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nns
06-02-2009, 03:34 PM
Unbelievable:
Manager threw change at guests
Burnaby's Asian restaurants are known for their popularity, but not their service. Expecting that, this topped all previous bad customer service.
After receiving a poor tip, the manager came and stood next to our table of four, and waited for us to leave. Although this was closing time, there were about 4 other tables calmly dining. He gave us BACK our tip in change, ,(although we payed in debit). Seeing this act of furiousness, we explained to him why we gave a bad tip, calmy, since all of us there worked in restaurants.
Hearing our complaints, the MANAGER, only looked up at the ceiling and said THANK YOU, in an annoyed and childish manner.

we left, but leaving the tip on the table. the manager may not have wanted it, but the waitress might still have apreciated it.

THe manager took the tips, which were in small change, AND THREW THEM BACK AT US WHILE CUSSING IN CHINESE!!.

This is the manager, with no one above him to complain about. Food makes up 50% of the a good dining experience. THe rest is Costumer service, the atmosphere, and the environment... The customer service, would have received nothing about a 0/10
http://dinehere.ca/restaurant.asp?r=732#41787

The service is VERY poor. Do not expect any good - or even adequate customer service as none of the servers are very helpful. The waitresses walk right by you and leave "thank-you's" hanging in the air. And don't forget to give them big, fat tips, either. My friends and I were humiliated today when we didn't give them the customery 10% tip today. To be honest, I hadn't expected the bill to be at the amount it was today and none of us brought any change. The bill came to a few cents more of a whole number and I had just enough. But when we were about the leave the cashier screamed at us to come back and kept insisting that "tip was not included". He yelled at my friend, in a obnoxious tone, "Haven't you been to a restaurant before? This isn't Burger K*ng!! You pay tips!" Humiliated, we stood in front of the counter, red-faced and almost to tears, trying to dig pennies out from pockets, while the whole restuarent looked on as another waiter slammed the black bill tray right before us.
Now, to be fair, the food was pretty good and the menu has a nice variety of Japanese dishes. The wait is short considering how busy the restaurant usually gets. But unless you have some extra cash to tip the rude servers, there are plenty of japanese restaurants for you to dip your chopsticks in.

liu13
06-02-2009, 04:02 PM
consider that the manager is a cheapskate who doesn't want to add another personnel to the service

i worked in small restaurants where i was the only waiter and it aint easy

u cant expect great service from asians any ways

Expresso
06-02-2009, 04:09 PM
lol thats a pretty interesting story.

The one on broadway seems to have way better service.

CRS
06-02-2009, 04:09 PM
The service is VERY poor. Do not expect any good - or even adequate customer service as none of the servers are very helpful. The waitresses walk right by you and leave "thank-you's" hanging in the air. And don't forget to give them big, fat tips, either. My friends and I were humiliated today when we didn't give them the customery 10% tip today. To be honest, I hadn't expected the bill to be at the amount it was today and none of us brought any change. The bill came to a few cents more of a whole number and I had just enough. But when we were about the leave the cashier screamed at us to come back and kept insisting that "tip was not included". He yelled at my friend, in a obnoxious tone, "Haven't you been to a restaurant before? This isn't Burger K*ng!! You pay tips!" Humiliated, we stood in front of the counter, red-faced and almost to tears, trying to dig pennies out from pockets, while the whole restuarent looked on as another waiter slammed the black bill tray right before us.
Now, to be fair, the food was pretty good and the menu has a nice variety of Japanese dishes. The wait is short considering how busy the restaurant usually gets. But unless you have some extra cash to tip the rude servers, there are plenty of japanese restaurants for you to dip your chopsticks in.

This one is just stupid. I hate to say it but that particular customer is just an idiot. The bill was more than I had expected? Did you not read the pricing and just went in?

This is like going into a restaurant and realizing you don't have your wallet after you've eaten.

I am in no way defending fish on rice. Their Kingsway location is terrible but their broadway location is actually pretty good.

wahyinghung
06-02-2009, 04:33 PM
^ Yeah heard horror stories from the MT location......

