Waitress told me she wasnt happy with tip!

[kranky]

She was wrong, then you stooped to her level.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug

Originally posted by: latino666
You should of told her she was lucky to even get a tip with such bad service.

well, usually i like to give her the benefit of the doubt. Even on the other tab, which was $30, my buddy left $38

So they could make their $25/hr for serving food?

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
so me and a group of friends go to a bar. My tab comes out to $46 or so and i leave a $7 tip because there was another tab open for the table and he buddy was gonna tip himself to.

The waitress comes back and tells me that if anything is wrong with the service because she isnt happy with the tip. Anyway, i tell her my friend cut his lip because the glass you brought was chipped, she screwed up the food order, and the service was slow.

With that said, i thought i was being fair with my tip. And then she says "feel free to leave a cash tip on the table". At the point, i was sure i wasnt going to so I closed the tab and left. The waitress runs outside calling me and my buddies assholes. I throw a business card in her direction and tell her to take it up with the law firm I was for and advise her to go back inside and make earn her $7.50/hr.

Usually, i wouldnt even bother but i thought she was waaaaaaay out of hand. What do you all think? Was she in the right? Was I?

holy crap. i'd be calling her boss. she was way out of line.

 

[bwatson283]

what did she expect, a 50% tip? With the type of service that you described that she gave you, i would have left less of a tip, expecially if your with multiple friends with serperate checks. I would have told her manager!!!

 

[MikeMike]

7 on 46 is average, especially with service like that. i would not expect a tip like that if i served a chipped glass that cut someone, and cold/wrong food.

of course, the worst is when someone hands you cash, you count it, and see the tip and they go "is that good" i typically freeze up if it is a low tip, however i now know to just say "it is customary to tip between 15-20% and your tip is XX%.

dont ever ask a server if the tip is enough, its puts the server in a bad spot

then again, today i got some good tips

10 on $36, and 15 on $55

 

[Horus]

She was WAY out of hand. Good servers never yell at customers for any reason.

 

[bwatson283]

Originally posted by: eos

Originally posted by: Aquaman
I remember watching a show on tipping and some of the waiters that where on the show said "I would start with 25% and work from there" :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman

I recall seeing the same show (or one very similar) and I yelled at them through the tv to "SHUT THE FVCK UP!"

I am not a bad tipper unless the service warrants a bad tip.

This bee ess about "Tip me well and you'll get good service." is completely bogus. How the FVCK are you going to know how to supply service when it the tip will be at the end of the transaction. It's YOUR job to WORK for the tip.

Ooh, those type opf servers piss me off.

my thoughts exactly!

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: MrPickins
That's about 15%. A bit on the low end, but if you felt the service wasn't spectacular, it's more than fair.

15% is low end?!

In a bar, I usually tip more. But I don't carry a tab, so that they can see I'll tip good, an I get drinks faster/stronger.

Just my experience, anyway. Of course, I haven't run into any waitstaff like in the op.

 

[TXHokie]

Originally posted by: slsmnaz

Originally posted by: waggy
heh me and my wife went out for dinner Thursday. I left almost 100% tip!



really i did. OK OK the dinner was free (got a gift card for the main course, drinks and appetizer were not covered). bill came to $5.10 and i paid with a $10 and had her keep the change

Don't know what kind of restaurant that was but I'd say that's pretty cheap. In that case you should tip on the true value rather than the bill.

And the OP did the correct thing. Nothing wrong w/ your tip and she was out of line. She needs to suck it up and move on.

(I waited tables/bartended to get through college)

For the so-called 100% tipper claim - if the entree for both you and your wife was more than $9 ea, you barely left enough tip at 15% if $4.90 was your tip amount. Free dinner gift card usually don't include tip to waiters.

 

[DorkBoy]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
so me and a group of friends go to a bar. My tab comes out to $46 or so and i leave a $7 tip because there was another tab open for the table and he buddy was gonna tip himself to.

The waitress comes back and tells me that if anything is wrong with the service because she isnt happy with the tip. Anyway, i tell her my friend cut his lip because the glass you brought was chipped, she screwed up the food order, and the service was slow.

With that said, i thought i was being fair with my tip. And then she says "feel free to leave a cash tip on the table". At the point, i was sure i wasnt going to so I closed the tab and left. The waitress runs outside calling me and my buddies assholes. I throw a business card in her direction and tell her to take it up with the law firm I was for and advise her to go back inside and make earn her $7.50/hr.

Usually, i wouldnt even bother but i thought she was waaaaaaay out of hand. What do you all think? Was she in the right? Was I?

