[stevej37]

My sister gifted me a $30 card for Christmas to be used at a local (to me) bar and grill.
Today, for lunch, I went there with only two cards in my pocket...drivers license and the gift card.

My lunch of a sandwich, fries, and a beer came to $16 with tax. I handed the gift card to the waitress and said I wanted to include a tip with the food payment. She said she needed to
scan my card first and took it.

She returned and had a print-out of the balance of the card which was $14 after todays food and said the only way I could leave a tip off of that was if I used the entire balance ($14) for the tip....wtf?

I had no green cash or credit card with me and was not wanting to leave $14 tip for a $16 meal.....so I left without leaving a tip.

I've used gift cards numerous times and it was always easy to add a tip in....but not at this place. Next time there I will bring a cc and double up the tip.

Is this a common practice with restaurants?