Nvasion
06-02-2009, 04:48 PM
i went to the metrotown location a few times... the food there is very good to my liking but the service there is pretty bad... but then again i cant realy complain cuz its all you can eat and its flying busy on sundays. they bring out food randomly... for instance i ordered chicken wings and miso soup and a bunch of others and the first thing that comes is chicken wings... now i ask myself how does that work out?


all in all id go again.

miss_crayon
06-02-2009, 10:19 PM
i base my tips on how good service was. if the service was poor then i leave less. if it was good then i leave more. simple as that.

to that first commenter, i would have taken the tip he tried to give back only because he was throwing a fit that they didn't give enough. hey, if you don't want it--fine. clearly they didn't deserve it.

Jermyzy
06-02-2009, 11:33 PM
Again, I don't understand why everybody feels that a minimum 10% tip is gauranteed? When someone in another profession does a good job for you, do you give them a tip?

wolfwood
06-03-2009, 01:09 AM
Well, I guess that most people don't really care about the service and just kept going back to eat so why would they feel like they need to improve their service. Guess that's why places like this still get lots of business. When it's cheap enough, no one really care about the service. I've been there once and would NEVER NEVER go back there again. Too many AYCE places to subject myself to random order filling and bad services. :mad:

Moratorium
06-03-2009, 02:49 AM
Ehh I'm on the fence with this topic as I've been waiting several years. I do understand why the staff would get angry at getting little - no tips. Since waiters have to pay sales back to the company if their tips are really bad sometimes they do have to pay back the company out of their own pockets. So i can usually sympathize and do pay at least 10% if the service isn't horrible.

However, that being said I have been to the fish on rice on broadway. My friend made a mistake paying in debit and the manager/cashier did the same thing. He flipped out on him until he paid the 10%.

I think the bottom line is, there really isn't any rule that says you have to pay tips. And that its plain unprofessional to throw a fit if people don't pay you what you expect them to. Especially if the service sucked. If they really have this problem then just tag on a service charge to everyones bills its as simple as that.

unit
06-03-2009, 08:51 AM
This one is just stupid. I hate to say it but that particular customer is just an idiot. The bill was more than I had expected? Did you not read the pricing and just went in?

This is like going into a restaurant and realizing you don't have your wallet after you've eaten.

I am in no way defending fish on rice. Their Kingsway location is terrible but their broadway location is actually pretty good.

theres no situation where its justified to yell or humiliate a customer over tips...
ebei almost did a similar thing to me and my friends after they underbilled us and then chased after us as we were getting in our cars, demanding that we pay for their mistake.. whats with chinese sushi joints? i try to avoid them and ayce like a plague.. the service is never good (chinese places in general)... nor is the food.

CRS
06-03-2009, 09:37 AM
theres no situation where its justified to yell or humiliate a customer over tips...
ebei almost did a similar thing to me and my friends after they underbilled us and then chased after us as we were getting in our cars, demanding that we pay for their mistake.. whats with chinese sushi joints? i try to avoid them and ayce like a plague.. the service is never good (chinese places in general)... nor is the food.

If you read the review, the individual is clearly trying to justify his non-tipping with "I had just enough" like he didn't know what he was getting himself into. If you don't want to pay the tip, don't. But making excuses about lacking or having just enough money seems like a cover.

If he had not mentioned that part, I would not question his story but seeing as he focused an extensive amount on that, I doubt it was only because of the service he didn't tip.

buddy
06-03-2009, 10:52 AM
being a manager in a restaurant in my early years, i would go up to the table which left less than 10% tip and explained it was not mandatory but highly appreciated; also, take that chance as an opportunity for improvement to find out if there were any particular issue the customer(s) were not happy about.

like Moratorium said, in most restaurants the waiters had to "tip out", as in pay a certain percent based on their total sale to others (Kitcken members, Manager(s), Brake & Damage) before they can take home all their tips. In another words, if a waiter get no tip from a table, he/she is acutally losing money to tip out from his/her own pocket.

regardless, throw back at the customers is a no-no ...