Good story up to the point where you threw a business card at her, that was immature

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: DorkBoy

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
so me and a group of friends go to a bar. My tab comes out to $46 or so and i leave a $7 tip because there was another tab open for the table and he buddy was gonna tip himself to.

The waitress comes back and tells me that if anything is wrong with the service because she isnt happy with the tip. Anyway, i tell her my friend cut his lip because the glass you brought was chipped, she screwed up the food order, and the service was slow.

With that said, i thought i was being fair with my tip. And then she says "feel free to leave a cash tip on the table". At the point, i was sure i wasnt going to so I closed the tab and left. The waitress runs outside calling me and my buddies assholes. I throw a business card in her direction and tell her to take it up with the law firm I was for and advise her to go back inside and make earn her $7.50/hr.

Usually, i wouldnt even bother but i thought she was waaaaaaay out of hand. What do you all think? Was she in the right? Was I?

Good story up to the point where you threw a business card at her, that was immature

punching her would have been immature. what he did was noble.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: TXHokie

Originally posted by: slsmnaz

Originally posted by: waggy
heh me and my wife went out for dinner Thursday. I left almost 100% tip!



really i did. OK OK the dinner was free (got a gift card for the main course, drinks and appetizer were not covered). bill came to $5.10 and i paid with a $10 and had her keep the change

Don't know what kind of restaurant that was but I'd say that's pretty cheap. In that case you should tip on the true value rather than the bill.

And the OP did the correct thing. Nothing wrong w/ your tip and she was out of line. She needs to suck it up and move on.

(I waited tables/bartended to get through college)

For the so-called 100% tipper claim - if the entree for both you and your wife was more than $9 ea, you barely left enough tip at 15% if $4.90 was your tip amount. Free dinner gift card usually don't include tip to waiters.

yup, your a horrible tipper.

ive had tables bought because stuff came out slow or what not, and not my fault, so we bought their table, it woulda beeen a $95 bill, and they still left me $20 as a tip even though everything of theirs was free.

$10 if you had a $50 meal (which isnt much) thats fine, but if it was like $100, your cheap.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Rudee
I have a funny feeling that you tip you say you left, wasn't the actual amount of the tip. A waitress would not make a scene over a gratuity of over 15%, which is the norm by the way. Also, the cut lip on the chipped glass thing sounds rather bogus.

Agreed. When he said "My tab comes out to $46 or so and i leave a $7 tip", somehow I came under the impression that the OP spent a minute or two with a calculator, trying to make up numbers. And, I've never seen or heard of someone who cut their lip on a chipped glass.
Of course, his post count seems to give him some forum credibility; but I still doubt the story is as he told it.

One other thing, OP, could you make a decision on which tense you're going to use while telling a story? "I throw a business card in her direction and tell her to take it up with the law firm I was for and advise her to go back inside and make earn her $7.50/hr." Are you an errand boy for the law firm? Did you type that after too many drinks at the bar? I *shudder* agree with dmcowen.. "corporate thug" fits.

 

[Zap Brannigan]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: DorkBoy

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
so me and a group of friends go to a bar. My tab comes out to $46 or so and i leave a $7 tip because there was another tab open for the table and he buddy was gonna tip himself to.

The waitress comes back and tells me that if anything is wrong with the service because she isnt happy with the tip. Anyway, i tell her my friend cut his lip because the glass you brought was chipped, she screwed up the food order, and the service was slow.

With that said, i thought i was being fair with my tip. And then she says "feel free to leave a cash tip on the table". At the point, i was sure i wasnt going to so I closed the tab and left. The waitress runs outside calling me and my buddies assholes. I throw a business card in her direction and tell her to take it up with the law firm I was for and advise her to go back inside and make earn her $7.50/hr.

Usually, i wouldnt even bother but i thought she was waaaaaaay out of hand. What do you all think? Was she in the right? Was I?

Good story up to the point where you threw a business card at her, that was immature

punching her would have been immature. what he did was noble.

So if you were an annoying waitress (quite a stretch for you I'm sure....) and a male customer punched you, when you retold the story to friends etc, you would refer to that guy as simply "immature"? LMAO, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

What the OP did was hardly noble, in fact he was incredibly petty.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: TXHokie

Originally posted by: slsmnaz

Originally posted by: waggy
heh me and my wife went out for dinner Thursday. I left almost 100% tip!



really i did. OK OK the dinner was free (got a gift card for the main course, drinks and appetizer were not covered). bill came to $5.10 and i paid with a $10 and had her keep the change

Don't know what kind of restaurant that was but I'd say that's pretty cheap. In that case you should tip on the true value rather than the bill.

