you should have said..."heres a tip, dont spit in the wind" and walked out...thats what i would do anyway

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Ah! I just caught it!

I'm sorry, but that girl was dense. She had no idea how to split a bill... which was fine, but aggrevated me a little. Then proceeded to not bring me the fries I ordered, AND THEN not picking up my glass for a refill. She got a small tip, but there has been times where I've had to write obsenities on the check (small shop in Seattle charging me $17 for a salad which I was under the impression was complementary!).

I am a firm believer that tips are EARNED not DESERVED. I have a rough idea how much I am going to spend at a restaraunt - thus, I have a 20-25% tip range that I walk in the door with. Every time I am displeased with my waiter/waitress I knock a little off the top. If you end up with a check on the table with a written "tip" on the back of it that means you suck at your job, and consequently your life as well. If you do a good job (do your job!) then you will be rewarded with a large tip. There is one extenuating circumstance where I will tip on bad service, and that is if you're new. You're getting used to the job, you've got someone mentoring you, etc. I'll tip that person for doing a good job of picking it up.

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sorry but PF Changs is nothin special...not even high class. Just ur average chain restaurant....u want to go to a "high class" place, go to Tavern on the Green in NYC.

This post has been edited by Sh0gunkid8721: Jul 2, 2008 - 12:30 PM

I've been to Tavern - it's overrated. Great atmosphere though!

god try going to chinese restuarants and buffets in california. i was there all last week and ate all chinese minus bk at nights. they followed us until we tipped them. they wanted 10 dollars tip for what happened to you - refilling drinks! ridiculous! now i dont know if it's required but i've never tipped more than 2 bucks at where i always eat at. hm...

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it depends on the time u go. ive been there at least 3 or 4 times...ive had a blast every time i go...call it overrated but its still very high class.

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10 bucks is ridiculous for a buffet. i will tip 3 or 4 dollars max at a buffet.

^ fair enough. I've only been twice, both times I thought it was very cool, I just thought the food itself was over rated. But yes, definitely high class. Way higher class than I am, that's for sure! LOL

And I agree, 3 or 4 bucks MAX at a buffet. Some buffets are nicer than others, which *may* warrant as much as 4 bucks, but generally 2 or 3. Then again, that brings us full-circle back to my evident lack of class whence dining out (as I sit here at my desk eating salad out of tupperware). Not that buffets exactly qualify as "classy" either, mind you. Some try to be, but really, there's never any class to be had in "all you can eat." hahaha But then there's even less class, in my opinion, in NOT leaving a tip.

This post has been edited by GriffGirl: Jul 2, 2008 - 2:15 PM

Tavern? How the hell is a bar so high class?

I though the local tavern was for people like me... and drunks...

EDIT: ya'll must have nicer bar's than us. We call nice bars "Night Clubs"

This post has been edited by D-Man: Jul 2, 2008 - 2:23 PM

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i served for about 5 years.

if you constantly go in and not tip then you better believe you're lucky that all she did was take your $2.

I would've had a special pitcher of water just for you.

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if you service is bad then you wont get a tip, if it continus to suck youll never get a tip and youll wear that pitcher

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Tavern is NOT A BAR... It has a bar but its NOT a bar. Tavern on the green is a VERY famous, high class restaurant...last time i was there, my friends and i dropped close to 2,000 dollars on dinner and drinks.

http://www.tavernonthegreen.com/

and yes...NYC bars are 100 times better than Houston bars.

This post has been edited by Sh0gunkid8721: Jul 2, 2008 - 7:18 PM

I was a prep cook at a 3 star restaurant when I was in highschool. Early in that career I decided to take my homecoming date to work for dinner. Bill was like $75 for both of us. I left a $5 tip. I knew that it was polite to tip, but didnt know how to tip. So the next day i go into work, the chef pulls me aside. He was like, "hey do you know how to tip?" I replied something like, "WTF are u talking about?" He told me that the server was pissed that I left a s***ty tip and explained how to tip. He also added that I should tip well when I come in for dinner since I have to work with the servers. LOL. Later on that night the server came up to me and gave me a tipping scale card. Funny thing was I was cool with the server and talked to him all the time. I felt soooo bad for it. Honestly I didnt know how it worked. Ever since then I usually leave 15+%.

...should have thrown something at her
TaKe A vOtE!!!

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oh man that sucks, a $5 tip on a $75 check is almost a slap in the face... almost.

Ok any1 else takes your cash without permission it's theft a waitress does it and it's a tip???

Here in Australia our waiting staff make approx. $20 an hour and you can't leave a tip with the person who waited on you have to toss it in a jar at the register if they have one, most places here don't.

If the establishments paid a decent rate you wouldn't have this crap.
After reading this I feeling sorry for any1 thats waited tables in the states but yeah she had no right to take your money.

I would have thrown something.

what crem said.

except i wouldnt have thrown something, i would have just ignored it haha and looked at the server like they were retarded or something