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I don't see anything wrong with the comment on the bill to be honest..people are sick of being gouged at restaurants by this tipping culture we have here. I think it's twisted that many people tip purely because they don't want to be embarrassed to face the server with no tip. I tip if the food or service is excellent, but have no problem giving nothing extra if my dining experience is only mediocre.
I think the pastors comment was funny, cudos to her for standing up to this ridiculous tradition we have of paying people extra money to do their jobs properly. Calling the restaurant demanding everyone be fired was not a great move, but I'd be pissed too if someone posted my info publicly and there was an army of strangers trying to track me down on the Internet..
It's not as straight-forward as you make it out to be, and that's why there's a debate.
The comment on the receipt is pretty arrogant, religious connotation or not. Order a pizza, and you can either just not say a word and not tip the delivery boy, or you cal tell him to his face that you don't want to tip him because you think it's not worth the money. Pretty different things if you ask me.
If she had written the comment, and willingly tipped the 18%, then it would be funny. Right now, it's just as a funny as drawing a middle finger on the bill.
Strangely enough, the word "shitstorm" describes this entire situation pretty well.
I'm pretty sure I heard that if you are Christian, it is expected to give 10 percent of your earnings to the church. I'm sure she meant that..not to be confuses with giving 100% (attitude,life, etc) Posted via RS Mobile
Oh I know that very well, being a Christian myself. I would hope that this pastor is only generalizing, otherwise it's a pretty shitty testimony they have going
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I disagree. They need their employers to pay them a decent wage, and I'm saying that as a small business owner myself.
I agree that it's on the employers to pay them well, but that's not going to happen, and that's why there's this tipping culture. This is the established system. If you don't agree with tipping, then eat at home or get take out.
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Posting a customer's signature online is a fired-on-the-spot offence pretty much anywhere.
Only useful to anyone if they know whose signature it is... although it's not a surprise that The Internet managed to figure it out (per the article). Then again, the pastor could have just stayed out of it, and whether or not it was actually hers would have been a subject for speculation only.
If there's one thing The Internet has done for us, it proves every day, that "tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt."
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I'm pretty sure I heard that if you are Christian, it is expected to give 10 percent of your earnings to the church. I'm sure she meant that..not to be confuses with giving 100% (attitude,life, etc) Posted via RS Mobile
As far as I understand it, she scratched it out because she didn't want it billed to her card. She claimed she left $6 in cash, which is basically the amount that was listed, but there's no way to verify anything. She also said after that she was charged the tip on her card regardless. The waitress said that the charge was done by the computer and there was nothing they could do about it.
This entire thing is just so for me. My mind asplode.
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I don't see anything wrong with the comment on the bill to be honest..people are sick of being gouged at restaurants by this tipping culture we have here.
You don't want to tip? Fine. Don't be a fucking asshole and rub it in the girls face with a shitty snide remark on the bill. Leave a shitty/no tip and get the fuck out like a normal person. The fact is, the person who wrote this, did it with no other intention than being an asshole. Someone of the church, who's main purpose in life is to teach love and compassion through God, should know better than to be so childish and arrogant. People holding her to a higher standard because of her religion/career is completely reasonable since she makes her living telling people how to behave as responsible, compassionate citizens. She easily could have spoken to the manager that she thought the 18% grat was unreasonable (for whatever reason) and it would be waived, instead she let a knee jerk reaction get the best of her and now she looks like an idiot. (and obviously so does the waitress)
You don't want to tip? Fine. Don't be a fucking asshole and rub it in the girls face with a shitty snide remark on the bill. Leave a shitty/no tip and get the fuck out like a normal person. The fact is, the person who wrote this, did it with no other intention than being an asshole. Someone of the church, who's main purpose in life is to teach love and compassion through God, should know better than to be so childish and arrogant. People holding her to a higher standard because of her religion/career is completely reasonable since she makes her living telling people how to behave as responsible, compassionate citizens. She easily could have spoken to the manager that she thought the 18% grat was unreasonable (for whatever reason) and it would be waived, instead she let a knee jerk reaction get the best of her and now she looks like an idiot. (and obviously so does the waitress)
THIS.
