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it seems that some people will always try to find SOMETHING wrong with their meal or service so they can deduct from the tip.
NO, that's the
SERVER that is the person that is doing something wrong if the tip is not up to par, it's NOT the customer that is trying to make it a bad experience, it's the lack of the server TRYING to make a good experience happen. It’s the lack of
EFFORT on the SERVER’S PART. An example would be one appetizer called “spicy billiard sticks” which is at Fox and Hound. These are kind of like southwestern egg rolls. Anyway, I ordered to add a side of ranch from our waitress. SHE brings out the appetizer. She puts it down and I have to tell her I had ordered a side of ranch. Now, HONESTLY, WHY THE HELL SHOULD I HAVE TO DO THAT? That’s ridiculous, because she WROTE IT DOWN EVEN. When there’s NO EFFORT, NO APOLOGY, what the heck do you expect? You truly CAN’T SEE THAT?
ONE PLATE OF FOOD to only verify and it’s just TOO MUCH TROUBLE FOR THIS SERVER! Talk about UNCARING and LAZY. She DIDN’T care if we were happy that we had our food correct or our time or her tip or her extra trip to the kitchen for nothing or her other customer’s time that instead of serving THEM, she was serving US, nor did she think about her tired feet. Sorry, but I call these type of servers UNCARING AND LAZY! She had just taken the order and she had a CHEAT SHEET to VERIFY the order with, but was TOO LAZY AND UNCARING TO GIVE A CARE IF THE FOOD WAS RIGHT OR NOT! Her tip was 15%, due to her being nice about when I was putting some left over food in a box and she was NICE ENOUGH to think of my feelings by asking if I would like another ranch to take with me, which I actually didn’t think about that until she asked, so since she was nice, I was NICE back in the tip. I would have normally tipped for her forgetting it and no apology 13%. I may be harsh, but can you blame me that it’s truly all about NOT CARING about the customers they serve and it’s about what can they do for the LEAST AMOUNT OF EFFORT?
I have always tipped well, probably more than I should for less than average service but oh well.
I DO tip 25%-28% when there are NO mistakes. Tips are for good service, NOT just because they only get paid $2.13/hr. Tips should be EARNED!
If my server forgets something like mayo or ranch or anything at all I ask politely for it and they get it. Big deal. I would never think about decreasing a tip because they forgot to bring me a side of something.
That’s because you probably like your food the way it comes. I happen to NOT like the food at ALL the way it comes for 95% of the menu items I order. A pasta dish is usually something I end up ordering “as is”, but if I add a salad to it, I end up having extras such as extra sides of ranch, no tomatoes and no cucumbers. Also, maybe you don’t eat out a lot. My husband and I eat out TWICE a weekend, EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND out the year. Maybe you also go at times when it’s not real busy, which we go anywhere from around 6p.m.-9p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. Fridays we go later because we both daytime hours and full time. Even when my husband and I were the ONLY customers at a restaurant one time, the waitress still forgot the bottles of mayo and mustard with NO apology. She got 14%, could have earned 20% or more if she would have gave a CARE. A GOOD server brings the condiments out BEFORE the meal, especially in this situation where we were the ONLY ones in the place.
WHY do you feel they shouldn’t have a decrease in tip for NOT taking the EFFORT to REREAD their pad of paper and WHY should they get their full amount if they DON’T CARE if the order is correct? It’s not a big deal to you, because maybe your food didn’t get cold in that amount of time, which I’ve already waited 5 minutes at Denny’s one time to eat my food, which it just sat. You may say I CHOOSE to do that. Well, I CHOOSE to do that, because I DO NOT LIKE THE FOOD WITHOUT THE CONDIMENTS! I WOULDN’T have NEVER ATE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE WITHOUT THESE CONDIMENTS. You may say “bring your own”. Well for one thing, certain condiments taste different such as bbq sauce, ranch, and tartar sauce. For instance, Outback’s bbq sauce tastes different than Chili’s bbq sauce. Another thing is, it’s costly, which 99% of the restaurants DO NOT charge for condiments. Also, it’s inconvenient, because I don’t always come from home when I go out to eat and times I’ve brought my ranch from another restaurant, it spilled. The bottled stuff in the grocery stores are alright, but it truly isn’t the same. Tartar sauce even at McDonald’s to me taste better than it in a bottle. Trying to bring it to a restaurant is embarrassing and a pain in the butt.
WHY should they deserve the FULL amount if they were too lazy to reread the order? It truly does matter, because for instance, my husband is not to picky, so he likes things “as is” a lot of times, I DON’T. So when let’s say I have had the ranch forgotten for an appetizer we shared, he started to eat and I didn’t. It sucks when you can’t eat together as it’s SUPPOSED TO BE! You think of the server’s feelings not to make them make another trip back to the kitchen as well as yourself and they still don’t give a damn to COMPARE THE WRITTEN ORDER WITH THE PLATE OF FOOD. They don’t even say they are sorry 99% of the time and I AM POLITE about it.
