I forgot to mention
You know how when you eat out and you pay the bill with cash, the waiters tend to look at what you put into the thingamajig holding your bill and money and then ask, "do you need any change here?" It's become the standard way for them to speed up getting their tip, maybe getting a bigger tip than they would otherwise get, and then bail on you for the evening.
Well, here's a note to the perfectly good, but not stellar, waiter we had at Fat's earlier this week: when the bill is about $64, and the customer lays down $100 to pay for it, the answer is always, always, ALWAYS hell yes, I need some change! 20% I can do without thinking about it. I can even do 25%. But upwards of 60%? Uh, how 'bout no?! Bring me my goddamned $36 change, and I will take the $20 and leave you with $16 (i.e., 25%) and say my goodbyes. Do I look like Puff Daddy? Fuck!
Well, here's a note to the perfectly good, but not stellar, waiter we had at Fat's earlier this week: when the bill is about $64, and the customer lays down $100 to pay for it, the answer is always, always, ALWAYS hell yes, I need some change! 20% I can do without thinking about it. I can even do 25%. But upwards of 60%? Uh, how 'bout no?! Bring me my goddamned $36 change, and I will take the $20 and leave you with $16 (i.e., 25%) and say my goodbyes. Do I look like Puff Daddy? Fuck!
posted by PlatinumGirl at 8:22 PM
4 Comments:
I hate that!! Especially when it comes out of a waiter who has been total crap.
Pixie: They sure do seem to expect a lot from people who don't ask for a lot! To me, taking my order, bringing me my food and swinging by a couple of times to ask "how is everything" isn't worth more than 25% of my bill, mmmkay?
When I waited tables, I always said 'I'll be right back with your change.' Then the person says 'oh no, it's all yours.' It's rude to say 'do you need change' before they even see what you left them. I would've given them 7 bucks for being rude.
Yeah, and he did see what we had put in there -- which was why I was so annoyed! He thought he was going to scam the change from a hundred dollars for a $65 check!
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