remind me of a real conversation between a waiter and a customer back then ...

w: the service i provide is excellent and i found the $5 tip you left me out of this $100 bill is an insult

c: so how much should i tip?

w: 10% of $100 is $10, since you already gave me $5, why dun you tip me another $5?

c: no, i dun want to insult you again

w: ........ FUUUUUUUUUU

Durrann1984
06-03-2009, 11:05 AM
they have free pop haha

MikeyStyle
06-03-2009, 01:12 PM
remind me of a real conversation between a waiter and a customer back then ...

w: the service i provide is excellent and i found the $5 tip you left me out of this $100 bill is an insult

c: so how much should i tip?

w: 10% of $100 is $10, since you already gave me $5, why dun you tip me another $5?

c: no, i dun want to insult you again

w: ........ FUUUUUUUUUU
haha, funny

q0192837465
06-03-2009, 02:35 PM
being a manager in a restaurant in my early years, i would go up to the table which left less than 10% tip and explained it was not mandatory but highly appreciated; also, take that chance as an opportunity for improvement to find out if there were any particular issue the customer(s) were not happy about.

like Moratorium said, in most restaurants the waiters had to "tip out", as in pay a certain percent based on their total sale to others (Kitcken members, Manager(s), Brake & Damage) before they can take home all their tips. In another words, if a waiter get no tip from a table, he/she is acutally losing money to tip out from his/her own pocket.



We understand. BUT, here's a big BUT. That's not our problem. The compensation structure of waiter/kitchen staff & what not is not the responsibility of the customers. It's the relationship between u & ur employer. Therefore, just because you, as a waiter, have to pay tips to kitchen staff does NOT justify that customers HAVE TO pay you at leat 10% tips.

I would really like some input from people working in the food industry cuz the way I see it, it's just encouraging employers to squeeze their employee and transfer the cost to customers.

6793026
06-03-2009, 02:58 PM
Again, I don't understand why everybody feels that a minimum 10% tip is gauranteed? When someone in another profession does a good job for you, do you give them a tip?

Yes you are right, there is no guarantee you get a 10 % tip, but when was the last time you went to a restaurant and not tip a dime at all.

i do have to agree with CRS. i'm guessing the bill was 19.75 and you only wanted to put down a 20 hence the "didn't expect to become that much". again this is just a guess.

I know if we got a bad tip you expect 10% but to show the lack of professionalism. I mean seriously; asian place for 40 dollar meal and you didn't get 4 dollar tip, ghezzzz i rather let it go than get bad rep. from all of it.

PS: the review is so bad i want to see how bad it is.

imiaKe
06-04-2009, 12:56 AM
In Europe and Asia leaving a tip is almost unheard of. A lot of places don't leave tip if they do its like $1. I get that waiters live off their tips and crap but be happy your getting any at all. Good service = tip. Bad service = no tip. Simple as that.
I've been working in the restaurant inustry for over 9 years now and went to school for this crap. Servers in North America are just plain spoiled and half the time don't deserve to be tipped at all. Sometimes when a guest leaves a tip I want to give it back because my staff gave such a shit job. How bad is that when the manager wants to give back your tip because they didn't believe you got the best service. Working in Vietnam is shit. Beyond shit. I never worked in such a shit place before and its a famous hotel in Vietnam. These fuken retards even forgot to pick up the head office people at the airport. Im jsut bloody happy as hell that tomorrow is the last day of my contract and I get to leave finally.

I had 1 server tell me that rat shit was sesame seeds ... BIG PIECES OF RAT SHIT my boss is always like OMFGMOFGFFFFGOMFGOMFG in French. Really feel bad for the guy ... hahahahaha

Moratorium
06-04-2009, 01:27 AM
We understand. BUT, here's a big BUT. That's not our problem. The compensation structure of waiter/kitchen staff & what not is not the responsibility of the customers. It's the relationship between u & ur employer. Therefore, just because you, as a waiter, have to pay tips to kitchen staff does NOT justify that customers HAVE TO pay you at leat 10% tips.

