My Question of the Day for 12 February 2010 – UPDATED
My Question of the Day: You go to a restaurant that is very busy. You’re seated by the greeter, and your server passes your table several times assuring you s/he will be right with you. After waiting longer than you think you should, the server finally comes to take your order. The server explains that s/he is new and didn’t expect to have so many tables. S/he takes your drink order and says s/he’ll be right back to get your food order.
Again, the server passes your table several times without returning with your drinks but serving other customers and taking their order. After what seems to be longer than you think you should have had to wait, the server returns with many apologies, your drinks and to take your order?
The server takes your order, your food is delivered in a pretty timely fashion, but your server only checks on you once and forgets to bring you more napkins and water. The entire time you’re eating, you watch as your server flits between all his/her tables, constantly going back and forth, apologizing to other customers for forgetting this or that, and you can see s/he’s just having a hard time in his/her new job.
Do you leave a tip?
My 2 Cents: I used to be a waitress, and I know how difficult it can be when you start out.
I’d leave a tip and hope it encourages the server to stick with the job until he/she gets more comfortable with the position.
I very, very rarely do not tip when I eat out. The service has to be extremely poor and the server has to be rude before I don’t tip. If it’s really, really busy, and I can see that the server is making his/her best effort, I try to take that into consideration.
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Take a few moments to check out the tweets from Twitter on this subject:
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BLKMGK I ALWAYS leave a tip, no matter what. I would also speak with the manager and let him/her know my observations.
WSFradio …do I leave a tip? HECK NO! I am big on leaving waiters a good tip, but bad service awww [bleep] naw.
JoshDamage no I do not tip for bad service
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