What also makes it worse is that the note is ostensibly aimed at the server... when the "automatic tip" is the RESTAURANT'S policy. The server didn't come up with the idea and probably thinks it's just as stupid as the customer does, but it's not under her control.
And seriously, with a "congregation" of a whole 15 people, something about this just screams, "we don't like your rules so we're starting our own church". Which granted, at times, has been the launching point for major new branches of religions... but I think more often, is just people looking to justify their own behaviors. It would be like me being tired of Sunday services overlapping kickoff, so I decide to form my own church that meets on Tuesdays and get all my football buddies to join - doesn't make me a real "pastor" any more that it makes me the head coach of my favorite team.
Not saying that's really the case, but something about the whole thing just sounds "off" to me. Maybe this is the Church of Screw-Compassion-We-Like-To-Be-Bitchy.
You don't get to dictate how I spend my money. I'll eat out and not tip, thanks.
Hey, dipshit, do you not understand how it works?
Servers get paid $3.50 (for the purposes of this story) per hour. The restaurant charges relatively low prices for food with little profit margins (hence the reason they can't afford to pay higher wages) and the customer subsidizes the wage based on the level of service received.
The whole purpose of the system is to ensure service is fast, efficient, and thoughtful.
For example:
With Tipping:
You buy pasta, a salad, and a glass of wine.
Restaurant charges $10, $5 and $5 for a total of $20
You pay $23 with a tip
Server gets $3.50 wage plus $3 tip for $6.50 wage
Restaurant gets $16.50 for $5 in food cost, for a 30% food cost.
This is the amount necessary to pay all other expenses, and turn a small profit
Without Tipping:
You buy pasta, a salad, and a glass of wine.
Restaurant charges $11, $6, and $6 for a total of $23
You pay $23
Server gets $6.50 wage
Restaurant gets $16.50 for $5 in food cost, for a 30% food cost.
...
The only difference is, in one system there is some flexibility, and an incentive for better service. In the other it is greatly reduced.
While I admit, I hate the whole tipping culture (I think it penalizes generous/kind people and allows assholes like you to eat cheaper), this is the system we have instituted in North America, and therefore people should follow it.
What the fuck makes you think you deserve to eat for less money than the rest of us?
This isn't some righteous political stance, it's a cheap cover for the actions of a self entitled bitch.
You don't get to dictate how I spend my money. I'll eat out and not tip, thanks.
Nobody is dictating how you spend your money - except the government, but that's another story.
The point of this story is the ACTIONS and subsequent chain of REACTIONS of the parties involved; not whether or not the 18% is deserved or undeserved.
All you did with this remark is tell the rest of us you're an ass.
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You couldn't have said it better. The structure of the industry here is based around tipping, and if you want to just eliminate it, don't expect your meal prices to be the same. Just know the people giving shitty service will make the same as those who don't. If you have such a problem with it whatever, go ahead, give a shitty/no tip, just don't bother going back if you expect someone to be happy about serving you. Redlines comes in every thread like this talking about how him not tipping is "taking a stand". If your service is shit however, I agree, don't tip, and that server likely won't be lasting very long because others will be doing the same, and they won't make fuck all more than minimum wage.
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Am I a douche for not tipping if the service is sub par?... All I wanted was for my glass of water to be refilled..
In the opinion of someone in the industry, hell no. If service is shit people need to be diligent on not leaving at big tip, so these useless servers either smarten the fuck up or quit because they can't afford their rent.
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Hey, dipshit, do you not understand how it works?
Servers get paid $3.50 (for the purposes of this story) per hour. The restaurant charges relatively low prices for food with little profit margins (hence the reason they can't afford to pay higher wages) and the customer subsidizes the wage based on the level of service received.