I would really like some input from people working in the food industry cuz the way I see it, it's just encouraging employers to squeeze their employee and transfer the cost to customers.

Thats true. I mean its pretty BS that waiters have to pay from THEIR OWN tips, thats the main reason servers are so sensitive to tippage. The employers should just tag on the extra charges to the food that the waiters are 'supposed' to pay back as sales.

Either that or tag on a 'service charge' to everybodys tables. A set % for service charge that has to be paid, then noone has to decide how much to pay etc etc. The main gripe with people and tips is that they're expected to pay it but its not necessary to do so. Then why not just eliminate that expectation. Put the tip% as a service charge on the bill plain and simple, people have to pay it as a part of their bill so its mandatory. This works for people out of town who come in as well from Asia and Europe so they don't unknowingly screw over waiters because they aren't used to NA customs.

Mugen EvOlutioN
06-04-2009, 07:03 AM
lets just put it this way



western restaurant, tip yes


chinese restaurant? FUCK NO, leave a penny and its more than enough

japanese / korean are usually not too shabby


PHo? hmmm i dont know, not really a service but watever, i eat there a lot so the last thing i would want is somebody fucking with my food

unit
06-04-2009, 08:59 AM
^korean restaurants are usually super understaffed and have terrible service... waitresses are usually students and i swear they're trained to ignore you most of the time.

which is surprising because the service IN korea is amazing everywhere u go, and you dont tip.

GLOW
06-04-2009, 10:14 AM
i'm surprised the person that had change thrown at them didn't grab a glass of water or something and throw it in the manager's face. that story is almost unbelievable.

imiaKe
06-04-2009, 04:42 PM
^korean restaurants are usually super understaffed and have terrible service... waitresses are usually students and i swear they're trained to ignore you most of the time.

which is surprising because the service IN korea is amazing everywhere u go, and you dont tip.

I agree with you on that ... Plus even if you do try to tip the server comes running back out yelling "YOU FORGOT YOUR CHANGE!!!!"

Death2Theft
06-04-2009, 10:00 PM
Who wants to have a revscene meet at fish and rice? We'll be like 50 people deep and at the end we'll leave a one cent tip for the entertainment factor. Or we could split up in gorups of 5 and do it at the same time while someone else films the reactions and puts it on youtube.

MikeyStyle
06-04-2009, 10:16 PM
Who wants to have a revscene meet at fish and rice? We'll be like 50 people deep and at the end we'll leave a one cent tip for the entertainment factor. Or we could split up in gorups of 5 and do it at the same time while someone else films the reactions and puts it on youtube.
haha, can't wait to see this

benwang
06-04-2009, 10:33 PM
interesting story, i have been to a chinese restaurant that they dont give change and pretend i forgot about my change while i m chatting with my friend. smart way to make tip?

CRS
06-04-2009, 10:55 PM
In Europe and Asia leaving a tip is almost unheard of. A lot of places don't leave tip if they do its like $1. I get that waiters live off their tips and crap but be happy your getting any at all. Good service = tip. Bad service = no tip. Simple as that.
I've been working in the restaurant inustry for over 9 years now and went to school for this crap. Servers in North America are just plain spoiled and half the time don't deserve to be tipped at all. Sometimes when a guest leaves a tip I want to give it back because my staff gave such a shit job. How bad is that when the manager wants to give back your tip because they didn't believe you got the best service. Working in Vietnam is shit. Beyond shit. I never worked in such a shit place before and its a famous hotel in Vietnam. These fuken retards even forgot to pick up the head office people at the airport. Im jsut bloody happy as hell that tomorrow is the last day of my contract and I get to leave finally.

I had 1 server tell me that rat shit was sesame seeds ... BIG PIECES OF RAT SHIT my boss is always like OMFGMOFGFFFFGOMFGOMFG in French. Really feel bad for the guy ... hahahahaha

Yes, tipping is not customary in Asia but it is common in Europe. The french phrase for a tip is "for drinking" when directly translated. I know for a fact that in europe it is not obligated that you pay a tip but is fairly common amongst all European countries.