Do you think a server deserves MORE when they do a better job? Then if your answer is YES, then WHY wouldn’t you give them LESS when they did a not-so-great job by forgetting things? Also, do you consider how NICE a server is when you tip? I consider that if a server apologizes(meaning they also show they are sorry through their actions as well), I sometimes forgive the entire mistake or parts of it.
it can be difficult to remember what their table of 10 ordered along with the other 4 tables they have.
That's why you NEVER "TRY" to "REMEMBER" it, you actually take that pad of paper you have ALL those written orders on and you compare EACH plate of food with the check list of items you wrote down. You don't have to "remember" ANYTHING, because you have a way to verify what you are bringing to the table by the written order on that pad of paper. There shouldn’t be
EVER a reason that something is missing UNLESS the server didn’t hear the customer when the order was placed, which is why a server should repeat the order to the customer BEFORE leaving to put the order into the computer.
So you get onion rings instead of fries, I don't see why this is a huge deal. Maybe I'm just laid back or something, but I'd just ask for my fries, get them, and move on. I don't let little things like that ruin my dining experience and I still tip well.
So you honestly want it to keep happening and they end up NEVER getting penalized for forgetting things. Wouldn't you RATHER it NEVER happen? As far as it being no "big deal", that's because it wasn't your food that was cold by the time they fixed the situation. Maybe if your food was literally COLD, you would be pissed off too! Maybe you wouldn’t, but 99% of people that eat out would MUCH RATHER have things go perfectly, which means you can try to make the server do better by taking tip points off the tip. Honestly, wouldn’t you rather then not bring you the wrong side dish? What if you don’t like the side dish they bring you? It’s one thing if maybe you like the side dish, you might just end up keeping it, but it’s another if you do not like it at all. Usually for me though, if I am in the mood for fries, I sure as hell DON’T want onion rings. I DO LOVE onion rings, but if I wanted onion rings, I would have ordered onion rings.
It IS a "BIG DEAL" that I have to wait to eat what I ordered, because it takes TIME to cook it as well as if I eat my burgers without my fries, it's not as good, so YES, it's A HUGE DEAL when a side dish or entree is wrong. Condiments are important, but can be fixed much more faster, but something that needs cooking takes a while. Side dishes like potato salad are not so bad that it is already cooked and they just have to put it in a dish if they forgot it like a condiment. I have never gotten a wrong side dish from a same server, just wrong entrees and missing condiments.
When you say you still tip well, you are just making it happen again and again, because if you have that person again, they will know you won't count off for things, therefore, they WON'T CARE if your food is correct or not. TEACH THEM A LESSON IS HOW I SEE IT! They will remember when their tip is crappy. Some people may say they will just think you are cheap, well they have a brain and know what mistakes they made. They KNOW if they forgot things. It's kind of a no-brainer. They KNOW when the tip was deserved or not, it's just a little common sense.
I'm a 20 year old college student who only works weekends, so if I can fork over the cash for a decent tip, then everyone else can.
I am 30yrs old, which I fork over the cash to people that DO THEIR JOB and aren't LAZY. HOW HARD IS IT TO COMPARE THAT WRITTEN ORDER WITH THE PLATE OF FOOD, HUH? Just as when you were in school and maybe you didn’t study as hard as sometimes for a particular test. You got your grade back, it wasn’t as good as usual. WHY? You didn’t put as much EFFORT into it, therefore, you got the grade you DESERVED! Same thing with getting a raise at an office job or grocery store. If you don’t put the EFFORT to do the VERY BEST YOU CAN, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? Do you think you DESERVE a raise because you are only making $6.50/hr as a cashier let’s say? Your wage has NOTHING to do with what you actually DESERVE. I would love to be paid $20/hr, but that’s a dream. I DON’T DESERVE that type of pay for what I do. I feel I deserve a raise ONLY if I put my VERY BEST EFFORT into my job, so WHY do you think servers should be treated ANY DIFFERENTLY, just because they get paid $2.13/hr? You DESERVE WHAT YOU PUT INTO
ANYTHING IN LIFE!
TIPS ARE EARNED, NOT A RIGHT! $2.13/hr SHOULD NOT GUARANTEE GETTING A TIP! If you won't take the EFFORT to make sure my food is correct as much as possible without having to touch my food, then WHY should I give my hard earned money to someone that isn't working HARD?
I've been a server at a family chain restaurant for about a year now and it seems that some people will always try to find SOMETHING wrong with their meal or service so they can deduct from the tip. I have always tipped well, probably more than I should for less than average service but oh well. If my server forgets something like mayo or ranch or anything at all I ask politely for it and they get it. Big deal. I would never think about decreasing a tip because they forgot to bring me a side of something. They get really busy sometimes! It may seem "dumb" and "lazy" for them to bring out your food with the wrong side, but seriously... servers sometimes get flustered when they're busy (I see it a lot where I work) and it can be difficult to remember what their table of 10 ordered along with the other 4 tables they have. So you get onion rings instead of fries, I don't see why this is a huge deal. Maybe I'm just laid back or something, but I'd just ask for my fries, get them, and move on. I don't let little things like that ruin my dining experience and I still tip well. I'm a 20 year old college student who only works weekends, so if I can fork over the cash for a decent tip, then everyone else can. 
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) I work hard for my tips and averaged about $35 an hour on Mother's Day so people can deduct what they want from me.. I'll be fine!