The whole purpose of the system is to ensure service is fast, efficient, and thoughtful.
For example:
With Tipping:
You buy pasta, a salad, and a glass of wine.
Restaurant charges $10, $5 and $5 for a total of $20
You pay $23 with a tip
Server gets $3.50 wage plus $3 tip for $6.50 wage
Restaurant gets $16.50 for $5 in food cost, for a 30% food cost.
This is the amount necessary to pay all other expenses, and turn a small profit
Without Tipping:
You buy pasta, a salad, and a glass of wine.
Restaurant charges $11, $6, and $6 for a total of $23
You pay $23
Server gets $6.50 wage
Restaurant gets $16.50 for $5 in food cost, for a 30% food cost.
...
The only difference is, in one system there is some flexibility, and an incentive for better service. In the other it is greatly reduced.
While I admit, I hate the whole tipping culture (I think it penalizes generous/kind people and allows assholes like you to eat cheaper), this is the system we have instituted in North America, and therefore people should follow it.
What the fuck makes you think you deserve to eat for less money than the rest of us?
This isn't some righteous political stance, it's a cheap cover for the actions of a self entitled bitch.
Are you so weak and insecure that you have to resort to calling names and swearing because someone disagrees with you? I Have worked as a server when i was in college, I get the principle behind it. I leave tip when I get good food or good service. You want to pay extra and perpetuate this rediculous system, feel free!
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Redlines comes in every thread like this talking about how him not tipping is "taking a stand".
is this not a discussion board? I don't get why people get angry if someone has a different perspective. I guess I've been guilty of that myself sometimes too, but come on, we're not even talking about serious here, just tipping!
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Because your perspective comes with an arrogance and pushiness behind it seen in other threads about tipping specifically, and you think its ok for someone to be a snide asshole because you share their ideology that tipping is stupid. That is stupid.
Servers get paid $3.50 (for the purposes of this story) per hour. The restaurant charges relatively low prices for food with little profit margins (hence the reason they can't afford to pay higher wages) and the customer subsidizes the wage based on the level of service received.
The whole purpose of the system is to ensure service is fast, efficient, and thoughtful.
For example:
With Tipping:
You buy pasta, a salad, and a glass of wine.
Restaurant charges $10, $5 and $5 for a total of $20
You pay $23 with a tip
Server gets $3.50 wage plus $3 tip for $6.50 wage
Restaurant gets $16.50 for $5 in food cost, for a 30% food cost.
This is the amount necessary to pay all other expenses, and turn a small profit
Without Tipping:
You buy pasta, a salad, and a glass of wine.
Restaurant charges $11, $6, and $6 for a total of $23
You pay $23
Server gets $6.50 wage
Restaurant gets $16.50 for $5 in food cost, for a 30% food cost.
...
The only difference is, in one system there is some flexibility, and an incentive for better service. In the other it is greatly reduced.
While I admit, I hate the whole tipping culture (I think it penalizes generous/kind people and allows assholes like you to eat cheaper), this is the system we have instituted in North America, and therefore people should follow it.
What the fuck makes you think you deserve to eat for less money than the rest of us?
This isn't some righteous political stance, it's a cheap cover for the actions of a self entitled bitch.
Define relatively low?
Because when you're charging me $15 more or less for a burger with a side of fries or salad, I highly doubt that your profit margins are low....
And that's just the general Earls, Keg, Red Robins type of restaurant who I personally consider, practically just a step up from your traditional fastfood chain in quality.
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Westopher, I wasn't aware that I came accross that way actually, I suppose I could try to filter my thoughts a bit before I post. As for the comment from the pastor, I really didnt see it as being offensive, just a funny comment.
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One thing we both agree on, if the service is shit, it doesn't warrant a tip. What we don't agree on though, is that a tip isn't necessary for appropriate service. If the service is good, it should warrant a good tip, if its ok, it warrants an ok tip.
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