Though the tipping system is no where near what it is in North America. NA by comparison is spoiled beyond all recognition.

7seven
06-05-2009, 08:11 AM
all this talk reminds me of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiHqnfi4PRI

buddy
06-05-2009, 08:22 AM
.... tipping is not customary in Asia ...

i remember the restaurants in Hong Kong used to add 10% tip on all bills back then when i was a kid, they called it "add one" ... do they still do that nowaday?

Mugen EvOlutioN
06-05-2009, 10:43 AM
tips are fucking overated, thats what it is


dont give me the bullshit that ohhh they are making minimum job, they rely on the tips to survive. Bullshit, dont like the job? quit that shit and upgrade yourself and gtfo of that shit hole and make better money instead sitting on ur lazy ass all day and bitch.


U dont see janitors get tips, they make minimum. A 5 years old can take food from point A to point B without having an issue other than tripping over once in awhile. I dont get tips for doing my jobs, and neither should they. Simple as that, as simple as serving food to the table.

pfff, the 20% tip bullshit

:rolleyes:

hal0g0dv2
06-05-2009, 11:25 AM
all this talk reminds me of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiHqnfi4PRI

haha that was a great episode

Moratorium
06-05-2009, 02:27 PM
tips are fucking overated, thats what it is


dont give me the bullshit that ohhh they are making minimum job, they rely on the tips to survive. Bullshit, dont like the job? quit that shit and upgrade yourself and gtfo of that shit hole and make better money instead sitting on ur lazy ass all day and bitch.


U dont see janitors get tips, they make minimum. A 5 years old can take food from point A to point B without having an issue other than tripping over once in awhile. I dont get tips for doing my jobs, and neither should they. Simple as that, as simple as serving food to the table.

pfff, the 20% tip bullshit

:rolleyes:

lol most ignorant thing I've heard all day. First off I'll speak for myself, I've never talked back or whined at customers (I get mad but I can't help that) for giving 0 tip whatever it may hurt my overall tips for the night but whatever, I've accepted it as part of the job.

Secondly, you do realize that a large majority of people who work as waiters/waitresses are students right? They aren't just 'sitting on their ass all day and bitching.' They're tryin to 'upgrade' themselves and make a living at the same time. On second thought even if they were just serving as a main source of income they'd still be doing honest work so I don't even get why you think they'd be sitting on their asses the whole day.

And the thing about the janitors, sure most START with minimum but they can work their way upwards to 16-18 an hour. Which isn't bad at all. The wage for servers are usually 8-10 and stays around there regardless. And theres more to serving than just bringing food from point A to B. Drink/Food recommendations, refilling drinks, and just catering to the customers needs. Add the fact that 5-10 people will be hounding at you for something every other minute and it gets pretty stressful. So if you think tipping for service at a restaurant is bullshit then go piss off to a mcdonalds or a BK.

:rolleyes:

skyxx
06-05-2009, 02:30 PM
i remember the restaurants in Hong Kong used to add 10% tip on all bills back then when i was a kid, they called it "add one" ... do they still do that nowaday?

They still do at most restaurants for Dim sum and Dinners. Plus they bring in these pre meal snacks automatically then they charge you for it even if you don't eat it. Nowadays, Tips seems like a mandatory thing but in fact it isn't. You can go to other countries like Japan and they don't usually take tips. Oh and I'm not being cheap...lol

Presto
06-05-2009, 05:03 PM
This discussion reminds me of the tipping scene in Reservoir Dogs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBFUDbOldMs

Personally, I try to tip 15%. 20%, if the service is exceptional.

bbbj
06-05-2009, 10:22 PM
AYCE FTL

bcrdukes
06-05-2009, 11:57 PM
Yes, tipping is not customary in Asia but it is common in Europe. The french phrase for a tip is "for drinking" when directly translated.

I've been to a handful of European countries and have yet to encounter an establishment that accepted a tip without them running towards me telling me I forgot my money.

interesting story, i have been to a chinese restaurant that they dont give change and pretend i forgot about my change while i m chatting with my friend. smart way to make tip?

