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Originally Posted by look 171
Yep. I hate those places that add 15 or 20 % to the bill if there are over so many people. Why don't the establishment just post a sign that say you must tip so our waitress can eat because we don't pay em siht. what if the service is poor?
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Sorry man, but you need to work as a server to get some perspective. When you get a party of 15-20, it becomes your only table for at least an hour or more. If they stiff you, you made nothing. Getting stiffed by some foreign tourist party of one or two (who have no idea about tipping) isn't gonna put a big dent in your shift, since you'll have several other tables for that hour. Spend an hour or two on just one table and you need to be getting a fat tip to make it worth your while.
I worked at a hot spot in G'town in DC. It was the intersection every foreign tourist told their taxi driver to take them. I can't tell you how many tables I waited on where they brought their luggage with them from the airport, were total time vampires, were nice as can be, totally happy with my service and didn't leave a dime for a tip.