30th August 2005, 10:07 AM
Ahaha, the "tip", how meaningless. If I pay the amount that they have stated is owed them, then I should not feel obligated to go any further than that. In fact, the tip in and of itself is supposed to show that someone did an above average job. I think I'll do it "3rd rock from the sun" style. At the start of any meal, I will set a pile of cash and inform the waiter that that is the "potential" tip. Every time something is not done per my unrealistic demands, I shall remove a dollar. By the end of the meal, whatever is left becomes their tip. Then, they know that whatever they get, they earned.
And oh yes, hear about that restaurant that actually sued some guy because he didn't tip? Apparently restaurant policy states that "the tip is considered part of the price of the food", but they never bothered to tell this guy. If the tip is part of the fee, CHARGE THAT MUCH. I will give you exactly what you list as the sale price. If you feel I should give you more, that's your problem.
And oh yes, hear about that restaurant that actually sued some guy because he didn't tip? Apparently restaurant policy states that "the tip is considered part of the price of the food", but they never bothered to tell this guy. If the tip is part of the fee, CHARGE THAT MUCH. I will give you exactly what you list as the sale price. If you feel I should give you more, that's your problem.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)