And the OP did the correct thing. Nothing wrong w/ your tip and she was out of line. She needs to suck it up and move on.

(I waited tables/bartended to get through college)

For the so-called 100% tipper claim - if the entree for both you and your wife was more than $9 ea, you barely left enough tip at 15% if $4.90 was your tip amount. Free dinner gift card usually don't include tip to waiters.

yup, your a horrible tipper.

ive had tables bought because stuff came out slow or what not, and not my fault, so we bought their table, it woulda beeen a $95 bill, and they still left me $20 as a tip even though everything of theirs was free.

$10 if you had a $50 meal (which isnt much) thats fine, but if it was like $100, your cheap.

actually even with the total bill would not have been over $20 avarge meal is $6 with 1 beer and a lemonande . think beer went up to $2.00 a draft and not sure how much the lemonade was.

this is a small bar & grill. not a applebees or such. but has far better food then any of those crappy chians. Anyone in Sycamore Il should hit PJ bar yummm

so even with total i would still been a good tip so neer neer!

 

[Zap Brannigan]

7 bucks at a bar on 50 or whatever it was is incredibly cheap as well, even more so for Mr.important law firm wannabe guy.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
so me and a group of friends go to a bar. My tab comes out to $46 or so and i leave a $7 tip because there was another tab open for the table and he buddy was gonna tip himself to.

The waitress comes back and tells me that if anything is wrong with the service because she isnt happy with the tip. Anyway, i tell her my friend cut his lip because the glass you brought was chipped, she screwed up the food order, and the service was slow.

With that said, i thought i was being fair with my tip. And then she says "feel free to leave a cash tip on the table". At the point, i was sure i wasnt going to so I closed the tab and left. The waitress runs outside calling me and my buddies assholes. I throw a business card in her direction and tell her to take it up with the law firm I was for and advise her to go back inside and make earn her $7.50/hr.

Usually, i wouldnt even bother but i thought she was waaaaaaay out of hand. What do you all think? Was she in the right? Was I?

Your nickname is fitting Corporate Thug

Your distain for the peoons in the Country that serve you is also fitting for the times.

I have no disdain at all for those in the service business and by no means do i think they are "peoons". If it wasnt for her unprofessional behavior, i would have never had such a comment.

True, she may be in the wrong business but I sensed an attitude on you part too, sorry.

Both "unprofessional" but par for the course with this "service" Economy.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Zap Brannigan

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: DorkBoy

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
so me and a group of friends go to a bar. My tab comes out to $46 or so and i leave a $7 tip because there was another tab open for the table and he buddy was gonna tip himself to.

The waitress comes back and tells me that if anything is wrong with the service because she isnt happy with the tip. Anyway, i tell her my friend cut his lip because the glass you brought was chipped, she screwed up the food order, and the service was slow.

With that said, i thought i was being fair with my tip. And then she says "feel free to leave a cash tip on the table". At the point, i was sure i wasnt going to so I closed the tab and left. The waitress runs outside calling me and my buddies assholes. I throw a business card in her direction and tell her to take it up with the law firm I was for and advise her to go back inside and make earn her $7.50/hr.

Usually, i wouldnt even bother but i thought she was waaaaaaay out of hand. What do you all think? Was she in the right? Was I?

Good story up to the point where you threw a business card at her, that was immature

punching her would have been immature. what he did was noble.

So if you were an annoying waitress (quite a stretch for you I'm sure....) and a male customer punched you, when you retold the story to friends etc, you would refer to that guy as simply "immature"? LMAO, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

What the OP did was hardly noble, in fact he was incredibly petty.

immature, and a few other choice words. fact is, i wouldn't be as vindictive as that ***** was. i work with the public in my job. you have to maintain your composure no matter what they throw at you.

OP had had enough of this tip demanding waitress, and tossing a business card at her isn't really a big shake. i have never in my life had a waiter or waitress demand a tip. some nerve.

 

[Zap Brannigan]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Zap Brannigan

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: DorkBoy

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
so me and a group of friends go to a bar. My tab comes out to $46 or so and i leave a $7 tip because there was another tab open for the table and he buddy was gonna tip himself to.

The waitress comes back and tells me that if anything is wrong with the service because she isnt happy with the tip. Anyway, i tell her my friend cut his lip because the glass you brought was chipped, she screwed up the food order, and the service was slow.

With that said, i thought i was being fair with my tip. And then she says "feel free to leave a cash tip on the table". At the point, i was sure i wasnt going to so I closed the tab and left. The waitress runs outside calling me and my buddies assholes. I throw a business card in her direction and tell her to take it up with the law firm I was for and advise her to go back inside and make earn her $7.50/hr.

