the restaurant 30 bucks is hardly the solution. At absolute worst, don't tip her, but stealing on top of it? Way to go.

Well, 15% tip on $155 comes out to about $180, which is what we left. If anything, we shorted them $5. Similarly, I think a lot of us wouldn't have a problem taking advantage of a pricing mistake at a store if were in our favor. Isn't it like the same thing?



I wouldn't say the restaurant was busy. Roughly half the tables were occupied when we were there. Would there be any level of service where you feel differently? In addition to the gaffes I mentioned in my OP, she also messed up several other times, like clearing our plates too early, and had a very unprofessional attitude. For example, like when we asked the difference between steamers and steamed clams, her response was "I have no fucking clue" and proceeded to give us an answer that was completely off base. (Steamers are not oysters as she claimed.) At least say you don't know and you'll find out for us, right?

shens.

Even if she did, the appropriate response isn't to steal food.
 

Newbian

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The problem is they have your credit card number now so expect more then a $30 charge. ;)
 

LTC8K6

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I expect screw-ups from new waitresses. I usually tip them even more so they will remember. I have rough days from time to time where nothing seems to go right, so I don't hold it against a waitress unless it's habitual. The occasional screwup usually turns into a joke and results in a larger tip.