Music City Mama
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Maybe this has been going on for a long time but only just started happening to me. Twice in the last 2 weeks, actually.
Two weeks ago, my friend and I went to lunch. Both of us paid cash. My bill was something like $8.36, I gave $20.00 and I got back $11.00 (vs. $11.64). Same thing happened to my friend but hers came to like $8.84 and she got back $11.00 (vs. $11.16).
So instead of giving her a $2.00 tip, I only gave $1.40 (because she already took .64 from me). This is a chain restaurant, but a local chain, so I just figured that's how they did things and I wasn't going to say anything about it. Figured they knew you probably wouldn't say anything over change which is why they do it, but it still annoyed me. If anything, if they're not going to want to deal with change, they need to make it to the customer's advantage, in my opinion, not the other way around -- especially since I should have gotten back more than .50, you know?
So, anyhow, today, I took my son to the Olive Garden for lunch and the same thing happened!
Is this a new trend?! Or has it been happening all along and I've just been lucky enough for them not to have done this before now? I pay in cash at restaurants a lot, so I would have noticed -- but what a nasty coincidence for it to happen twice in such a short period of time.
Maybe other larger cities have always done this and Nashville is just now jumping on the bandwagon, but I think it's sucky.
Next time I'm saying something -- I just blew it off the first time as an isolated thing for that particular restaurant, and today I was in a big rush and had to go.
Two weeks ago, my friend and I went to lunch. Both of us paid cash. My bill was something like $8.36, I gave $20.00 and I got back $11.00 (vs. $11.64). Same thing happened to my friend but hers came to like $8.84 and she got back $11.00 (vs. $11.16).
So instead of giving her a $2.00 tip, I only gave $1.40 (because she already took .64 from me). This is a chain restaurant, but a local chain, so I just figured that's how they did things and I wasn't going to say anything about it. Figured they knew you probably wouldn't say anything over change which is why they do it, but it still annoyed me. If anything, if they're not going to want to deal with change, they need to make it to the customer's advantage, in my opinion, not the other way around -- especially since I should have gotten back more than .50, you know?
So, anyhow, today, I took my son to the Olive Garden for lunch and the same thing happened!
Is this a new trend?! Or has it been happening all along and I've just been lucky enough for them not to have done this before now? I pay in cash at restaurants a lot, so I would have noticed -- but what a nasty coincidence for it to happen twice in such a short period of time.
Maybe other larger cities have always done this and Nashville is just now jumping on the bandwagon, but I think it's sucky.

Next time I'm saying something -- I just blew it off the first time as an isolated thing for that particular restaurant, and today I was in a big rush and had to go.