Was she sucky?

[LewisLegion]

It would take an atrociously bad experience for me not to tip. I rarely eat out (sometimes only once a year on my mother's birthday) and I tip fantastic. This last time we went to Red Lobster and I tipped almost 60%. I thought the waitress was gonna cry But she deserved it, she was great and the food was excellent. The very least tip I've left is 20%.

I guess I've been fortunate. I've only had one very bad dining experience but as I wasn't the one paying the tip wasn't up to me anyway.

[the_std]

Quoth Samaliel

Raised eyebrows are powerful. Ask Havelock Vetinari.

Especially against mimes.

[SnarkyPie]

Even when I pay with credit, I like to leave a cash tip since that was usually what I preferred at my old Friendly's job (helped me keep track of how I was doing, also it was a little annoying to wait for the slow managers to pay credit tips out at the end of the night). Also, at places like my new job, you can pay with a credit card and, even though there is a tip line on there, we do not accept credit tips. So, whenever I use my card I get a momentary "Oh God I hope she doesn't think I'm stiffing her" panic attack when I hand my waitress the slip.

[Chattyaholic]

Quoth tollbaby

One of my aunts is a Denny's waitress - in her experience, if people are using a card, they don't tip. That might have been the issue....

If a restaurant ever asked me if I wanted to add an amount to my bill, I wouldn't eat there again. Where I live, the keypad is handed to the customer and then you can add your tip without telling the staff how much you're leaving them. Just a personal peeve of mine. It's kind of like telling my boyfriend what I'm going to buy him for his birthday or something LOL (yeah, I'm weird, I know... I just prefer them not to know until after the transaction is done).

Not all keypads are the same everywhere. The diner where I work takes Visa and Mastercard, and debit cards. When you use a credit card there is a line on the merchant's receipt where customers can write their tip in (or many just leave it in cash on the table).

But! If you're using a debit card you don't sign anything. After I swipe your card and punch in the amount and hit enter, then it asks if the customer would like to leave a tip on the card so I HAVE TO VERBALLY ASK THEM. I don't mind doing it, if it's for another waitress, but I do feel funny about it if it's my own customer.

The machine also asks if the customer wants cash back, but our boss won't allow us to ask them that so that is the reason we don't give them the keypad until it's time for them to enter their pin number.

That's just the way it's done where I work, and if somebody refused to come back simply because they were asked if they wanted to leave something on their card for their server, it might not really be fair because maybe they HAVE to ask, like we do.

[unclejampuff]

When I worked at Denny's, I hated asking people if they wanted to leave something on the card. The way our system worked was that we had to put the total amount BEFORE swiping the card. It was so ass-backward and annoying. So please don't get offended when a server asks you that.
I bet the server was thrown off her game. I also bet that the guy got something cooked well done. That always burned me up when someone complained about how long their "very well done" steak was taking.

[Mordecai]

Nah, she sounds like she was just having a bad day. Happens to all of us.

[mariamousie1]

I guess she was having a bad night and didn't realize how she was coming across. I'm glad you tipped her well, working hard for nothing tends to wear thin after a while. She would have been sucky if she had complained and wanted more than ten dollars.

[Bieshmahaw]

I always leave a tip, even if the waiter/tress was deplorable. I remember one time, a group of friends and I went to Bennigan's, only to be completely ignored after she took the orders. She was sitting chatting with her friends that came in to eat (who were seated just below us, so we could see them). Another server had to bring us our food after about an hour of just sitting there. She didn't bother to check on us until we were just about to leave. We left her a penny tip and handed the other server his tip. I know it wasn't nice, but that was the worst dining experience I've ever had.

[Primer]

Quoth Samaliel

Raised eyebrows are powerful.

But are they as powerful as "The Teacher Look"

[Kiwi]

Quoth Primer

But are they as powerful as "The Teacher Look"

my mum had a "you are in SUCH deep trouble when you get home" look

it made me immune to any teacher or any eyebrow raising.... those looks are nothing compared to the wrath of my mother

but then my mother reminded me of the trunchbull from Matilda so.......