Usually, i wouldnt even bother but i thought she was waaaaaaay out of hand. What do you all think? Was she in the right? Was I?

Good story up to the point where you threw a business card at her, that was immature

punching her would have been immature. what he did was noble.

So if you were an annoying waitress (quite a stretch for you I'm sure....) and a male customer punched you, when you retold the story to friends etc, you would refer to that guy as simply "immature"? LMAO, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

What the OP did was hardly noble, in fact he was incredibly petty.

immature, and a few other choice words. fact is, i wouldn't be as vindictive as that ***** was. i work with the public in my job. you have to maintain your composure no matter what they throw at you.

OP had had enough of this tip demanding waitress, and tossing a business card at her isn't really a big shake. i have never in my life had a waiter or waitress demand a tip. some nerve.

All involved sounded extremly retarded to me, shocking this all occured with drugs involved too.............lmao.

 

[slsmnaz]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Rudee
I have a funny feeling that you tip you say you left, wasn't the actual amount of the tip. A waitress would not make a scene over a gratuity of over 15%, which is the norm by the way. Also, the cut lip on the chipped glass thing sounds rather bogus.

Agreed. When he said "My tab comes out to $46 or so and i leave a $7 tip", somehow I came under the impression that the OP spent a minute or two with a calculator, trying to make up numbers. And, I've never seen or heard of someone who cut their lip on a chipped glass.
Of course, his post count seems to give him some forum credibility; but I still doubt the story is as he told it.

One other thing, OP, could you make a decision on which tense you're going to use while telling a story? "I throw a business card in her direction and tell her to take it up with the law firm I was for and advise her to go back inside and make earn her $7.50/hr." Are you an errand boy for the law firm? Did you type that after too many drinks at the bar? I *shudder* agree with dmcowen.. "corporate thug" fits.

Yeah, I question the lawyer bit now. What kind of lawyer would have see their friend cut his lip on a bar glass and not try to sue for big $$$?

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Rudee
I have a funny feeling that you tip you say you left, wasn't the actual amount of the tip. A waitress would not make a scene over a gratuity of over 15%, which is the norm by the way. Also, the cut lip on the chipped glass thing sounds rather bogus.

Agreed. When he said "My tab comes out to $46 or so and i leave a $7 tip", somehow I came under the impression that the OP spent a minute or two with a calculator, trying to make up numbers. And, I've never seen or heard of someone who cut their lip on a chipped glass.
Of course, his post count seems to give him some forum credibility; but I still doubt the story is as he told it.

One other thing, OP, could you make a decision on which tense you're going to use while telling a story? "I throw a business card in her direction and tell her to take it up with the law firm I was for and advise her to go back inside and make earn her $7.50/hr." Are you an errand boy for the law firm? Did you type that after too many drinks at the bar? I *shudder* agree with dmcowen.. "corporate thug" fits.

yes, i typed really fast. I'm sloppy when there are no repercussions for bad grammer. And no, I am not an errand boy.

 

[chambersc]

Corporate Thug, you are my hero :heart::heart:

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: kranky
She was wrong, then you stooped to her level.

Exactly

Thank you sir :thumbsup:

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: kranky
She was wrong, then you stooped to her level.

Exactly

Thank you sir :thumbsup:

no. he didn't go that low.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: slsmnaz

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Rudee
I have a funny feeling that you tip you say you left, wasn't the actual amount of the tip. A waitress would not make a scene over a gratuity of over 15%, which is the norm by the way. Also, the cut lip on the chipped glass thing sounds rather bogus.

Agreed. When he said "My tab comes out to $46 or so and i leave a $7 tip", somehow I came under the impression that the OP spent a minute or two with a calculator, trying to make up numbers. And, I've never seen or heard of someone who cut their lip on a chipped glass.
Of course, his post count seems to give him some forum credibility; but I still doubt the story is as he told it.

One other thing, OP, could you make a decision on which tense you're going to use while telling a story? "I throw a business card in her direction and tell her to take it up with the law firm I was for and advise her to go back inside and make earn her $7.50/hr." Are you an errand boy for the law firm? Did you type that after too many drinks at the bar? I *shudder* agree with dmcowen.. "corporate thug" fits.

Yeah, I question the lawyer bit now. What kind of lawyer would have see their friend cut his lip on a bar glass and not try to sue for big $$$?

I'm not a lawyer. I work for a firm as a Junior associate part time during the school year and full time in the summer. As a Law student, i cannot represent anyone without the supervision of an attorney.