Smart? No. Dirty? Yes. In fact, a lot of Chinese restaurants do this. I generally make it a point that I want my change back and leave little to no tip as backlash.

AppleSugary
06-06-2009, 12:20 AM
My mom was also embarrased by the manager in Burnaby few years ago. Basically, she got the same treatment from the manager...and here is the story:

My mom had been waiting for so long for the server to give the bill. So mom came up to the desk and paid through her credit card. She signed it and gave the reciept to the manager. Then the manager started telling to my mom "cheap" "go to mcdonald or bk" in front of everyone. Unfortunately, the manager was unaware that my dad, who was sitting on the table, was really in good mood on that time gave the server $50 bill as a tip. $50 bill for less than $20 dollar reciept and service that was sooo slow and very poor. Of course, my dad heard the manager bitching at my mom and calling her so cheap...so dad came up to the manager and asked him, "how much are you?" I seriously swear, the manager had the guts to say, "it depends on how much you can afford."

So dad called the server --> took the $50 bill -->Took his wife's hands -->smirked at the manager --> gave the manager a candy and said -->"here take a chill pill...because thats all you need right now bud. And as for your price, you are not even worth $1 for me." And he left...

true story.

ctsport
06-06-2009, 01:41 AM
If the service was bad then they don't deserve to be tipped but what's worse are people like Mugen Evolution who are just plain cheap (and like to justify their cheapness to boot)

To those that don't understand the tipping system: There are two options..

1. restaurants could raise all the prices on their menu's or simply add a 10-15% service charge to cover wages. Or..

2. The system we have in place now, where you pay just for your food, and when the service is acceptable you add 10% tip and if it was very good, you add more. This gives servers the incentive to work harder and provide better service.

I eat out a lot and have been to restaurants with both systems and almost with no exception, restaurants that have use the tipping method provides better service.

The reason why other professions don't have a tipping system is because they all charge you the full price, both labor and material (system number 1) whereas in the restaurant business, they separate the two.

Coles: I hate cheap people, (*cough* Mugen Evolution) and I don't even work in the service industry. :D

Mugen EvOlutioN
06-07-2009, 12:14 AM
If the service was bad then they don't deserve to be tipped but what's worse are people like Mugen Evolution who are just plain cheap (and like to justify their cheapness to boot)

To those that don't understand the tipping system: There are two options..

1. restaurants could raise all the prices on their menu's or simply add a 10-15% service charge to cover wages. Or..

2. The system we have in place now, where you pay just for your food, and when the service is acceptable you add 10% tip and if it was very good, you add more. This gives servers the incentive to work harder and provide better service.

I eat out a lot and have been to restaurants with both systems and almost with no exception, restaurants that have use the tipping method provides better service.

The reason why other professions don't have a tipping system is because they all charge you the full price, both labor and material (system number 1) whereas in the restaurant business, they separate the two.

Coles: I hate cheap people, (*cough* Mugen Evolution) and I don't even work in the service industry. :D

lol :haha: please dont take internet seriously

lol white decent foods? 15% no problem. cannery, C restaurant, cactus, joey tomatoes etc etc

chinese ? lollllllllll

thats all i gotta say.

I tip depending how im treated:thumbsup:

I hate cheap service :D

CRS
06-07-2009, 08:24 AM
I've been to a handful of European countries and have yet to encounter an establishment that accepted a tip without them running towards me telling me I forgot my money.

When I tip, I tend to give it to the waiter/waitress directly after I have paid. I didn't leave it on the table. This was in France, Germany and Italy.

I can understand why they thought you left your money if you just left it on the table seeing as it isn't always common place.

bui95
06-07-2009, 09:03 AM
the fish on rice in burnaby manager was a dick. my group of 6 were just eating, ordering our food and when the second order came, the manager had the balls to stick his head in the booth and say "you have to finish all the food." after that, we just left everything and left a crappy tip in pennies and nickels.

dark0821
06-08-2009, 11:04 AM
it depends.. everyone has a bad day.. the food is alrite..but i prefer kingsway sushi over it

canucksfan
06-08-2009, 11:26 PM
If you go for the food, Fish on Rice is actually very good for the price. Sure the service may not be that great, but how can you not tip them at least 10%?

