firecracker725
DIS Veteran
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- Apr 12, 2010
OP, i probably would've felt guilty afterward, but, in this situation, i wouldn't have left a tip. the server totally dropped the ball.
once, when we went out to eat at cracker barrel, our waitress never showed up to our table. after waiting over 10 minutes, a waiter showed up and apologized, saying our waitress was "having a rough night", and took our drink and food order. he then brought us our drinks, and another waitress brought us our food. we never did see the waitress who was assigned to our table, even though she waited on the table next to ours. when it came time to leave, our waitress was a little dismayed when i gave our tip to the waiter who took our order and brought our drinks. i think she actually believed she deserved a tip, when she hadn't even bothered to say "hi" to us! the waiter may have given the money to her, or split it with her, but i gave the money to the person who earned it.
I did the same thing at a Cracker Barrel once, except we only had our card and the tip would have defaulted to our waitress of record. So, we chose to leave the restaurant after paying our bill, drove to an atm, and returned with cash in hand for the girl who actually provided service to us. I think our original waitress got the message loud and clear.
OP: I would have tipped nothing. You were more than generous in doing so.