Out of all the places that you go eat, the waiters/waitresses at japanse restaurants probably serve you the most. They come to take your order sheet, bring you plates after plates of food, bring you tea, take away your dirty dishes, take shit from rude customers, and at the end of the day don't even get a 10% tip? Eat your food, pay your 10% and leave. If you expect to be treated like a king, then AYCE is not for you. Go to a white restaurant.

bui95
06-09-2009, 12:09 AM
oh, so because its all you can eat, you have to tip them 10% no matter how shitty the service is(especially from the manager himself)? if you tip them when they're bad, how are they supposed to know they need to improve?

dv-12
06-09-2009, 05:50 PM
that place sucks anyways. i dont know why ppl still go there. ther're happy hour was more like crappy hour.

aznrsx1979
06-09-2009, 06:01 PM
I've only been to Fish on Rice just twice and that was the one on Broadway. Never had a problem with them, greeted and showed us to a table right away both times. Food orders came pretty quickly, didn't miss or mess up an order. Refilled our tea when we were running low. They were polite and all. The food was pretty good, nothing outstanding but good enough. Not sure if it's just the Burnaby one where everyone is having the problems with.

unit
06-09-2009, 08:11 PM
If you go for the food, Fish on Rice is actually very good for the price. Sure the service may not be that great, but how can you not tip them at least 10%?

Out of all the places that you go eat, the waiters/waitresses at japanse restaurants probably serve you the most. They come to take your order sheet, bring you plates after plates of food, bring you tea, take away your dirty dishes, take shit from rude customers, and at the end of the day don't even get a 10% tip? Eat your food, pay your 10% and leave. If you expect to be treated like a king, then AYCE is not for you. Go to a white restaurant.

so you're saying that even if you go on a night where you're treated like shit you should still tip 10%?

canucksfan
06-14-2009, 04:23 PM
oh, so because its all you can eat, you have to tip them 10% no matter how shitty the service is(especially from the manager himself)? if you tip them when they're bad, how are they supposed to know they need to improve?

From what I've read, people are not tipping because of stupid reasons like they don't have enough money or they don't want to break a bill or something retarded.

Obviously there are circumstances where you get shitty service for no apparent reason and you don't want to tip, but I'm referring to the times when you received everything you needed and still don't tip. Usually managers and servers don't give you shit for no reason, you probably did something that caused that reaction.

I was at happy hour a couple months ago, and a group of high school kids came in literally 5 minutes before last call and ordered like 5 plates of everything. You wonder why managers get paranoid and tell you to finish the food? Well that's why. Not to mention the people who always order too much and hide unfinished food in tea pots and in between plates....

I've been to fish on rice on kingsway maybe 5 times, and every time I received adequate service. Not outstanding service like I would get at some fancy restaurant, but service that allowed me to eat my food, drink my tea, etc comfortably. Like I said, if you bring your food, bring your tea, take away your shit, what else do you need from them for a 10% tip? Should they suck your cock too?

Senna4ever
06-15-2009, 12:05 AM
Since waiters have to pay sales back to the company if their tips are really bad sometimes they do have to pay back the company out of their own pockets.

WTF? Where do/did you work? That's 100% illegal in BC.

Durrann1984
06-15-2009, 07:57 AM
WTF? Where do/did you work? That's 100% illegal in BC.

its actually pretty common now

i know many chain restaurants who do that

CRS
06-15-2009, 08:28 AM
its actually pretty common now

i know many chain restaurants who do that

Ugh, I highly doubt that.

If this is really the case, the Labour department has some major investigating to do.

LC21
06-20-2009, 01:01 PM
I'd say you all just go for the take out.. LOL

Culture_Vulture
06-23-2009, 12:30 AM
had this just a couple nights ago,
slow service to say the least;
I'm not particularly a picky eater, but the quality of their seafood wasn't that top-notch either.